Ryan Williams

5.8k citations
112 papers · 2.3k · 1 hit paper · h-index 22

Impact in

Papers in

    • Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs 86
    • Advanced Graph Theory Research 44
    • semigroups and automata theory 20
    • Formal Methods in Verification 10
    • Machine Learning and Algorithms 31
    • Cryptography and Data Security 19
    • Algorithms and Data Compression 12

Ryan Williams

103 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Ryan Williams's Hit Papers

On the complexity of optimal K-anonymity 2004 · 503 citations
5030+7+14Years since publication100200300400500

Peers

Ryan Williams
Comparison fields: 5 of 86
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics 1.3k
  • Artificial Intelligence 1.3k
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 105
  • Computer Networks and Communications 508
  • Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 71
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Ryan Williams, 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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On the complexity of optimal K-anonymity
Hit paper breakdown →
2004503
2 2005151
3
Backdoors to typical case complexity
2003132
4 201093
5 200882
6 201373
7 201471
8 201466
9
On the possibility of faster SAT algorithms
201062
10 201157
11 201852
12 200944
13 201037
14 201836
15 201332
16 201430
17
More applications of the polynomial method to algorithm design
201529
18 201627
19 201024
20 200724

About Ryan Williams

Ryan Williams is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, having authored 112 papers that have together received 2.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs (86 papers), Advanced Graph Theory Research (44 papers), Machine Learning and Algorithms (31 papers), semigroups and automata theory (20 papers), Cryptography and Data Security (19 papers), Algorithms and Data Compression (12 papers), Optimization and Search Problems (11 papers) and Formal Methods in Verification (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Computational Theory and Mathematics (1.3k citations), Artificial Intelligence (1.3k citations), Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design (105 citations), Computer Networks and Communications (508 citations) and Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics (71 citations). Ryan Williams has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Frequent co-authors include Adam Meyerson, Virginia Vassilevska Williams, Virginia Vassilevska, Bart Selman, Carla P. Gomes, Mihai Pǎtraşcu, Huacheng Yu, Amir Abboud, Raphael Yuster and Nikhil Bansal. Their work appears in journals such as Computational Complexity, SIAM Journal on Computing, Theory of Computing, ACM Transactions on Algorithms and Journal of the ACM.

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