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Pádraig Cunningham

Pádraig Cunningham

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Computer Science
Ireland
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
69
Citations
17617
World Ranking
1984
National Ranking
5

Pádraig Cunningham 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 Pádraig Cunningham sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 319 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pádraig Cunningham 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 Pádraig Cunningham sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Computer Science in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

Pádraig Cunningham is affiliated with University College Dublin in Ireland and specializes in the broad domain of computer science. Their research spans several subfields, with a significant focus on artificial intelligence and signal processing. The diversity of their work also extends into areas such as food science, computer vision and pattern recognition, and information systems.

The scientist's main research topics encompass:

  • Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
  • Machine Learning and Data Classification
  • Food Supply Chain Traceability
  • Music and Audio Processing
  • Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Sports Performance and Training

Pádraig Cunningham's publication record includes works in a variety of venues, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach. Frequent publication venues comprise:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ARROW@Dublin Institute of Technology (Dublin Institute of Technology)
  • Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Cunningham include:

  • k-Nearest Neighbour Classifiers - A Tutorial, 2021, published in ACM Computing Surveys
  • Detecting voids in 3D printing using melt pool time series data, 2020, published in Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
  • Network Analysis of Recurring YouTube Spam Campaigns, 2021, presented at the Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
  • ECUE: a spam filter that uses machine learning to track concept drift, 2021, published in ARROW@Dublin Institute of Technology (Dublin Institute of Technology)
  • An empirical evaluation of kernels for time series, 2021, published in Artificial Intelligence Review

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Oshana Dissanayake
  • Sarah E. Mcpherson
  • E. Kennedy
  • Lucile Riaboff
  • William Blanzeisky

Best Publications

  • Advances in Case-Based Reasoning

    Ian Smith;Boi Faltings

  • k-Nearest Neighbour Classifiers: 2nd Edition (with Python examples).

    Padraig Cunningham;Sarah Jane Delany

  • Practical solutions to the problem of diagonal dominance in kernel document clustering

    Derek Greene;Pádraig Cunningham

  • Tracking the Evolution of Communities in Dynamic Social Networks

    Derek Greene;Dónal Doyle;Pádraig Cunningham

  • k-Nearest Neighbour Classifiers

    Pádraig Cunningham;Sarah Jane Delany

  • A case-based technique for tracking concept drift in spam filtering

    Sarah Jane Delany;Pádraig Cunningham;Alexey Tsymbal;Lorcan Coyle

  • An analysis of the coherence of descriptors in topic modeling

    Derek O'Callaghan;Derek Greene;Joe Carthy;Pádraig Cunningham

  • Diversity in search strategies for ensemble feature selection

    Alexey Tsymbal;Mykola Pechenizkiy;Pádraig Cunningham

  • Software agents: A review

    Shaw Green;Leon Hurst;Brenda Nangle;Padraig Cunningham

  • Supervised Learning

    Unknown

  • Diversity versus Quality in Classification Ensembles Based on Feature Selection

    Padraig Cunningham;John Carney

  • Dynamic integration of classifiers for handling concept drift

    Alexey Tsymbal;Mykola Pechenizkiy;Pádraig Cunningham;Seppo Puuronen

  • A Matrix Factorization Approach for Integrating Multiple Data Views

    Derek Greene;Pádraig Cunningham

  • Hierarchical Modularity and the Evolution of Genetic Interactomes across Species

    Colm J. Ryan;Colm J. Ryan;Colm J. Ryan;Assen Roguev;Assen Roguev;Kristin Patrick;Kristin Patrick;Jiewei Xu;Jiewei Xu

  • Using diversity in preparing ensembles of classifiers based on different feature subsets to minimize generalization error

    Gabriele Zenobi;Padraig Cunningham

  • Machine Learning Techniques for Multimedia

    Matthieu Cord;Pádraig Cunningham

  • How Many Topics? Stability Analysis for Topic Models

    Derek Greene;Derek O'Callaghan;Pádraig Cunningham

  • Stability problems with artificial neural networks and the ensemble solution

    PáDraig Cunningham;John Carney;Saji Jacob

  • A Taxonomy of Similarity Mechanisms for Case-Based Reasoning

    P. Cunningham

  • A Case-Based Approach to Spam Filtering that Can Track Concept Drift

    Pádraig Cunningham;Niamh Nowlan;Sarah Jane Delany;Mads Haahr

  • Solutions to Instability Problems with Sequential Wrapper-based Approaches to Feature Selection

    Kevin Dunne;Padraig Cunningham;Francisco Azuaje

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry Smyth
Barry Smyth University College Dublin
Nevan J. Krogan
Nevan J. Krogan University of California, San Francisco
Mykola Pechenizkiy
Mykola Pechenizkiy Eindhoven University of Technology
Maura Conway
Maura Conway Dublin City University
Gerard Cagney
Gerard Cagney University College Dublin
Francisco Azuaje
Francisco Azuaje Genomics England
Ulrik Brandes
Ulrik Brandes ETH Zurich
Kevan M. Shokat
Kevan M. Shokat University of California, San Francisco
Ralph Bergmann
Ralph Bergmann University of Trier
Mark T. Keane
Mark T. Keane University College Dublin

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