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Risto Miikkulainen
Neuroevolution
Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Neural Network Models
Computer Vision
About
Risto Miikkulainen is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin and VP of AI Research at Cognizant AI Lab. He received an M.S. in Engineering from the Helsinki University of Technology (now Aalto University) in 1986, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA in 1990. His current research focuses on methods and applications of neuroevolution, as well as neural network models of natural language processing and vision; he is an author of over 500 articles in these research areas.
Research Performance Summary
1975-2026
Active Research Span
First Recorded Paper
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Year:
1975
Citations:
2
Venue:
United States
Latest Recorded Paper
Neuroevolution
Year:
2026
Citations:
0
Venue:
MIT Press
Last 10 Years Publication Activity
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Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown
Top Coauthors
Miikkulainen
Bednar
Stanley
Research Impact by Period
Papers
26
Citations
51
Avg. Citations / Paper
2
H-Index
5
Papers
112
Citations
3735
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33.3
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21
Papers
87
Citations
4302
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49.4
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28
Papers
85
Citations
2240
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26.4
H-Index
26
Papers
119
Citations
4373
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36.7
H-Index
31
Papers
71
Citations
9390
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132.3
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31
Papers
61
Citations
5241
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85.9
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27
Papers
39
Citations
2317
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59.4
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18
Papers
6
Citations
288
Avg. Citations / Paper
48
H-Index
5
Papers
1
Citations
2
Avg. Citations / Paper
2
H-Index
1
Contact and Professional Links
Detected Research Keywords
Primary Visual Cortex
Neural Network Model
Evolving Neural Networks
Model Primary Visual
Evolution Neural Networks
University Texas Austin
Nero Video Game
Recurrent Neural Networks
General Video Game
Laterally Connected Orientation