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 Michael Zyda sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 185 publications — 41st percentile
41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.
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 Michael Zyda sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 39 D-Index — 33rd percentile
33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.
Michael Zyda is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Computer Science, with a strong focus on areas such as Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Mechanical Engineering.
The scientist's work concentrates on topics including Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts, Interactive and Immersive Displays, Educational Games and Gamification, Artificial Intelligence in Games, Augmented Reality Applications, Hand Gesture Recognition Systems, and Teleoperation and Haptic Systems.
Michael Zyda has published extensively, with notable publication venues including Computer, Symposium on Spatial User Interaction, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment, arXiv (Cornell University), and the 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW).
Frequent co-authors in their research include Powen Yao, Tian Zhu, Vangelis Lympouridis, Yilei Zeng, and Aayush Shah.
Among recent papers are:
Michael Zyda has been recognized by professional organizations with distinctions including ACM Fellow (2020) for contributions to game design, game and virtual reality networking, and body tracking; IEEE Fellow (2019) for contributions to game design and networking; and ACM Senior Member since 2009.
M. Zyda
Sandeep Singhal;Michael Zyda
J.L. Marins;Xiaoping Yun;E.R. Bachmann;R.B. McGhee
Michael R. Macedonia;Michael J. Zyda;David R. Pratt;Paul T. Barham
M.R. Macedomia;M.J. Zyda;D.R. Pratt;D.P. Brutzman
M.R. Macedonia;M.J. Zyda
Michael J. DeHaemer;Michael J. Zyda
M.R. Macedonia;M.J. Zyda;D.R. Pratt;D.P. Brutzman
Eric R. Bachmann;Robert B. McGhee;Xiaoping Yun;Michael J. Zyda
John S. Falby;Michael J. Zyda;David R. Pratt;Randy L. Mackey
William R. Cockayne;Michael Zyda
E.R. Bachmann;I. Duman;U.Y. Usta;R.B. McGhee
Michael R. Macedonia;Donald P. Brutzman;Michael J. Zyda;David R. Pratt
Eric R. Bachmann;Robert B. McGhee;Xiaoping Yun;Michael J. Zyda
K. Watsen;M. Zyda
Joseph M. Cooke;Michael J. Zyda;David R. Pratt;Robert B. McGhee
M. Capps;D. McGregor;D. Brutzman;M. Zyda
Howard Abrams;Kent Watsen;Michael Zyda
X. Yun;E.R. Bachmann;R.B. McGhee;R.H. Whalen
David R. Pratt;Michael Zyda;Kristen Kelleher
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