2026 Trac D. Tran: 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	54	4533	4404	2125	2050	334	12777

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to multirate and sparse signal processing

Overview

Trac D. Tran is a researcher affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States, specializing principally in Computer Science and Engineering. Their scholarly output includes 28 publications in each of these main fields, reflecting a consistent research focus over time.

The scientist's subfields of study are diverse and encompass Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computational Mechanics, Signal Processing, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence. These areas indicate a strong emphasis on both theoretical and applied aspects of image processing and signal analysis.

The primary research topics associated with their work include Sparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques, which constitute the largest portion of their work. Other significant topics include Advanced Image Processing Techniques, Distributed Sensor Networks and Detection Algorithms, Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies, Speech and Audio Processing, Advanced Vision and Imaging, and Image Processing Techniques and Applications.

Among Trac D. Tran's notable papers are:

"Deep Learning to Obtain Simultaneous Image and Segmentation Outputs From a Single Input of Raw Ultrasound Channel Data" (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control
"Real-Time and Deep Learning Based Vehicle Detection and Classification Using Pixel-Wise Code Exposure Measurements" (2020), published in Electronics
"Detection and Confirmation of Multiple Human Targets Using Pixel-Wise Code Aperture Measurements" (2020), published in Journal of Imaging
"Compressed sensing in photonics: tutorial" (2022), published in Journal of the Optical Society of America B
"Joint Down-Range and Cross-Range RFI Suppression in Ultra-Wideband SAR" (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

They frequently collaborate with a set of coauthors, including Shuai Huang, Yang Jiao, Guangming Shi, Chiman Kwan, and David Gribben, with multiple joint publications recorded with each.

Trac D. Tran has contributed extensively to publication venues such as arXiv (Cornell University) with 10 papers, the 2021 55th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers with 2 papers, as well as individual papers in IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, Electronics, and Journal of Imaging.

The scientist was named an IEEE Fellow in 2014, with the citation noting contributions to multirate and sparse signal processing.

Best Publications

Hyperspectral Image Classification Using Dictionary-Based Sparse Representation

Yi Chen;Nasser M. Nasrabadi;Trac D. Tran

1307
Citations
Sparsity adaptive matching pursuit algorithm for practical compressed sensing

T.T. Do;Lu Gan;Nam Nguyen;T.D. Tran

827
Citations
Hyperspectral Image Classification via Kernel Sparse Representation

Yi Chen;N. M. Nasrabadi;T. D. Tran

668
Citations
Sparse Representation for Target Detection in Hyperspectral Imagery

Yi Chen;N M Nasrabadi;T D Tran

497
Citations
Distributed Compressed Video Sensing

Thong T. Do;Yi Chen;Dzung T. Nguyen;Nam Nguyen

460
Citations
Fast multiplierless approximations of the DCT with the lifting scheme

Jie Liang;T.D. Tran

459
Citations
Fast and Efficient Compressive Sensing Using Structurally Random Matrices

Thong T. Do;Lu Gan;Nam H. Nguyen;Trac D. Tran

455
Citations
Fast compressive imaging using scrambled block Hadamard ensemble

Lu Gan;Thong T. Do;Trac D. Tran

282
Citations
The binDCT: fast multiplierless approximation of the DCT

T.D. Tran

257
Citations
Lapped transform via time-domain pre- and post-filtering

T.D. Tran;Jie Liang;Chengjie Tu

239
Citations
Fast compressive sampling with structurally random matrices

T.T. Do;T.D. Tran;Lu Gan

226
Citations
Linear-phase perfect reconstruction filter bank: lattice structure, design, and application in image coding

T.D. Tran;R.L. de Queiroz;T.Q. Nguyen

216
Citations
Simultaneous Joint Sparsity Model for Target Detection in Hyperspectral Imagery

Yi Chen;N. M. Nasrabadi;T. D. Tran

183
Citations
Context-based entropy coding of block transform coefficients for image compression

C. Tu;T.D. Tran

164
Citations
A Fully Integrated Wireless Compressed Sensing Neural Signal Acquisition System for Chronic Recording and Brain Machine Interface

Xilin Liu;Milin Zhang;Tao Xiong;Andrew G. Richardson

148
Citations
Robust Lasso With Missing and Grossly Corrupted Observations

Nam H. Nguyen;Trac D. Tran

144
Citations
Structured Priors for Sparse-Representation-Based Hyperspectral Image Classification

Xiaoxia Sun;Qing Qu;Nasser M. Nasrabadi;Trac D. Tran

144
Citations
Adversarial deep structured nets for mass segmentation from mammograms

Wentao Zhu;Xiang Xiang;Trac D. Tran;Gregory D. Hager

142
Citations
On M-channel linear phase FIR filter banks and application in image compression

Trac Duy Tran;T.Q. Nguyen

140
Citations
Exact Recoverability From Dense Corrupted Observations via $ll _{1}$ -Minimization

N. H. Nguyen;T. D. Tran

136
Citations
Robust Lasso with missing and grossly corrupted observations

Nasser M. Nasrabadi;Trac D. Tran;Nam Nguyen

25
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Nasser M. Nasrabadi West Virginia University

Ralph Etienne-Cummings Johns Hopkins University

Truong Q. Nguyen University of California, San Diego

Chiman Kwan Signal Processing (United States)

Vishal Monga Pennsylvania State University

Mark A. Foster Johns Hopkins University

Gregory D. Hager Johns Hopkins University

Alan L. Yuille Johns Hopkins University

Jian Cheng Chinese Academy of Sciences

Xiaohui Xie University of California, Irvine

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