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Kwabena Boahen 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 Kwabena Boahen sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 115 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kwabena Boahen 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 Kwabena Boahen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 2006 - National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award

Overview

Kwabena Boahen is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research centers on neuroscience and engineering, with a significant number of publications in the fields of cognitive neuroscience and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's recent publications include the following papers:

  • Catalyzing next-generation Artificial Intelligence through NeuroAI (2023, Nature Communications)
  • Dendrocentric learning for synthetic intelligence (2022, Nature)
  • Cortical state dynamics and selective attention define the spatial pattern of correlated variability in neocortex (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Toward Next-Generation Artificial Intelligence: Catalyzing the NeuroAI Revolution (2022, arXiv (Cornell University))
  • Optimal noise level for coding with tightly balanced networks of spiking neurons in the presence of transmission delays (2022, PLoS Computational Biology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kwabena Boahen include:

  • Nicholas A. Steinmetz
  • Ben Varkey Benjamin
  • Surya Ganguli
  • Anthony M. Zador
  • G. Sean Escola

Major venues where their work has been published are:

  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • PLoS Computational Biology
  • Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering

Their main fields of study are:

  • Neuroscience
  • Engineering

Within these fields, their subfields of study include:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Hardware and Architecture

Key topics addressed in their work encompass:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • Reinforcement Learning in Robotics

Kwabena Boahen has been recognized with the following awards:

  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), 2016
  • National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award, 2006

Best Publications

  • Neuromorphic Silicon Neuron Circuits

    Giacomo Indiveri;Bernabé Linares-Barranco;Tara Julia Hamilton;André van Schaik

  • Neurogrid: A Mixed-Analog-Digital Multichip System for Large-Scale Neural Simulations

    Ben Varkey Benjamin;Peiran Gao;Emmett McQuinn;Swadesh Choudhary

  • Point-to-point connectivity between neuromorphic chips using address events

    K.A. Boahen

  • Current-mode subthreshold MOS circuits for analog VLSI neural systems

    A.G. Andreou;K.A. Boahen;P.O. Pouliquen;A. Pavasovic

  • A biomorphic digital image sensor

    E. Culurciello;R. Etienne-Cummings;K.A. Boahen

  • A Contrast Sensitive Silicon Retina with Reciprocal Synapses

    Kwabena A. Boahen;Andreas G. Andreou

  • Catalyzing next-generation Artificial Intelligence through NeuroAI

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  • Different circuits for ON and OFF retinal ganglion cells cause different contrast sensitivities.

    Kareem A. Zaghloul;Kwabena Boahen;Jonathan B. Demb

  • Translinear circuits in subthreshold MOS

    Andreas G. Andreou;Kwabena A. Boahen

  • Selective modulation of cortical state during spatial attention

    Tatiana A. Engel;Tatiana A. Engel;Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Marc A. Gieselmann;Alexander Thiele

  • A burst-mode word-serial address-event link-I: transmitter design

    K.A. Boahen

  • Braindrop: A Mixed-Signal Neuromorphic Architecture With a Dynamical Systems-Based Programming Model

    Alexander Neckar;Sam Fok;Ben V. Benjamin;Terrence C. Stewart

  • Communicating neuronal ensembles between neuromorphic chips

    Kwabena A. Boahen

  • Optic nerve signals in a neuromorphic chip I: Outer and inner retina models

    K.A. Zaghloul;K. Boahen

  • Learning in Silicon: Timing is Everything

    John V. Arthur;Kwabena Boahen

  • Neuromorphic implementation of orientation hypercolumns

    T.Y.W. Choi;P.A. Merolla;J.V. Arthur;K.A. Boahen

  • Expandable Networks for Neuromorphic Chips

    P.A. Merolla;J.V. Arthur;B.E. Shi;K.A. Boahen

  • A retinomorphic vision system

    K.A. Boahen

  • Optic nerve signals in a neuromorphic chip II: testing and results

    K.A. Zaghloul;K. Boahen

  • Silicon-Neuron Design: A Dynamical Systems Approach

    J V Arthur;K A Boahen

  • A Silicon Cochlea With Active Coupling

    Bo Wen;K. Boahen

  • Neurogrid: A Mixed-Analog-Digital Multichip System for Large-Scale Neural Simulations This paper describes the design of the first hardware system to provide computational neuroscientists with the capability of performing biological real-time simulations of a million neurons and their synaptic connections.

    Ben Varkey Benjamin;Peiran Gao;Emmett McQuinn;Swadesh Choudhary

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas G. Andreou
Andreas G. Andreou Johns Hopkins University
Kareem A. Zaghloul
Kareem A. Zaghloul National Institutes of Health
Ralph Etienne-Cummings
Ralph Etienne-Cummings Johns Hopkins University
Krishna V. Shenoy
Krishna V. Shenoy Stanford University
Jonathan B. Demb
Jonathan B. Demb Yale University
Eugenio Culurciello
Eugenio Culurciello Purdue University West Lafayette
Chris Eliasmith
Chris Eliasmith University of Waterloo
Nicholas A. Steinmetz
Nicholas A. Steinmetz University of Washington
Tirin Moore
Tirin Moore Stanford University
Shih-Chii Liu
Shih-Chii Liu University of Zurich

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