Christopher M. Cianci

870 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 499 citations indexed

About

Christopher M. Cianci is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Mechanical Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher M. Cianci has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 499 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 6 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 2 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Christopher M. Cianci's work include Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (5 papers), Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (4 papers) and Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (3 papers). Christopher M. Cianci is often cited by papers focused on Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (5 papers), Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (4 papers) and Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (3 papers). Christopher M. Cianci collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland and France. Christopher M. Cianci's co-authors include Alcherio Martinoli, Adam Klaptocz, Dario Floreano, Francesco Mondada, Stéphane Magnenat, Michaël Bonani, Jean‐Christophe Zufferey, Dominique Guinard, Kevin Nickels and Andrés Castaño and has published in prestigious journals such as Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) and Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne).

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Christopher M. Cianci

8 papers receiving 473 citations

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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.

The e-puck, a Robot Designed for Education in Engineering

2009 451 citations Francesco Mondada, Michaël Bonani et al. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher M. Cianci Switzerland	5	212	211	132	127	107	8	499
Philippe Rétornaz Switzerland	10	194 0.9×	147 0.7×	110 0.8×	96 0.8×	111 1.0×	18	563
Phillip Walker United States	11	167 0.8×	232 1.1×	83 0.6×	100 0.8×	120 1.1×	27	546
Rehan O’Grady Belgium	11	415 2.0×	406 1.9×	104 0.8×	137 1.1×	181 1.7×	26	780
Nithin Mathews Belgium	8	264 1.2×	281 1.3×	57 0.4×	110 0.9×	121 1.1×	15	524
Gerard T. McKee United Kingdom	10	181 0.9×	91 0.4×	123 0.9×	111 0.9×	43 0.4×	74	354
James McLurkin United States	15	380 1.8×	429 2.0×	143 1.1×	177 1.4×	73 0.7×	30	754
Adam Klaptocz Switzerland	10	250 1.2×	212 1.0×	177 1.3×	244 1.9×	107 1.0×	12	728
Melvin Gauci United Kingdom	12	351 1.7×	342 1.6×	81 0.6×	146 1.1×	130 1.2×	19	695
Levent Bayındır Türkiye	5	212 1.0×	298 1.4×	41 0.3×	133 1.0×	87 0.8×	14	464
Arne Brutschy Belgium	14	440 2.1×	478 2.3×	69 0.5×	176 1.4×	247 2.3×	21	854

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Prorok, Amanda, Christopher M. Cianci, & Alcherio Martinoli. (2010). Towards optimally efficient field estimation with threshold-based pruning in real robotic sensor networks. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 1. 5453–5459. 2 indexed citations

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Mondada, Francesco, Michaël Bonani, Christopher M. Cianci, et al.. (2009). The e-puck, a Robot Designed for Education in Engineering. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 1(1). 59–65. 451 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cianci, Christopher M.. (2009). Distributed intelligent algorithms for robotic sensor networks monitoring discontinuous anisotropic environmental fields. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 1 indexed citations

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Trifa, Vlad, Christopher M. Cianci, & Dominique Guinard. (2008). Dynamic Control of a Robotic Swarm using a Service-Oriented Architecture. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 15 indexed citations

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Cianci, Christopher M., Jim Pugh, & Alcherio Martinoli. (2008). Exploration of an incremental suite of microscopic models for acoustic event monitoring using a robotic sensor network. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 1. 3290–3295. 6 indexed citations

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Cianci, Christopher M., Julien Nembrini, Amanda Prorok, & Alcherio Martinoli. (2008). Assembly of configurations in a networked robotic system: A case study on a reconfigurable interactive table lamp. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 16. 1–7. 2 indexed citations

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Correll, Nikolaus, et al.. (2006). Self-Organized Embedded Sensor/Actuator Networks for ""Smart"" Turbines. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 8 indexed citations

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Nickels, Kevin, Andrés Castaño, & Christopher M. Cianci. (2003). Fusion of Lidar and Stereo Range for Mobile Robots. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 1. 65–70. 14 indexed citations

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