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Patrick Robertson

Patrick Robertson

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Computer Science

D-Index
37
Citations
10616
World Ranking
10484
National Ranking
525

Overview

Patrick Robertson is affiliated with Google in Germany and has contributed to research spanning social sciences and computer science. Their work also crosses into several subfields, including artificial intelligence, communication, sociology and political science, and geophysics.

The primary research topics covered by Robertson include:

  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Public Relations and Crisis Communication
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis

Recent publications highlight interdisciplinary approaches combining natural disaster monitoring with artificial intelligence and social media data. Notable papers include:

  • Gemini and physical world: large language models can estimate the intensity of earthquake shaking from multimodal social media posts, 2024, Geophysical Journal International
  • Global earthquake detection and warning using Android phones, 2025, Science
  • Gemini & Physical World: Large Language Models Can Estimate the Intensity of Earthquake Shaking from Multi-Modal Social Media Posts, 2024, arXiv (Cornell University)

Robertson frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Marc Stogaitis
  • R. M. Allen
  • Alexei Barski
  • Robert van den Bosch
  • Youngmin Cho

Publication venues that feature Robertson's work include:

  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Science
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

  • A comparison of optimal and sub-optimal MAP decoding algorithms operating in the log domain

    P. Robertson;E. Villebrun;P. Hoeher

  • Two-dimensional pilot-symbol-aided channel estimation by Wiener filtering

    P. Hoeher;S. Kaiser;P. Robertson

  • Optimal and Sub-optimal Maximum A-Posteriori Algorithms Suitable for Turbo-Decoding.

    Patrick Robertson;Peter A. Hoeher;Emmanuelle Villebrun

  • Bandwidth-efficient turbo trellis-coded modulation using punctured component codes

    P. Robertson;T. Worz

  • Illuminating the structure of code and decoder of parallel concatenated recursive systematic (turbo) codes

    P. Robertson

  • Analysis of the effects of phase-noise in orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) systems

    P. Robertson;S. Kaiser

  • Pilot-symbol-aided channel estimation in time and frequency

    Peter Hoeher;Stefan Kaiser;Patrick Robertson

  • The effects of Doppler spreads in OFDM(A) mobile radio systems

    P. Robertson;S. Kaiser

  • Improved decoding with the SOVA in a parallel concatenated (Turbo-code) scheme

    L. Papke;P. Robertson;E. Villebrun

  • Simultaneous localization and mapping for pedestrians using only foot-mounted inertial sensors

    Patrick Robertson;Michael Angermann;Bernhard Krach

  • A novel bandwidth efficient coding scheme employing turbo codes

    P. Robertson;T. Worz

  • Coded modulation scheme employing turbo codes

    P. Robertson;T. Worz

  • Characterization of the indoor magnetic field for applications in Localization and Mapping

    Michael Angermann;Martin Frassl;Marek Doniec;Brian J. Julian

  • FootSLAM: Pedestrian Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Without Exteroceptive Sensors—Hitchhiking on Human Perception and Cognition

    M. Angermann;P. Robertson

  • WiSLAM: Improving FootSLAM with WiFi

    Luigi Bruno;Patrick Robertson

  • Integration of foot-mounted inertial sensors into a Bayesian location estimation framework

    B. Krach;P. Robertson

  • Magnetic maps of indoor environments for precise localization of legged and non-legged locomotion

    Martin Frassl;Michael Angermann;Michael Lichtenstern;Patrick Robertson

  • Analysis of the loss of orthogonality through Doppler spread in OFDM systems

    P. Robertson;S. Kaiser

  • Unscented Kalman filter and Magnetic Angular Rate Update (MARU) for an improved Pedestrian Dead-Reckoning

    Francisco Zampella;Mohammed Khider;Patrick Robertson;Antonio Jimenez

  • Simultaneous Localization and Mapping for pedestrians using distortions of the local magnetic field intensity in large indoor environments

    Patrick Robertson;Martin Frassl;Michael Angermann;Marek Doniec

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Adam Hoeher
Peter Adam Hoeher Kiel University
Bernard Henri Fleury
Bernard Henri Fleury Aalborg University
Michael Lentmaier
Michael Lentmaier Lund University
Robert Weigel
Robert Weigel University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Daqing Zhang
Daqing Zhang Peking University
Moustafa Youssef
Moustafa Youssef American University in Cairo
Dingqi Yang
Dingqi Yang University of Macau

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