Alexander Förster

1.4k total citations
37 papers, 435 citations indexed

About

Alexander Förster is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Control and Systems Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Förster has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 435 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 11 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alexander Förster's work include Robot Manipulation and Learning (9 papers), Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques (6 papers) and Robotic Locomotion and Control (6 papers). Alexander Förster is often cited by papers focused on Robot Manipulation and Learning (9 papers), Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques (6 papers) and Robotic Locomotion and Control (6 papers). Alexander Förster collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United Kingdom. Alexander Förster's co-authors include Jürgen Schmidhuber, Jürgen Leitner, Simon Harding, Daan Wierstra, Jan Peters, Gregor Engels, Marijn Stollenga, Matthew Luciw, Hung Q. Ngo and Ragnhild Van Der Straeten and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Frontiers in Psychology and Frontiers in Neurorobotics.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Förster

34 papers receiving 414 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander Förster Switzerland 11 164 98 97 80 71 37 435
Frank Klassner United States 12 163 1.0× 83 0.8× 102 1.1× 73 0.9× 42 0.6× 43 625
Sebastian Wrede Germany 14 276 1.7× 198 2.0× 229 2.4× 65 0.8× 35 0.5× 80 725
Francisco Bellas Spain 15 326 2.0× 78 0.8× 84 0.9× 102 1.3× 24 0.3× 86 665
Tathagata Chakraborti United States 16 527 3.2× 149 1.5× 129 1.3× 48 0.6× 44 0.6× 51 827
Chris Roast United Kingdom 11 118 0.7× 70 0.7× 23 0.2× 45 0.6× 29 0.4× 47 391
Steven D. Whitehead United States 9 474 2.9× 148 1.5× 105 1.1× 70 0.9× 275 3.9× 17 897
Raquel Ros Spain 11 323 2.0× 109 1.1× 133 1.4× 23 0.3× 42 0.6× 53 532
Stephanie Rosenthal United States 16 493 3.0× 281 2.9× 212 2.2× 82 1.0× 71 1.0× 45 953
Susumu Kunifuji Japan 12 125 0.8× 79 0.8× 21 0.2× 53 0.7× 38 0.5× 71 410
George F. Fragulis Greece 12 142 0.9× 103 1.1× 66 0.7× 77 1.0× 84 1.2× 73 563

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Förster

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Förster

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Förster, Anna, et al.. (2021). A Blended Learning Approach for an Introductory Computer Science Course. Education Sciences. 11(8). 372–372. 7 indexed citations
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Förster, Anna, et al.. (2015). MOTEL: Mobility Enabled Wireless Sensor Network Testbed.. Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks. 24. 307–331. 3 indexed citations
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Leitner, Jürgen, et al.. (2014). Curiosity Driven Reinforcement Learning for Motion Planning on Humanoids. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 42 indexed citations
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Leitner, Jürgen, et al.. (2014). Curiosity driven reinforcement learning for motion planning on humanoids. Frontiers in Neurorobotics. 7. 25–25. 3 indexed citations
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Ngo, Hung Q., et al.. (2014). Efficient Interactive Multiclass Learning from Binary Feedback. ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems. 4(3). 1–25. 6 indexed citations
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Leitner, Jürgen, et al.. (2013). ALife in humanoids: Developing a framework to employ artificial life techniques for high-level perception and cognition tasks on humanoid robots. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Leitner, Jürgen, et al.. (2013). Humanoid learns to detect its own hands. Science & Engineering Faculty. 3 indexed citations
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Ngo, Hung Q., Matthew Luciw, Alexander Förster, & Jürgen Schmidhuber. (2013). Confidence-based progress-driven self-generated goals for skill acquisition in developmental robots. Frontiers in Psychology. 4. 833–833. 9 indexed citations
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Stollenga, Marijn, et al.. (2013). Task-relevant roadmaps: A framework for humanoid motion planning. 5772–5778. 11 indexed citations
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Stollenga, Marijn, et al.. (2013). Task-Relevant Roadmaps: A Framework for Humanoid Motion Planning. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology).
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Leitner, Jürgen, et al.. (2012). icVision: A modular vision system for cognitive robotics research. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 8 indexed citations
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Pape, Leo, Calogero Maria Oddo, Marco Controzzi, et al.. (2012). Learning tactile skills through curious exploration. Frontiers in Neurorobotics. 6. 6–6. 39 indexed citations
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Leitner, Jürgen, et al.. (2012). Autonomous learning of robust visual object detection and identification on a humanoid. TU/e Research Portal. 58. 1–6. 6 indexed citations
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Ngo, Hung Q., Matthew Luciw, Alexander Förster, & Juergen Schmidhuber. (2012). Learning skills from play: Artificial curiosity on a Katana robot arm. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1–8. 21 indexed citations
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Förster, Alexander, et al.. (2011). REFLEXIVE COLLISION RESPONSE WITH VIRTUAL SKIN - Roadmap Planning Meets Reinforcement Learning. 642–651. 2 indexed citations
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Küster, Jochen M., Christian Gerth, Alexander Förster, & Gregor Engels. (2008). A Tool for Process Merging in Business-Driven Development.. 89–92. 16 indexed citations
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Förster, Alexander, Alex Graves, & Jürgen Schmidhuber. (2007). RNN-based Learning of Compact Maps for Efficient Robot Localization. mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich). 537–542. 8 indexed citations
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Behnke, Sven, et al.. (2003). Predicting away the Delay. 2 indexed citations

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