Allen Y. Yang

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Allen Y. Yang is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computational Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Allen Y. Yang has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 18 papers in Computational Mechanics and 9 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Allen Y. Yang's work include Sparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques (16 papers), Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques (12 papers) and Advanced Vision and Imaging (9 papers). Allen Y. Yang is often cited by papers focused on Sparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques (16 papers), Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques (12 papers) and Advanced Vision and Imaging (9 papers). Allen Y. Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Sweden. Allen Y. Yang's co-authors include S. Shankar Sastry, Yi Ma, John Wright, Arvind Ganesh, Ruzena Bajcsy, Roozbeh Jafari, Robert M. Fossum, Harm Derksen, Shankar Rao and Shankar Sastry and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Allen Y. Yang

58 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Fast ℓ<inf>1</inf>-minimization algorithms and an application in robust face recognition: A review

2010 319 citations Allen Y. Yang, S. Shankar Sastry et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Allen Y. Yang United States	25	1.6k	612	410	321	305	63	2.5k
Aswin C. Sankaranarayanan United States	26	1.2k 0.7×	647 1.1×	213 0.5×	366 1.1×	208 0.7×	101	2.2k
H.J. Trussell United States	29	1.5k 0.9×	342 0.6×	274 0.7×	465 1.4×	148 0.5×	148	3.1k
Janusz Konrad United States	33	3.4k 2.0×	189 0.3×	560 1.4×	782 2.4×	483 1.6×	169	4.1k
Ju Sun United States	18	2.6k 1.6×	1.2k 2.0×	1.1k 2.7×	943 2.9×	353 1.2×	71	4.0k
Prateek Jain India	20	637 0.4×	709 1.2×	422 1.0×	68 0.2×	285 0.9×	97	2.0k
Lina J. Karam United States	30	2.7k 1.7×	162 0.3×	255 0.6×	1.0k 3.2×	674 2.2×	193	3.8k
Zhu Li China	32	2.7k 1.6×	1.1k 1.8×	328 0.8×	520 1.6×	643 2.1×	306	4.2k
Pavan Turaga United States	25	2.3k 1.4×	614 1.0×	945 2.3×	184 0.6×	380 1.2×	115	3.5k
Seong G. Kong South Korea	34	2.0k 1.2×	326 0.5×	479 1.2×	1.1k 3.3×	328 1.1×	108	3.7k
Hassan Mansour United States	19	630 0.4×	447 0.7×	103 0.3×	97 0.3×	269 0.9×	110	1.5k

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Yang, Allen Y., et al.. (2025). Machine learning for generative architectural design: Advancements, opportunities, and challenges. Automation in Construction. 174. 106129–106129. 5 indexed citations

Huang, Zixun, et al.. (2025). Robust 6DoF Pose Estimation Against Depth Noise and a Comprehensive Evaluation on a Mobile Dataset. 1839–1848.

Yang, Allen Y., et al.. (2023). Racial disparities in access to pain management services during COVID pandemic at an urban safety-net hospital. 3(1). 1 indexed citations

Yang, Allen Y., et al.. (2019). Which Applicant Factors Predict Success in Emergency Medicine Training Programs? A Scoping Review. AEM Education and Training. 4(3). 191–201. 11 indexed citations

Yang, Allen Y., et al.. (2017). Differentiating Urgent and Emergent Causes of Acute Red Eye for the Emergency Physician. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 18(3). 509–517. 19 indexed citations

Yang, Allen Y., et al.. (2015). Improving human-in-the-loop decision making in multi-mode driver assistance systems using hidden mode stochastic hybrid systems. 5776–5783. 18 indexed citations

Zhuang, Liansheng, Tsung‐Han Chan, Allen Y. Yang, S. Shankar Sastry, & Yi Ma. (2014). Sparse Illumination Learning and Transfer for Single-Sample Face Recognition with Image Corruption and Misalignment. International Journal of Computer Vision. 114(2-3). 272–287. 39 indexed citations

Ohlsson, Henrik, Allen Y. Yang, Roy Dong, Michel Verhaegen, & S. Shankar Sastry. (2013). Quadratic Compressive Sensing - A Nonlinear Extension of Compressive Sensing. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations

Elhamifar, Ehsan, et al.. (2013). A Convex Optimization Framework for Active Learning. 209–216. 87 indexed citations

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Zhuang, Liansheng, Allen Y. Yang, Zihan Zhou, S. Shankar Sastry, & Yi Ma. (2013). Single-Sample Face Recognition with Image Corruption and Misalignment via Sparse Illumination Transfer. 3546–3553. 47 indexed citations

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Yang, Allen Y., et al.. (2012). Sparse online low-rank projection and outlier rejection (SOLO) for 3-D rigid-body motion registration. 41. 4414–4421. 2 indexed citations

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Ohlsson, Henrik, Allen Y. Yang, Roy Dong, & S. Shankar Sastry. (2012). CPRL -- An Extension of Compressive Sensing to the Phase Retrieval Problem. 25. 1367–1375. 55 indexed citations

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Ohlsson, Henrik, Allen Y. Yang, Roy Dong, & Shankar Sastry. (2012). Compressive Phase Retrieval From Squared Output Measurements Via Semidefinite Programming. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 45(16). 89–94. 67 indexed citations

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Mobahi, Hossein, Zihan Zhou, Allen Y. Yang, & Yi Ma. (2011). Holistic 3D reconstruction of urban structures from low-rank textures. 593–600. 27 indexed citations

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Mobahi, Hossein, Shankar Rao, Allen Y. Yang, S. Shankar Sastry, & Yi Ma. (2011). Segmentation of Natural Images by Texture and Boundary Compression. International Journal of Computer Vision. 95(1). 86–98. 94 indexed citations

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Rao, Shankar, Allen Y. Yang, S. Shankar Sastry, & Yi Ma. (2010). Robust Algebraic Segmentation of Mixed Rigid-Body and Planar Motions from Two Views. International Journal of Computer Vision. 88(3). 425–446. 44 indexed citations

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Yang, Allen Y., Subhransu Maji, Kirak Hong, Posu Yan, & S. Shankar Sastry. (2009). Distributed compression and fusion of nonnegative sparse signals for multiple-view object recognition. International Conference on Information Fusion. 1867–1874. 7 indexed citations

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Seto, Edmund Y. W., Annarita Giani, Victor Shia, et al.. (2009). A wireless body sensor network for the prevention and management of asthma. 120–123. 31 indexed citations

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Yang, Allen Y., Roozbeh Jafari, S. Shankar Sastry, & Ruzena Bajcsy. (2009). Distributed recognition of human actions using wearable motion sensor networks. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments. 1(2). 103–115. 148 indexed citations

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Yang, Allen Y.. (2009). Estimation of Subspace Arrangements: Its Algebra and Statistics. 1 indexed citations

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