2026 Peter N. Belhumeur: 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	63	2667	2587	1323	1274	131	46515

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

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Computer Science

2667

2587

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1274

131

46515

Overview

Peter N. Belhumeur is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Computer Science, with a particular emphasis on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

The main topics of their work include:

Face recognition and analysis
Face and Expression Recognition

Belhumeur has contributed to the academic literature through publications such as:

Masked Face Dataset Generation and Masked Face Recognition, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peter N. Belhumeur include:

Rui Cai
Xuying Ning

Their publications appear in venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

Eigenfaces vs. Fisherfaces: recognition using class specific linear projection

P.N. Belhumeur;J.P. Hespanha;D.J. Kriegman

18025
Citations
From few to many: illumination cone models for face recognition under variable lighting and pose

A.S. Georghiades;P.N. Belhumeur;D.J. Kriegman

6179
Citations
Localizing Parts of Faces Using a Consensus of Exemplars

Peter N. Belhumeur;David W. Jacobs;David J. Kriegman;Neeraj Kumar

2059
Citations
Attribute and simile classifiers for face verification

Neeraj Kumar;Alexander C. Berg;Peter N. Belhumeur;Shree K. Nayar

1908
Citations
Efficient region tracking with parametric models of geometry and illumination

G.D. Hager;P.N. Belhumeur

1707
Citations
Leafsnap: a computer vision system for automatic plant species identification

Neeraj Kumar;Peter N. Belhumeur;Arijit Biswas;David W. Jacobs

1026
Citations
The Bas-Relief Ambiguity

Peter N. Belhumeur;David J. Kriegman;Alan L. Yuille

991
Citations
What Is the Set of Images of an Object Under All Possible Illumination Conditions

Peter N. Belhumeur;David J. Kriegman

796
Citations
A Theory of Network Localization

J. Aspnes;T. Eren;D.K. Goldenberg;A.S. Morse

764
Citations
Rigidity, computation, and randomization in network localization

T. Eren;O.K. Goldenberg;W. Whiteley;Y.R. Yang

686
Citations
Describable Visual Attributes for Face Verification and Image Search

N. Kumar;A. Berg;P. N. Belhumeur;S. Nayar

622
Citations
What is the set of images of an object under all possible lighting conditions

P.N. Belhumeur;D.J. Kriegman

573
Citations
FaceTracer: A Search Engine for Large Collections of Images with Faces

Neeraj Kumar;Peter Belhumeur;Shree Nayar

495
Citations
POOF: Part-Based One-vs.-One Features for Fine-Grained Categorization, Face Verification, and Attribute Estimation

Thomas Berg;Peter N. Belhumeur

493
Citations
In search of illumination invariants

H.F. Chen;P.N. Belhumeur;D.W. Jacobs

448
Citations
Face swapping: automatically replacing faces in photographs

Dmitri Bitouk;Neeraj Kumar;Samreen Dhillon;Peter Belhumeur

446
Citations
From few to many: generative models for recognition under variable pose and illumination

A.S. Georghiades;P.N. Belhumeur;D.J. Kriegman

422
Citations
A Bayesian approach to binocular stereopsis

Peter N. Belhumeur

402
Citations
Birdsnap: Large-Scale Fine-Grained Visual Categorization of Birds

Thomas Berg;Jiongxin Liu;Seung Woo Lee;Michelle L. Alexander

374
Citations
Helmholtz Stereopsis: Exploiting Reciprocity for Surface Reconstruction

Todd Zickler;Peter N. Belhumeur;David J. Kriegman

369
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Kriegman University of California, San Diego

Shree K. Nayar Columbia University

Ravi Ramamoorthi University of California, San Diego

Todd Zickler Harvard University

David W. Jacobs University of Maryland, College Park

Brian D. O. Anderson Australian National University

Alan L. Yuille Johns Hopkins University

Jinwei Gu Chinese University of Hong Kong

Gregory D. Hager Johns Hopkins University

A. Stephen Morse Yale University

External Links

Personal website of Peter N. Belhumeur Google Scholar page

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