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Francky Catthoor

Francky Catthoor

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
73
Citations
22095
World Ranking
751
National Ranking
17

Computer Science

D-Index
73
Citations
22010
World Ranking
1585
National Ranking
20

Francky Catthoor publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francky Catthoor sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 1,120 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Francky Catthoor D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francky Catthoor sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Overview

Francky Catthoor is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and focuses research primarily within the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, accumulating over 220 and 130 publications respectively. This research expertise spans several subfields, notably Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hardware and Architecture, Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their work concentrates on key topics including Advanced Memory and Neural Computing, Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques, Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices, Semiconductor materials and devices, Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design, Advanced Data Storage Technologies, and Energy Load and Power Forecasting.

Among recent scientific contributions are the following papers:

  • "Analog-to-Digital Converter Design Exploration for Compute-in-Memory Accelerators" (2021), published in IEEE Design and Test
  • "A Classification of Memory-Centric Computing" (2020), published in ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems
  • "Multi-time scale energy management framework for smart PV systems mixing fast and slow dynamics" (2021), published in Applied Energy
  • "Multiplexed superconducting qubit control at millikelvin temperatures with a low-power cryo-CMOS multiplexer" (2023), published in Nature Electronics
  • "Capacitive Memory Window With Non-Destructive Read in Ferroelectric Capacitors" (2023), published in IEEE Electron Device Letters

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Catthoor include:

  • Georges Gielen
  • Anup Das
  • Dimitrios Soudris
  • Ali Safa
  • Mehdi B. Tahoori

The research is often disseminated in these venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems
  • IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
  • Energies
  • Journal of Systems Architecture

Francky Catthoor has also contributed to book publications, notably with a title published by the European Organization for Nuclear Research:

  • Heterogeneous Memory Organizations in Embedded Systems: Placement of Dynamic Data Objects (2020)

Best Publications

  • Performance Analysis of Slotted Carrier Sense IEEE 802.15.4 Medium Access Layer

    S. Pollin;M. Ergen;S. Ergen;B. Bougard

  • Data and memory optimization techniques for embedded systems

    P. R. Panda;F. Catthoor;N. D. Dutt;K. Danckaert

  • Polyhedral parallel code generation for CUDA

    Sven Verdoolaege;Juan Carlos Juega;Albert Cohen;José Ignacio Gómez

  • Energy Efficiency of the IEEE 802.15.4 Standard in Dense Wireless Microsensor Networks: Modeling and Improvement Perspectives

    Bruno Bougard;Francky Catthoor;Denis C. Daly;Anantha Chandrakasan

  • Data Access and Storage Management for Embedded Programmable Processors

    Francky Catthoor;Koen Danckaert;Chidamber Kulkarni;Erik Brockmeyer

  • A Distributed Multichannel MAC Protocol for Multihop Cognitive Radio Networks

    M. Timmers;S. Pollin;A. Dejonghe;L. Van der Perre

  • Power conscious CAD tools and methodologies: a perspective

    D. Singh;J.M. Rabaey;M. Pedram;F. Catthoor

  • System-scenario-based design of dynamic embedded systems

    Stefan Valentin Gheorghita;Martin Palkovic;Juan Hamers;Arnout Vandecappelle

  • Global communication and memory optimizing transformations for low power signal processing systems

    F. Catthoor;F. Franssen;S. Wuytack;L. Nachtergaele

  • A Complete Network-On-Chip Emulation Framework

    N. Genko;D. Atienza;G. De Micheli;J. M. Mendias

  • An integrated hardware/software approach for run-time scratchpad management

    Poletti Francesco;Paul Marchal;David Atienza;Luca Benini

  • Formalized methodology for data reuse: exploration for low-power hierarchical memory mappings

    S. Wuytack;J.-P. Diguet;F.V.M. Catthoor;H.J. De Man

  • Memristor based computation-in-memory architecture for data-intensive applications

    Said Hamdioui;Lei Xie;Hoang Anh Du Nguyen;Mottaqiallah Taouil

  • Atomistic approach to variability of bias-temperature instability in circuit simulations

    B. Kaczer;S. Mahato;V. Valduga de Almeida Camargo;M. Toledano-Luque

  • Architecture-driven synthesis techniques for VLSI implementation of DSP algorithms

    H. De Man;F. Catthoor;G. Goossens;J. Vanhoof

  • Optimized synthesis of asynchronous control circuits from graph-theoretic specifications

    P. Vanbekbergen;F. Catthoor;G. Goossens;H. De Man

  • Cathedral-III: Architecture-driven high-level synthesis for high throughput DSP applications

    W. Geurts;F. Catthoor;H. De Man

  • Doping-Free Complementary Logic Gates Enabled by Two-Dimensional Polarity-Controllable Transistors

    Giovanni V. Resta;Yashwanth Balaji;Dennis Lin;Iuliana P. Radu

  • Energy-Aware Runtime Scheduling for Embedded-Multiprocessor SOCs

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  • Mapping Spiking Neural Networks to Neuromorphic Hardware

    Adarsha Balaji;Francky Catthoor;Anup Das;Yuefeng Wu

  • Distributed cognitive coexistence of 802.15.4 with 802.11

    Sofie Pollin;Mustafa Ergen;Michael Timmers;Antoine Dejonghe

  • Power exploration for data dominated video applications

    S. Wuytack;F. Catthoor;L. Nachtergaele;H. De Man

  • OCEAN: An Optimized HW/SW Reliability Mitigation Approach for Scratchpad Memories in Real-Time SoCs

    Mohamed M. Sabry;David Atienza;Francky Catthoor

Frequent Co-Authors

Dimitrios Soudris
Dimitrios Soudris National Technical University of Athens
Wim Dehaene
Wim Dehaene KU Leuven
David Atienza
David Atienza École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Sofie Pollin
Sofie Pollin KU Leuven
Henk Corporaal
Henk Corporaal Eindhoven University of Technology

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