2026 Eric D. Kolaczyk: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	38	9998	9713	400	382	146	10209

Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2011 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Eric D. Kolaczyk is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has contributed across multiple disciplines, primarily in the areas of Physics and Astronomy, Computer Science, and Mathematics. Their work encompasses subfields such as Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Artificial Intelligence, Molecular Biology, Statistics and Probability, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics include:

Complex Network Analysis Techniques
Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
Graph Theory and Applications

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Eric D. Kolaczyk cover diverse areas of study. Notable works include:

"The in vivo genetic program of murine primordial lung epithelial progenitors," 2020, Nature Communications
"Robust dynamic community detection with applications to human brain functional networks," 2020, Nature Communications
"Assessment of a COVID-19 Control Plan on an Urban University Campus During a Second Wave of the Pandemic," 2021, JAMA Network Open
"Early Introduction and Rise of the Omicron Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Variant in Highly Vaccinated University Populations," 2022, Clinical Infectious Diseases
"Estimation of Subgraph Densities in Noisy Networks," 2020, Journal of the American Statistical Association

Eric D. Kolaczyk has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

Gábor Csárdi
Laura F. White
Shurong Lin
Nathaniel Josephs
Xiaojing Zhu

Publications appear regularly in venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Harvard Data Science Review
PLoS Computational Biology
Nature Communications

In addition to research articles, they authored a book titled Statistical Analysis of Network Data with R published by Springer International Publishing in 2020.

The scientist has been recognized with professional distinctions, including:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 2017
Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA), awarded in 2011

Best Publications

Statistical Analysis of Network Data with R

Eric Kolaczyk;Gbor Csrdi

2112
Citations
Statistical Analysis of Network Data: Methods and Models

Eric D. Kolaczyk

989
Citations
Adaptive Bayesian Wavelet Shrinkage

Hugh A. Chipman;Eric D. Kolaczyk;Robert E. McCulloch

866
Citations
Structural analysis of network traffic flows

Anukool Lakhina;Konstantina Papagiannaki;Mark Crovella;Christophe Diot

719
Citations
Statistical Analysis of Network Data

Eric D. Kolaczyk

618
Citations
Graph wavelets for spatial traffic analysis

M. Crovella;E. Kolaczyk

318
Citations
Emergent network topology at seizure onset in humans.

Mark A. Kramer;Eric D. Kolaczyk;Heidi E. Kirsch

297
Citations
Gaussian mixture discriminant analysis and sub-pixel land cover characterization in remote sensing

Junchang Ju;Eric D Kolaczyk;Sucharita Gopal

185
Citations
Bayesian Multiscale Models for Poisson Processes

Eric D. Kolaczyk

179
Citations
Network inference with confidence from multivariate time series.

Mark A. Kramer;Uri T. Eden;Sydney S. Cash;Eric D. Kolaczyk

168
Citations
A statistical multiscale framework for Poisson inverse problems

R.D. Nowak;E.D. Kolaczyk

163
Citations
WAVELET SHRINKAGE ESTIMATION OF CERTAIN POISSON INTENSITY SIGNALS USING CORRECTED THRESHOLDS

Eric D. Kolaczyk

156
Citations
Multiscale likelihood analysis and complexity penalized estimation

Eric D. Kolaczyk;Robert David Nowak

154
Citations
On the choice of spatial and categorical scale in remote sensing land cover classification

Junchang Ju;Sucharita Gopal;Eric D. Kolaczyk

141
Citations
Intrusion as (anti)social communication: characterization and detection

Qi Ding;Natallia Katenka;Paul Barford;Eric Kolaczyk

140
Citations
Hypothesis testing for network data in functional neuroimaging

Cedric E. Ginestet;Jun Li;Prakash Balachandran;Steven Rosenberg

138
Citations
On the Question of Effective Sample Size in Network Modeling: An Asymptotic Inquiry.

Pavel N. Krivitsky;Eric D. Kolaczyk

130
Citations
Probabilistic Protein Function Prediction from Heterogeneous Genome-Wide Data

Naoki Nariai;Eric D. Kolaczyk;Simon Kasif

129
Citations
Nonparametric Estimation of Gamma-Ray Burst Intensities Using Haar Wavelets

Eric D. Kolaczyk

115
Citations
Network Kriging

D.B. Chua;E.D. Kolaczyk;M. Crovella

106
Citations
Distributed Spatial Anomaly Detection

P. Chhabra;C. Scott;E.D. Kolaczyk;M. Crovella

94
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Crovella Boston University

Mark A. Kramer Boston University

Robert Nowak University of Wisconsin–Madison

Josée Dupuis McGill University

Uri T. Eden Boston University

Sydney S. Cash Harvard University

Sucharita Gopal Boston University

Emad N. Eskandar Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Andrew W. Strong Max Planck Society

Simon Kasif Boston University

External Links

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