2026 Dieter Fox: Electronics and Electrical Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	130	99	95	61	59	387	80517
Electronics and Electrical Engineering	121	60	59	32	31	348	74145

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Computer Science

130

387

80517

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

121

348

74145

Computer Science

D-Index

130

Citations

80517

World Ranking

National Ranking

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index

121

Citations

74145

World Ranking

National Ranking

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Computer Science in United States Leader Award
2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Computer Science in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Computer Science in United States Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Computer Science in United States Leader Award
2020 - ACM Fellow For contributions to probabilistic state estimation, RGB-D perception, and learning for robotics and computer vision
2015 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to Bayesian state estimation and robotic perception

Overview

Dieter Fox is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has published extensively in the fields of computer science and engineering. Their research primarily focuses on robotics, computer vision, and machine learning, with numerous contributions to robotic manipulation, reinforcement learning, and sensor-based localization.

Their recent publications include:

Deep Learning Approaches to Grasp Synthesis: A Review, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Robotics
PoseRBPF: A Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filter for 6-D Object Pose Tracking, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Robotics
Sim2Real in Robotics and Automation: Applications and Challenges, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
Unseen Object Instance Segmentation for Robotic Environments, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Robotics
CLIPort: What and Where Pathways for Robotic Manipulation, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)

Their frequent co-authors include:

Arsalan Mousavian
Yashraj Narang
Fábio Ramos
Balakumar Sundaralingam
Chris Paxton

Dieter Fox has contributed to multiple publication venues with the highest number of publications appearing in the following:

arXiv (Cornell University)
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
IEEE Transactions on Robotics
2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

Their main fields of study are computer science and engineering. Within these areas, the subfields of focus include:

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Control and Systems Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Aerospace Engineering
Biomedical Engineering

Dieter Fox's research topics cover a range of areas in robotics and machine learning, such as:

Robot Manipulation and Learning
Multimodal Machine Learning Applications
Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
Human Pose and Action Recognition
Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
Advanced Neural Network Applications

Throughout their career, Dieter Fox has been recognized with awards including:

ACM Fellow, 2020, for contributions to probabilistic state estimation, RGB-D perception, and learning for robotics and computer vision
IEEE Fellow, 2015, for contributions to Bayesian state estimation and robotic perception

Best Publications

The dynamic window approach to collision avoidance

D. Fox;W. Burgard;S. Thrun

4028
Citations
Robust Monte Carlo localization for mobile robots

Sebastian Thrun;Dieter Fox;Wolfram Burgard;Frank Dallaert

2647
Citations
Monte Carlo localization for mobile robots

F. Dellaert;D. Fox;W. Burgard;S. Thrun

2285
Citations
Probabilistic Robotics (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents)

Sebastian Thrun;Wolfram Burgard;Dieter Fox

2083
Citations
A large-scale hierarchical multi-view RGB-D object dataset

Kevin Lai;Liefeng Bo;Xiaofeng Ren;Dieter Fox

1728
Citations
PoseCNN: A Convolutional Neural Network for 6D Object Pose Estimation in Cluttered Scenes

Yu Xiang;Tanner Schmidt;Venkatraman Narayanan;Dieter Fox

1716
Citations
Monte Carlo localization: efficient position estimation for mobile robots

Dieter Fox;Wolfram Burgard;Frank Dellaert;Sebastian Thrun

1626
Citations
RGB-D mapping: Using Kinect-style depth cameras for dense 3D modeling of indoor environments

Peter Henry;Michael Krainin;Evan Herbst;Xiaofeng Ren

1465
Citations
Markov localization for mobile robots in dynamic environments

Dieter Fox;Wolfram Burgard;Sebastian Thrun

1422
Citations
A Probabilistic Approach to Concurrent Mapping and Localization for Mobile Robots

Sebastian Thrun;Wolfram Burgard;Dieter Fox

1311
Citations
RGB-D Mapping: Using Depth Cameras for Dense 3D Modeling of Indoor Environments

Peter Henry;Michael Krainin;Evan Herbst;Xiaofeng Ren

1245
Citations
Inferring activities from interactions with objects

M. Philipose;K.P. Fishkin;M. Perkowitz;D.J. Patterson

1204
Citations
Experiences with an interactive museum tour-guide robot

Wolfram Burgard;Armin B. Cremers;Dieter Fox;Dirk Hähnel

1163
Citations
Learning and inferring transportation routines

Lin Liao;Donald J. Patterson;Dieter Fox;Henry Kautz

1155
Citations
MINERVA: a second-generation museum tour-guide robot

S. Thrun;M. Bennewitz;W. Burgard;A.B. Cremers

1119
Citations
Collaborative multi-robot exploration

W. Burgard;M. Moors;D. Fox;R. Simmons

1103
Citations
Bayesian filtering for location estimation

V. Fox;J. Hightower;Lin Liao;D. Schulz

1090
Citations
A real-time algorithm for mobile robot mapping with applications to multi-robot and 3D mapping

S. Thrun;W. Burgard;D. Fox

1064
Citations
Mapping and localization with RFID technology

D. Hahnel;W. Burgard;D. Fox;K. Fishkin

1021
Citations
Monte Carlo Localization

Dieter Fox;Wolfram Burgard;Frank Dellaert;Sebastian Thrun

16
Citations