Nicholas Gillian

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Nicholas Gillian is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Human-Computer Interaction. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Gillian has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 8 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 8 papers in Human-Computer Interaction. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Gillian's work include Tactile and Sensory Interactions (12 papers), Music and Audio Processing (5 papers) and Music Technology and Sound Studies (5 papers). Nicholas Gillian is often cited by papers focused on Tactile and Sensory Interactions (12 papers), Music and Audio Processing (5 papers) and Music Technology and Sound Studies (5 papers). Nicholas Gillian collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Nicholas Gillian's co-authors include Ivan Poupyrev, Jaime Lien, Carsten Schwesig, Mustafa Emre Karagozler, Joseph A. Paradiso, Sile O’Modhrain, Raymond Knapp, Steve Hodges, Simon Olberding and Nan‐Wei Gong and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, ACM Transactions on Graphics and Arthroplasty Today.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Gillian

17 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Soli

2016 746 citations Jaime Lien, Nicholas Gillian et al. ACM Transactions on Graphics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicholas Gillian United States	10	556	370	357	250	242	19	1.1k
Carsten Schwesig Japan	7	795 1.4×	342 0.9×	402 1.1×	231 0.9×	432 1.8×	8	1.2k
Jaime Lien United States	9	658 1.2×	622 1.7×	547 1.5×	477 1.9×	183 0.8×	13	1.4k
Seongjoo Lee South Korea	15	117 0.2×	318 0.9×	159 0.4×	104 0.4×	57 0.2×	104	849
Jingjing Meng United States	17	674 1.2×	120 0.3×	176 0.5×	114 0.5×	142 0.6×	44	1.6k
Yongpan Zou China	11	220 0.4×	611 1.7×	181 0.5×	47 0.2×	62 0.3×	37	928
Mohamed Hisham Jaward Malaysia	13	419 0.8×	105 0.3×	221 0.6×	66 0.3×	90 0.4×	33	953
Wenguang Mao United States	9	184 0.3×	481 1.3×	107 0.3×	75 0.3×	93 0.4×	20	774
Ravish Mehra United States	18	241 0.4×	61 0.2×	229 0.6×	86 0.3×	469 1.9×	57	1.3k
Hui-Shyong Yeo United Kingdom	14	596 1.1×	116 0.3×	113 0.3×	36 0.1×	341 1.4×	36	801
Yongsen Ma United States	8	144 0.3×	784 2.1×	229 0.6×	65 0.3×	24 0.1×	15	1.1k

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19 of 19 papers shown

Bini, Stefano A., et al.. (2025). Unlocking Gait Analysis Beyond the Gait Lab: High-Fidelity Replication of Knee Kinematics Using Inertial Motion Units and a Convolutional Neural Network. Arthroplasty Today. 33. 101656–101656.

Xu, Luzhou, Jaime Lien, Nicholas Gillian, et al.. (2023). Soli-enabled noncontact heart rate detection for sleep and meditation tracking. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 18008–18008. 4 indexed citations

Hayashi, Eiji, et al.. (2021). RadarNet: Efficient Gesture Recognition Technique Utilizing a Miniature Radar Sensor. 1–14. 69 indexed citations

Wu, Tony F., et al.. (2020). ZebraSense. 662–674. 33 indexed citations

Yeo, Hui-Shyong, Gierad Laput, Nicholas Gillian, & Aaron Quigley. (2017). Workshop on object recognition for input and mobile interaction. St Andrews Research Repository (St Andrews Research Repository). 6. 1–5. 1 indexed citations

Lien, Jaime, et al.. (2016). Soli. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 35(4). 1–19. 746 indexed citations breakdown →

Gillian, Nicholas, et al.. (2015). EMI Spy: Harnessing electromagnetic interference for low-cost, rapid prototyping of proxemic interaction. 1–6. 10 indexed citations

Gong, Nan‐Wei, Jürgen Steimle, Simon Olberding, et al.. (2014). PrintSense: a versatile sensing technique to support multimodal flexible surface interaction. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 3 indexed citations

Gong, Nan‐Wei, Jürgen Steimle, Simon Olberding, et al.. (2014). PrintSense. 1407–1410. 84 indexed citations

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Gillian, Nicholas, et al.. (2014). Gestures Everywhere. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 98–103. 11 indexed citations

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Gillian, Nicholas & Joseph A. Paradiso. (2014). The Gesture Recognition Toolkit. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Gillian, Nicholas, et al.. (2013). WristQue: A personal sensor wristband. 1–6. 8 indexed citations

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Merriman, Niamh A., Caroline Whyatt, Annalisa Setti, et al.. (2012). The effect of balance training on audio–visual integration in older adults. 25(0). 155–155.

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Gillian, Nicholas, et al.. (2012). A gesturally controlled improvisation system for piano. Brunel University Research Archive (BURA) (Brunel University London). 7 indexed citations

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Gillian, Nicholas & Joseph A. Paradiso. (2012). Digito: A Fine-Grain Gesturally Controlled Virtual Musical Instrument. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 13 indexed citations

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Gillian, Nicholas, Raymond Knapp, & Sile O’Modhrain. (2011). A Machine Learning Toolbox For Musician Computer Interaction. New Interfaces for Musical Expression. 343–348. 15 indexed citations

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Gillian, Nicholas, Raymond Knapp, & Sile O’Modhrain. (2011). Recognition Of Multivariate Temporal Musical Gestures Using N-Dimensional Dynamic Time Warping. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 337–342. 35 indexed citations

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Gillian, Nicholas, Sile O’Modhrain, & Georg Essl. (2009). Scratch-Off : A Gesture Based Mobile Music Game With Tactile Feedback. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 308–311. 12 indexed citations

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Gillian, Nicholas, Raymond Knapp, & Sile O’Modhrain. (2009). The {Sar}C Eyesweb Catalog : A Pattern Recognition Toolbox For Musician-Computer Interaction. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 60–61. 1 indexed citations

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