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Researcher · Trinity University · United States

Kevin M. Nickels

Kevin M. Nickels publishes mostly in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Aerospace Engineering and Media Technology, on topics such as Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization, Advanced Vision and Imaging and Experimental Learning in Engineering.

ORCID 0000-0001-9712-9983 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,460,216
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#459,138
of 1,627,098
Works
46
Citations
494
Citations per work
10.7
h-index
12
i10-index 14Top 34% in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Kevin M. Nickels

What does Kevin M. Nickels research?

Kevin M. Nickels's work is mostly in Engineering (40%), Computer Science (25%).

Physical Sciences: 30 works · 64.9% of their workEngineering: 18 works · 39.7% of their workAerospace Engineering: 8 works · 16.8% of their workMedia Technology: 4 works · 8.4% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 2 works · 5.3% of their workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 works · 4.6% of their workMechanical Engineering: 2 works · 4.6% of their workComputer Science: 12 works · 25.2% of their workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 12 works · 25.2% of their workEverything else: 16 works · 35.1% of their workTHEIR WORKKevin M. Nickels46works
Physical Sciences65%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1839.7%
    2. Computer Science1225.2%
  2. Everything else1635.1%
  1. 1Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition25% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering17% of their works
  3. 3Media Technology8% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering5% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Control and Systems Engineering5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kevin M. Nickels's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Depth Estimation, 3D Mapping, SLAM, Optical Flow, Stereo Vision, Engineering Education, Remote Laboratories and Virtual Labs.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Depth Estimation202 topics
  2. 3D Mapping181 topic
  3. SLAM181 topic
  4. Optical Flow161 topic
  5. Stereo Vision161 topic
  6. Engineering Education112 topics
  7. Remote Laboratories61 topic
  8. Virtual Labs61 topic
  9. Curriculum Development51 topic
  10. Entrepreneurship51 topic
  11. Optimal Motion Planning51 topic
  12. Sampling-Based Algorithms51 topic
  13. Autofocusing41 topic
  14. Microscopy41 topic
  15. Camera Calibration31 topic
  16. Feature Matching31 topic
  17. Local Descriptors31 topic
  18. Structured Light31 topic

Where does Kevin M. Nickels work?

Kevin M. Nickels's main affiliation in the publication record is Trinity University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Kevin M. Nickels have?

OpenAlex counts 46 works and 494 citations for Kevin M. Nickels, an h-index of 12, ranking #1,460,216 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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