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Etienne Barnard publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Etienne Barnard sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 265 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Etienne Barnard D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Etienne Barnard sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

Etienne Barnard is affiliated with North-West University in South Africa and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Computer Science and Engineering. Their work focuses on Artificial Intelligence, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Cognitive Neuroscience, Aerospace Engineering, and Signal Processing.

Their research covers a range of topics, including:

  • Neural Networks and Applications
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Machine Learning and Algorithms
  • Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques
  • Digital Filter Design and Implementation
  • Image and Signal Denoising Methods

Etienne Barnard has authored and co-authored multiple papers, with recent publications listed as follows:

  • "DNNs as Layers of Cooperating Classifiers," 2020, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • "Benign interpolation of noise in deep learning," 2020, South African Computer Journal
  • "Minimum phase finite impulse response filter design," 2022, IET Signal Processing
  • "DNNs as Layers of Cooperating Classifiers," 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Manifold Characteristics That Predict Downstream Task Performance," 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)

The most frequent co-authors collaborating with Barnard include:

  • Marelie H. Davel
  • Marthinus W. Theunissen
  • Arnold Pretorius
  • J.C. Olivier
  • Arnold M. Pretorius

Barnard's research appears regularly in several publication venues, notably:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • South African Computer Journal
  • IET Signal Processing

Best Publications

  • Automatic speech recognition for under-resourced languages: A survey

    Laurent Besacier;Etienne Barnard;Alexey Karpov;Tanja Schultz

  • Backpropagation neural nets with one and two hidden layers

    J. de Villiers;E. Barnard

  • Two-dimensional superresolution radar imaging using the MUSIC algorithm

    J.W. Odendaal;E. Barnard;C.W.I. Pistorius

  • Reviewing automatic language identification

    Y.K. Muthusamy;E. Barnard;R.A. Cole

  • Optimization for training neural nets

    E. Barnard

  • Avoiding false local minima by proper initialization of connections

    L.F.A. Wessels;E. Barnard

  • Dynamic semantic control of a speech recognition system

    Michael S. Phillips;Etienne Barnard;Jean-Guy Dahan;Michael J. Metzger

  • Phone clustering using the Bhattacharyya distance

    B. Mak;E. Barnard

  • Extrapolation and interpolation in neural network classifiers

    E. Barnard;L.F.A. Wessels

  • Data characteristics that determine classifier performance

    Christiaan M Van der Walt;E Barnard

  • Invariance and neural nets

    E. Barnard;D. Casasent

  • A smartphone-based ASR data collection tool for under-resourced languages

    Nic J. De Vries;Marelie H. Davel;Jaco Badenhorst;Jaco Badenhorst;Willem D. Basson;Willem D. Basson

  • An approach to automatic language identification based on language-dependent phone recognition

    Yonghong Yan;E. Barnard

  • Phonetics of intonation in South African Bantu languages

    Sabine Zerbian;Etienne Barnard

  • Pitch detection with a neural-net classifier

    E. Barnard;R.A. Cole;M.P. Vea;F.A. Alleva

  • A comparison between criterion functions for linear classifiers, with an application to neural nets

    E. Barnard;D. Casasent

  • Optimal error diffusion for computer-generated holograms

    Etienne Barnard

  • The spoken web search task at MediaEval 2012

    Florian Metze;Xavier Anguera;Etienne Barnard;Marelie Davel

  • Pronunciation prediction with Default&Refine

    Marelie Davel;Etienne Barnard

  • The NCHLT Speech Corpus of the South African languages

    Etienne Barnard;Marelie H. Davel;Charl Johannes van Heerden;Febe de Wet

  • Performance Comparisons Between Backpropagation Networks and Classification Trees on Three Real-World Applications

    Les E. Atlas;Ronald A. Cole;Jerome T. Connor;Mohamed A. El-Sharkawi

  • The Spoken Web Search Task

    Florian Metze;Etienne Barnard;Marelie H. Davel;Charl Johannes van Heerden

Frequent Co-Authors

David Casasent
David Casasent Carnegie Mellon University
Ronald A. Cole
Ronald A. Cole Boulder Language Technologies (United States)
Guillaume Gravier
Guillaume Gravier Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Xavier Anguera
Xavier Anguera ELSA Speak
Florian Metze
Florian Metze Carnegie Mellon University
Laurent Besacier
Laurent Besacier Grenoble Alpes University
Tanja Schultz
Tanja Schultz University of Bremen
Lodewyk F. A. Wessels
Lodewyk F. A. Wessels Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Peter Palensky
Peter Palensky Delft University of Technology
Mohamed A. El-Sharkawi
Mohamed A. El-Sharkawi University of Washington

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