Angela Y. Wu

10.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Angela Y. Wu is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Angela Y. Wu has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 15 papers in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and 13 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Angela Y. Wu's work include Digital Image Processing Techniques (16 papers), Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation (15 papers) and Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (9 papers). Angela Y. Wu is often cited by papers focused on Digital Image Processing Techniques (16 papers), Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation (15 papers) and Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (9 papers). Angela Y. Wu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Hong Kong. Angela Y. Wu's co-authors include David M. Mount, Ruth Silverman, Nathan S. Netanyahu, Christine Piatko, Tapas Kanungo, Sunil Arya, Azriel Rosenfeld, Bhaskar Sen, Tsai-Hong Hong and T. Yung Kong and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Pattern Recognition and Information Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Angela Y. Wu

51 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

An efficient k-means clustering algorithm: analysis and i... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2002 1998 1000 2.0k 3.0k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. An efficient k-means clustering algorithm: analysis and implementation
    2002 3.9k citations Tapas Kanungo, David M. Mount et al. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence profile →
  2. An optimal algorithm for approximate nearest neighbor searching fixed dimensions
    1998 1.5k citations Sunil Arya, David M. Mount et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Angela Y. Wu United States 17 2.8k 2.0k 1.0k 719 601 53 6.9k
Ruth Silverman United States 14 2.6k 0.9× 2.0k 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 586 0.8× 591 1.0× 27 6.5k
Nathan S. Netanyahu United States 23 3.1k 1.1× 2.2k 1.1× 1.2k 1.2× 735 1.0× 780 1.3× 90 7.5k
David M. Mount United States 29 3.7k 1.3× 2.3k 1.2× 1.7k 1.6× 858 1.2× 983 1.6× 123 9.1k
S. Sathiya Keerthi India 29 3.5k 1.2× 4.1k 2.0× 583 0.6× 455 0.6× 489 0.8× 72 9.7k
Christine Piatko United States 19 2.1k 0.7× 2.1k 1.0× 683 0.7× 531 0.7× 233 0.4× 57 5.8k
Tapas Kanungo United States 22 2.3k 0.8× 2.2k 1.1× 727 0.7× 603 0.8× 258 0.4× 75 5.9k
Edwin R. Hancock United Kingdom 43 4.6k 1.6× 2.4k 1.2× 967 0.9× 300 0.4× 531 0.9× 485 7.4k
Mark E. Shields United States 3 3.1k 1.1× 4.3k 2.1× 814 0.8× 416 0.6× 285 0.5× 6 10.7k
Mehdi Mirza Canada 5 3.9k 1.4× 3.1k 1.5× 719 0.7× 365 0.5× 310 0.5× 5 9.2k
D.P. Huttenlocher United States 27 4.6k 1.6× 1.1k 0.6× 490 0.5× 420 0.6× 1.1k 1.8× 43 7.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Angela Y. Wu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wu, Angela Y., et al.. (2023). Quasi-self-similar fractals containing "Y" have dimension larger than one. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems. 44(4). 1073–1086.
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Mount, David M., et al.. (2006). A practical approximation algorithm for the LMS line estimator. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis. 51(5). 2461–2486. 24 indexed citations
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Kanungo, Tapas, David M. Mount, Nathan S. Netanyahu, et al.. (2002). An efficient k-means clustering algorithm: analysis and implementation. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 24(7). 881–892. 3878 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kanungo, Tapas, David M. Mount, Nathan S. Netanyahu, et al.. (2002). A local search approximation algorithm for k-means clustering. 10–18. 261 indexed citations
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Kanungo, Tapas, David M. Mount, Nathan S. Netanyahu, et al.. (2000). The analysis of a simple k -means clustering algorithm. 100–109. 67 indexed citations
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Mount, David M., Nathan S. Netanyahu, Ruth Silverman, & Angela Y. Wu. (2000). Chromatic nearest neighbor searching: A query sensitive approach☆☆A preliminary version of this paper appeared in the Proceedings of the 7th Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, 1995, pp. 261–266.. Computational Geometry. 17(3-4). 97–119. 5 indexed citations
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Kanungo, Tapas, David M. Mount, Nathan S. Netanyahu, et al.. (1999). Computing nearest neighbors for moving points and applications to clustering. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 931–932. 16 indexed citations
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Wu, Angela Y. & Azriel Rosenfeld. (1998). Geodesic visibility in graphs. Information Sciences. 108(1-4). 5–12. 14 indexed citations
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Mount, David M., et al.. (1997). A practical approximation algorithm for the LMS line estimator. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 473–482. 11 indexed citations
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Melter, Robert A., Angela Y. Wu, & Longin Jan Latecki. (1997). Vision Geometry VI. 3168. 2 indexed citations
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Arya, Sunil, David M. Mount, Nathan S. Netanyahu, Ruth Silverman, & Angela Y. Wu. (1994). An optimal algorithm for approximate nearest neighbor searching. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 573–582. 389 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Azriel & Angela Y. Wu. (1994). Geodesic convexity in discrete spaces. Information Sciences. 80(1-2). 127–132. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Angela Y. & Azriel Rosenfeld. (1988). Parallel processing of encoded bit strings. Pattern Recognition. 21(6). 559–565. 2 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Azriel, et al.. (1983). Fast language acceptance by shrinking cellular automata. Information Sciences. 30(1). 47–53. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Angela Y., Tsai-Hong Hong, & Azriel Rosenfeld. (1982). Threshold Selection Using Quadtrees. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. PAMI-4(1). 90–94. 40 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Azriel, et al.. (1982). A Medial Axis Transformation for Grayscale Pictures. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. PAMI-4(4). 419–421. 12 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Azriel & Angela Y. Wu. (1981). Reconfigurable cellular computers. Information and Control. 50(1). 64–84. 5 indexed citations
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Wu, Angela Y., et al.. (1981). Parallel Computation of Contour Properties. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. PAMI-3(3). 331–337. 6 indexed citations
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Wu, Angela Y., et al.. (1981). Image Approximation from Gray Scale ``Medial Axes''. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. PAMI-3(6). 687–696. 7 indexed citations
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Wu, Angela Y. & Azriel Rosenfeld. (1979). Cellular graph automata. II. graph and subgraph isomorphism, graph structure recognition. Information and Control. 42(3). 330–353. 13 indexed citations

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