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D-Index
39
Citations
7289
World Ranking
7623
National Ranking
2095

Patricio A. Vela publications per year

2002: 4 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 1 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 19 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 18 publications 2022: 18 publications 2023: 14 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 10 publications
2002 2025

235 publications in total across all disciplines

Patricio A. Vela publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2027

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where Patricio A. Vela sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 203 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Patricio A. Vela D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2027

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where Patricio A. Vela sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Patricio A. Vela is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within engineering and computer science, with a significant focus on robotics and related disciplines.

The main fields of study for Patricio A. Vela include:

  • Engineering
  • Computer Science

Within these areas, their work is categorized into several subfields of study:

  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

The scientist has contributed to a variety of topics centered largely around robotics and vision systems:

  • Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
  • Hand Gesture Recognition Systems
  • 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
  • Human Pose and Action Recognition
  • Advanced Vision and Imaging

The publication record of Patricio A. Vela includes numerous papers in prestigious venues. Their recent papers include:

  • An Affordance Keypoint Detection Network for Robot Manipulation, 2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • GKNet: Grasp keypoint network for grasp candidates detection, 2022, The International Journal of Robotics Research
  • Single-Stage Keypoint-Based Category-Level Object Pose Estimation from an RGB Image, 2022, 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
  • Multi-view Fusion for Multi-level Robotic Scene Understanding, 2021, 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • Keypoint-Based Category-Level Object Pose Tracking from an RGB Sequence with Uncertainty Estimation, 2022, 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
  • The International Journal of Robotics Research

Coauthorship is a notable aspect of Patricio A. Vela's research collaborations. Frequent co-authors are:

  • Yunzhi Lin
  • Stephen Tyree
  • Stan Birchfield
  • Shiyu Feng
  • Ruinian Xu

Their collective work reflects an interdisciplinary approach, combining elements from artificial intelligence, control systems, and vision-based robotics to address questions in robot manipulation, localization, pose estimation, and scene understanding.

Best Publications

  • A comparative study of efficient initialization methods for the k-means clustering algorithm

    M. Emre Celebi;Hassan A. Kingravi;Patricio A. Vela

  • Real-World Multiobject, Multigrasp Detection

    Fu-Jen Chu;Ruinian Xu;Patricio A. Vela

  • Construction performance monitoring via still images, time-lapse photos, and video streams

    Jun Yang;Man-Woo Park;Patricio A. Vela;Mani Golparvar-Fard

  • Performance evaluation of ultra wideband technology for construction resource location tracking in harsh environments

    T. Cheng;M. Venugopal;J. Teizer;P.A. Vela

  • Personnel tracking on construction sites using video cameras

    J. Teizer;P. A. Vela

  • Tracking multiple workers on construction sites using video cameras

    J. Yang;O. Arif;P. A. Vela;J. Teizer

  • Bayesian Nonparametric Adaptive Control Using Gaussian Processes

    Girish Chowdhary;Hassan A. Kingravi;Jonathan P. How;Patricio A. Vela

  • Comparison of Image-Based and Time-of-Flight-Based Technologies for Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Infrastructure

    Fei Dai;Abbas Rashidi;Ioannis Brilakis;Patricio Vela

  • Vision-Based Tower Crane Tracking for Understanding Construction Activity

    Jun Yang;Patricio Vela;Jochen Teizer;Zhongke Shi

  • Fusion of Photogrammetry and Video Analysis for Productivity Assessment of Earthwork Processes

    M. Bügler;A. Borrmann;G. Ogunmakin;P. A. Vela

  • Trajectory stabilization for a planar carangiform robot fish

    K.A. Morgansen;P.A. Vela;J.W. Burdick

  • Modulation of orthogonal body waves enables high maneuverability in sidewinding locomotion

    Henry C. Astley;Chaohui Gong;Jin Dai;Matthew Travers

  • A Review of Automated Construction Progress Monitoring and Inspection Methods

    M Kopsida;I Brilakis;P A Vela

  • Good features to track for visual SLAM

    Guangcong Zhang;Patricio A. Vela

  • Locomotor benefits of being a slender and slick sand swimmer

    Sarah S. Sharpe;Stephan A. Koehler;Robyn M. Kuckuk;Miguel Serrano

  • Automated Pavement Patch Detection and Quantification Using Support Vector Machines

    Georgios M. Hadjidemetriou;Patricio A. Vela;Symeon E. Christodoulou

  • Synthesis of Control Barrier Functions Using a Supervised Machine Learning Approach

    Mohit Srinivasan;Amogh Dabholkar;Samuel Coogan;Patricio A. Vela

  • Underwater locomotion from oscillatory shape deformations

    P.A. Vela;K.A. Morgansen;J.W. Burdick

  • Averaging and control of nonlinear systems

    Patricio Antonio Vela

  • Data Fusion Approaches and Applications for Construction Engineering

    Seyed Mohsen Shahandashti;Saiedeh N. Razavi;Lucio Soibelman;Mario Berges

  • Modulation of orthogonal body waves enables high maneuverability in sidewinding locomotion

    Henry Astley;Chaohui Gong;Matt Travers;Miguel Serrano

Frequent Co-Authors

Ioannis Brilakis
Ioannis Brilakis University of Cambridge
Allen Tannenbaum
Allen Tannenbaum Stony Brook University
Jochen Teizer
Jochen Teizer Technical University of Denmark
Girish Chowdhary
Girish Chowdhary University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Daniel I. Goldman
Daniel I. Goldman Georgia Institute of Technology
Marc Niethammer
Marc Niethammer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Maysam Ghovanloo
Maysam Ghovanloo Silicon Creations Inc.
Aaron D. Ames
Aaron D. Ames California Institute of Technology
Howie Choset
Howie Choset Carnegie Mellon University

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