Question 1

What is Idiap Research Institute known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Idiap Research Institute stands highest in Computer Science (#1,468 of 4,417 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,071 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Signal Processing, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (Signal Processing is 23.3× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Idiap Research Institute rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Idiap Research Institute ranks #5,342 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#2,308 all time), and #41 of 186 in Switzerland.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Idiap Research Institute?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Ronan Collobert, Sébastien Marcel and Samy Bengio lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Idiap Research Institute.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Idiap Research Institute?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Idiap Research Institute is "Multiple Object Tracking Using K-Shortest Paths Optimization" (Jérôme Berclaz, François Fleuret, Engin Türetken et al., 2011), with 1,046 citations. Next come "Multimodal human–computer interaction: A survey" (968) and "The BCI competition III: validating alternative approaches to actual BCI problems" (937).

Question 5

Which research topics does Idiap Research Institute publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Face recognition and analysis, Brazilian Legal Issues, Speech Recognition and Synthesis and Biometric Identification and Security.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Idiap Research Institute?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Convolutional Neural Networks, Face Recognition, Pose Estimation, Age Estimation, Facial Landmark Detection and Security.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Idiap Research Institute work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Idiap Research Institute is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (49%), Social Sciences (14%), Engineering (13%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is Idiap Research Institute's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.