University of Southern California is a prestigious private university established in 1880 in United States. It is represented by 3,127 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Engineering & Technology (719 scientists), Social Sciences and Humanities (515 scientists), and Medical and Health Sciences (411 scientists).

* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Barry Boehm
Computer Science
Software Engineering
Systems Engineering
Software Cost Estimation
Software Process
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
41
0.441
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sven Koenig
Heuristic Search
Automated Planning
Autonomous Systems
Intelligent Agents
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
53
0.663
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cyrus Shahabi
Database
GIS
Multimedia
Data Mining
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
47
0.595
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Laurent Itti
Computational neuroscience
machine vision
artificial intelligence
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
51
0.654
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jonathan Gratch
affective computing
Socially Interactive Agents
artificial intelligence
virtual humans
emotion
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
45
0.592
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ulrich Neumann
computer graphics
computer vision
3D modeling
virtual reality
augmented reality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
35
0.461
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Xiang Ren
Natural Language Processing
Commonsense Reasoning
Machine Learning
Information Extraction
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
62
0.886
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yan Liu
ML for Time Series
Explainable AI
Physics-informed AI
AI for health care
AI for Sustainability
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
52
0.776
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
David Traum
Dialogue
Natural language processing
Socially Interactive Agents
virtual humans
intelligent user interfaces
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
32
0.478
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Salman Avestimehr
Information Theory
Machine Learning
Distributed Computing
Secure/Private Learning/Computing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
52
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nenad Medvidovic
Software Engineering
Software Architecture
Distributed Systems
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
25
0.385
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Satyandra K Gupta
Human-Centered Automation
Computer Aided Design
Robotics
Smart Manufacturing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
35
0.574
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Fei Sha
artificial intelligence
machine learning
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
43
0.768
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Paul Rosenbloom
Artificial intelligence
cognitive architecture
cognitive science
computer science
philosophy of science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
18
0.346
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
William Swartout
AI
Virtual Humans
Virtual Reality
Knowledge Representation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
23
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Paul Bogdan
Network Physiology
Cyber-Physical Systems
Brain & data science
Computational Science
Networks
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
30
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Pedro Szekely
Knowledge Graphs
Question Answering
Machine Learning
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
28
0.622
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michael Zyda
games
virtual environments
modeling and simulation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
15
0.333
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mahdi Soltanolkotabi
theory for deep learning
AI for science/medicine
(non)convex optimization
probability
statistics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
40
0.909
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
William GJ Halfond
Software engineering
program analysis and software testing
software security
software energy consumption
mobile and web apps
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
26
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mohammad Soleymani
Affective Computing
Computer Vision
Multimodal Interaction
Multimodal machine learning
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
31
0.816
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ramesh Govindan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
42
0.408
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Barry Boehm
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
41
0.441
Computer Science
Software Engineering
Systems Engineering
Software Cost Estimation
Software Process
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sven Koenig
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
53
0.663
Heuristic Search
Automated Planning
Autonomous Systems
Intelligent Agents
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cyrus Shahabi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
47
0.595
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Laurent Itti
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
51
0.654
Computational neuroscience
machine vision
artificial intelligence
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jonathan Gratch
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
45
0.592
affective computing
Socially Interactive Agents
artificial intelligence
virtual humans
emotion
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ulrich Neumann
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
35
0.461
computer graphics
computer vision
3D modeling
virtual reality
augmented reality
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Xiang Ren
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
62
0.886
Natural Language Processing
Commonsense Reasoning
Machine Learning
Information Extraction
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yan Liu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
52
0.776
ML for Time Series
Explainable AI
Physics-informed AI
AI for health care
AI for Sustainability
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
David Traum
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
32
0.478
Dialogue
Natural language processing
Socially Interactive Agents
virtual humans
intelligent user interfaces
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Salman Avestimehr
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
52
0.800
Information Theory
Machine Learning
Distributed Computing
Secure/Private Learning/Computing
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nenad Medvidovic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
25
0.385
Software Engineering
Software Architecture
Distributed Systems
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Satyandra K Gupta
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
35
0.574
Human-Centered Automation
Computer Aided Design
Robotics
Smart Manufacturing
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zhihao Chen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
51
0.850
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Fei Sha
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
43
0.768
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Paul Rosenbloom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
18
0.346
Artificial intelligence
cognitive architecture
cognitive science
computer science
philosophy of science
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Murali Annavaram
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
32
0.640
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
William Swartout
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
23
0.500
AI
Virtual Humans
Virtual Reality
Knowledge Representation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Paul Bogdan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
30
0.667
Network Physiology
Cyber-Physical Systems
Brain & data science
Computational Science
Networks
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Pedro Szekely
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
28
0.622
Knowledge Graphs
Question Answering
Machine Learning
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michael Zyda
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
15
0.333
games
virtual environments
modeling and simulation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mahdi Soltanolkotabi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
40
0.909
theory for deep learning
AI for science/medicine
(non)convex optimization
probability
statistics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David V Pynadath
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
17
0.425
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
William GJ Halfond
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
26
0.667
Software engineering
program analysis and software testing
software security
software energy consumption
mobile and web apps
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mohammad Soleymani
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
31
0.816
Affective Computing
Computer Vision
Multimodal Interaction
Multimodal machine learning