Stefan Leutenegger

14.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
78 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Stefan Leutenegger is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Aerospace Engineering and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Leutenegger has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 56 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 21 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Stefan Leutenegger's work include Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (48 papers), Advanced Vision and Imaging (29 papers) and 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (21 papers). Stefan Leutenegger is often cited by papers focused on Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (48 papers), Advanced Vision and Imaging (29 papers) and 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (21 papers). Stefan Leutenegger collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Switzerland. Stefan Leutenegger's co-authors include Roland Siegwart, Margarita Chli, Andrew J. Davison, Paul Furgale, Simon Lynen, Michael Bosse, Ben Glocker, Thomas J. Whelan, John McCormac and Ankur Handa and has published in prestigious journals such as Cement and Concrete Research, ACM Transactions on Graphics and International Journal of Computer Vision.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Leutenegger

71 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

BRISK: Binary Robust invariant scalable keypoints 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2014 2015 2016 2017 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. BRISK: Binary Robust invariant scalable keypoints
    2011 2.3k citations Stefan Leutenegger, Roland Siegwart et al. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich) profile →
  2. Keyframe-based visual–inertial odometry using nonlinear optimization
    2014 1.2k citations Stefan Leutenegger, Roland Siegwart et al. profile →
  3. ElasticFusion: Dense SLAM Without A Pose Graph
    2015 497 citations Stefan Leutenegger, Andrew J. Davison et al. profile →
  4. ElasticFusion: Real-time dense SLAM and light source estimation
    2016 457 citations Andrew J. Davison, Stefan Leutenegger et al. profile →
  5. SemanticFusion: Dense 3D semantic mapping with convolutional neural networks
    2017 423 citations John McCormac, Ankur Handa et al. Spiral (Imperial College London) profile →
  6. Event-Based Vision: A Survey
    2020 417 citations Stefan Leutenegger, Andrew J. Davison et al. profile →
  7. Keyframe-Based Visual-Inertial SLAM using Nonlinear Optimization
    2013 307 citations Stefan Leutenegger, Roland Siegwart et al. profile →
  8. In-Place Scene Labelling and Understanding with Implicit Scene Representation
    2021 212 citations Shuaifeng Zhi, Stefan Leutenegger et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefan Leutenegger United Kingdom 28 5.7k 5.4k 1.6k 1.4k 578 78 8.2k
Margarita Chli Switzerland 31 4.6k 0.8× 4.4k 0.8× 805 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 496 0.9× 84 6.4k
David W. Murray United Kingdom 36 5.9k 1.0× 5.2k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 981 0.7× 476 0.8× 166 8.0k
Shaojie Shen Hong Kong 47 6.9k 1.2× 7.8k 1.4× 1.7k 1.1× 1.7k 1.2× 1.5k 2.6× 177 10.5k
Luca Carlone United States 36 4.4k 0.8× 5.9k 1.1× 1.5k 1.0× 1.7k 1.2× 658 1.1× 116 7.5k
Kostas Daniilidis United States 50 6.6k 1.2× 3.6k 0.7× 650 0.4× 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 1.9× 216 9.3k
Vincent Lepetit Switzerland 47 9.8k 1.7× 6.3k 1.2× 1.2k 0.8× 642 0.4× 1.3k 2.3× 151 11.9k
Vincent Rabaud United States 9 7.9k 1.4× 4.6k 0.9× 865 0.6× 803 0.6× 296 0.5× 12 9.3k
Larry Matthies United States 48 5.6k 1.0× 5.3k 1.0× 476 0.3× 722 0.5× 722 1.2× 216 8.4k
Tomáš Pajdla Czechia 40 8.5k 1.5× 4.9k 0.9× 941 0.6× 595 0.4× 273 0.5× 158 10.1k
Long Quan China 53 6.6k 1.2× 2.6k 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 673 0.5× 1.3k 2.2× 359 10.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Leutenegger

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leutenegger, Stefan, et al.. (2025). FrontierNet: Learning Visual Cues to Explore. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 10(7). 6576–6583.
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Dörfler, Kathrin, et al.. (2024). Advancing construction in existing contexts: Prospects and barriers of 3d printing with mobile robots for building maintenance and repair. Cement and Concrete Research. 186. 107656–107656. 9 indexed citations
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Xu, Binbin, et al.. (2024). FuncGrasp: Learning Object-Centric Neural Grasp Functions from Single Annotated Example Object. mediaTUM (Technical University of Munich). 1900–1906. 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Binbin, et al.. (2024). NeRF-VO: Real-Time Sparse Visual Odometry With Neural Radiance Fields. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 9(8). 7278–7285. 9 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Simon, et al.. (2024). Int-HRL: towards intention-based hierarchical reinforcement learning. Neural Computing and Applications. 37(23). 18823–18834.
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Leutenegger, Stefan, et al.. (2024). Tightly-Coupled LiDAR-Visual-Inertial SLAM and Large-Scale Volumetric Occupancy Mapping. 18027–18033. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, Fan, et al.. (2024). IN-Sight: Interactive Navigation through Sight. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 7794–7800. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Haolong, et al.. (2024). Event-Based Non-rigid Reconstruction of Low-Rank Parametrized Deformations from Contours. International Journal of Computer Vision. 132(8). 2943–2961.
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Zavaglia, Melissa, et al.. (2023). Anthropomorphic Grasping With Neural Object Shape Completion. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 8(12). 8034–8041. 9 indexed citations
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Alcantarilla, Pablo F., et al.. (2023). Orientation-Aware Hierarchical, Adaptive-Resolution A* Algorithm for UAV Trajectory Planning. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 8(10). 6723–6730. 8 indexed citations
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Ren, Yifei, et al.. (2022). Visual-Inertial Multi-Instance Dynamic SLAM with Object-level Relocalisation. 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). 11055–11062. 9 indexed citations
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Zhi, Shuaifeng, Michael Bloesch, Stefan Leutenegger, & Andrew J. Davison. (2019). SceneCode: Monocular Dense Semantic Reconstruction Using Learned Encoded Scene Representations. 11768–11777. 45 indexed citations
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Bloesch, Michael, et al.. (2019). KO-Fusion: Dense Visual SLAM with Tightly-Coupled Kinematic and Odometric Tracking. Spiral (Imperial College London). 4054–4060. 13 indexed citations
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Saeedi, Sajad, Wenbin Li, Dimos Tzoumanikas, et al.. (2019). Characterizing Visual Localization and Mapping Datasets. Pure (University of Bath). 6699–6705. 16 indexed citations
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Tzoumanikas, Dimos, et al.. (2018). Fully autonomous micro air vehicle flight and landing on a moving target using visual–inertial estimation and model‐predictive control. Journal of Field Robotics. 36(1). 49–77. 22 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ketao, Pisak Chermprayong, Dimos Tzoumanikas, et al.. (2018). Bioinspired design of a landing system with soft shock absorbers for autonomous aerial robots. Journal of Field Robotics. 36(1). 230–251. 27 indexed citations
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McCormac, John, Ankur Handa, Stefan Leutenegger, & Andrew J. Davison. (2017). SceneNet RGB-D: Can 5M Synthetic Images Beat Generic ImageNet Pre-training on Indoor Segmentation?. Spiral (Imperial College London). 2697–2706. 157 indexed citations
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Davison, Andrew J., et al.. (2016). Simultaneous Optical Flow and Intensity Estimation from an Event Camera. Spiral (Imperial College London). 884–892. 171 indexed citations
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Oettershagen, Philipp, Amir Melzer, Thomas Mantel, et al.. (2015). A solar-powered hand-launchable UAV for low-altitude multi-day continuous flight. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 3986–3993. 77 indexed citations

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