2026 Azer Bestavros: 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	2999	2911	1468	1413	343	23172

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Computer Science

2999

2911

1468

1413

343

23172

Research.com Recognitions

2007 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Azer Bestavros is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within computer science and economics, with a focus on interdisciplinary applications involving technology and economic theory. They have published work primarily in areas that combine computational methods with economic models and systems analysis.

Research topics covered by Azer Bestavros include:

Game Theory and Applications
Economic theories and models
Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis
Cloud Computing and Resource Management
Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
IoT and Edge/Fog Computing

Main fields of study associated with their research are:

Computer Science
Economics, Econometrics and Finance

The subfields of study where their publications have been categorized include:

Economics and Econometrics
Management Science and Operations Research
Information Systems
Hardware and Architecture
Computer Networks and Communications

Azer Bestavros has coauthored publications with several researchers, including:

Zhenpeng Shi
Ariel Orda
David Starobinski
Esmail Asyabi
Renato Mancuso

Their recent papers include the following:

"A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Shared/Buy-in Computing Systems," 2020, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
"Akita: A CPU scheduler for virtualized Clouds," 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)

Most publications appear in venues such as:

IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
arXiv (Cornell University)

In 2007, Azer Bestavros was recognized as an ACM Senior Member, reflecting their standing within the computing community.

Best Publications

Self-similarity in World Wide Web traffic: evidence and possible causes

Mark E. Crovella;Azer Bestavros

5482
Citations
SEP: A Stable Election Protocol for clustered heterogeneous wireless sensor networks

Georgios Smaragdakis;Ibrahim Matta;Azer Bestavros

2106
Citations
Method and apparatus for reliable and scalable distribution of data files in distributed networks

Vijay R. Basani;Krishna Mangiapudi;Lynne M. Murach;Leroy R. Karge

1632
Citations
Characteristics of WWW Client-based Traces

Carlos Cunha;Azer Bestavros;Mark Crovella

886
Citations
A hierarchical characterization of a live streaming media workload

Eveline Veloso;Virgílio Almeida;Wagner Meira;Azer Bestavros

785
Citations
Characterizing reference locality in the WWW

V. Almeida;A. Bestavros;M. Crovella;A. de Oliveira

785
Citations
Heavy-tailed probability distributions in the World Wide Web

Mark E. Crovella;Murad S. Taqqu;Azer Bestavros

635
Citations
Changes in Web client access patterns: Characteristics and caching implications

Paul Barford;Azer Bestavros;Adam Bradley;Mark Crovella

625
Citations
Method and apparatus for dynamic resource discovery and information distribution in a data network

Vijay R. Basani;Krishna Mangipudi;Lynne M. Murach;Leroy R. Karge

426
Citations
Reinforcement Learning for UAV Attitude Control

William Koch;Renato Mancuso;Richard West;Azer Bestavros

412
Citations
Explaining World Wide Web Traffic Self-Similarity

Mark Crovella;Azer Bestavros

375
Citations
Method and apparatus for election of group leaders in a distributed network

Vijay R. Basani;Krishna Mangipudi;Lynne M. Murach;Leroy R. Karge

292
Citations
Application-level document caching in the Internet

A. Bestavros;R.L. Carter;M.E. Crovella;C.R. Cunha

290
Citations
GreedyDual* Web caching algorithm: exploiting the two sources of temporal locality in Web request streams

Shudong Jin;Azer Bestavros

280
Citations
Speculative data dissemination and service to reduce server load, network traffic and service time in distributed information systems

A. Bestavros

271
Citations
Statistical rate monotonic scheduling

A. Atlas;A. Bestavros

269
Citations
On the marginal utility of network topology measurements

Paul Barford;Azer Bestavros;John Byers;Mark Crovella

252
Citations
Using speculation to reduce server load and service time on the WWW

Azer Bestavros

244
Citations
Popularity-aware greedy dual-size Web proxy caching algorithms

Shudong Jin;A. Bestavros

244
Citations
Exploiting the transients of adaptation for RoQ attacks on Internet resources

M. Guirguis;A. Bestavros;I. Matta

209
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ibrahim Matta Boston University

Mark Crovella Boston University

John W. Byers Boston University

Nikolaos Laoutaris Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies

Georgios Smaragdakis Delft University of Technology

Evimaria Terzi Boston University

Paul Barford University of Wisconsin–Madison

Virgilio Almeida Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Sang H. Son University of Virginia

Kwei-Jay Lin University of California, Irvine

External Links

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