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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Computer Science D-index 72 Citations 34,212 230 World Ranking 990 National Ranking 578

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Awards & Achievements

2005 - ACM Fellow For contributions to mobile and ubiquitous systems.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Operating system
  • The Internet
  • Computer network

His primary scientific interests are in Human–computer interaction, Ubiquitous computing, Computer hardware, World Wide Web and Control. His studies in Human–computer interaction integrate themes in fields like User interface and Multimedia. His User interface study combines topics in areas such as Detector, Engineering drawing, Mobile device and Mobile telephony.

His Mobile telephony study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Distributed computing and Application software. He combines subjects such as Radio-frequency identification, Input/output, Embedded system, Interactive kiosk and Mobile computing with his study of Ubiquitous computing. His study in the field of Data transmission also crosses realms of Architecture.

His most cited work include:

  • The active badge location system (3740 citations)
  • Context-Aware Computing Applications (3079 citations)
  • An introduction to RFID technology (1323 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Computer hardware, Ubiquitous computing, Wireless, Human–computer interaction and Mobile device. His research in Computer hardware intersects with topics in Display device, Controller, Electronic engineering and Identification. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Computer security, Mobile computing and Internet privacy.

His Wireless research incorporates elements of Computer network and Embedded system. His Human–computer interaction research includes elements of User interface and Multimedia. The concepts of his Multimedia study are interwoven with issues in Augmented reality and World Wide Web.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Computer hardware (19.40%)
  • Ubiquitous computing (17.16%)
  • Wireless (15.30%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2009-2020)?

  • World Wide Web (12.69%)
  • Ubiquitous computing (17.16%)
  • Mobile device (14.55%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of investigation include World Wide Web, Ubiquitous computing, Mobile device, Computer network and Multimedia. His World Wide Web research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Exploit and Identifier. Roy Want interconnects Wearable computer, Mobile computing and Data science in the investigation of issues within Ubiquitous computing.

His research integrates issues of Location systems, Electric beacon, Virtual world and Context-aware pervasive systems in his study of Mobile computing. His Computer network research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Wireless, Wireless lan, Throughput and Real-time computing. The Multimedia study combines topics in areas such as Session, Interactive kiosk, Message authentication code and Human–computer interaction.

Between 2009 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Enabling the Internet of Things (281 citations)
  • Near field communication (148 citations)
  • Contactless Payment System Providing Supplemental Content Associated with the Transaction (60 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Operating system
  • The Internet
  • Computer network

Roy Want focuses on Computer network, World Wide Web, Wireless, Computer hardware and Mobile device. Roy Want has included themes like Wireless lan, Bluetooth Low Energy, Real-time computing and Throughput in his Computer network study. His World Wide Web research incorporates themes from Ubiquitous computing and Message authentication code.

He undertakes interdisciplinary study in the fields of Ubiquitous computing and Key features through his works. He has researched Wireless in several fields, including Transmitter, Database and Storage area. The various areas that Roy Want examines in his Computer hardware study include Controller and Electronic engineering.

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Best Publications

The active badge location system

Roy Want;Andy Hopper;Veronica Falcão;Jonathan Gibbons.
ACM Transactions on Information Systems (1992)

6136 Citations

Context-Aware Computing Applications

B. Schilit;N. Adams;R. Want.
workshop on mobile computing systems and applications (1994)

5786 Citations

An introduction to RFID technology

R. Want.
IEEE Pervasive Computing (2006)

2429 Citations

Selective delivery of electronic messages in a multiple computer system based on context and environment of a user

Marvin M. Theimer;Michael J. Spreitzer;Mark D. Weiser;Richard J. Goldstein.
(1993)

1441 Citations

SpotON: An Indoor 3D Location Sensing Technology Based on RF Signal Strength

Jeffrey Hightower;Gaetano Borriello;Roy Want.
(2000)

1371 Citations

Bridging physical and virtual worlds with electronic tags

Roy Want;Kenneth P. Fishkin;Anuj Gujar;Beverly L. Harrison.
human factors in computing systems (1999)

897 Citations

Specifying and establishing communication data paths between particular media devices in multiple media device computing systems based on context of a user or users

Marvin M. Theimer;Michael J. Spreitzer;Mark D. Weiser;Richard J. Goldstein.
(1996)

763 Citations

Method for selectively performing event on computer controlled device whose location and allowable operation is consistent with the contextual and locational attributes of the event

Marvin M. Theimer;Michael J. Spreitzer;Mark D. Weiser;Richard J. Goldstein.
(1995)

673 Citations

Location information system and method

David Goldberg;Anthony George Lamarca;David Weiser Mark;Roy Want.
(2010)

662 Citations

Interactive contents revealing storage device

Daniel G Bobrow;Stuart K Card;Michalene M Casey;Richard J Goldstein.
(1996)

646 Citations

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