Catholic University of Leuven is a prestigious public university established in 1834 in Belgium. It is represented by 3,445 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Engineering & Technology (625 scientists), Social Sciences and Humanities (527 scientists), and Natural Sciences (417 scientists).

* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Johan Suykens
AI
Neural Networks and Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Systems and Control
Complex Networks
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
52
0.542
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bart Preneel
cryptology
information security
privacy
secure embedded systems
blockchain
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
42
0.467
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tinne Tuytelaars
computer vision
object recognition
continual learning
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
51
0.630
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bart Baesens
Analytics
Machine Learning
Credit Risk
Fraud
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
54
0.692
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Luc De Raedt
artificial intelligence
machine learning
statistical relational AI
probabilistic programming
neurosymbolic ai
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
39
0.520
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nigel Smart
Cryptography
Security
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
45
0.616
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Frank Piessens
Security
Software Security
Programming Languages
Formal Methods
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
39
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Vincent Rijmen
cryptology
computer security
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
39
0.609
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Marie Francine Moens
Natural language processing and understanding
machine learning
information retrieval
multimedia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
37
0.638
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Erik Duval
Learning Analytics
Technology Enhanced Learning
Human Computer Interaction
Quantified Self
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
22
0.386
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Danny Weyns
Self-adaptive systems
software engineering
software architecture
empirical methods
formal verification
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
41
0.732
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Maurice Bruynooghe
logic programming
declarative languages and systems
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
15
0.283
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Frederik Vercauteren
Cryptography
Number Theory
Algebraic Geometry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
37
0.712
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Greet Vanden Berghe
Operational research
combinatorial optimisation
timetabling
vehicle routing
scheduling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
33
0.635
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hendrik Blockeel
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Mining
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
21
0.467
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Patrick De Causmaecker
Optimisation
Heuristics
Artificial Intelligence
Timetabling
Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
27
0.614
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Marc Denecker
knowledge representation
computational logic
artificial intelligence
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
18
0.419
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marian Verhelst
Low-energy chip design
sensor fusion
machine learning
cross-layer optimization
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
34
0.810
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jesse Davis
Machine learning
Artificial intelligence
Sports analytics
Data mining
Medical informatics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
34
0.850
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Matthew Blaschko
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Medical Image Analysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
33
0.825
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Claudia Diaz
privacy technologies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
20
0.513
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Philip Dutré
Computer Graphics
Rendering
3D Graphics
Global Illumination
Ray Tracing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
18
0.474
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Van Hamme Hugo
speech processing
artificial intelligence
speech recognition
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
22
0.611
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Johan Suykens
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
52
0.542
AI
Neural Networks and Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Systems and Control
Complex Networks
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bart Preneel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
42
0.467
cryptology
information security
privacy
secure embedded systems
blockchain
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tinne Tuytelaars
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
51
0.630
computer vision
object recognition
continual learning
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bart Baesens
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
54
0.692
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Luc De Raedt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
39
0.520
artificial intelligence
machine learning
statistical relational AI
probabilistic programming
neurosymbolic ai
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nigel Smart
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
45
0.616
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Frank Piessens
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
39
0.600
Security
Software Security
Programming Languages
Formal Methods
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Vincent Rijmen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
39
0.609
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Marie Francine Moens
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
37
0.638
Natural language processing and understanding
machine learning
information retrieval
multimedia
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Erik Duval
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
22
0.386
Learning Analytics
Technology Enhanced Learning
Human Computer Interaction
Quantified Self
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Danny Weyns
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
41
0.732
Self-adaptive systems
software engineering
software architecture
empirical methods
formal verification
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Maurice Bruynooghe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
15
0.283
logic programming
declarative languages and systems
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Frederik Vercauteren
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
37
0.712
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Greet Vanden Berghe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
33
0.635
Operational research
combinatorial optimisation
timetabling
vehicle routing
scheduling
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hendrik Blockeel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
21
0.467
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Mining
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Patrick De Causmaecker
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
27
0.614
Optimisation
Heuristics
Artificial Intelligence
Timetabling
Physics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Marc Denecker
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
18
0.419
knowledge representation
computational logic
artificial intelligence
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marian Verhelst
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
34
0.810
Low-energy chip design
sensor fusion
machine learning
cross-layer optimization
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Dong Tp Nguyen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
33
0.805
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jesse Davis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
34
0.850
Machine learning
Artificial intelligence
Sports analytics
Data mining
Medical informatics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Matthew Blaschko
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
33
0.825
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Medical Image Analysis
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Claudia Diaz
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
20
0.513
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Philip Dutré
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
18
0.474
Computer Graphics
Rendering
3D Graphics
Global Illumination
Ray Tracing
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Adhemar Bultheel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
13
0.351
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Van Hamme Hugo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
22
0.611
speech processing
artificial intelligence
speech recognition