Leon Kester

669 total citations
56 papers, 314 citations indexed

About

Leon Kester is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Control and Systems Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Leon Kester has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 314 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 18 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 12 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Leon Kester's work include Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks (13 papers), Ethics and Social Impacts of AI (12 papers) and Traffic control and management (12 papers). Leon Kester is often cited by papers focused on Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks (13 papers), Ethics and Social Impacts of AI (12 papers) and Traffic control and management (12 papers). Leon Kester collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Canada and United Kingdom. Leon Kester's co-authors include Evert Haasdijk, Henk Taale, Serge Hoogendoorn, Benjamin Noack, Joris Sijs, Peter Werkhoven, Martijn C. Schut, Marieke Martens, Boudewijn Bakker and Harm van Seijen and has published in prestigious journals such as Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Wireless Personal Communications and Ethics and Information Technology.

In The Last Decade

Leon Kester

54 papers receiving 293 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leon Kester Netherlands 9 107 106 62 53 47 56 314
Xiaoyan Gong China 10 58 0.5× 55 0.5× 23 0.4× 23 0.4× 41 0.9× 44 318
Sumbal Malik United Arab Emirates 10 80 0.7× 71 0.7× 51 0.8× 142 2.7× 27 0.6× 26 348
Haina Tang China 9 75 0.7× 160 1.5× 133 2.1× 28 0.5× 72 1.5× 33 378
Stefan Witwicki United States 11 40 0.4× 159 1.5× 62 1.0× 35 0.7× 6 0.1× 27 349
Matthew Peacock Australia 7 66 0.6× 50 0.5× 107 1.7× 7 0.1× 22 0.5× 14 304
Shubham Pateria Singapore 5 73 0.7× 127 1.2× 43 0.7× 24 0.5× 5 0.1× 12 305
Lei Miao United States 9 119 1.1× 36 0.3× 120 1.9× 101 1.9× 39 0.8× 42 363
Jiqian Dong United States 10 215 2.0× 83 0.8× 22 0.4× 228 4.3× 63 1.3× 13 407
Yangang Ren China 9 138 1.3× 128 1.2× 32 0.5× 133 2.5× 5 0.1× 15 323
David Fridovich-Keil United States 8 116 1.1× 64 0.6× 19 0.3× 42 0.8× 7 0.1× 33 277

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Fields of papers citing papers by Leon Kester

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leon Kester

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Leon Kester. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Leon Kester 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 Leon Kester. Leon Kester is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Martens, Marieke, et al.. (2025). Ethical frameworks for automated vehicles: a systematic analysis and design. AI and Ethics. 5(6). 6041–6062.
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Werkhoven, Peter, et al.. (2025). A methodology for ethical decision-making in automated vehicles. AI & Society. 40(8). 6245–6256. 1 indexed citations
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Kester, Leon, et al.. (2024). Addressing ethical challenges in automated vehicles: bridging the gap with hybrid AI and augmented utilitarianism. AI and Ethics. 5(3). 2757–2770. 7 indexed citations
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Kester, Leon, et al.. (2022). VR, Deepfakes and Epistemic Security. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 73. 93–98. 2 indexed citations
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Kester, Leon, et al.. (2021). Epistemic defenses against scientific and empirical adversarial AI attacks. Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University). 3 indexed citations
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Reed, Nick, et al.. (2021). Ethics of automated vehicles: breaking traffic rules for road safety. Ethics and Information Technology. 23(4). 777–789. 14 indexed citations
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Kester, Leon, et al.. (2019). Extending Socio-Technological Reality for Ethics in Artificial Intelligent Systems. 275–2757. 6 indexed citations
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Taale, Henk, et al.. (2017). Improvement of Network Performance by In-Vehicle Routing Using Floating Car Data. Journal of Advanced Transportation. 2017. 1–16. 22 indexed citations
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Kester, Leon, et al.. (2014). Maximising effectiveness of distributed mobile observation systems in dynamic situations. TNO Repository. 1–8. 2 indexed citations
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Sijs, Joris, Leon Kester, & Benjamin Noack. (2014). A study on event triggering criteria for estimation. TNO Repository. 1–8. 18 indexed citations
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Kester, Leon, et al.. (2013). Cross-layer utility-based system optimization. TNO Repository. 507–514. 3 indexed citations
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Kester, Leon, et al.. (2012). Adaptive team formation for shared situation awareness. International Conference on Information Fusion. 361–368. 3 indexed citations
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Kester, Leon, et al.. (2011). System design for distributed adaptive observation systems. TNO Repository. 1–8. 5 indexed citations
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Schut, Martijn C., et al.. (2011). Approximating safe spacing policies for adaptive cruise control strategies. Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). 9–16. 8 indexed citations
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Kester, Leon, et al.. (2009). Real-time common awareness in communication constrained sensor systems. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 118–125. 4 indexed citations
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Kester, Leon. (2008). Networked Adaptive Interactive Hybrid Systems (NAIHS) for multiplatform engagement capability. TNO Repository. 308–311. 2 indexed citations
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Kester, Leon, et al.. (2008). Creating shared situation awareness in a multi-platform sensor network. 1–6. 5 indexed citations
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Bakker, Boudewijn, et al.. (2007). Reinforcement Learning with Multiple, Qualitatively Different State Representations. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 2 indexed citations
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Kester, Leon, et al.. (2003). Obstacle detection for people movers using vision and radar. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 3 indexed citations
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Kester, Leon, et al.. (2001). Doppler Polarimetric Surveillance Radar for the Maritime Surface Picture. TNO Repository. 33. 3 indexed citations

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