2026 Andrew A. Chien: 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	61	3080	2989	1503	1446	294	14636

Research.com Recognitions

2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2004 - ACM Fellow For contributions to high-performance computing systems.

Overview

Andrew A. Chien is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research concentrates primarily in the field of Computer Science, with significant contributions spanning over 52 publications. The scientist's work involves several subfields including Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems, Information Systems and Management, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Hardware and Architecture.

Their scholarly output covers a broad spectrum of topics. Notable areas of research include Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems, Cloud Computing and Resource Management, Advanced Data Storage Technologies, Scientific Computing and Data Management, Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques, Distributed Systems and Fault Tolerance, and Green IT and Sustainability.

Andrew A. Chien has authored numerous papers published in prominent venues. Key recent publications include:

"Mitigating Curtailment and Carbon Emissions through Load Migration between Data Centers," 2020, Joule
"Serverless Computing: What It Is, and What It Is Not?," 2023, Communications of the ACM
"Flexibility from networks of data centers: A market clearing formulation with virtual links," 2020, Electric Power Systems Research
"Computing's grand challenge for sustainability," 2022, Communications of the ACM
"Driving the cloud to true zero carbon," 2021, Communications of the ACM

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

Communications of the ACM (16 publications)
arXiv (Cornell University) (6 publications)
ACM SIGEnergy Energy Informatics Review (3 publications)
Computing in Science & Engineering (2 publications)
Joule (1 publication)

Among their frequent collaborators are Liuzixuan Lin, Jens Domke, Mohamed Wahib, Aleksandr Drozd, and Raymond A. Bair.

In addition to journal articles, Andrew A. Chien has published a book titled Computer Architecture for Scientists through Cambridge University Press in 2022.

The scientist's career includes recognition through awards such as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007 and ACM Fellow in 2004 for contributions to high-performance computing systems.

Best Publications

The future of microprocessors

Shekhar Borkar;Andrew A. Chien

1222
Citations
High Performance Messaging on Workstations: Illinois Fast Messages (FM) for Myrinet

Scott Pakin;Mario Lauria;Andrew Chien

664
Citations
Entropia: architecture and performance of an enterprise desktop grid system

Andrew Chien;Brad Calder;Stephen Elbert;Karan Bhatia

513
Citations
Planar-adaptive routing: low-cost adaptive networks for multiprocessors

Andrew A. Chien;Jae H. Kim

509
Citations
The GrADS Project: Software Support for High-Level Grid Application Development

Francine Berman;Andrew Chien;Keith Cooper;Jack Dongarra

497
Citations
Addressing failures in exascale computing

Marc Snir;Robert W Wisniewski;Jacob A Abraham;Sarita V Adve

496
Citations
Fast messages: efficient, portable communication for workstation clusters and MPPs

S. Pakin;V. Karamcheti;A.A. Chien

409
Citations
Tiny-Tail Flash: Near-Perfect Elimination of Garbage Collection Tail Latencies in NAND SSDs

Shiqin Yan;Huaicheng Li;Mingzhe Hao;Michael Hao Tong

378
Citations
The MicroGrid: a scientific tool for modeling computational gridsr

H. J. Song;X. Liu;D. Jakobsen;R. Bhagwan

363
Citations
Precise concrete type inference for object-oriented languages

John Plevyak;Andrew A. Chien

331
Citations
PPFS: a high performance portable parallel file system

James V. Huber;Andrew A. Chien;Christopher L. Elford;David S. Blumenthal

301
Citations
The J-Machine: A Fine Grain Concurrent Computer

William J Dally;Andrew Chien;Stuart Fiske;Waldemar Horwat

289
Citations
Characterizing and evaluating desktop grids: an empirical study

D. Kondo;M. Taufer;C.L. Brooks;H. Casanova

285
Citations
Input/Output Characteristics of Scalable Parallel Applications

Phyllis E. Crandall;Ruth A. Aydt;Andrew A. Chien;Daniel A. Reed

265
Citations
The OptIPuter

Larry L. Smarr;Andrew A. Chien;Tom DeFanti;Jason Leigh

209
Citations
New grid scheduling and rescheduling methods in the GrADS project

F. Berman;H. Casanova;A. Chien;K. Cooper

208
Citations
Architecture of a message-driven processor

William J. Dally;Linda Chao;Andrew Chien;Soha Hassoun

201
Citations
Planar-adaptive routing: low-cost adaptive networks for multiprocessors

Andrew A. Chien;Jae H. Kim

201
Citations
Toward a framework for preparing and executing adaptive grid programs

K. Kennedy;M. Mazina;J. Mellor-Crummey;K. Cooper

183
Citations
Resource Management for Rapid Application Turnaround on Enterprise Desktop Grids

Derrick Kondo;Andrew A. Chien;Henri Casanova

182
Citations
New grid scheduling and rescheduling methods in the GrADS project

K. Cooper;A. Dasgupta;K. Kennedy;C. Koelbel

157
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Henri Casanova University of Hawaii at Manoa

Daniel A. Reed University of Utah

Brad Calder Google (United States)

Vijay Karamcheti New York University

Ken Kennedy Rice University

Pavan Balaji Argonne National Laboratory

Francine Berman Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Keith D. Cooper Rice University

Ian Foster University of Chicago

Jack Dongarra University of Tennessee at Knoxville

External Links

Personal website of Andrew A. Chien Google Scholar page

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