2026 Etienne Barnard: 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	10156	9869	6	6	265	6885

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Computer Science

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6885

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

570
Citations
Backpropagation neural nets with one and two hidden layers

J. de Villiers;E. Barnard

501
Citations
Two-dimensional superresolution radar imaging using the MUSIC algorithm

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

406
Citations
Reviewing automatic language identification

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

394
Citations
Optimization for training neural nets

E. Barnard

349
Citations
Avoiding false local minima by proper initialization of connections

L.F.A. Wessels;E. Barnard

344
Citations
Dynamic semantic control of a speech recognition system

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

245
Citations
Phone clustering using the Bhattacharyya distance

B. Mak;E. Barnard

186
Citations
Extrapolation and interpolation in neural network classifiers

E. Barnard;L.F.A. Wessels

155
Citations
Data characteristics that determine classifier performance

Christiaan M Van der Walt;E Barnard

145
Citations
Invariance and neural nets

E. Barnard;D. Casasent

137
Citations
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

137
Citations
An approach to automatic language identification based on language-dependent phone recognition

Yonghong Yan;E. Barnard

113
Citations
Phonetics of intonation in South African Bantu languages

Sabine Zerbian;Etienne Barnard

109
Citations
Pitch detection with a neural-net classifier

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

101
Citations
A comparison between criterion functions for linear classifiers, with an application to neural nets

E. Barnard;D. Casasent

94
Citations
Optimal error diffusion for computer-generated holograms

Etienne Barnard

92
Citations
The spoken web search task at MediaEval 2012

Florian Metze;Xavier Anguera;Etienne Barnard;Marelie Davel

91
Citations
Pronunciation prediction with Default&Refine

Marelie Davel;Etienne Barnard

91
Citations
The NCHLT Speech Corpus of the South African languages

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

91
Citations
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

85
Citations
The Spoken Web Search Task

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

76
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David Casasent Carnegie Mellon University

Ronald A. Cole Boulder Language Technologies (United States)

Guillaume Gravier Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Xavier Anguera ELSA Speak

Florian Metze Carnegie Mellon University

Laurent Besacier Grenoble Alpes University

Tanja Schultz University of Bremen

Lodewyk F. A. Wessels Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital

Peter Palensky Delft University of Technology

Mohamed A. El-Sharkawi University of Washington

External Links

Personal website of Etienne Barnard Google Scholar page

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