P. Simard

14.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
56 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

P. Simard is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Epidemiology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, P. Simard has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 13 papers in Epidemiology and 9 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in P. Simard's work include Handwritten Text Recognition Techniques (8 papers), Advanced Data Compression Techniques (7 papers) and Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (7 papers). P. Simard is often cited by papers focused on Handwritten Text Recognition Techniques (8 papers), Advanced Data Compression Techniques (7 papers) and Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (7 papers). P. Simard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. P. Simard's co-authors include Yoshua Bengio, Paolo Frasconi, Don Steinkraus, John Platt, Robert W. Doty, J. L. Ringo, S. Demeter, Ian Buck, J. S. Denker and Léon Bottou and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

P. Simard

55 papers receiving 8.9k 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.

Learning long-term dependencies with gradient descent is difficult

1994 5.5k citations Yoshua Bengio, P. Simard et al. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks profile →
Best practices for convolutional neural networks applied to visual document analysis

2005 1.7k citations P. Simard, Don Steinkraus et al. profile →
Comparison of classifier methods: a case study in handwritten digit recognition

2002 408 citations J. S. Denker, P. Simard et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
P. Simard United States	25	3.5k	2.4k	1.1k	893	775	56	9.4k
James Bergstra Canada	18	4.2k 1.2×	2.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	902 1.0×	578 0.7×	25	10.1k
Mark E. Shields United States	3	4.3k 1.2×	3.1k 1.3×	659 0.6×	814 0.9×	929 1.2×	6	10.7k
Yee‐Whye Teh Singapore	7	4.7k 1.3×	4.0k 1.7×	1.1k 1.1×	1.6k 1.7×	655 0.8×	7	11.5k
J. S. Denker United States	20	3.6k 1.0×	3.9k 1.6×	1.3k 1.2×	614 0.7×	428 0.6×	39	9.9k
Jianchang Mao United States	19	3.7k 1.1×	3.2k 1.3×	809 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	484 0.6×	43	9.9k
Vinod Nair India	14	3.2k 0.9×	3.9k 1.6×	754 0.7×	962 1.1×	448 0.6×	23	9.8k
D. Henderson United States	15	3.8k 1.1×	4.4k 1.8×	869 0.8×	702 0.8×	447 0.6×	27	10.5k
Xavier Glorot Canada	7	4.7k 1.3×	3.9k 1.6×	756 0.7×	987 1.1×	452 0.6×	7	10.3k
Tin Kam Ho United States	23	4.6k 1.3×	2.4k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	1.0k 1.2×	306 0.4×	78	11.2k
Ah Chung Tsoi Australia	31	5.1k 1.5×	2.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	693 0.9×	184	11.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P. Simard

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Davies, Leon N., Sayantan Biswas, Safal Khanal, et al.. (2024). BCLA CLEAR presbyopia: Mechanism and optics. Contact Lens and Anterior Eye. 47(4). 102185–102185. 10 indexed citations

Michaud, Langis, et al.. (2022). Translation and validation of the contact lens dry eye questionnaire 8 (CLDEQ-8) in Canadian French. Contact Lens and Anterior Eye. 46(2). 101779–101779. 2 indexed citations

Vincent, Stephen J., Pauline Cho, Daddi Fadel, et al.. (2021). BCLA CLEAR - Orthokeratology. Contact Lens and Anterior Eye. 44(2). 240–269. 105 indexed citations

Simard, P., et al.. (2019). Clinical evaluation of higher add bifocal soft contact lens to control axial length growth in myopic children. Contact Lens and Anterior Eye. 42(6). e9–e9. 1 indexed citations

Simard, P. & Etty Bitton. (2008). The use of high modulus silicone hydrogel (SiHy) lens in the management of epithelial defects. Contact Lens and Anterior Eye. 31(3). 154–157. 3 indexed citations

Passirani, Catherine, et al.. (2006). Evaluation of pegylated lipid nanocapsules versus complement system activation and macrophage uptake. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 78A(3). 620–628. 164 indexed citations

Steinkraus, Don, Ian Buck, & P. Simard. (2005). Using GPUs for machine learning algorithms. 1115–1120 Vol. 2. 153 indexed citations

Simard, P., Chris Burges, Donald C. Steinkraus, & H.S. Malvar. (2004). Image compression with on-line and off-line learning. 3. II–259. 1 indexed citations

Simard, P., Y. Le Cun, & J. S. Denker. (2002). Memory-based character recognition using a transformation invariant metric. 2. 262–267. 10 indexed citations

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Burges, Chris, P. Simard, & H.S. Malvar. (2001). Improving Wavelet Compression with Neural Networks. 486. 5 indexed citations

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Hankins, Catherine, François Coutlée, Normand Lapointe, et al.. (1999). Prevalence of risk factors associated with human papillomavirus infection in women living with HIV. Canadian Women's HIV Study Group.. PubMed. 160(2). 185–91. 70 indexed citations

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Simard, P., et al.. (1997). Fractal Study of the Boiling of Water. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 30(18). 1213–1217. 2 indexed citations

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Bengio, Yoshua, P. Simard, & Paolo Frasconi. (1994). Learning long-term dependencies with gradient descent is difficult. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks. 5(2). 157–166. 5453 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ringo, J. L., Robert W. Doty, S. Demeter, & P. Simard. (1994). Time Is of the Essence: A Conjecture that Hemispheric Specialization Arises from Interhemispheric Conduction Delay. Cerebral Cortex. 4(4). 331–343. 431 indexed citations

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Lévesque, Benoît, P. Simard, Denis Gauvin, et al.. (1994). Comparison of the microbiological quality of water coolers and that of municipal water systems. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 60(4). 1174–1178. 32 indexed citations

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Joncas, J. H., Patrizia Russo, Pierre Brochu, et al.. (1990). Epstein-Barr virus polymorphic B-cell lymphoma associated with leukemia and with congenital immunodeficiencies.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 8(3). 378–384. 42 indexed citations

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Mailloux, G.E., et al.. (1989). Restoration of the velocity field of the heart from two-dimensional echocardiograms. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 8(2). 143–153. 89 indexed citations

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Bergeron, Michel G., P. Simard, & P. Provencher. (1987). Influence of growth medium and supplement on growth of Haemophilus influenzae and on antibacterial activity of several antibiotics. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 25(4). 650–655. 23 indexed citations

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Renier, Geneviève, William Gibb, P. Simard, et al.. (1986). Isolation, purification and culture of Sertoli cells from immature piglet testes. European Journal of Endocrinology. 111(3). 411–418. 3 indexed citations

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Simard, P., et al.. (1981). Limited in vitro activity of cefamandole against 100 beta-lactamase- and non-beta-lactamase-producing Haemophilus influenzae strains: comparison of moxalactam, chloramphenicol, and ampicillin. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 19(1). 101–105. 25 indexed citations

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