Who Leads Computer Science Research? Inside the Guide2Research Top Rankings

Guide2Research recently updated its top‑1000 ranking of computer science and electronics researchers, calculating each scholar’s H‑index from Google Scholar profiles and listing those with H‑index greater than 40.

The most‑watched part of the list is the top 10 and top 100 scholars.

Among the global top‑10, nine are based in the United States, including:

Han Jiawei , professor at UIUC Computer Science, IEEE/ACM Fellow, H‑index 159.

Philip S. Yu , distinguished professor at University of Chicago, director of Tsinghua Data Science Institute, IEEE/ACM Fellow, H‑index 143.

Michael I. Jordan , professor at UC Berkeley EECS and Statistics, AI and machine‑learning pioneer, AAAI/ACM/CSS/IEEE Fellow, H‑index 147.

Takeo Kanade , professor at Carnegie Mellon University, computer‑vision legend, ACM/AAAI Fellow, H‑index 147.

Other well‑known scholars in the top‑100 include:

Geoffrey Hinton , University of Toronto professor, “father of deep learning”, rank 12, H‑index 139.

Zhang Hongjiang , former Kingsoft CEO and partner at Source Code Capital, rank 30, highest‑ranked Chinese scholar, H‑index 122.

Eric Horvitz , Microsoft Research director, rank 31, H‑index 122.

Yoshua Bengio , professor at Université de Montréal, “father of RNN”, rank 41, H‑index 115.

Jitendra Malik , UC Berkeley EECS department chair and computer‑vision pioneer, rank 31, H‑index 113.

Alex Smola , CMU professor and AWS Machine Learning director, rank 68, H‑index 105.

Christopher D. Manning , Stanford NLP group lead, rank 73, H‑index 104.

Wang Zidong , Brunel University professor, rank 76, H‑index 103.

Yann LeCun , NYU professor and Facebook chief AI scientist, “father of CNN”, rank 86, H‑index 101.

Ma Weiying , Vice President of Toutiao and head of AI Lab, former senior VP of Microsoft Asia Research, rank 89, H‑index 101.

Among Chinese scholars, the top‑10 include Zhang Hongjiang and Ma Weiying, plus eight others:

Gao Kuijun , Harbin Institute of Technology professor, H‑index 100.

Zhou Zhihua , Nanjing University professor and AI school dean, ACM/AAAS/AAAI/IEEE/IAPR Fellow, H‑index 88.

Gao Wen , Chinese Academy of Engineering academician and Peking University professor, IEEE/ACM Fellow, H‑index 83.

Tan Tieniu , Chinese Academy of Sciences academician, AI Society vice‑chair, IEEE/IAPR Fellow, H‑index 80.

Zhang Yaqin , Baidu president, IEEE Fellow, H‑index 75.

Jiao Licheng , Xidian University professor, AI Association vice‑chair, H‑index 71.

Wang Feiyue , Institute of Complex Systems Management director, IEEE/AAAS/ASME Fellow, H‑index 67.

Liu Yunhao , Tsinghua University professor, head of Ministry of Education’s Information System Security lab, ACM/IEEE Fellow, H‑index 64.

Six of the top‑10 scholars are linked to the CCF‑GAIR conference series, serving as chairs, committee members, or speakers in 2016‑2017 editions.

CCF‑GAIR 2018 opens on June 29, with tickets already sold; readers can follow post‑event reports and upcoming CCF‑GAIR events.

For the full ranking, visit www.guide2research.com/scientists/ . The information is sourced from Lei Feng Net.

Source: Lei Feng Net