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James V. Ward

James V. Ward

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
81
Citations
30906
World Ranking
779
National Ranking
21

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1951 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

James V. Ward is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple fields within computer science and engineering, with a publication record focusing largely on topics in artificial intelligence, computer vision and pattern recognition, control and systems engineering, aerospace engineering, and social psychology.

The scientist's primary research interests include adversarial robustness in machine learning, robotic path planning algorithms, systems engineering methodologies and applications, modular robots and swarm intelligence, radar systems and signal processing, antenna design and optimization, and human-automation interaction and safety.

Ward has published extensively in the following venues: arXiv (Cornell University) with seven publications, ACM SIGAPP Applied Computing Review, and Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by James V. Ward include:

  • Transmit Precoder Design Approaches for Dual-Function Radar-Communication Systems, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Restructurable Activation Networks, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Co-Movement and Trust Development in Human-Robot Teams, 2024, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Super-Efficient Super Resolution for Fast Adversarial Defense at the Edge, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent collaborators include Edmund R. Hunt, Jacob Pritzker, Yonina C. Eldar, Nicola Webb, and Sanja Milivojević.

James V. Ward has contributed primarily to research domains such as artificial intelligence and control systems, applying methodologies and innovations to various technological challenges. Their work on adversarial robustness addresses vulnerabilities in machine learning models, while research in robotic path planning contributes to navigation and planning algorithms for autonomous systems. Systems engineering methodologies and modular robotics also constitute significant portions of their scholarly output.

Ward is recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor granted in 1951.

Best Publications

  • Implications of Streamflow Variability and Predictability for Lotic Community Structure: A Regional Analysis of Streamflow Patterns

    N. LeRoy Poff;J. V. Ward

  • Biodiversity of floodplain river ecosystems: ecotones and connectivity1

    J.V. Ward;K. Tockner;F. Schiemer

  • The Four-Dimensional Nature of Lotic Ecosystems

    J. V. Ward

  • Riverine landscape diversity

    J. V. Ward;K. Tockner;D. B. Arscott;C. Claret

  • Ecological connectivity in alluvial river ecosystems and its disruption by flow regulation

    J. V. Ward;J. A. Stanford

  • An extension of the flood pulse concept.

    K. Tockner;F. Malard;J. V. Ward

  • A GENERAL PROTOCOL FOR RESTORATION OF REGULATED RIVERS

    Jack A. Stanford;J. V. Ward;William J. Liss;Christopher A. Frissell

  • An ecosystem perspective of alluvial rivers: connectivity and the hyporheic corridor

    Jack A. Stanford;James V. Ward

  • The serial discontinuity concept of lotic ecosystems

    J. V. Ward;J. A. Stanford

  • The serial discontinuity concept : extending the model to floodplain rivers

    J. V. Ward;J. A. Stanford

  • RIVERINE LANDSCAPES: BIODIVERSITY PATTERNS, DISTURBANCE REGIMES, AND AQUATIC CONSERVATION

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  • The hyporheic habitat of river ecosystems

    J. A. Stanford;J. V. Ward

  • Hydrological connectivity, and the exchange of organic matter and nutrients in a dynamic river–floodplain system (Danube, Austria)

    Klement Tockner;Doris Pennetzdorfer;Niko Reiner;Fritz Schiemer

  • The Ecology of Regulated Streams

    James V. Ward;Jack A. Stanford

  • Riparian vegetation and island formation along the gravel‐bed Fiume Tagliamento, Italy

    Angela M. Gurnell;Geoffrey E. Petts;David M. Hannah;Barnaby P.G. Smith

  • Effects of Land Cover on Stream Ecosystems: Roles of Empirical Models and Scaling Issues

    David L. Strayer;R. Edward Beighley;Lisa C. Thompson;Shane Brooks

  • Understanding natural patterns and processes in river corridors as the basis for effective river restoration

    J.V. Ward;K. Tockner;U. Uehlinger;F. Malard

  • Ecology of alpine streams

    J.V. Ward

  • A landscape perspective of surface-subsurface hydrological exchanges in river corridors

    Florian Malard;Klement Tockner;Marie-José Dole-Olivier;J. V. Ward

  • Revisiting the serial discontinuity concept

    Jack A. Stanford;J.V. Ward

  • The fauna of dynamic riverine landscapes

    C. T. Robinson;K. Tockner;J. V. Ward

Frequent Co-Authors

Klement Tockner
Klement Tockner Goethe University Frankfurt
Jack A. Stanford
Jack A. Stanford University of Montana
Florian Malard
Florian Malard Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Christopher T. Robinson
Christopher T. Robinson Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Urs Uehlinger
Urs Uehlinger Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Johannes Kollmann
Johannes Kollmann Technical University of Munich
Angela M. Gurnell
Angela M. Gurnell Queen Mary University of London
Geoffrey E. Petts
Geoffrey E. Petts University of Westminster
Mark O. Gessner
Mark O. Gessner Technical University of Berlin

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