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Shahrokh Valaee

Shahrokh Valaee

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
48
Citations
10972
World Ranking
3040
National Ranking
136

Computer Science

D-Index
48
Citations
11310
World Ranking
6108
National Ranking
238

Shahrokh Valaee publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shahrokh Valaee sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 263 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Shahrokh Valaee D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shahrokh Valaee sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to localization of wireless nodes

Overview

Shahrokh Valaee is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and computer science, with a prolific output spanning over 100 publications in these fields.

Their work covers several subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, aerospace engineering, ocean engineering, computer networks and communications, and computer vision and pattern recognition. The main topics they explore involve:

  • Indoor and outdoor localization technologies
  • Advanced wireless communication technologies
  • Underwater vehicles and communication systems
  • UAV applications and optimization
  • Satellite communication systems
  • Context-aware activity recognition systems
  • Direction-of-arrival estimation techniques

Some of the recent publications by Shahrokh Valaee include:

  • "A Survey on Deep Learning for Human Activity Recognition," 2021, published in ACM Computing Surveys
  • "Indoor Localization Based on CSI Fingerprint by Siamese Convolution Neural Network," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • "EDropout: Energy-Based Dropout and Pruning of Deep Neural Networks," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
  • "Landmark Graph-Based Indoor Localization," 2020, IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • "RISs and Sidelink Communications in Smart Cities: The Key to Seamless Localization and Sensing," 2023, IEEE Communications Magazine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Shahrokh Valaee include Mohammad Javad-Kalbasi, Mustafa Ammous, Hojjat Salehinejad, Mohammed Saif, and Shiva Akbari.

Publications are often featured in prominent venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, and ICASSP 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing.

In recognition of contributions to localization of wireless nodes, Shahrokh Valaee was named an IEEE Fellow in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Received-Signal-Strength-Based Indoor Positioning Using Compressive Sensing

    Chen Feng;W. S. A. Au;S. Valaee;Zhenhui Tan

  • Recent Advances in Recurrent Neural Networks

    Hojjat Salehinejad;Julianne Baarbe;Sharan Sankar;Joseph Barfett

  • A Survey on Behavior Recognition Using WiFi Channel State Information

    Siamak Yousefi;Hirokazu Narui;Sankalp Dayal;Stefano Ermon

  • Parametric localization of distributed sources

    S. Valaee;B. Champagne;P. Kabal

  • Wideband array processing using a two-sided correlation transformation

    S. Valaee;P. Kabal

  • Vehicular Node Localization Using Received-Signal-Strength Indicator

    R. Parker;S. Valaee

  • Distributed source localization using ESPRIT algorithm

    S. Shahbazpanahi;S. Valaee;M.H. Bastani

  • Mobility-Based Clustering in VANETs Using Affinity Propagation

    Christine Shea;Behnam Hassanabadi;Shahrokh Valaee

  • A Novel Accelerometer-Based Gesture Recognition System

    A. Akl;Chen Feng;S. Valaee

  • A Survey on Deep Learning for Human Activity Recognition

    Fuqiang Gu;Mu-Huan Chung;Mark Chignell;Shahrokh Valaee

  • Generalization of Deep Neural Networks for Chest Pathology Classification in X-Rays Using Generative Adversarial Networks

    Hojjat Salehinejad;Shahrokh Valaee;Tim Dowdell;Errol Colak

  • Delay aware link scheduling for multi-hop TDMA wireless networks

    Petar Djukic;Shahrokh Valaee

  • Indoor Tracking and Navigation Using Received Signal Strength and Compressive Sensing on a Mobile Device

    A. W. S. Au;Chen Feng;S. Valaee;S. Reyes

  • Multiple Target Localization Using Compressive Sensing

    Chen Feng;Shahrokh Valaee;Zhenhui Tan

  • Reliable Broadcast of Safety Messages in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

    F. Farnoud Hassanzadeh;S. Valaee

  • Accelerometer-based gesture recognition via dynamic-time warping, affinity propagation, & compressive sensing

    Ahmad Akl;Shahrokh Valaee

  • Compressive Sensing Based Positioning Using RSS of WLAN Access Points

    Chen Feng;Wain Sy Anthea Au;Shahrokh Valaee;Zhenhui Tan

  • Clustering in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks using Affinity Propagation

    B. Hassanabadi;C. Shea;L. Zhang;S. Valaee

  • Link Scheduling for Minimum Delay in Spatial Re-Use TDMA

    P. Djukic;S. Valaee

  • Joint Indoor Localization and Radio Map Construction with Limited Deployment Load

    Sameh Sorour;Yves Lostanlen;Shahrokh Valaee;Khaqan Majeed

  • Indoor Localization Improved by Spatial Context—A Survey

    Fuqiang Gu;Xuke Hu;Milad Ramezani;Debaditya Acharya

Frequent Co-Authors

Benoit Champagne
Benoit Champagne McGill University
Shahram Shahbazpanahi
Shahram Shahbazpanahi University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Sofiene Affes
Sofiene Affes Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Kourosh Khoshelham
Kourosh Khoshelham University of Melbourne
Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri
Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Min Sheng
Min Sheng Xidian University
Jörg Liebeherr
Jörg Liebeherr University of Toronto
Victor C. M. Leung
Victor C. M. Leung Shenzhen University
Wei Yu
Wei Yu University of Toronto
Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Mohamed-Slim Alouini King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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