Gerald Pirkl

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 984 citations indexed

About

Gerald Pirkl is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Human-Computer Interaction and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerald Pirkl has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 984 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 11 papers in Human-Computer Interaction and 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Gerald Pirkl's work include Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems (11 papers), Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies (6 papers) and Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (5 papers). Gerald Pirkl is often cited by papers focused on Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems (11 papers), Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies (6 papers) and Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (5 papers). Gerald Pirkl collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Gerald Pirkl's co-authors include Paul Lukowicz, David Bannach, Daniel Roggen, Clemens Holzmann, Thomas Holleczek, Ricardo Chavarriaga, Alberto Calatroni, Alois Ferscha, Gerhard Tröster and Kilian Förster and has published in prestigious journals such as Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Machines and ePrints Soton (University of Southampton).

In The Last Decade

Gerald Pirkl

25 papers receiving 942 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.

Collecting complex activity datasets in highly rich networked sensor environments

2010 524 citations Daniel Roggen, Alberto Calatroni et al. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gerald Pirkl Germany	13	696	258	247	215	210	26	984
Deokjai Choi South Korea	20	410 0.6×	404 1.6×	237 1.0×	272 1.3×	323 1.5×	94	1.1k
Mirco Rossi Switzerland	8	535 0.8×	210 0.8×	237 1.0×	163 0.8×	147 0.7×	17	766
Le T. Nguyen United States	12	641 0.9×	223 0.9×	368 1.5×	254 1.2×	164 0.8×	22	1.1k
Nishkam Ravi United States	10	821 1.2×	367 1.4×	240 1.0×	331 1.5×	383 1.8×	17	1.3k
Sozo Inoue Japan	17	697 1.0×	284 1.1×	296 1.2×	255 1.2×	171 0.8×	117	1.1k
Nikhil Dandekar India	3	761 1.1×	188 0.7×	189 0.8×	330 1.5×	203 1.0×	10	1.0k
Kåre Synnes Sweden	16	413 0.6×	268 1.0×	80 0.3×	156 0.7×	188 0.9×	57	901
Ming Zeng China	14	1.2k 1.8×	184 0.7×	430 1.7×	241 1.1×	96 0.5×	57	1.6k
Valentin Radu United Kingdom	11	362 0.5×	133 0.5×	223 0.9×	84 0.4×	287 1.4×	30	724
Josef Hallberg Sweden	16	435 0.6×	218 0.8×	82 0.3×	169 0.8×	172 0.8×	47	920

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerald Pirkl

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gerald Pirkl. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gerald Pirkl based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Gerald Pirkl. Gerald Pirkl is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Dörner, Andreas, M. Bureš, M. Simon, & Gerald Pirkl. (2024). Making Cognitive Ergonomics in the Human–Computer Interaction of Manufacturing Execution Systems Assessable: Experimental and Validation Approaches to Closing Research Gaps. Machines. 12(3). 195–195. 1 indexed citations

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Dörner, Andreas, Gerald Pirkl, M. Simon, & M. Bureš. (2024). Use of Lean Management Methods based on Eye-Tracking Information to make User Interfaces in Production more Human-centered. Procedia CIRP. 128. 514–519.

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Fritsch, Stefan Gerd, Gerald Pirkl, Sheraz Ahmed, et al.. (2018). What Am I Writing: Classification of On-Line Handwritten Sequences.. 417–426. 1 indexed citations

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Ward, Jamie A., et al.. (2018). Wearable Eye Tracking for Multisensor Physical Activity Recognition. Goldsmiths (University of London). 10. 103–116. 2 indexed citations

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Pirkl, Gerald, et al.. (2017). Analysis of the Usefulness of Mobile Eyetracker for the Recognition of Physical Activities. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Pirkl, Gerald, et al.. (2017). WiCoSens. 102–105. 1 indexed citations

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Ward, Jamie A., et al.. (2017). Detecting physical collaborations in a group task using body-worn microphones and accelerometers. 268–273. 6 indexed citations

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Pirkl, Gerald, et al.. (2016). Smart helmet for construction site documentation and work support. 349–352. 14 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Tim, Michael S. Feld, Svilen Dimitrov, et al.. (2016). Hybrid Teams of Humans, Robots, and Virtual Agents in a Production Setting. 2. 234–237. 9 indexed citations

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Pirkl, Gerald, et al.. (2015). mBeacon: Accurate, robust proximity detection with smart phones and smart watches using low frequency modulated magnetic fields. 2(7). 1 indexed citations

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Pirkl, Gerald, et al.. (2015). Smart-watch life saver. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 19–26. 31 indexed citations

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Grünerbl, Agnes, Gerald Pirkl, Mark Weal, Mary Gobbi, & Paul Lukowicz. (2015). Monitoring and enhancing nurse emergency training with wearable devices. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1261–1267. 10 indexed citations

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Pirkl, Gerald, et al.. (2015). mBeacon: Accurate, robust proximity detection with smart phones and smart watches using low frequency modulated magnetic fields. 5 indexed citations

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Wille, Sebastian, et al.. (2014). Monitoring household activities and user location with a cheap, unobtrusive thermal sensor array. 141–145. 58 indexed citations

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Pirkl, Gerald & Paul Lukowicz. (2012). Robust, low cost indoor positioning using magnetic resonant coupling. 431–440. 39 indexed citations

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Widyawan, Widyawan, Gerald Pirkl, Daniele Munaretto, et al.. (2011). Virtual lifeline: Multimodal sensor data fusion for robust navigation in unknown environments. Pervasive and Mobile Computing. 8(3). 388–401. 32 indexed citations

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Lukowicz, Paul, Gerald Pirkl, David Bannach, et al.. (2010). Recording a Complex, Multi Modal Activity Data Set for Context Recognition. 1–166. 20 indexed citations

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Amft, Oliver, et al.. (2010). Towards wearable sensing-based assessment of fluid intake. TU/e Research Portal. 298–303. 50 indexed citations

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Roggen, Daniel, Kilian Förster, Alberto Calatroni, et al.. (2009). OPPORTUNITY: Towards opportunistic activity and context recognition systems. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 28. 1–6. 69 indexed citations

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Klann, Markus, Till Riedel, Hans Gellersen, et al.. (2007). LifeNet: an Ad-hoc Sensor Network and Wearable System to Provide Firefighters with Navigation Support. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 124. 23 indexed citations

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