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Andrew M. Pitts 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 M. Pitts sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 142 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Andrew M. Pitts 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 M. Pitts sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 37 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% 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

  • 2012 - ACM Fellow For contributions to the theory of programming language semantics.

Overview

Andrew M. Pitts is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Mathematics, with a focus on subfields such as Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Geometry and Topology, Mathematical Physics, and Hardware and Architecture.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge
  • Logic, programming, and type systems
  • Advanced Algebra and Logic
  • Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology
  • Advanced Topology and Set Theory
  • Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms
  • Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory

Their recent publications include:

  • "Locally Nameless Sets," 2023, Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages
  • "Quotients, inductive types, and quotient inductive types," 2022, Logical Methods in Computer Science
  • "Constructing Initial Algebras Using Inflationary Iteration," 2022, Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
  • "Constructing Initial Algebras Using Inflationary Iteration," 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)

Other notable publications by coauthors associated with Pitts include "MJ: An imperative core calculus for Java and Java with effects," published in 2021 in Clinical Rheumatology.

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Andrew M. Pitts are:

  • S. C. Steenkamp
  • Marcelo Fiore
  • Gavin Bierman
  • Matthew Parkinson

Their work has been disseminated in various venues, notably:

  • Apollo (University of Cambridge)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Logical Methods in Computer Science
  • Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages
  • Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science

Andrew M. Pitts was recognized as an ACM Fellow in 2012 for contributions to the theory of programming language semantics.

Best Publications

  • A New Approach to Abstract Syntax with Variable Binding

    Murdoch J. Gabbay;Andrew M. Pitts

  • Nominal Logic: A First Order Theory of Names and Binding

    Andrew M. Pitts

  • A new approach to abstract syntax involving binders

    M. Gabbay;A. Pitts

  • Nominal Logic: A First Order Theory of Names and Binding

    Unknown

  • Nominal unification

    Christian Urban;Andrew M. Pitts;Murdoch J. Gabbay

  • Nominal Sets: Names and Symmetry in Computer Science

    Andrew M. Pitts

  • Observable Properties of Higher Order Functions that Dynamically Create Local Names, or What's new?

    Andrew M. Pitts;Ian D. B. Stark

  • Relational Properties of Domains

    Andrew M. Pitts

  • Operational reasoning for functions with local state

    A. M. Pitts;I. D. B. Stark

  • Parametric polymorphism and operational equivalence

    Andrew M. Pitts

  • Categorical logic

    Andrew M. Pitts

  • FreshML: programming with binders made simple

    Mark R. Shinwell;Andrew M. Pitts;Murdoch J. Gabbay

  • On an interpretation of second order quantification in first order intuitionistic propositional logic

    Andrew M. Pitts

  • Category Theory and Computer Science

    David H. Pitt;David E. Rydeheard;Peter Dybjer;Andrew M. Pitts

  • Categorical logic

    Unknown

  • Operational semantics and program equivalence

    Andrew M. Pitts

  • Polymorphism is Set Theoretic, Constructively

    Andrew M. Pitts

  • MJ: An imperative core calculus for Java and Java with effects

    G.M. Bierman;M.J. Parkinson;A.M. Pitts

  • A Metalanguage for Programming with Bound Names Modulo Renaming

    Andrew M. Pitts;Murdoch Gabbay

  • Semantics and Logics of Computation: Operationally-Based Theories of Program Equivalence

    Unknown

  • Higher order operational techniques in semantics

    Andrew D. Gordon;Andrew M. Pitts

  • Alpha-structural recursion and induction

    Andrew M. Pitts

  • A co-induction principle for recursively defined domains

    Andrew M. Pitts

  • Semantics and Logics of Computation

    Andrew M. Pitts;P. Dybjer

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew D. Gordon
Andrew D. Gordon Microsoft (United States)
Artur Czumaj
Artur Czumaj University of Warwick
Kurt Mehlhorn
Kurt Mehlhorn Max Planck Institute for Informatics
Tim Sheard
Tim Sheard Portland State University
Lars Birkedal
Lars Birkedal Aarhus University
Carolyn L. Talcott
Carolyn L. Talcott SRI International
Ugo Montanari
Ugo Montanari University of Pisa
Catuscia Palamidessi
Catuscia Palamidessi French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Glynn Winskel
Glynn Winskel University of Cambridge

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