Roy Want

16.4k citations

98 papers · 10.3k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 35

Impact in

Human-Computer Interaction top 0.1%
- Interactive and Immersive Displays
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition top 0.2%
- Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems

Papers in

Human-Computer Interaction 22
- Interactive and Immersive Displays 20
Computer Networks and Communications 40
- IoT and Edge/Fog Computing 15
- Bluetooth and Wireless Communication Technologies 13
- Wireless Networks and Protocols 11

Co-authors: Bill N. Schilit Norman I. Adams Andy Hopper Gaetano Borriello Jeffrey Hightower Trevor Pering Beverly L. Harrison Anuj Gujar
Journals: IEEE Pervasive Computing (28 papers)Computer (7 papers)Communications of the ACM (3 papers)Scientific American (2 papers)IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Germany

In The Last Decade

Roy Want

94 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Enabling the Internet of Things 2015 · 286 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.

2015 Computer
2006 IEEE Pervasive Computing
2000 SpotON: An Indoor 3D Location Sensing Technology Based on RF Signal Strength
1994 Context-Aware Computing Applications
1992 ACM Transactions on Information Systems

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Roy Want

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roy Want

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Roy Want, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	The Physical Web Roy Want	2015	3
2	Dynamic Migration of Computation Through Virtualization of the Mobile Platform Mobile Networks and Applications ·Friedrich Kluge, Roy Want, Trevor Pering, Kent Lyons, Barbara Rosario, Michelle X. Gong	2011	10
3	Channel Bounding and MAC Protection Mechanisms for 802.11ac K. N. Gorbacheva, Brian Hart, Mónica Céspedes, Roy Want	2011	26
4	Enabling rapid wireless system composition through layer-2 discovery IEEE Network ·Friedrich Kluge, Roy Want, Trevor Pering, Barbara Rosario, Kent Lyons	2008	4
5	Sensor-Driven Computing Comes of Age IEEE Pervasive Computing ·Roy Want	2007	1
6	Creating and protecting digital worlds Computer ·Bill N. Schilit, Roy Want	2005	2
7	Stargate: Energy Management Techniques eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Vijay Raghunathan, Mani Srivastava, Trevor Pering, Roy Want	2004	1
8	RFID: A Key to Automating Everything.: A Key to Automating Everything. Scientific American ·Roy Want	2004	4
9	RFID: A Key to Automating Everything Scientific American ·Roy Want	2004	125
10	The Magic of RFID Queue ·Roy Want	2004	75
11	Sistemas de identificación por radiofrecuencia Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) ·Roy Want	2004	0
12	Photographic authentication through untrusted terminals IEEE Pervasive Computing ·Trevor Pering, M Kolomoyets, John M. Light, Roy Want	2003	50
13	Disappearing hardware [ubiquitous computing] IEEE Pervasive Computing ·Roy Want, Trevor Pering, G. Borriello, Keith I. Farkas	2002	34
14	Making Everyday Life Easier Using Dense Sensor Networks W. Steven Conner, L. Krishnamurthy, Roy Want	2001	37
15	Ubiquitous Electronic Tagging IEEE Computer Architecture Letters ·Roy Want, Daniel M. Russell	2000	25
16	Embodied user interfaces for really direct manipulation Communications of the ACM ·Kenneth P. Fishkin, Anuj Gujar, Beverly L. Harrison, Thomas P. Moran, Roy Want	2000	53
17	Bridging physical and virtual worlds with tagged documents, objects and locations Beverly L. Harrison, Kenneth P. Fishkin, Anuj Gujar, 楼国红, Roy Want	1999	7
18	Designing audio aura Elizabeth D. Mynatt, Maribeth Back, Roy Want, Yulio Bahtiyar, Jason Ellis	1998	130
19	Audio aura Elizabeth D. Mynatt, Maribeth Back, Roy Want, Ron Frederick	1997	58
20	Protocols for Real Time Voice Communications on a Packet Local Network. International Conference on Communications ·Akouèmaho Richard Dansou, Roy Want, R. Suwanmakkha	1986	4

About Roy Want

Roy Want is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Networks and Communications, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Information Systems and Media Technology, having authored 98 papers that have together received 10.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems (28 papers), Interactive and Immersive Displays (20 papers), IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (15 papers), Bluetooth and Wireless Communication Technologies (13 papers), Green IT and Sustainability (11 papers), Wireless Networks and Protocols (11 papers), Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies (8 papers) and Tactile and Sensory Interactions (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Human-Computer Interaction (1.6k citations), Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (3.9k citations), Computer Networks and Communications (4.3k citations), Media Technology (1.6k citations) and Computer Science Applications (527 citations). Roy Want has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Bill N. Schilit, Norman I. Adams, Andy Hopper, Gaetano Borriello, Jeffrey Hightower, Trevor Pering, Beverly L. Harrison, Anuj Gujar, Kenneth P. Fishkin and Scott Jenson. Their work appears in journals such as IEEE Pervasive Computing, Computer, Communications of the ACM, Scientific American and IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications.

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