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Avinash C. Kak

Computer Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1970

Publications

139

Citations

10,843

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

57

Publishing since 1970

Research summary
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Avinash C. Kak works in computer vision and image analysis, with recent projects on matching and analyzing satellite images (including 3D scene rendering and change detection), medical image translation for pathology slides, building detection in remote sensing imagery, and X-ray based baggage screening systems. Some of this work also connects to software engineering, such as retrieving relevant code to help locate bugs. Overall, the research centers on developing and evaluating algorithms, often using deep learning, for extracting useful information from images across different application domains.

Satellite and remote sensing image analysisMedical image translation and augmentation (histopathology)Object detection and tracking in images/videoX-ray/CT imaging for security screeningSoftware bug localization via information retrieval

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, rising to peaks around 2019-2021 and 2023, with a recent slowdown in 2024-2026.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.0/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 2 publications182019: 6 publications192020: 7 publications7202021: 6 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 7 publications7232024: 4 publications242025: 1 publication252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×16
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing×4
  • Computer Vision and Image Understanding×3
  • Electronic Imaging×2
  • Journal of Software Evolution and Process×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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