Ken Birman

14.8k citations
233 papers · 8.5k · 2 hit papers · h-index 40

Impact in

    • Distributed systems and fault tolerance
    • Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies
    • Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
    • Caching and Content Delivery
    • Advanced Data Storage Technologies
    • Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks
    • Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques

Papers in

    • Distributed systems and fault tolerance 123
    • Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems 58
    • Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies 53
    • Caching and Content Delivery 29
    • Advanced Data Storage Technologies 28
    • Software System Performance and Reliability 20
    • Cloud Computing and Resource Management 44
    • Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services 20

Ken Birman

223 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Ken Birman's Hit Papers

Lightweight causal and atomic group multicast 1991 · 661 citations
6610+13+26Years since publication200400600

Peers

Ken Birman
Comparison fields: 5 of 96
  • Computer Networks and Communications 7.5k
  • Hardware and Architecture 1.6k
  • Information Systems 1.8k
  • Artificial Intelligence 1.1k
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics 475
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Ken Birman, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Lightweight causal and atomic group multicast
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1991661
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Reliable communication in the presence of failures
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1987655
3 1993447
4 2003413
5 1999410
6 1996394
7 1987368
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Reliable Distributed Computing with the Isis Toolkit
1994354
9 2006280
10 1987194
11 1985167
12 2013161
13 2002139
14 1998122
15 1991117
16 2009116
17 1985105
18 200298
19 199586
20 200779

About Ken Birman

Ken Birman is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Hardware and Architecture and Control and Systems Engineering, having authored 233 papers that have together received 8.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Distributed systems and fault tolerance (123 papers), Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (58 papers), Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies (53 papers), Cloud Computing and Resource Management (44 papers), Caching and Content Delivery (29 papers), Advanced Data Storage Technologies (28 papers), Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services (20 papers) and Software System Performance and Reliability (20 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Computer Networks and Communications (7.5k citations), Hardware and Architecture (1.6k citations), Information Systems (1.8k citations), Artificial Intelligence (1.1k citations) and Computational Theory and Mathematics (475 citations). Ken Birman has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Israel and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Robbert van Renesse, Thomas Joseph, Pat Stephenson, André Schiper, Werner Vogels, Mark Hayden, R. van Renesse, Silvano Maffeis, Zhen Xiao and Kenneth M. Hopkinson. Their work appears in journals such as ACM Transactions on Computer Systems, Computer, Software Practice and Experience, Communications of the ACM and IEEE Internet Computing.

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