2026 Maria Gini: 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	42	8319	8083	3567	3432	353	8328

Maria Gini 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 Maria Gini sits on this spectrum.

32 publications 991+

This scientist: 353 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maria Gini 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 Maria Gini sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - ACM Fellow For contributions to robotics and multi-agent systems and a lifelong commitment to diversity in computing
2018 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to multi-agent programming in robotics
2016 - AAAI Distinguished Service Award For her outstanding contributions to the field of artificial intelligence through sustained service leading AI societies, journals, and conferences; mentoring colleagues; and working to increase participation of women in AI and computing.
2008 - Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) For significant contributions to coordination and competition in multirobot and multiagent systems, for leadership in the AI community, and for inspiring the next generation.
2006 - ACM Distinguished Member

Overview

Maria Gini is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily centers on the field of Computer Science, with a specific focus on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications, and various engineering disciplines including Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Automotive Engineering.

The scientist is known for work across several main topics, including:

Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics
AI in Service Interactions
Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems
Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation
Optimization and Search Problems
Emotion and Mood Recognition

Recent published papers include:

"Autonomous agents and multiagent systems," 2021, published in AI Matters
"C-Nav: Distributed coordination in crowded multi-agent navigation," 2020, published in Robotics and Autonomous Systems
"More Trees or Larger Trees: Parallelizing Monte Carlo Tree Search," 2020, published in IEEE Transactions on Games
"Characterization of brown carbon absorption in different European environments through source contribution analysis," 2025, published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
"What We Know So Far: Artificial Intelligence in African Healthcare," 2023, published in arXiv (Cornell University)

The most frequent co-authors working with Maria Gini are:

John Harwell
Libby Ferland
Serguei Pakhomov
Naome A. Etori
Angel Sylvester

Publication venues where the scientist has frequently contributed include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
AI Matters
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
IEEE Transactions on Games

Maria Gini has received several awards recognizing their contributions to the scientific community and leadership in artificial intelligence and robotics. These awards include:

ACM Fellow, 2019, for contributions to robotics and multi-agent systems and a lifelong commitment to diversity in computing
IEEE Fellow, 2018, for contributions to multi-agent programming in robotics
AAAI Distinguished Service Award, 2016, for contributions to AI societies, journals, conferences, mentoring, and efforts to increase participation of women in AI and computing
Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2008, for contributions to coordination and competition in multirobot and multiagent systems and leadership in AI
ACM Distinguished Member, 2006

Best Publications

Partitioning-based clustering for Web document categorization

Daniel Boley;Maria Gini;Robert Gross;Eui-Hong Han

372
Citations
Proceedings of the 2013 international conference on Autonomous agents and multi-agent systems

Maria Gini;Onn Shehory;Takayuki Ito;Catholijn Jonker

335
Citations
Magma an agent based virtual market for electronic commerce

Maksim Tsvetovatyy;Maria Gini;Bamshad Mobasher;Zbigniew Wieckow Ski

290
Citations
WebACE: a Web agent for document categorization and exploration

Eui-Hong Han;Daniel Boley;Maria Gini;Robert Gross

270
Citations
A taxonomy for task allocation problems with temporal and ordering constraints

Ernesto Nunes;Marie Manner;Hakim Mitiche;Maria Gini

260
Citations
Document Categorization and Query Generation on the World Wide WebUsing WebACE

Daniel Boley;Maria Gini;Robert Gross;Eui-Hong (Sam) Han

233
Citations
A miniature robotic system for reconnaissance and surveillance

D.F. Hougen;S. Benjaafar;J.C. Bonney;J.R. Budenske

223
Citations
A market architecture for multi-agent contracting

John Collins;Ben Youngdahl;Scott Jamison;Bamshad Mobasher

166
Citations
Repeated auctions for robust task execution by a robot team

Maitreyi Nanjanath;Maria Gini

149
Citations
Robot navigation in a known environment with unknown moving obstacles

Steven Ratering;Maria L. Gini

142
Citations
Performance of a distributed robotic system using shared communications channels

P.E. Rybski;S.A. Stoeter;M. Gini;D.F. Hougen

139
Citations
Enlisting rangers and scouts for reconnaissance and surveillance

P.E. Rybski;N.P. Papanikolopoulos;S.A. Stoeter;D.G. Krantz

137
Citations
Multi-robot auctions for allocation of tasks with temporal constraints

Ernesto Nunes;Maria Gini

127
Citations
A Multi-Agent Negotiation Testbed for Contracting Tasks with Temporal and Precedence Constraints

John Collins;Wolfgang Ketter;Maria Gini

123
Citations
A team of robotic agents for surveillance

Paul E. Rybski;Sascha A. Stoeter;Michael D. Erickson;Maria Gini

122
Citations
Autonomous stair-hopping with Scout robots

S.A. Stoeter;P.E. Rybski;M. Gini;N. Papanikolopoulos

121
Citations
Proceedings of the National Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Steven Jensen;Daniel L Boley;Maria L Gini;Paul R Schrater

109
Citations
Parallel search algorithms for robot motion planning

D.J. Challou;M. Gini;V. Kumar

106
Citations
Real-Time Tactical and Strategic Sales Management for Intelligent Agents Guided by Economic Regimes

Wolfgang Ketter;John Collins;Maria Gini;Alok Gupta

101
Citations
Detecting and forecasting economic regimes in multi-agent automated exchanges

Wolfgang Ketter;John Collins;Maria Gini;Alok Gupta

91
Citations
Decision processes in agent-based automated contracting

J. Collins;C. Bilot;M. Gini;B. Mobasher

91
Citations
IJCAI International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Erik Steinmetz;Maria L Gini

47
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuseppina Gini Polytechnic University of Milan

Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos University of Minnesota

Paul Schrater University of Minnesota

Alok Gupta University of Minnesota

Bamshad Mobasher DePaul University

Vipin Kumar University of Minnesota

Serguei V. S. Pakhomov University of Minnesota

Catholijn M. Jonker Delft University of Technology

Jeffrey S. Rosenschein Hebrew University of Jerusalem

George Karypis University of Minnesota

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