2026 Stefan B. Williams: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	48	4538	4369	246	242	172	9493

Discipline name

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

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Engineering and Technology

4538

4369

246

242

172

9493

Engineering and Technology

D-Index

Citations

9493

World Ranking

4538

National Ranking

246

Overview

Stefan B. Williams is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research spans multiple areas within computer science and engineering, focusing on applications related to underwater systems and machine learning.

The main fields of study for their work include:

Computer Science
Engineering

Within these fields, their subfields of focus comprise:

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Oceanography
Control and Systems Engineering
Ocean Engineering

The core topics addressed in their research feature:

Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
Underwater Acoustics Research
Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning
Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
Machine Learning and Algorithms
Marine and coastal plant biology
Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics

Stefan B. Williams has published their work in a range of venues. Frequent publication outlets are:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Nature Human Behaviour
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Field Robotics
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent notable papers include:

"A geometric basis for surface habitat complexity and biodiversity," 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
"Spatial communication systems across languages reflect universal action constraints," 2023, Nature Human Behaviour
"Guiding Labelling Effort for Efficient Learning With Georeferenced Images," 2022, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
"Anisotropic Disturbance Rejection for Kinematically Redundant Systems With Applications on an UVMS," 2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
"Leveraging Metadata in Representation Learning With Georeferenced Seafloor Imagery," 2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Frequent co-authors that Stefan B. Williams has collaborated with include:

Oscar Pizarro
Damaris Torres-Pulliza
María Dornelas
Nader Boutros
Viviana Brambilla

Best Publications

Decoding, Calibration and Rectification for Lenselet-Based Plenoptic Cameras

Donald G. Dansereau;Oscar Pizarro;Stefan B. Williams

693
Citations
Information based adaptive robotic exploration

F. Bourgault;A.A. Makarenko;S.B. Williams;B. Grocholsky

574
Citations
BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

Maria Dornelas;Laura H. Antão;Laura H. Antão;Faye Moyes;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates

482
Citations
An experiment in integrated exploration

A.A. Makarenko;S.B. Williams;F. Bourgault;H.F. Durrant-Whyte

464
Citations
Generation and visualization of large-scale three-dimensional reconstructions from underwater robotic surveys

Matthew Johnson-Roberson;Oscar Pizarro;Stefan B. Williams;Ian Mahon

338
Citations
Towards component-based robotics

A. Brooks;T. Kaupp;A. Makarenko;S. Williams

297
Citations
Efficient Solutions to Autonomous Mapping and Navigation Problems

Stefan Bernard Williams

256
Citations
Monitoring of Benthic Reference Sites: Using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

S. B. Williams;O. R. Pizarro;M. V. Jakuba;C. R. Johnson

241
Citations
An efficient approach to the simultaneous localisation and mapping problem

S.B. Williams;G. Dissanayake;H. Durrant-Whyte

218
Citations
Efficient View-Based SLAM Using Visual Loop Closures

I. Mahon;S.B. Williams;O. Pizarro;M. Johnson-Roberson

218
Citations
Autonomous underwater simultaneous localisation and map building

S.B. Williams;P. Newman;G. Dissanayake;H. Durrant-Whyte

206
Citations
Reduced SIFT Features For Image Retrieval And Indoor Localisation

Luke Ledwich;Stefan Williams

181
Citations
Simultaneous localisation and mapping on the Great Barrier Reef

S. Williams;I. Mahon

178
Citations
Towards multi-vehicle simultaneous localisation and mapping

S.B. Williams;G. Dissanayake;H. Durrant-Whyte

177
Citations
Multi-scale measures of rugosity, slope and aspect from benthic stereo image reconstructions.

Ariell Friedman;Oscar Pizarro;Stefan B. Williams;Matthew Johnson-Roberson

177
Citations
Linear Volumetric Focus for Light Field Cameras

Donald G. Dansereau;Oscar Pizarro;Stefan B. Williams

171
Citations
Towards terrain-aided navigation for underwater robotics

Stefan B. Williams;Gamini Dissanayake;Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte

169
Citations
True Color Correction of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Imagery

Mitch Bryson;Matthew Johnson-Roberson;Oscar Pizarro;Stefan B. Williams

141
Citations
Orca: A Component Model and Repository

Alex Brooks;Tobias Kaupp;Alexei Makarenko;Stefan Williams

139
Citations
Towards Geo-Referenced AUV Navigation Through Fusion of USBL and DVL Measurements

P. Rigby;O. Pizarro;S.B. Williams

132
Citations