2026 Scott J. Daly: 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	48	6218	6039	2786	2685	208	8452

Overview

Scott J. Daly is affiliated with Dolby in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of computer science and physics and astronomy. Their work predominantly focuses on color science and applications, image enhancement techniques, and image and video quality assessment.

The scientist's research spans various topics including:

Color Science and Applications
Image Enhancement Techniques
Image and Video Quality Assessment
Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
Advanced Image Fusion Techniques
Visual Perception and Processing Mechanisms

Scott J. Daly has published work in several main fields and subfields such as:

Computer Science, particularly in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Physics and Astronomy, focusing on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Environmental Chemistry
Oceanography
Media Technology

Their frequent co-authors include Anustup Choudhury, Ludovic Malfait, Robert Wanat, Jaclyn Pytlarz, and Gabriella M. Lawson.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Scott J. Daly include:

"Image quality evaluation for high dynamic range and wide color gamut applications using visual spatial processing of color differences," 2020, Color Research & Application
"Nutrient limitation and seasonality associated with phytoplankton communities and cyanotoxin production in a large, hypereutrophic lake," 2025, Harmful Algae
"Comparing a spatial extension of ICTCP color representation with S-CIELAB and other recent color metrics for HDR and WCG quality assessment," 2020, Electronic Imaging
"Subjective video quality for 4K HDR-WCG content using a browser-based approach for "at-home" testing," 2023, Electronic Imaging
"HDR and WCG Image Quality Assessment Using Color Difference Metrics," 2020, SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal

Their work is frequently published in venues including Electronic Imaging, SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal, SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, Color Research & Application, and Harmful Algae.

Best Publications

Display adaptive tone mapping

Rafał Mantiuk;Scott Daly;Louis Kerofsky

487
Citations
Backlit display with improved dynamic range

Scott J. Daly

326
Citations
Predicting visible differences in high dynamic range images : Model and its calibration

Rafal Mantiuk;Scott J. Daly;Karol Myszkowski;Hans-Peter Seidel

317
Citations
Perceptual Signal Coding for More Efficient Usage of Bit Codes

Scott Miller;Mahdi Nezamabadi;Scott Daly

259
Citations
Engineering Observations from Spatiovelocity and Spatiotemporal Visual Models

Scott J. Daly

228
Citations
Decontouring: prevention and removal of false contour artifacts

Scott J. Daly;Xiaofan Feng

152
Citations
The Reproduction of Specular Highlights on High Dynamic Range Displays

Laurence Meylan;Scott J. Daly;Sabine Süsstrunk

148
Citations
Methods and systems for improving display resolution in achromatic images using sub-pixel sampling and visual error filtering.

Rajesh Reddy K. Kovvuri;Scott J. Daly

143
Citations
Method for increasing luminance resolution of color panel display systems

Scott J. Daly

139
Citations
High dynamic range images from low dynamic range images

Scott J. Daly;Laurence Meylan

138
Citations
Method for adapting quantization in video coding using face detection and visual eccentricity weighting

Scott J. Daly;Kristine E. Matthews;Jordi Ribas-Corbera

124
Citations
Liquid crystal display with modulation for colored backlight

Xiao-fan Feng;Scott J. Daly;Dean Messing

115
Citations
Tone mapping for high-dynamic range displays

Laurence Meylan;Scott J. Daly;Sabine Süsstrunk

114
Citations
An overview of the visual optimization tools in JPEG 2000

Wenjun Zeng;Scott J. Daly;Shawmin Lei

113
Citations
Face-based visually-optimized image sequence coding

S. Daly;K. Matthews;J. Ribas-Corbera

111
Citations
Apparatus and method for rendering high dynamic range images for standard dynamic range display

Rafal Mantiuk;Scott James Daly

110
Citations
DISPLAY SYSTEM AND BIT-DEPTH EXTENSION METHOD

Daly Scott

107
Citations
System for displaying images on a display

Hao Pan;Xiao-fan Feng;Scott J. Daly

97
Citations
LCD motion blur modeling and analysis

Hao Pan;Xiao-Fan Feng;S. Daly

97
Citations
Methods and systems for display viewer motion compensation based on user image data

Scott J. Daly

93
Citations
Predicting Visible Differences in High Dynamic Range Images - Model and its Calibration

Rafal Mantiuk;Scott Daly;Karol Myszkowski;Hans-Peter Seidel

6
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Louis Joseph Kerofsky Qualcomm (United States)

Rafal Mantiuk University of Cambridge

Thrasyvoulos N. Pappas Northwestern University

M. Ibrahim Sezan Sharp Laboratories of Europe (United Kingdom)

Karol Myszkowski Max Planck Institute for Informatics

Hans-Peter Seidel Max Planck Institute for Informatics

Sabine Süsstrunk École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Touradj Ebrahimi École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Baoxin Li Shaanxi Normal University

Oscar C. Au Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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