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The CS expert database: 1,777,551 experts · 2,837,695 papers in CCF A–C and ICORE A*–C venues · 10 venue-derived domains · snapshot 2026-09-22.
Experts by research domain — the database's own venue-derived domains; a paper can belong to several; active = at least one paper since 2021
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
419,855 active · 726,626 total · 856,312 papers
NeurIPS · AAAI · ESWA · CVPR · ICML · EAAI
Graphics, computer vision, multimedia, augmented reality and games
220,290 active · 419,218 total · 473,177 papers
AAAI · ICASSP · MTA · CVPR · INTERSPEECH · ICCV
Applied, interdisciplinary, general and emerging computing
306,612 active · 637,688 total · 436,260 papers
TGARS · IGARSS · TITS · TII · CogSci · Bioinformatics
Systems, architecture and hardware
148,087 active · 345,638 total · 325,499 papers
IROS · ICRA · VTC · ISCAS · TJSC · IECON
Computer networks
105,468 active · 214,616 total · 249,845 papers
IOT · ICC · GLOBECOM · TWC · TCOM · TMC
Databases, data management, data science and information retrieval
134,049 active · 269,256 total · 249,104 papers
IEEE BigData · CIKM · SIGKDD · TKDE · AEI · SIGIR
Theory of computation
38,447 active · 105,648 total · 202,645 papers
TIT · TCS · DAM · SODA · STOC · ICALP
Human-computer interaction and ubiquitous computing
114,847 active · 268,055 total · 198,672 papers
CHI · SMC · TSMC · SIGCSE · PACMHCI · IJHCI
Software engineering, systems software and programming languages
76,605 active · 178,952 total · 173,661 papers
DATE · COMPSAC · CoDIT · PACM PL · TSC · JSS
Security and privacy
57,527 active · 109,981 total · 102,399 papers
TIFS · TDSC · USENIX Security · TrustCom · CCS · JISA
Experts by expertise
The expertise taxonomy: 90,661 topics extracted from 634,694 papers of 537,692 experts, organised under the ten CCF categories and 168 areas. Pick a category, then narrow down to a topic; every level lists its experts by weight.
Artificial intelligence
231,922 experts · 238,182 papers
33 areas · 23,066 topics
Theoretical computer science
84,688 experts · 103,442 papers
15 areas · 12,358 topics
Computer architecture, parallel and distributed computing, and storage systems
119,266 experts · 88,175 papers
18 areas · 10,819 topics
Computer graphics and multimedia
99,217 experts · 74,150 papers
13 areas · 7,821 topics
Computer networks
79,947 experts · 72,281 papers
18 areas · 9,664 topics
Databases, data mining, and information retrieval
83,822 experts · 68,869 papers
17 areas · 7,059 topics
Network and information security
67,706 experts · 53,290 papers
15 areas · 5,550 topics
Interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and emerging computing
111,858 experts · 46,353 papers
9 areas · 5,108 topics
Human-computer interaction and pervasive computing
77,670 experts · 43,820 papers
16 areas · 4,757 topics
Software engineering, system software, and programming languages
53,122 experts · 40,802 papers
14 areas · 4,459 topics
Human-computer interaction and pervasive computing›Human-robot interaction
area
6,045 papers · 14,203 experts
Sub-topics
152 · with their number of papers; shaded topics divide further
teleoperation 458social robot 336physical human-robot interaction 301human-robot collaboration 216assistive robotics 190trust in robots 132shared control 131cognitive human-robot interaction 130child-robot interaction 129nonverbal communication 66telepresence robot 56learning from demonstration 55anthropomorphism 49wearable robot 48intention recognition 47educational robotics 42service robot 41emotion expression 40robot communication 38affective interaction 29safe human-robot interaction 29robot programming 28automated vehicles 26robot learning 26long-term interaction 25entertainment robotics 23healthcare robotics 23animal-computer interaction 22automated vehicle interaction 22robot perception 22intent prediction 21human-swarm interaction 20multi-party interaction 19robot acceptance 19robot design 19preference learning 17robot navigation 16collaborative task 15robot embodiment 15physical interaction 14human behavior modeling 13adaptive robot behavior 12human-robot interface 12natural interaction 12robot ethics 12social human-robot interaction 12dialogue management 11mobile robot 11engagement detection 10help-seeking 10motion retargeting 10multi-robot systems 10remote interaction 10speech recognition 10transparency 10human-in-the-loop control 9humanlikeness 9robot manipulation 8aerial robot interaction 7human teaching 7robot control 7feedback 5field robotics 4robot autonomy 4emotion 3human modeling 3human-automation interaction 3
Show 85 smaller topics (under 10 papers each)
musical interaction 9remote control 9attitudes toward robots 8hand-eye coordination 8implicit feedback 8skill assessment 8robot safety 7social agents 7social cues 7behavior analysis 6driver behavior 6emotion induction 6human-robot coordination 6multimodal data analysis 6animal-robot interaction 5augmented feedback 5credibility 5engagement prediction 5latency effects 5long-term deployment 5motor adaptation 5operator training 5robot failure 5asymmetric interaction 4behavior adaptation 4emotional intelligence 4ethics 4future of work 4human-in-the-loop planning 4intent alignment 4intrinsic motivation 4motor coordination 4operator workload 4psychological needs 4risk communication 4robot behavior 4robotic interface 4simulation environments 4skill transfer 4social behavior 4social interface 4trust modeling 4workload assessment 4active listening 3anticipatory action selection 3attention control 3augmented perception 3automation reliability 3autonomous robot 3behavioral intention 3communication modalities 3communicative action 3conversational group recognition 3cross-cultural interaction 3cultural factors 3cultural preservation 3demographic differences 3embodied cognition 3emergency evacuation 3entitativity 3human-animal interaction 3human-object interaction detection 3industrial assembly 3industrial robot 3interaction anticipation 3interactive control 3intergenerational collaboration 3intuitive interaction 3intuitive operability 3lifelikeness 3media effects 3moral judgment 3natural language understanding 3perceived autonomy 3risk-taking behavior 3robot locomotion 3safety evaluation 3social intelligence 3stakeholder collaboration 3task-oriented interaction 3urban robotics 3user engagement measurement 3user perception of robot 3user reaction to agent 3viewer perception 3
Experts on Human-robot interaction
14,203 · by weight: papers on the topic counted with recency (1 for a paper about it, 0.3 as context, halved every five years), summed over the area's topics