2026 Augustin Chaintreau: 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	36	10993	10683	4573	4381	113	10346

Overview

Augustin Chaintreau is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on Physics and Astronomy, as well as Social Sciences. Within these fields, their subfields of study include Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Sociology and Political Science, Management Science and Operations Research, Safety Research, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas, notably:

Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
Complex Network Analysis Techniques
Game Theory and Applications
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
Social Capital and Networks
Digital Mental Health Interventions

Augustin Chaintreau has contributed numerous papers across various venues. Recent significant publications include:

"Depression predictions from GPS-based mobility do not generalize well to large demographically heterogeneous samples," 2021, Scientific Reports
"Measuring Click and Share Dynamics on Social Media: A Reproducible and Validated Approach," 2021, Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
"Longitudinal study of exposure to radio frequencies at population scale," 2022, Environment International
"Chasm in Hegemony: Explaining and Reproducing Disparities in Homophilous Networks," 2021, Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems
"PopFactor: Live-Streamer Behavior and Popularity," 2021, Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media

The venues where Augustin Chaintreau frequently publishes include:

Harvard Dataverse
Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
arXiv (Cornell University)
Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems
ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review

Their collaborative work is evident through frequent co-authorship with several researchers, among them:

Bo Cowgill
Fabrizio Dell'Acqua
Daniel Hsu
Nakul Verma
Sam Deng

Augustin Chaintreau's research contributions reflect an interdisciplinary approach intersecting physical sciences and social dynamics, with work advancing understanding in opinion dynamics, network analysis, and AI-related social impacts.

Best Publications

Impact of Human Mobility on Opportunistic Forwarding Algorithms

A. Chaintreau;Pan Hu;J. Crowcroft;C. Diot

2086
Citations
Pocket switched networks and human mobility in conference environments

Pan Hui;Augustin Chaintreau;James Scott;Richard Gass

1395
Citations
Impact of Human Mobility on the Design of Opportunistic Forwarding Algorithms

A. Chaintreau;P. Hui;J. Crowcroft;C. Diot

884
Citations
Delegation forwarding

Vijay Erramilli;Mark Crovella;Augustin Chaintreau;Christophe Diot

482
Citations
Social Clicks: What and Who Gets Read on Twitter?

Maksym Gabielkov;Arthi Ramachandran;Augustin Chaintreau;Arnaud Legout

407
Citations
Measurement-Based Self Organization of Interfering 802.11 Wireless Access Networks

B. Kauffmann;F. Baccelli;A. Chaintreau;V. Mhatre

393
Citations
Pocket Switched Networks: Real-world mobility and its consequences for opportunistic forwarding

Augustin Chaintreau;Pan Hui;Jon Crowcroft;Christophe Diot

391
Citations
Optimal and scalable distribution of content updates over a mobile social network

S. Ioannidis;A. Chaintreau;L. Massoulie

380
Citations
CRAWDAD dataset cambridge/haggle (v.2009-05-29)

James Scott;Richard Gass;Jon Crowcroft;Pan Hui

253
Citations
The diameter of opportunistic mobile networks

Augustin Chaintreau;Abderrahmen Mtibaa;Laurent Massoulie;Christophe Diot

221
Citations
Pocket Switched Networking: Challenges, Feasibility, and Implementation Issues

Pan Hui;Augustin Chaintreau;Richard Gass;James Scott

218
Citations
The age of gossip: spatial mean field regime

Augustin Chaintreau;Jean-Yves Le Boudec;Nikodin Ristanovic

192
Citations
Linking Users Across Domains with Location Data: Theory and Validation

Christopher Riederer;Yunsung Kim;Augustin Chaintreau;Nitish Korula

182
Citations
Pocket Switched Networks and the Consequences of Human Mobility in Conference Environments

Pan Hui;A. Chaintreau;J. Scott;R. Gass

172
Citations
Diversity of forwarding paths in pocket switched networks

Vijay Erramilli;Augustin Chaintreau;Mark Crovella;Christophe Diot

167
Citations
Energy Efficient Offloading of 3G Networks

Nikodin Ristanovic;Jean-Yves Le Boudec;Augustin Chaintreau;Vijay Erramilli

166
Citations
For sale : your data: by : you

Christopher Riederer;Vijay Erramilli;Augustin Chaintreau;Balachander Krishnamurthy

159
Citations
Best paper -- Follow the money: understanding economics of online aggregation and advertising

Phillipa Gill;Vijay Erramilli;Augustin Chaintreau;Balachander Krishnamurthy

151
Citations
The age of impatience: optimal replication schemes for opportunistic networks

Joshua Reich;Augustin Chaintreau

141
Citations
XRay: enhancing the web's transparency with differential correlation

Mathias Lécuyer;Guillaume Ducoffe;Francis Lan;Andrei Papancea

140
Citations
Impact of human mobility on opportunistic forwarding algorithms

Augustin Chaintreau;Pan Hui;Jon Crowcroft;Christophe Diot

9
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Christophe Diot Google (United States)

James Scott Microsoft (United States)

Jon Crowcroft University of Cambridge

Pan Hui Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Stratis Ioannidis Northeastern University

François Baccelli French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA

Laurent Massoulié French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA

Balachander Krishnamurthy AT&T (United States)

Zhen Liu Nokia (Finland)

Daniel Hsu Columbia University

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