2026 Asser N. Tantawi: 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	38	10113	9827	4265	4089	151	7381

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Asser N. Tantawi is affiliated with IBM in the United States and focuses on research in various areas within computer science and engineering. Their work spans topics primarily related to cloud computing, optical networks, and sustainable technology practices.

Their main fields of study include:

Computer Science
Engineering

Within these broader fields, their subfields of study concentrate on:

Computer Networks and Communications
Information Systems
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Management Information Systems

The primary research topics covered by their publications involve:

Cloud Computing and Resource Management
IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
Advanced Queuing Theory Analysis
Interconnection Networks and Systems
Advanced Optical Network Technologies
Optical Network Technologies
Green IT and Sustainability

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Asser N. Tantawi include:

"Optics enabled networks and architectures for data center cost and power efficiency [Invited]" (2021), published in Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
"Reducing Datacenter Compute Carbon Footprint by Harnessing the Power of Specialization: Principles, Metrics, Challenges and Opportunities" (2024), published in IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing
"Quantifying Composable Data Center Utilization" (2022), published in 2022 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops (IPDPSW)
"Optimizing simultaneous autoscaling for serverless cloud computing" (2023), published in arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors throughout their research career include:

Marc A. Taubenblatt
Pavlos Maniotis
Tamar Eilam
Pradip Bose
Luca P. Carloni

They have published in the following venues frequently:

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing
2022 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops (IPDPSW)
arXiv (Cornell University)

Asser N. Tantawi was recognized as an ACM Senior Member in 2014, indicating professional standing within the computer science community.

Best Publications

An analytical model for multi-tier internet services and its applications

Bhuvan Urgaonkar;Giovanni Pacifici;Prashant Shenoy;Mike Spreitzer

807
Citations
Optimal static load balancing in distributed computer systems

Asser N. Tantawi;Don Towsley

567
Citations
Approximate analysis of fork/join synchronization in parallel queues

R. Nelson;A.N. Tantawi

463
Citations
Connectivity properties of a packet radio network model

T.K. Philips;S.S. Panwar;A.N. Tantawi

369
Citations
Automated matching, scheduling, and notification system

Chatschik Bisdikian;Yurdaer Nezihi Doganata;Asser Nasreldin Tantawi

284
Citations
See spot run: using spot instances for mapreduce workflows

Navraj Chohan;Claris Castillo;Mike Spreitzer;Malgorzata Steinder

259
Citations
Dynamic placement for clustered web applications

A. Karve;T. Kimbrel;G. Pacifici;M. Spreitzer

251
Citations
Automatically establishing conferences from desktop applications over the Internet

Yurdaer Doganata;Asser Nasreldin Tantawi;Howard L. Operowsky;Magda M. Mourad

230
Citations
Performance analysis of parallel processing systems

R. Nelson;D. Towsley;A.N. Tantawi

218
Citations
Performance management for cluster based Web services

R. Levy;J. Nagarajarao;G. Pacifici;A. Spreitzer

200
Citations
Performance management for cluster-based web services

G. Pacifici;M. Spreitzer;A.N. Tantawi;A. Youssef

186
Citations
Asynchronous disk interleaving: approximating access delays

M.Y. Kim;A.N. Tantawi

179
Citations
Analytic modeling of multitier Internet applications

Bhuvan Urgaonkar;Giovanni Pacifici;Prashant Shenoy;Mike Spreitzer

169
Citations
Performance analysis of checkpointing strategies

Asser N. Tantawi;Manfred Ruschitzka

156
Citations
Dynamic application placement under service and memory constraints

Tracy Kimbrel;Malgorzata Steinder;Maxim Sviridenko;Asser Tantawi

153
Citations
Cross service common user image association

Barry E. Willner;Marc A. Block;Stephen Brady;Davis Foulger

122
Citations
System and method for managing web utility services

Ashish Kundu;Vijay Naik;Mangala Nanda;Giovanni Pacifici

122
Citations
Coordinating service performance and application placement management

Asser N. Tantawi;Giovanni Pacifici;Michael Spreitzer;Malgorzata Steinder

120
Citations
CPU demand for web serving: Measurement analysis and dynamic estimation

Giovanni Pacifici;Wolfgang Segmuller;Mike Spreitzer;Asser Tantawi

117
Citations
Mobile unit location system for automatically reporting to a central controller and subscriber the proximity of mobile units to a destination

Yurdaer N. Doganata;Bahadir S. Karuv;Asser N. Tantawi;Eric Thalasinos

110
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Malgorzata Steinder IBM (United States)

Giovanni Pacifici IBM (United States)

Erich M. Nahum IBM (United States)

Arun Iyengar Cisco

Li Zhang IBM (United States)

Chatschik Bisdikian IBM (United States)

Shivendra S. Panwar New York University

Yixin Diao IBM (United States)

David M. Chess IBM (United States)

Maxim Sviridenko Yahoo (United States)

External Links

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