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Walter Whiteley

Walter Whiteley

D-Index & Metrics

Mathematics

D-Index
39
Citations
5545
World Ranking
2233
National Ranking
87

Overview

Walter Whiteley is a researcher affiliated with York University in Canada, focusing primarily on engineering and computer science. Their work spans several key subfields including civil and structural engineering, mechanical engineering, geometry and topology, building and construction, and developmental and educational psychology.

The research topics explored by Whiteley include structural analysis and optimization, advanced materials and mechanics, mathematics and applications, innovations in concrete and construction materials, innovative teaching and learning methods, online learning and analytics, and cognitive science and mapping.

Whiteley has contributed to multiple publication venues, indicating a multidisciplinary approach. Their work has appeared in:

  • MDPI (MDPI AG)
  • Applied Sciences
  • Scientometrics
  • Discrete & Computational Geometry
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Some recent representative publications by Whiteley include:

  • "Rigidity through a Projective Lens", 2021, MDPI (MDPI AG)
  • "Rigidity through a Projective Lens", 2021, Applied Sciences
  • "The central position of education in knowledge mobilization: insights from network analyses of spatial reasoning research across disciplines", 2020, Scientometrics
  • "Pairing Symmetries for Euclidean and Spherical Frameworks", 2020, Discrete & Computational Geometry
  • "Projective rigidity of point-line configurations in the plane", 2024, arXiv (Cornell University)

Whiteley frequently collaborates with other researchers. Coauthors include Bernd Schulze, Anthony Nixon, Geoff Woolcott, Daniel Chamberlain, and Zachary Hawes, among whom there have been multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Rigidity, computation, and randomization in network localization

    T. Eren;O.K. Goldenberg;W. Whiteley;Y.R. Yang

  • Second-Order Rigidity and Prestress Stability for TensegrityFrameworks

    Robert Connelly;Walter Whiteley

  • Rigidity and scene analysis

    Walter Whiteley

  • The union of matroids and the rigidity of frameworks

    Walter Whiteley

  • Statics of Frameworks and Motions of Panel Structures: A projective Geometric Introduction

    Henry Crapo;Walter Whiteley

  • THE ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY OF STRESSES IN FRAMEWORKS

    Neil L. White;Walter Whiteley

  • Counting out to the flexibility of molecules.

    Walter Whiteley

  • Vertex Splitting in Isostatic Frameworks

    Walter Whiteley

  • Infinitesimally rigid polyhedra. I. Statics of frameworks

    Walter Whiteley

  • Planar minimally rigid graphs and pseudo-triangulations

    Ruth Haas;David Orden;Günter Rote;Francisco Santos

  • Sensor and network topologies of formations with direction, bearing, and angle information between agents

    T. Eren;W. Whiteley;A.S. Morse;P.N. Belhumeur

  • The algebraic geometry of motions of bar-and-body frameworks

    Neil White;Walter Whiteley

  • Constraining Plane Configurations in Computer-Aided Design: Combinatorics of Directions and Lengths

    Brigitte Servatius;Walter Whiteley

  • Operations on Rigid Formations of Autonomous Agents

    Tolga Eren;Brian D. O. Anderson;A. Stephen Morse;Walter Whiteley

  • Graphical properties of easily localizable sensor networks

    Brian D. Anderson;Peter N. Belhumeur;Tolga Eren;David K. Goldenberg

  • Cognitive Development of Proof

    David Tall;Oleksiy Yevdokimov;Boris Koichu;Walter Whiteley

  • Global Rigidity: The Effect of Coning

    R. Connelly;W. J. Whiteley

  • A matroid on hypergraphs, with applications in scene analysis and geometry

    Walter Whiteley

  • Understanding gaps in research networks: using “spatial reasoning” as a window into the importance of networked educational research

    Catherine D. Bruce;Brent Davis;Nathalie Sinclair;Lynn McGarvey

  • Using Angle of Arrival (Bearing) Information in Network Localization

    Tolga Eren;Walter Whiteley;Peter N. Belhumeur

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Connelly
Robert Connelly Cornell University
Peter N. Belhumeur
Peter N. Belhumeur Columbia University
Brian D. O. Anderson
Brian D. O. Anderson Australian National University
Brent Davis
Brent Davis University of Calgary
Günter Rote
Günter Rote Freie Universität Berlin
A. Stephen Morse
A. Stephen Morse Yale University
Patrick W. Fowler
Patrick W. Fowler University of Sheffield
David Tall
David Tall University of Warwick
James Aspnes
James Aspnes Yale University
Bernd Sturmfels
Bernd Sturmfels Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences

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