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D-Index
31
Citations
4455
World Ranking
13607
National Ranking
529

Overview

Alan J. Hu is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and focuses their research primarily within the field of Computer Science. Their work spans a range of subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Information Systems, and Hardware and Architecture.

Their recent publications reflect a strong engagement with topics such as Formal Methods in Verification, Logic, Programming, and Type Systems, Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference, AI-based Problem Solving and Planning, Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge, Cloud Computing and Resource Management, and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Syed Muhammad Javed Iqbal, Nick Feng, Sam Bayless, Patrick Trentin, and Michael W. Whalen, indicating collaborative work across multiple projects.

Their research outputs have appeared consistently in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Dagstuhl Research Online Publication Server, ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, and Applied and Computational Engineering.

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Integrating Signal Processing and Computational Creativity: A Theoretical Framework for Modern Music Composition" (2025, Applied and Computational Engineering)
  • "Scalable Precise Computation of Shannon Entropy" (2025, Dagstuhl Research Online Publication Server)
  • "DRAT Proofs of Unsatisfiability for SAT Modulo Monotonic Theories" (2024, arXiv (Cornell University))
  • "Gridiron: A Technique for Augmenting Cloud Workloads with Network Bandwidth Requirements" (2022, arXiv (Cornell University))
  • "Cache Abstraction for Data Race Detection in Heterogeneous Systems with Non-coherent Accelerators" (2022, ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems)

Best Publications

  • Protocol verification as a hardware design aid

    D.L. Dill;A.J. Drexler;A.J. Hu;C.H. Yang

  • SPUDD: stochastic planning using decision diagrams

    Jesse Hoey;Robert St-Aubin;Alan Hu;Craig Boutilier

  • System-on-Chip: Reuse and Integration

    R. Saleh;S. Wilton;S. Mirabbasi;A. Hu

  • Calysto: scalable and precise extended static checking

    Domagoj Babic;Alan J. Hu

  • Boosting Verification by Automatic Tuning of Decision Procedures

    Frank Hutter;Domagoj Babic;Holger H. Hoos;Alan J. Hu

  • Checking for Language Inclusion Using Simulation Preorders

    David L. Dill;Alan J. Hu;Howard Wong-Toi

  • Monitor-Based Formal Specification of PCI

    Kanna Shimizu;David L. Dill;Alan J. Hu

  • Improving multiple-CMP systems using token coherence

    M.R. Marty;J.D. Bingham;M.D. Hill;A.J. Hu

  • BackSpace: Formal Analysis for Post-Silicon Debug

    F.M. De Paula;M. Gort;A.J. Hu;S. Wilton

  • Reducing BDD Size by Exploiting Functional Dependencies

    Alan J. Hu;David L. Dill

  • Structural abstraction of software verification conditions

    Domagoj Babic;Alan J. Hu

  • Automatic formal verification of DSP software

    T. David;W. Currie;A.J. Hu;S. Rajan

  • BDDNOW: A Parallel BDD Package

    Kim Milvang-Jensen;Alan J. Hu

  • New Techniques for Efficient Verification with Implicitly Conjoined BDDs

    Alan J. Hu;Gary York;David L. Dill

  • Approximate reachability with BDDs using overlapping projections

    Shankar G. Govindaraju;David L. Dill;Alan J. Hu;Mark A. Horowitz

  • High-level specification and automatic generation of IP interface monitors

    Marcio T. Oliveira;Alan J. Hu

  • Formal hardware verification with BDDs: an introduction

    A.J. Hu

  • Fixing races for fun and profit: how to use access(2)

    Drew Dean;Alan J. Hu

  • Higher-Level Specification and Verification with BDDs

    Alan J. Hu;David L. Dill;Andreas Drexler;C. Han Yang

  • Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer-Aided Design

    Joel Phillips;Alan J. Hu;Helmut Graeb

  • Bridging pre-silicon verification and post-silicon validation

    Amir Nahir;Avi Ziv;Miron Abramovici;Albert Camilleri

Frequent Co-Authors

Holger H. Hoos
Holger H. Hoos RWTH Aachen University
David L. Dill
David L. Dill Stanford University
Steven J. E. Wilton
Steven J. E. Wilton University of British Columbia
Anne Condon
Anne Condon University of British Columbia
Andre Ivanov
Andre Ivanov University of British Columbia
Byron Cook
Byron Cook Amazon (United States)
Craig Boutilier
Craig Boutilier Google (United States)
Jesse Hoey
Jesse Hoey University of Waterloo
Shaz Qadeer
Shaz Qadeer Microsoft (United States)
Shahriar Mirabbasi
Shahriar Mirabbasi University of British Columbia

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