Five researchers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin were recognized in Thomson Reuters’ list of Highly Cited Researchers in 2015 for exceptional impact in their fields.
The prestigious Highly Cited Researchers list recognizes some of the most influential scientific minds throughout the world. Researchers earned this distinction by writing the greatest number of reports officially designated by Essential Science Indicators as Highly Cited Papers. They rank among the top 1 percent of the most cited thought leaders in their fields.
This year’s list includes eight UT Austin researchers, five of which are Texas Engineering faculty members:
Jeffrey G. Andrews, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wireless Networking and Communications Group: Andrews has published on the topics of wireless communications, information theory, communication theory and stochastic geometry. He was listed in the computer science category.
Alan C. Bovik, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wireless Networking and Communications Group: Bovik has published on the topics of image processing, signal processing, vision, human vision and vision science. He was listed in the engineering category.
Robert W. Heath, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wireless Networking and Communications Group: Heath has published on the topics of wireless communication, MIMO and communication theory. He was listed in the computer science category.
Thomas J. Hughes, professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences: Hughes has published on the topics of computational mechanics, solid mechanics, fluid mechanics and partial differential equations. He was listed in the computer science category.
Sriram Vishwanath, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wireless Networking and Communications Group: Vishwanath has published on the topics of information theory, wireless networking and probabilistic algorithms. He was listed in the computer science category.