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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Computer Science 36 11065 10752 4598 4404 80 7483

Li Erran Li publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Li Erran Li between 2004 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Li Erran Li published across 22 years, from 2004 to 2025, averaging 5.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 12 publications in 2021. 16 of the 115 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2004 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 12. Peak 12 publications in 2021. 2004: 1 publication 2005: 2 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 1 publication 2008: 1 publication 2009: 4 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 3 publications 2018: 1 publication 2019: 3 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 7 publications
2004 2025

115 publications in total across all disciplines

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Li Erran Li: publications per year, 2004 to 2025
Year Publications
2004 1
2005 2
2006 1
2007 1
2008 1
2009 4
2010 11
2011 3
2012 6
2013 9
2014 11
2015 5
2016 4
2017 3
2018 1
2019 3
2020 5
2021 12
2022 7
2023 9
2024 9
2025 7
Total 115
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Li Erran Li 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 Li Erran Li sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 32–41 to 991+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 609. Most scientists, 609, have 142–151 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 72–81 publications, is where this scientist sits. 32–41 publications: 7 scientists 42–51 publications: 22 scientists 52–61 publications: 82 scientists 62–71 publications: 134 scientists 72–81 publications: 249 scientists 82–91 publications: 324 scientists 92–101 publications: 421 scientists 102–111 publications: 420 scientists 112–121 publications: 497 scientists 122–131 publications: 544 scientists 132–141 publications: 555 scientists 142–151 publications: 609 scientists 152–161 publications: 559 scientists 162–171 publications: 534 scientists 172–181 publications: 556 scientists 182–191 publications: 583 scientists 192–201 publications: 519 scientists 202–211 publications: 508 scientists 212–221 publications: 490 scientists 222–231 publications: 437 scientists 232–241 publications: 423 scientists 242–251 publications: 408 scientists 252–261 publications: 377 scientists 262–271 publications: 301 scientists 272–281 publications: 335 scientists 282–291 publications: 320 scientists 292–301 publications: 293 scientists 302–311 publications: 250 scientists 312–321 publications: 238 scientists 322–331 publications: 206 scientists 332–341 publications: 209 scientists 342–351 publications: 208 scientists 352–361 publications: 162 scientists 362–371 publications: 176 scientists 372–381 publications: 127 scientists 382–391 publications: 158 scientists 392–401 publications: 128 scientists 402–411 publications: 104 scientists 412–421 publications: 94 scientists 422–431 publications: 99 scientists 432–441 publications: 83 scientists 442–451 publications: 108 scientists 452–461 publications: 73 scientists 462–471 publications: 77 scientists 472–481 publications: 69 scientists 482–491 publications: 84 scientists 492–501 publications: 62 scientists 502–511 publications: 54 scientists 512–521 publications: 57 scientists 522–531 publications: 51 scientists 532–541 publications: 51 scientists 542–551 publications: 32 scientists 552–561 publications: 38 scientists 562–571 publications: 28 scientists 572–581 publications: 43 scientists 582–591 publications: 33 scientists 592–601 publications: 41 scientists 602–611 publications: 32 scientists 612–621 publications: 28 scientists 622–631 publications: 25 scientists 632–641 publications: 27 scientists 642–651 publications: 17 scientists 652–661 publications: 20 scientists 662–671 publications: 17 scientists 672–681 publications: 15 scientists 682–691 publications: 14 scientists 692–701 publications: 21 scientists 702–711 publications: 13 scientists 712–721 publications: 12 scientists 722–731 publications: 19 scientists 732–741 publications: 14 scientists 742–751 publications: 12 scientists 752–761 publications: 10 scientists 762–771 publications: 10 scientists 772–781 publications: 11 scientists 782–791 publications: 10 scientists 792–801 publications: 11 scientists 802–811 publications: 8 scientists 812–821 publications: 8 scientists 822–831 publications: 7 scientists 832–841 publications: 11 scientists 842–851 publications: 10 scientists 852–861 publications: 5 scientists 862–871 publications: 9 scientists 872–881 publications: 4 scientists 882–891 publications: 6 scientists 892–901 publications: 3 scientists 902–911 publications: 6 scientists 912–921 publications: 3 scientists 922–931 publications: 2 scientists 932–941 publications: 2 scientists 942–951 publications: 2 scientists 952–961 publications: 3 scientists 962–971 publications: 3 scientists 972–981 publications: 3 scientists 982–990 publications: 5 scientists 991+ publications: 100 scientists
32–41 publications 991+

This scientist: 80 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Computer Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 14,188 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
32–41 7
42–51 22
52–61 82
62–71 134
72–81 249 80
82–91 324
92–101 421
102–111 420
112–121 497
122–131 544
132–141 555
142–151 609
152–161 559
162–171 534
172–181 556
182–191 583
192–201 519
202–211 508
212–221 490
222–231 437
232–241 423
242–251 408
252–261 377
262–271 301
272–281 335
282–291 320
292–301 293
302–311 250
312–321 238
322–331 206
332–341 209
342–351 208
352–361 162
362–371 176
372–381 127
382–391 158
392–401 128
402–411 104
412–421 94
422–431 99
432–441 83
442–451 108
452–461 73
462–471 77
472–481 69
482–491 84
492–501 62
502–511 54
512–521 57
522–531 51
532–541 51
542–551 32
552–561 38
562–571 28
572–581 43
582–591 33
592–601 41
602–611 32
612–621 28
622–631 25
632–641 27
642–651 17
652–661 20
662–671 17
672–681 15
682–691 14
692–701 21
702–711 13
712–721 12
722–731 19
732–741 14
742–751 12
752–761 10
762–771 10
772–781 11
782–791 10
792–801 11
802–811 8
812–821 8
822–831 7
832–841 11
842–851 10
852–861 5
862–871 9
872–881 4
882–891 6
892–901 3
902–911 6
912–921 3
922–931 2
932–941 2
942–951 2
952–961 3
962–971 3
972–981 3
982–990 5
991+ 100
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Li Erran Li 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 Li Erran Li sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 52 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 131+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 990. Most scientists, 990, have 36–37 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 36–37 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 879 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 983 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 918 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 990 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 968 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 907 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 821 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 763 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 689 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 543 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 543 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 518 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 500 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 458 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 400 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 337 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 308 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 292 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 249 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 213 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 192 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 189 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 165 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 139 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 119 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 121 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 113 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 88 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 87 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 75 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 69 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 57 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 46 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 34 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 36 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 27 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 37 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 31 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 19 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 16 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 20 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 15 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 5 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 20 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 8 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 5 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130 D-Index: 3 scientists 131+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30–31 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Computer Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 14,188 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 879
32–33 983
34–35 918
36–37 990 36
38–39 968
40–41 907
42–43 821
44–45 763
46–47 689
48–49 543
50–51 543
52–53 518
54–55 500
56–57 458
58–59 400
60–61 337
62–63 308
64–65 292
66–67 249
68–69 213
70–71 192
72–73 189
74–75 165
76–77 139
78–79 119
80–81 121
82–83 113
84–85 88
86–87 87
88–89 75
90–91 69
92–93 57
94–95 46
96–97 38
98–99 34
100–101 36
102–103 27
104–105 37
106–107 18
108–109 31
110–111 19
112–113 16
114–115 12
116–117 20
118–119 15
120–121 5
122–123 20
124–125 8
126–127 5
128–129 7
130 3
131+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - ACM Fellow For contributions to the design and analysis of wireless networks, improving architectures, throughput, and analytics
  • 2014 - ACM Distinguished Member

Overview

Li Erran Li is a researcher affiliated with Amazon in the United States, specializing in computer science with a strong focus on computer vision and artificial intelligence. Their contributions mainly pertain to advanced neural network applications, multimodal machine learning, and autonomous vehicle technology.

Their work covers several main fields and subfields of study, notably:

  • Computer Science
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Computational Mechanics

Li Erran Li's research topics include:

  • Multimodal Machine Learning Applications
  • Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning
  • Advanced Neural Network Applications
  • Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques
  • Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety

Frequently collaborating with other scholars, Li has coauthored multiple publications with Min Bai, Zhuofan Xia, Xuran Pan, Gao Huang, and Shiji Song.

Their recent published papers highlight contributions primarily to computer vision and autonomous driving, including:

  • "Vision Transformer with Deformable Attention," 2022, published in the 2022 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)
  • "Safety-aware Motion Prediction with Unseen Vehicles for Autonomous Driving," 2021, presented at the 2021 IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV)
  • "Disentangled Recurrent Wasserstein Autoencoder," 2021, released on arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Vision Transformer with Deformable Attention," 2022, posted on arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "GNFactor: Multi-Task Real Robot Learning with Generalizable Neural Feature Fields," 2023, available on arXiv (Cornell University)

Li Erran Li's research has appeared across various venues, with multiple publications in arXiv (Cornell University), as well as appearances in the 2022 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2021 IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), the International Journal of Computer Vision, and the Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing.

Throughout their career, Li has been recognized by professional organizations, having been named an ACM Fellow in 2017 for contributions to the design and analysis of wireless networks, impacting architectures, throughput, and analytics.

They were also designated as an ACM Distinguished Member in 2014.

Best Publications

  • SoftRAN: software defined radio access network

    Aditya Gudipati;Daniel Perry;Li Erran Li;Sachin Katti

  • Toward Software-Defined Cellular Networks

    Li Erran Li;Z. Morley Mao;Jennifer Rexford

  • SoftCell: scalable and flexible cellular core network architecture

    Xin Jin;Li Erran Li;Laurent Vanbever;Jennifer Rexford

  • 3D Object Detection with Pointformer

    Xuran Pan;Zhuofan Xia;Shiji Song;Li Erran Li

  • Deep Stereo Using Adaptive Thin Volume Representation With Uncertainty Awareness

    Shuo Cheng;Zexiang Xu;Shilin Zhu;Zhuwen Li

  • Scalable architecture for enterprise extension in a cloud topology

    Li Erran Li;Thomas Woo

  • Dynamic load balancing and scaling of allocated cloud resources in an enterprise network

    Li Erran Li;Thomas Woo

  • Market sharing games applied to content distribution in ad hoc networks

    M.X. Goemans;Li Li;V.S. Mirrokni;M. Thottan

  • System and method for root cause analysis of mobile network performance problems

    Jin Cao;Li Erran Li;Tian Bu;Susan Wu Sanders

  • Advancing the state of mobile cloud computing

    Paramvir Bahl;Richard Y. Han;Li Erran Li;Mahadev Satyanarayanan

  • Layer 2 seamless site extension of enterprises in cloud computing

    Li Erran Li;Thomas Woo

  • CloudStream: Delivering high-quality streaming videos through a cloud-based SVC proxy

    Zixia Huang;Chao Mei;Li Erran Li;Thomas Woo

  • On spectrum sharing games

    Magnús M. Halldórsson;Joseph Y. Halpern;Li Erran Li;Vahab S. Mirrokni

  • piStream: Physical Layer Informed Adaptive Video Streaming over LTE

    Xiufeng Xie;Xinyu Zhang;Swarun Kumar;Li Erran Li

  • On spectrum sharing games

    Magnús M. Halldórsson;Joseph Y. Halpern;Li (Erran) Li;Vahab S. Mirrokni

  • LTE radio analytics made easy and accessible

    Swarun Kumar;Ezzeldin Hamed;Dina Katabi;Li Erran Li

  • Robust Multimodal Vehicle Detection in Foggy Weather Using Complementary Lidar and Radar Signals

    Kun Qian;Shilin Zhu;Xinyu Zhang;Li Erran Li

  • Measuring control plane latency in SDN-enabled switches

    Keqiang He;Junaid Khalid;Aaron Gember-Jacobson;Sourav Das

  • Train in Germany, Test in the USA: Making 3D Object Detectors Generalize

    Yan Wang;Xiangyu Chen;Yurong You;Li Erran Li

  • On designing incentive-compatible routing and forwarding protocols in wireless ad-hoc networks: an integrated approach using game theoretic and cryptographic techniques

    Sheng Zhong;Li Erran Li;Yanbin Grace Liu;Yang Richard Yang

  • Identifying suspicious activities through DNS failure graph analysis

    Nan Jiang;Jin Cao;Yu Jin;Li Erran Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Ion Stoica
Ion Stoica University of California, Berkeley
Qifeng Chen
Qifeng Chen Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Vahab Mirrokni
Vahab Mirrokni Google (United States)
Swarun Kumar
Swarun Kumar Carnegie Mellon University
Yan Chen
Yan Chen Northwestern University
Richard Han
Richard Han Macquarie University
Kun Tan
Kun Tan Huawei Technologies (China)
Harish Viswanathan
Harish Viswanathan Nokia (United States)
Xinyu Zhang
Xinyu Zhang University of California, San Diego
Jennifer Rexford
Jennifer Rexford Princeton University

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