2026 Alan George: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	34	11937	11592	463	444	102	8105

Research.com Recognitions

2013 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to reconfigurable and high-performance computing
2009 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to sparse matrix computations.

Overview

Alan George is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada and has a research focus encompassing engineering and computer science. Their work spans various subfields, including electrical and electronic engineering, aerospace engineering, computer vision and pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, and computer networks and communications.

Their contributions extend across multiple main topics, with publications addressing advanced memory and neural computing, radiation effects in electronics, spacecraft design and technology, CCD and CMOS imaging sensors, advanced neural network applications, distributed systems and fault tolerance, and advanced image and video retrieval techniques.

Alan George has authored several recent papers, including:

Deep Learning Inferencing with High-performance Hardware Accelerators, 2023, ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology
Neutron-Induced, Single-Event Effects on Neuromorphic Event-Based Vision Sensor: A First Step and Tools to Space Applications, 2021, IEEE Access
Reconfigurable Framework for Environmentally Adaptive Resilience in Hybrid Space Systems, 2020, ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems
Towards Intelligent Compression of Hyperspectral Imagery, 2021, 2021 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT)
Reconfigurable Framework for Resilient Semantic Segmentation for Space Applications, 2021, ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems

They frequently publish in the following venues:

Journal of Aerospace Information Systems
IEEE Access
ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems
2021 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT)
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Alan George collaborates regularly with several coauthors, who have contributed significantly over multiple publications. These coauthors include Himanshu Akolkar, Ryad Benosman, Sebastian Sabogal, Daniel C. Stumpp, and Seth Roffe.

Recognition of their work includes being named an IEEE Fellow in 2013 for contributions to reconfigurable and high-performance computing and a SIAM Fellow in 2009 for contributions to sparse matrix computations.

Best Publications

Computer solution of large sparse positive definite systems

Joseph E. Pasciak;Alan George;Joseph W. Liu

2372
Citations
Nested Dissection of a Regular Finite Element Mesh

Alan George

1307
Citations
Computer Solution of Large Sparse Positive Definite

Alan George;Joseph W. Liu

526
Citations
Solution of sparse linear least squares problems using givens rotations

Alan George;Michael T. Heath

280
Citations
Inside the FFT Black Box: Serial and Parallel Fast Fourier Transform Algorithms

Eleanor Chu;Alan George

199
Citations
Sparse Cholesky factorization on a local-memory multiprocessor

Alan George;Michael T. Heath;Joseph Liu;Esmond Ng

199
Citations
An automatic one-way dissection algorithm for irregular finite element problems

Alan George

194
Citations
Graph theory and sparse matrix computation

Alan George;J. R. Gilbert;Joseph W. H. Liu

186
Citations
Parallel Cholesky factorization on a shared-memory multiprocessor☆

Alan George;Michael T. Heath;Joseph Liu

148
Citations
Communication results for parallel sparse Cholesky factorization on a hypercube

Alan George;Joseph W. H. Liu;Esmond G. Ng

138
Citations
On Block Elimination for Sparse Linear Systems

Alan George

116
Citations
A linear time implementation of the reverse Cuthill-McKee algorithm

W. M. Chan;Alan George

114
Citations
An Implementation of a Pseudoperipheral Node Finder

Alan George;Joseph W. H. Liu

113
Citations
Symbolic factorization for sparse Gaussian elimination with partial pivoting

Unknown

79
Citations
AN ANALYSIS OF SPECTRAL ENVELOPE-REDUCTION VIA QUADRATIC ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS

Alan George;Alex Pothen

76
Citations
A Fast Implementation of the Minimum Degree Algorithm Using Quotient Graphs

Alan George;Joseph W. H. Liu

73
Citations
Numerical Experiments Using Dissection Methods to Solve n by n Grid Problems

Alan George

71
Citations
The Design of a User Interface for a Sparse Matrix Package

Alan George;Joseph W. H. Liu

69
Citations
On the application of the minimum degree algorithm to finite element systems

Alan George;David R. McIntyre

63
Citations
Solution of sparse positive definite systems on a hypercube

Alan George;Michael Heath;Joseph Liu;Esmond Ng

62
Citations
Solution of sparse positive definite systems on a shared-memory multiprocessor

Alan George;Michael Heath;Joseph Liu;Esmond Ng

61
Citations
Algorithms for Matrix Partitioning and the Numerical Solution of Finite Element Systems

Alan George;Joseph W. H. Liu

59
Citations
An Implementation of Gaussian Elimination with Partial Pivoting for Sparse Systems

Unknown

51
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael T. Heath University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Joseph E. Pasciak Texas A&M University

John R. Gilbert University of California, Santa Barbara

Alex Pothen Purdue University West Lafayette

External Links

Personal website of Alan George

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