Lex Fridman

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Lex Fridman is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Automotive Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Lex Fridman has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Social Psychology, 9 papers in Automotive Engineering and 9 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Lex Fridman's work include Human-Automation Interaction and Safety (11 papers), Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology (7 papers) and Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety (6 papers). Lex Fridman is often cited by papers focused on Human-Automation Interaction and Safety (11 papers), Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology (7 papers) and Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety (6 papers). Lex Fridman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and United Kingdom. Lex Fridman's co-authors include Bryan Reimer, Bruce Mehler, Jeremy Howard, Zeynep Tüfekçi, Joonbum Lee, Helene‐Mari van der Westhuizen, Reshama Shaikh, Amy Price, Frederik Questier and Arne von Delft and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, IEEE Access and SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series.

In The Last Decade

Lex Fridman

34 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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 evidence review of face masks against COVID-19
    2021 805 citations Jeremy Howard, Austin Huang et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Lex Fridman
Frank A. Drews United States
Francis T. Durso United States
Shijian Li China
Omar Mubin Australia
Nan Zhao China
Plinio Pelegrini Morita Canada
João Paulo Teixeira Portugal
Neil Jacobstein United States
Frank A. Drews United States
Lex Fridman
Citations per year, relative to Lex Fridman Lex Fridman (= 1×) peers Frank A. Drews

Countries citing papers authored by Lex Fridman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lex Fridman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Lex Fridman. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Lex Fridman. The network helps show where Lex Fridman may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lex Fridman

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ding, Li, et al.. (2023). CLERA: A Unified Model for Joint Cognitive Load and Eye Region Analysis in the Wild. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 30(6). 1–23. 3 indexed citations
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Howard, Jeremy, Austin Huang, Zhiyuan Li, et al.. (2021). An evidence review of face masks against COVID-19. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(4). 805 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ding, Li, Jack Terwilliger, Rini Sherony, Bryan Reimer, & Lex Fridman. (2021). Value of Temporal Dynamics Information in Driving Scene Segmentation. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles. 7(1). 113–122. 17 indexed citations
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Fridman, Lex, et al.. (2018). DeepTraffic: Driving Fast through Dense Traffic with Deep Reinforcement Learning.. arXiv (Cornell University). 11 indexed citations
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Fridman, Lex, Bryan Reimer, Bruce Mehler, & William T. Freeman. (2018). Cognitive Load Estimation in the Wild. 1–9. 107 indexed citations
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Fridman, Lex, et al.. (2017). Arguing Machines: Perception-Control System Redundancy and Edge Case Discovery in Real-World Autonomous Driving. arXiv (Cornell University). 5 indexed citations
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Fridman, Lex, Michael Glazer, Jack Terwilliger, et al.. (2017). MIT Autonomous Vehicle Technology Study: Large-Scale Deep Learning Based Analysis of Driver Behavior and Interaction with Automation. arXiv (Cornell University). 56 indexed citations
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Fridman, Lex & Bryan Reimer. (2016). Semi-Automated Annotation of Discrete States in Large Video Datasets. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Fridman, Lex, et al.. (2016). Driver frustration detection from audio and video in the wild. OPUS (Augsburg University). 1354–1360. 22 indexed citations
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Fridman, Lex, et al.. (2016). Driver Gaze Region Estimation without Use of Eye Movement. IEEE Intelligent Systems. 31(3). 49–56. 94 indexed citations
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Fridman, Lex, et al.. (2016). Automated synchronization of driving data using vibration and steering events. Pattern Recognition Letters. 75. 9–15. 24 indexed citations
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Fridman, Lex, et al.. (2015). Driver Gaze Estimation Without Using Eye Movement. arXiv (Cornell University). 6 indexed citations
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Fridman, Lex, et al.. (2015). Viscosity of Polyacrylonitrile Solutions Containing Carbon Nanoparticles. Fibre Chemistry. 47(4). 244–246. 1 indexed citations
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Fridman, Lex, et al.. (2014). Multi-modal decision fusion for continuous authentication. Computers & Electrical Engineering. 41. 142–156. 39 indexed citations
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Fridman, Lex. (2011). Carbon-fibre adsorbents. Theoretical principles of production and conduct of sorption processes. Fibre Chemistry. 42(5). 300–304. 1 indexed citations
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Fridman, Lex. (2008). Principles and basic trends in the use of carbon fibre adsorbents. Fibre Chemistry. 40(3). 287–289. 1 indexed citations
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Мисриханов, М. Ш., et al.. (2006). Integrated control systems for superhigh-voltage substations in the Unified Russian Electrical Network. Automation and Remote Control. 67(5). 726–734. 1 indexed citations
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Fridman, Lex, et al.. (1988). Microstructure of activated carbon fibres. Fibre Chemistry. 19(6). 385–389. 6 indexed citations
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Fridman, Lex, et al.. (1987). Cleavage of the siloxane bond in poly(dialkylsiloxanes) by alkyl orthotitanates. Russian Chemical Bulletin. 36(4). 813–816. 1 indexed citations
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Fridman, Lex, et al.. (1983). Intrapore reaction of carbon fibers with oxygen-containing gases. 1 indexed citations

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