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Helmut Bölcskei

Helmut Bölcskei

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Computer Science
Switzerland
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
62
Citations
24124
World Ranking
2835
National Ranking
64

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
62
Citations
23697
World Ranking
1405
National Ranking
34

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Helmut Bölcskei is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has an extensive publication record in computer science, engineering, and mathematics. Their research contributions span several subfields including computer vision and pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, computational theory and mathematics, control and systems engineering, and applied mathematics.

The researcher's main topics of work include:

  • Neural Networks and Applications
  • Control Systems and Identification
  • Model Reduction and Neural Networks
  • Mathematical Analysis and Transform Methods
  • Image and Signal Denoising Methods
  • Sparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques
  • Spectral Theory in Mathematical Physics

Recent publications by Helmut Bölcskei include:

  • Deep Neural Network Approximation Theory (2021), IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
  • Deep Neural Network Approximation Theory (2021), Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)
  • Neural Network Identifiability for a Family of Sigmoidal Nonlinearities (2021), Constructive Approximation
  • Affine symmetries and neural network identifiability (2020), Advances in Mathematics
  • Metric entropy limits on recurrent neural network learning of linear dynamical systems (2021), Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Bölcskei are:

  • Thomas Allard
  • Dmytro Perekrestenko
  • Verner Vlačić
  • Clemens Hutter
  • Recep Gül

Publication venues where their work frequently appears include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University), with 14 publications
  • IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, with 2 publications
  • Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich), with 2 publications
  • Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis, with 2 publications
  • Constructive Approximation, with 1 publication

Best Publications

  • An overview of MIMO communications - a key to gigabit wireless

    A.J. Paulraj;D.A. Gore;R.U. Nabar;H. Bolcskei

  • Fading relay channels: performance limits and space-time signal design

    R.U. Nabar;H. Bolcskei;F.W. Kneubuhler

  • Block-Sparse Signals: Uncertainty Relations and Efficient Recovery

    Yonina C Eldar;Patrick Kuppinger;Helmut Bolcskei

  • On the capacity of OFDM-based spatial multiplexing systems

    H. Bolcskei;D. Gesbert;A.J. Paulraj

  • Outdoor MIMO wireless channels: models and performance prediction

    D. Gesbert;H. Bolcskei;D.A. Gore;A.J. Paulraj

  • Capacity scaling laws in MIMO relay networks

    H. Bolcskei;R.U. Nabar;O. Oyman;A.J. Paulraj

  • VLSI implementation of MIMO detection using the sphere decoding algorithm

    A. Burg;M. Borgmann;M. Wenk;M. Zellweger

  • Space-frequency coded broadband OFDM systems

    H. Bolcskei;A.J. Paulraj

  • MIMO-OFDM wireless systems: basics, perspectives, and challenges

    H. Bolcskei

  • Blind estimation of symbol timing and carrier frequency offset in wireless OFDM systems

    H. Bolcskei

  • Frame-theoretic analysis of oversampled filter banks

    H. Bolcskei;F. Hlawatsch;H.G. Feichtinger

  • Soft-output sphere decoding: algorithms and VLSI implementation

    C. Studer;A. Burg;H. Bolcskei

  • A Mathematical Theory of Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Feature Extraction

    Thomas Wiatowski;Helmut Bolcskei

  • MIMO wireless channels: capacity and performance prediction

    D. Gesbert;H. Bolcskei;D. Gore;A. Paulraj

  • Performance of multiantenna signaling techniques in the presence of polarization diversity

    R.U. Nabar;H. Bolcskei;V. Erceg;D. Gesbert

  • Impact of the propagation environment on the performance of space-frequency coded MIMO-OFDM

    H. Bolcskei;M. Borgmann;A.J. Paulraj

  • Space-Time Wireless Systems: From Array Processing to MIMO Communications

    H. Bölcskei;D. Gesbert;C. B. Papadias;A.-J. van der Veen

  • Interference alignment with limited feedback

    Jatin Thukral;Helmut Bolcskei

  • Characterizing the statistical properties of mutual information in MIMO channels

    O. Oyman;R.U. Nabar;H. Bolcskei;A.J. Paulraj

  • Soft–Input Soft–Output Single Tree-Search Sphere Decoding

    Christoph Studer;Helmut Bölcskei

Frequent Co-Authors

Arogyaswami Paulraj
Arogyaswami Paulraj Stanford University
Giuseppe Durisi
Giuseppe Durisi Chalmers University of Technology
Rohit U. Nabar
Rohit U. Nabar Marvell (United States)
Andreas Burg
Andreas Burg École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Constantinos B. Papadias
Constantinos B. Papadias American College of Greece
Shlomo Shamai
Shlomo Shamai Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Yonina C. Eldar
Yonina C. Eldar Weizmann Institute of Science

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