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Gregory D. Abowd 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 Gregory D. Abowd sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 473 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gregory D. Abowd 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 Gregory D. Abowd sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 100 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science and Informatics Professor Abowd and his colleagues have demonstrated how advanced information technologies can be used in homes and schools to support the many challenges facing those impacted by autism and related developmental disabilities, including the individuals, the families, educators, clinicians and researchers.
  • 2008 - ACM Senior Member
  • 2008 - ACM Fellow For contributions to ubiquitous computing research, with emphasis on applications for education, home and health.

Overview

Gregory D. Abowd is affiliated with Northeastern University in the United States. Their research spans several main fields, including Computer Science and Engineering, with significant contributions to related subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Biomedical Engineering, and Human-Computer Interaction.

The scientist's work covers a range of specialized topics. These include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems, Tactile and Sensory Interactions, Digital Mental Health Interventions, Interactive and Immersive Displays, and Human Pose and Action Recognition.

Gregory D. Abowd has published research in various academic venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
  • IEEE Pervasive Computing
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Among the recent scholarly papers are:

  • "IMUTube," 2020, Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
  • "Flexible computational photodetectors for self-powered activity sensing," 2022, npj Flexible Electronics
  • "UbiquiTouch," 2020, Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
  • "Designing a Clinician-Facing Tool for Using Insights From Patients' Social Media Activity: Iterative Co-Design Approach," 2020, JMIR Mental Health
  • "The Internet of Materials: A Vision for Computational Materials," 2020, IEEE Pervasive Computing

In addition to articles, the scientist has contributed to the monograph "Interactive Technologies and Autism, Second Edition," published in 2020 by Morgan & Claypool Publishers.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Julie A. Kientz
  • Gillian R. Hayes
  • Mirko Gelsomini
  • Munmun De Choudhury
  • Matthew S. Goodwin

Gregory D. Abowd has received several recognitions. They were named an ACM Fellow in 2008 for contributions to ubiquitous computing research, particularly in applications for education, home, and health. The same year, they were designated an ACM Senior Member. In 2009, they received the ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science and Informatics, acknowledging work supporting challenges faced by individuals impacted by autism and related developmental disabilities, along with their families, educators, clinicians, and researchers.

Best Publications

  • Human-Computer Interaction

    Alan Dix;Janet Finlay;Gregory Abowd;Russell Beale

  • Towards a Better Understanding of Context and Context-Awareness

    Gregory D. Abowd;Anind K. Dey;Peter J. Brown;Nigel Davies

  • A conceptual framework and a toolkit for supporting the rapid prototyping of context-aware applications

    Anind K. Dey;Gregory D. Abowd;Daniel Salber

  • Charting past, present, and future research in ubiquitous computing

    Gregory D. Abowd;Elizabeth D. Mynatt

  • Cyberguide: a mobile context-aware tour guide

    Gregory D. Abowd;Christopher G. Atkeson;Jason Hong;Sue Long

  • Providing architectural support for building context-aware applications

    Anind Kumar Dey;Gregory D. Abowd

  • The Aware Home: A Living Laboratory for Ubiquitous Computing Research

    Cory D. Kidd;Robert Orr;Gregory D. Abowd;Christopher G. Atkeson

  • The context toolkit: aiding the development of context-enabled applications

    Daniel Salber;Anind K. Dey;Gregory D. Abowd

  • Classroom 2000: an experiment with the instrumentation of a living educational environment

    G. D. Abowd

  • The smart floor: a mechanism for natural user identification and tracking

    Robert J. Orr;Gregory D. Abowd

  • SAAM: a method for analyzing the properties of software architectures

    R. Kazman;L. Bass;G. Abowd;M. Webb

  • Human-Computer Interaction (3rd Edition)

    Alan Dix;Janet E. Finlay;Gregory D. Abowd;Russell Beale

  • Scenario-based analysis of software architecture

    R. Kazman;G. Abowd;L. Bass;P. Clements

  • Securing context-aware applications using environment roles

    Michael J. Covington;Wende Long;Srividhya Srinivasan;Anind K. Dev

  • At the Flick of a Switch: Detecting and Classifying Unique Electrical Events on the Residential Power Line (Nominated for the Best Paper Award)

    Shwetak N. Patel;Thomas Robertson;Julie A. Kientz;Matthew S. Reynolds

  • The human experience [of ubiquitous computing]

    G.D. Abowd;E.D. Mynatt;T. Rodden

  • The Conference Assistant: combining context-awareness with wearable computing

    A.K. Dey;D. Salber;G.D. Abowd;M. Futakawa

  • CybreMinder: A Context-Aware System for Supporting Reminders

    Anind K. Dey;Gregory D. Abowd

  • Rapid prototyping of mobile context-aware applications: the Cyberguide case study

    Sue Long;Rob Kooper;Gregory D. Abowd;Christopher G. Atkeson

  • At the flick of a switch: detecting and classifying unique electrical events on the residential power line

    Shwetak N. Patel;Thomas Robertson;Julie A. Kientz;Matthew S. Reynolds

Frequent Co-Authors

Shwetak N. Patel
Shwetak N. Patel University of Washington
Julie A. Kientz
Julie A. Kientz University of Washington
Thad Starner
Thad Starner Georgia Institute of Technology
Gillian R. Hayes
Gillian R. Hayes University of California, Irvine
Anind K. Dey
Anind K. Dey University of Washington
Irfan Essa
Irfan Essa Georgia Institute of Technology
James M. Rehg
James M. Rehg University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Matthew S. Reynolds
Matthew S. Reynolds University of Washington
Elizabeth D. Mynatt
Elizabeth D. Mynatt Northeastern University
Thomas Plötz
Thomas Plötz Georgia Institute of Technology

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