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Steven L. Waslander

Steven L. Waslander

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Engineering and Technology 41 6803 6568 278 267 244 11870

Steven L. Waslander publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Steven L. Waslander between 2004 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Steven L. Waslander published across 23 years, from 2004 to 2026, averaging 11.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 29 publications in 2023. 18 of the 261 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2004 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 29. Peak 29 publications in 2023. 2004: 2 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 19 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 22 publications 2019: 19 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 21 publications 2022: 15 publications 2023: 29 publications 2024: 24 publications 2025: 15 publications 2026: 3 publications
2004 2026

261 publications in total across all disciplines

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Steven L. Waslander: publications per year, 2004 to 2026
Year Publications
2004 2
2005 2
2006 4
2007 3
2008 5
2009 4
2010 7
2011 8
2012 9
2013 10
2014 19
2015 12
2016 6
2017 8
2018 22
2019 19
2020 14
2021 21
2022 15
2023 29
2024 24
2025 15
2026 3
Total 261
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Steven L. Waslander publications per year - data summary

  • Steven L. Waslander, a Engineering and Technology scholar from University of Toronto, has 261 publications recorded across 23 years, from 2004 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2004 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2023, with 29 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 2004 and 2005, with 2 publications each.
  • The rate of publication averages 11.3 papers per year over the whole span, or 11.3 per year counting only the 23 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 86 publications, 33% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2004-2011: 35 publications (4.4 per year); 2012-2019: 105 publications (13.1 per year); 2020-2026: 121 publications (17.3 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Steven L. Waslander publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steven L. Waslander sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 804+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 457. Most scientists, 457, have 148–157 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 238–247 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 20 scientists 48–57 publications: 35 scientists 58–67 publications: 96 scientists 68–77 publications: 135 scientists 78–87 publications: 190 scientists 88–97 publications: 259 scientists 98–107 publications: 283 scientists 108–117 publications: 369 scientists 118–127 publications: 341 scientists 128–137 publications: 386 scientists 138–147 publications: 372 scientists 148–157 publications: 457 scientists 158–167 publications: 415 scientists 168–177 publications: 407 scientists 178–187 publications: 421 scientists 188–197 publications: 378 scientists 198–207 publications: 403 scientists 208–217 publications: 317 scientists 218–227 publications: 346 scientists 228–237 publications: 321 scientists 238–247 publications: 260 scientists 248–257 publications: 280 scientists 258–267 publications: 240 scientists 268–277 publications: 214 scientists 278–287 publications: 242 scientists 288–297 publications: 203 scientists 298–307 publications: 166 scientists 308–317 publications: 154 scientists 318–327 publications: 175 scientists 328–337 publications: 159 scientists 338–347 publications: 99 scientists 348–357 publications: 131 scientists 358–367 publications: 106 scientists 368–377 publications: 118 scientists 378–387 publications: 97 scientists 388–397 publications: 108 scientists 398–407 publications: 82 scientists 408–417 publications: 71 scientists 418–427 publications: 64 scientists 428–437 publications: 55 scientists 438–447 publications: 54 scientists 448–457 publications: 60 scientists 458–467 publications: 47 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 30 scientists 488–497 publications: 29 scientists 498–507 publications: 38 scientists 508–517 publications: 40 scientists 518–527 publications: 32 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 28 scientists 548–557 publications: 23 scientists 558–567 publications: 19 scientists 568–577 publications: 16 scientists 578–587 publications: 17 scientists 588–597 publications: 18 scientists 598–607 publications: 22 scientists 608–617 publications: 15 scientists 618–627 publications: 9 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 21 scientists 648–657 publications: 12 scientists 658–667 publications: 9 scientists 668–677 publications: 11 scientists 678–687 publications: 9 scientists 688–697 publications: 6 scientists 698–707 publications: 14 scientists 708–717 publications: 7 scientists 718–727 publications: 8 scientists 728–737 publications: 10 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 5 scientists 758–767 publications: 5 scientists 768–777 publications: 11 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 2 scientists 798–803 publications: 4 scientists 804+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 804+

This scientist: 244 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 20
48–57 35
58–67 96
68–77 135
78–87 190
88–97 259
98–107 283
108–117 369
118–127 341
128–137 386
138–147 372
148–157 457
158–167 415
168–177 407
178–187 421
188–197 378
198–207 403
208–217 317
218–227 346
228–237 321
238–247 260 244
248–257 280
258–267 240
268–277 214
278–287 242
288–297 203
298–307 166
308–317 154
318–327 175
328–337 159
338–347 99
348–357 131
358–367 106
368–377 118
378–387 97
388–397 108
398–407 82
408–417 71
418–427 64
428–437 55
438–447 54
448–457 60
458–467 47
468–477 40
478–487 30
488–497 29
498–507 38
508–517 40
518–527 32
528–537 23
538–547 28
548–557 23
558–567 19
568–577 16
578–587 17
588–597 18
598–607 22
608–617 15
618–627 9
628–637 11
638–647 21
648–657 12
658–667 9
668–677 11
678–687 9
688–697 6
698–707 14
708–717 7
718–727 8
728–737 10
738–747 9
748–757 5
758–767 5
768–777 11
778–787 7
788–797 2
798–803 4
804+ 100
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Steven L. Waslander publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,796 Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 78 ranges running from 38–47 to 804+ publications.
  • Steven L. Waslander, a Engineering and Technology scholar from University of Toronto, records 244 publications - the 63rd percentile of the discipline.
  • 63% of ranked Engineering and Technology scientists score the same or lower than Steven L. Waslander, and about 37% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 198–207 publications range, and Steven L. Waslander ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 148–157 publications, holding 457 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 61% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 228–237 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 804 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Steven L. Waslander D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steven L. Waslander sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 107+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 426. Most scientists, 426, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 41 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 59
31 114
32 129
33 189
34 200
35 262
36 311
37 312
38 350
39 385
40 348
41 362 41
42 426
43 380
44 310
45 341
46 301
47 306
48 271
49 246
50 210
51 253
52 213
53 221
54 195
55 186
56 170
57 167
58 166
59 144
60 152
61 141
62 138
63 131
64 118
65 114
66 119
67 95
68 87
69 77
70 89
71 69
72 54
73 46
74 55
75 54
76 49
77 53
78 46
79 28
80 39
81 36
82 24
83 26
84 36
85 18
86 25
87 19
88 26
89 27
90 23
91 15
92 12
93 9
94 15
95 10
96 13
97 13
98 9
99 7
100 7
101 8
102 7
103 7
104 9
105 6
106 9
107+ 99
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Steven L. Waslander D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,796 Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 78 ranges running from 30 to 107+ D-Index.
  • Steven L. Waslander, a Engineering and Technology scholar from University of Toronto, records 41 D-Index - the 31st percentile of the discipline.
  • 31% of ranked Engineering and Technology scientists score the same or lower than Steven L. Waslander, and about 69% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 47 D-Index range, and Steven L. Waslander ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 42 D-Index, holding 426 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more, 99 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Steven L. Waslander is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada, contributing extensively to research in computer science and engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields, including computer vision and pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, aerospace engineering, automotive engineering, and control and systems engineering.

The research topics explored by Waslander cover a wide range of areas such as robotics and sensor-based localization, advanced neural network applications, advanced vision and imaging, anomaly detection techniques and applications, autonomous vehicle technology and safety, video surveillance and tracking methods, and domain adaptation and few-shot learning.

Waslander has authored multiple papers published in notable venues. Some of the recent papers include:

  • "A Review and Comparative Study on Probabilistic Object Detection in Autonomous Driving," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • "An end-to-end shape modeling framework for vectorized building outline generation from aerial images," 2020, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • "Dense Voxel Fusion for 3D Object Detection," 2023, 2023 IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV)
  • "ROBI: A Multi-View Dataset for Reflective Objects in Robotic Bin-Picking," 2021, 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • "Learned Camera Gain and Exposure Control for Improved Visual Feature Detection and Matching," 2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Their frequent coauthors comprise individuals who have collaborated on multiple occasions, reflecting ongoing research partnerships. These coauthors include:

  • Ali Harakeh
  • Jordan S. K. Hu
  • Letian Wang
  • Anas Mahmoud
  • Jun Yang

Waslander's publications have appeared in diverse venues, with a focus on journals and conferences in robotics, automation, and sensor systems. The most common venues where their work has been published are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University), with 51 publications
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, with 3 publications
  • IEEE Access, with 2 publications
  • IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, with 1 publication
  • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, with 1 publication

In terms of their disciplinary focus, the primary fields of study are computer science and engineering, underpinning their diverse research contributions across theoretical and applied domains.

Best Publications

  • Joint 3D Proposal Generation and Object Detection from View Aggregation

    Jason Ku;Melissa Mozifian;Jungwook Lee;Ali Harakeh

  • Quadrotor Helicopter Flight Dynamics and Control: Theory and Experiment

    Gabriel M. Homann;Haomiao Huang;Steven L. Waslander;Claire J. Tomlin

  • Aerodynamics and control of autonomous quadrotor helicopters in aggressive maneuvering

    Haomiao Huang;Gabriel M. Hoffmann;Steven L. Waslander;Claire J. Tomlin

  • The Stanford testbed of autonomous rotorcraft for multi agent control (STARMAC)

    G. Hoffmann;D.G. Rajnarayan;S.L. Waslander;D. Dostal

  • Internet of Drones

    Mirmojtaba Gharibi;Raouf Boutaba;Steven L. Waslander

  • Quadrotor Helicopter Trajectory Tracking Control

    Gabriel Hoffmann;Steven Waslander;Claire Tomlin

  • Multi-agent quadrotor testbed control design: integral sliding mode vs. reinforcement learning

    S.L. Waslander;G.M. Hoffmann;Jung Soon Jang;C.J. Tomlin

  • Precision flight control for a multi-vehicle quadrotor helicopter testbed

    Gabriel M. Hoffmann;Haomiao Huang;Steven L. Waslander;Claire J. Tomlin

  • Planning Paths for Package Delivery in Heterogeneous Multirobot Teams

    Neil Mathew;Stephen L. Smith;Steven L. Waslander

  • Monocular 3D Object Detection Leveraging Accurate Proposals and Shape Reconstruction

    Jason Ku;Alex D. Pon;Steven L. Waslander

  • Categorical Depth Distribution Network for Monocular 3D Object Detection

    Cody Reading;Ali Harakeh;Julia Chae;Steven L. Waslander

  • In Defense of Classical Image Processing: Fast Depth Completion on the CPU

    Jason Ku;Ali Harakeh;Steven L. Waslander

  • A Review and Comparative Study on Probabilistic Object Detection in Autonomous Driving

    Di Feng;Ali Harakeh;Steven L. Waslander;Klaus Dietmayer

  • Wind Disturbance Estimation and Rejection for Quadrotor Position Control

    Steven L. Waslander;Carlos Wang

  • Multirobot Rendezvous Planning for Recharging in Persistent Tasks

    Neil Mathew;Stephen L. Smith;Steven L. Waslander

  • De-noising of Lidar Point Clouds Corrupted by Snowfall

    Nicholas Charron;Stephen Phillips;Steven L. Waslander

  • Canadian Adverse Driving Conditions dataset

    Matthew Pitropov;Danson Evan Garcia;Jason Rebello;Michael Smart

  • Hybrid Trajectory Planning for Autonomous Driving in Highly Constrained Environments

    Yu Zhang;Huiyan Chen;Steven L. Waslander;Jianwei Gong

  • TEMPORARY REMOVAL: Aerial imagery for roof segmentation: A large-scale dataset towards automatic mapping of buildings

    Qi Chen;Qi Chen;Lei Wang;Yifan Wu;Guangming Wu

  • Joint 3D Proposal Generation and Object Detection from View Aggregation

    Jason Ku;Melissa Mozifian;Jungwook Lee;Ali Harakeh

  • Coordinated landing of a quadrotor on a skid-steered ground vehicle in the presence of time delays

    John M. Daly;Yan Ma;Steven L. Waslander

  • Tunnel-MILP: Path Planning with Sequential Convex Polytopes

    Michael Vitus;Vijay Pradeep;Gabriel Hoffmann;Steven Waslander

  • BayesOD: A Bayesian Approach for Uncertainty Estimation in Deep Object Detectors

    Ali Harakeh;Michael Smart;Steven L. Waslander

Frequent Co-Authors

Claire J. Tomlin
Claire J. Tomlin University of California, Berkeley
Krzysztof Czarnecki
Krzysztof Czarnecki University of Waterloo
Raouf Boutaba
Raouf Boutaba University of Waterloo
Stephen L. Smith
Stephen L. Smith University of Guelph
David A. Clausi
David A. Clausi University of Waterloo
Robin Cohen
Robin Cohen University of Waterloo
Timothy D. Barfoot
Timothy D. Barfoot University of Toronto
Amir Khajepour
Amir Khajepour University of Waterloo
Chelsea Finn
Chelsea Finn Stanford University
Hani E. Naguib
Hani E. Naguib University of Toronto

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