--- title: "David A. Shamma — author profile and papers in our library" description: "David A. Shamma, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2015–2016), h-index 28 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-a-shamma/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-a-shamma/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / David A. Shamma # David A. Shamma David A. Shamma has 2 papers in our library, in 2015–2016; often with [Li-Jia Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/li-jia-li/), [Justin M. Johnson](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/justin-m-johnson/), [Michael S. Bernstein](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michael-s-bernstein/). 2 papers in our library · 2015–2016 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5001270504) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2399-9374) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130819299) · [**h-index 28**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5001270504) · [190 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5001270504) · [11,618 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5001270504&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-a-shamma/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 1,006 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-a-shamma/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #465](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/5/#star-465) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=David+A.+Shamma) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=David+A.+Shamma) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=David+A.+Shamma) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=David+A.+Shamma) ## Affiliations [🔬**Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica** Amsterdam · Netherlands 2016–2026 · 20 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/centrum-wiskunde-informatica/) · [🎓**Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence** Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates 2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/mohamed-bin-zayed-university-of-artificial-intelligence/) · [🏢**Yahoo** Sunnyvale · United States 2006–2021 · 85 papersEmployment 2006–2016 · Director of Research, Labs](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/yahoo/) · [🔬**Toyota Research Institute** Palo Alto · United States 2021–2025 · 23 papersEmployment 2021–2025 · Staff Research Scientist, Human Centered AI](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/toyota-research-institute/) · [🎓**Northwestern University** Evanston · United States 2001–2006 · 17 papersEducation 2001–2005 · Ph.D., Computer Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/northwestern-university/) · [🔬**FX Palo Alto Laboratory** Palo Alto · United States 2017–2020 · 14 papers](https://ror.org/05ef4zt88) · [🎓**Northeastern University** Boston · United States 2026Employment since 2026 · Director of Computing Programs & Professor of Practice, Khoury College of Computer Sciences](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/northeastern-university/) 🏛️**FX Palo Alto Labratory** Palo Alto · [United States](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/united-states/) 2017–2020Employment 2017–2020 · Senior Research Scientist 🏛️**Centrum Wiskunde en Informatica** Amsterdam · [Netherlands](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/netherlands/) 2016–2017Employment 2016–2017 · Senior Scientist, Distributed and Interactive Systems Group From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 2 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Linguistic annotation · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/annotation/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2016** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-a-shamma/year/2016/) · [**2015** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-a-shamma/year/2015/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Visual Genome: Connecting Language and Vision Using Crowdsourced Dense Image Annotations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/krishna-2016-visual-genome-connecting-language-vision/)** *(2016 · 5,876 citations)* Image models had become good at perception, such as labelling and detecting objects, but remained weak at cognitive tasks like describing scenes or answering questions about them. 2. **[YFCC100M: The New Data in Multimedia Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/thomee-2015-yfcc100m-new-data-multimedia-research/)** *(2015 · 1,671 citations)* Multimedia research has mostly relied on small, single-purpose collections. These often contain only one media type, are seldom shared, and are sometimes gathered without regard to licensing. The result is poor reproducibility and little reuse across projects. The authors address this by releasing YFCC100M (Yahoo… ## All works 3 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Visual Genome: Connecting Language and Vision Using Crowdsourced Dense Image Annotations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/krishna-2016-visual-genome-connecting-language-vision/) [International Journal of Computer Vision](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/international-journal-of-computer-vision/)**Ranjay Krishna, Yuke Zhu, Oliver Groth, et al.*2016 · 5,876 citations* 2. **[YFCC100M: The New Data in Multimedia Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/thomee-2015-yfcc100m-new-data-multimedia-research/) [Communications of the ACM](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/communications-of-the-acm/)**Bart Thomee, David A. Shamma, Gerald Friedland, et al.*2015 · 1,671 citations* 3. **[Image retrieval using scene graphs ↗](https://doi.org/10.1109/cvpr.2015.7298990) IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings · no summary yet**Justin M. Johnson et al.*2015 · 1,154 citations* ## Co-authors here 6 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Li-Jia Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/li-jia-li/) ×2 - [Justin M. Johnson](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/justin-m-johnson/) - [Michael S. Bernstein](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michael-s-bernstein/) - [Oliver Groth](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/oliver-groth/) - [Ranjay Krishna](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ranjay-krishna/) - [Yuke Zhu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yuke-zhu/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Communications of the ACM](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/communications-of-the-acm/): [Communications of the ACM 2015](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/communications-of-the-acm/2015/) - [International Journal of Computer Vision](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/international-journal-of-computer-vision/): [International Journal of Computer Vision 2016](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/international-journal-of-computer-vision/2016/) - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 1,006 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [119 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-a-shamma/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026