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D-Index
61
Citations
14636
World Ranking
3080
National Ranking
1504

Andrew A. Chien publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew A. Chien sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 294 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Andrew A. Chien D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew A. Chien sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 61 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

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

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

    Scott Pakin;Mario Lauria;Andrew Chien

  • Entropia: architecture and performance of an enterprise desktop grid system

    Andrew Chien;Brad Calder;Stephen Elbert;Karan Bhatia

  • Planar-adaptive routing: low-cost adaptive networks for multiprocessors

    Andrew A. Chien;Jae H. Kim

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

    Francine Berman;Andrew Chien;Keith Cooper;Jack Dongarra

  • Addressing failures in exascale computing

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

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

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

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

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

  • The MicroGrid: a scientific tool for modeling computational gridsr

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

  • Precise concrete type inference for object-oriented languages

    John Plevyak;Andrew A. Chien

  • PPFS: a high performance portable parallel file system

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

  • The J-Machine: A Fine Grain Concurrent Computer

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

  • Characterizing and evaluating desktop grids: an empirical study

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

  • Input/Output Characteristics of Scalable Parallel Applications

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

  • The OptIPuter

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

  • New grid scheduling and rescheduling methods in the GrADS project

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

  • Architecture of a message-driven processor

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

  • Planar-adaptive routing: low-cost adaptive networks for multiprocessors

    Andrew A. Chien;Jae H. Kim

  • Toward a framework for preparing and executing adaptive grid programs

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

  • Resource Management for Rapid Application Turnaround on Enterprise Desktop Grids

    Derrick Kondo;Andrew A. Chien;Henri Casanova

  • New grid scheduling and rescheduling methods in the GrADS project

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Henri Casanova
Henri Casanova University of Hawaii at Manoa
Daniel A. Reed
Daniel A. Reed University of Utah
Brad Calder
Brad Calder Google (United States)
Vijay Karamcheti
Vijay Karamcheti New York University
Ken Kennedy
Ken Kennedy Rice University
Pavan Balaji
Pavan Balaji Argonne National Laboratory
Francine Berman
Francine Berman Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Keith D. Cooper
Keith D. Cooper Rice University
Ian Foster
Ian Foster University of Chicago
Jack Dongarra
Jack Dongarra University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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