2026 Gregory D. Abowd: 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	100	359	348	195	188	473	66845

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

12045
Citations
Towards a Better Understanding of Context and Context-Awareness

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

7586
Citations
A conceptual framework and a toolkit for supporting the rapid prototyping of context-aware applications

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

4635
Citations
Charting past, present, and future research in ubiquitous computing

Gregory D. Abowd;Elizabeth D. Mynatt

2403
Citations
Cyberguide: a mobile context-aware tour guide

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

2337
Citations
Providing architectural support for building context-aware applications

Anind Kumar Dey;Gregory D. Abowd

1825
Citations
The Aware Home: A Living Laboratory for Ubiquitous Computing Research

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

1630
Citations
The context toolkit: aiding the development of context-enabled applications

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

1616
Citations
Classroom 2000: an experiment with the instrumentation of a living educational environment

G. D. Abowd

1040
Citations
The smart floor: a mechanism for natural user identification and tracking

Robert J. Orr;Gregory D. Abowd

1033
Citations
SAAM: a method for analyzing the properties of software architectures

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

909
Citations
Human-Computer Interaction (3rd Edition)

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

761
Citations
Scenario-based analysis of software architecture

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

741
Citations
Securing context-aware applications using environment roles

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

648
Citations
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

626
Citations
The human experience [of ubiquitous computing]

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

582
Citations
The Conference Assistant: combining context-awareness with wearable computing

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

548
Citations
CybreMinder: A Context-Aware System for Supporting Reminders

Anind K. Dey;Gregory D. Abowd

546
Citations
Rapid prototyping of mobile context-aware applications: the Cyberguide case study

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

523
Citations
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

519
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Shwetak N. Patel University of Washington

Julie A. Kientz University of Washington

Thad Starner Georgia Institute of Technology

Gillian R. Hayes University of California, Irvine

Anind K. Dey University of Washington

Irfan Essa Georgia Institute of Technology

James M. Rehg University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Matthew S. Reynolds University of Washington

Elizabeth D. Mynatt Northeastern University

Thomas Plötz Georgia Institute of Technology

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