Hugh Durrant‐Whyte

34.8k citations

274 papers · 23.9k indexed · 11 hit papers · h-index 59

Impact in

Aerospace Engineering top 0.01%
- Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
- Inertial Sensor and Navigation
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition top 0.05%
- Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
- Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques
- Advanced Vision and Imaging

Papers in

Aerospace Engineering 116
- Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization 79
- Inertial Sensor and Navigation 29
Artificial Intelligence 141
- Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks 116

Co-authors: T. Bailey Simon Julier Jeffrey Uhlmann John J. Leonard Gamini Dissanayake E. Nebot Paul Newman S. Clark
Journals: The International Journal of Robotics Research (16 papers)IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation (8 papers)Robotics and Autonomous Systems (8 papers)IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine (5 papers)Advanced Robotics (3 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United Kingdom United States

In The Last Decade

Hugh Durrant‐Whyte

272 papers receiving 22.2k citations

Hit Papers

11 papers align trajectories log scale

Simultaneous Localization, Mapping and Moving Object Tracking 2007 · 409 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2007 The International Journal of Robotics Research
2006 IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine
2006 IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine
2005 A new approach for filtering nonlinear systems
2004 The International Journal of Robotics Research
2002 Simultaneous map building and localization for an autonomous mobile robot
2001 IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation
2000 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
1995 IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation
1992 Directed Sonar Sensing for Mobile Robot Navigation
1991 IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

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All Works

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#	Work
1	Uncertainty: Nothing is more certain Environmetrics ·Sally Cripps, Hugh Durrant‐Whyte	2022	2
2	Sustainability -- setting the scene Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales ·Hugh Durrant‐Whyte	2019	0
3	Robotics: Science and Systems VIII Hugh Durrant‐Whyte, Nicholas Roy, Pieter Abbeel	2012	1
4	Decentralised data fusion: A graphical model approach International Conference on Information Fusion ·Alexei Makarenko, Alex Brooks, Tobias Kaupp, Hugh Durrant‐Whyte, Frank Dellaert	2009	18
5	Evaluation of Gaussian Processes for Large Scale Terrain Modeling Hugh Durrant‐Whyte, Eric Nettleton, Fábio Ramos, Shrihari Vasudevan	2009	3
6	Decentralised particle filtering for multiple target tracking in wireless sensor networks Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland) ·X. N., T. Bailey, Hugh Durrant‐Whyte, Ben Upcroft	2008	27
7	Robotics research : results of the 12th International Symposium ISRR Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) ·Sebastian Thrun, Rodney A. Brooks, Hugh Durrant‐Whyte	2007	12
8	Bayesian filtering over compressed appearance states QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) ·Bertrand Douillard, Ben Upcroft, Tobias Kaupp, Fábio Ramos, Hugh Durrant‐Whyte	2007	1
9	Recursive Bayesian search-and-tracking using coordinated uavs for lost targets Tomonari Furukawa, Frédéric Bourgault, Aidan Clack, Hugh Durrant‐Whyte	2006	165
10	Representing natural objects in unstructured environments Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland) ·Fábio Ramos, Kay Van De Vanter, Ben Upcroft, Hugh Durrant‐Whyte	2005	5
11	Decentralised data fusion with particles Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland) ·Lee‐Ling Sharon Ong, Ben Upcroft, Matthew Ridley, Tim Bailey, Salah Sukkarieh, Hugh Durrant‐Whyte	2005	7
12	Fast re-parameterisation of Gaussian mixture models for robotics applications QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) ·Ben Upcroft, Kay Van De Vanter, Matthew Ridley, Lee‐Ling Sharon Ong, Hugh Durrant‐Whyte	2004	9
13	A tracking sonar sensor for vehicle guidance James Manyika, Hugh Durrant‐Whyte	2002	6
14	<title>New approach to map building using relative position estimates</title> Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·A. Barreiro, Hugh Durrant‐Whyte	1997	36
15	Data Fusion and Sensor Management: A Decentralized Information-Theoretic Approach Ellis Horwood eBooks ·James Manyika, Hugh Durrant‐Whyte	1995	236
16	A qualitative approach to sensor data fusion for mobile robot navigation International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence ·Steven Reece, Hugh Durrant‐Whyte	1995	5
17	Evaluation of a solid-state gyroscope for robotics applications STIN ·Billur Barshan, Hugh Durrant‐Whyte	1992	2
18	Modeling sonar sensors MIT Press eBooks ·Hugh Durrant‐Whyte, John J. Leonard	1992	1
19	A fully decentralized multi-sensor system for tracking and surveillance NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N ·B.S.Y. Rao, Hugh Durrant‐Whyte, YinRong Yang	1991	3
20	Progress toward a system that can acquire pallets and clean warehouses International Symposium on Robotics ·Michael Brady, Stephen Cameron, Hugh Durrant‐Whyte, Margaret M. Fleck, Chengzhi Gao	1988	8

About Hugh Durrant‐Whyte

Hugh Durrant‐Whyte is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computer Networks and Communications and Control and Systems Engineering, having authored 274 papers that have together received 23.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks (116 papers), Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (79 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (46 papers), Distributed Sensor Networks and Detection Algorithms (35 papers), Inertial Sensor and Navigation (29 papers), Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies (28 papers), Fault Detection and Control Systems (19 papers) and Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aerospace Engineering (15.0k citations), Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (8.7k citations), Artificial Intelligence (8.4k citations), Geology (1.2k citations) and Ocean Engineering (2.9k citations). Hugh Durrant‐Whyte has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include T. Bailey, Simon Julier, Jeffrey Uhlmann, John J. Leonard, Gamini Dissanayake, E. Nebot, Paul Newman, S. Clark, Billur Barshan and Stefan B. Williams. Their work appears in journals such as The International Journal of Robotics Research, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine and Advanced Robotics.

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