2026 Benjamin Doerr: 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	58	3688	3585	66	65	359	11201

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Overview

Benjamin Doerr is affiliated with École Polytechnique in France and has contributed extensively to the field of computer science, particularly in the study of evolutionary algorithms and optimization methods. Their work spans numerous subfields, with a strong focus on artificial intelligence and computational theory.

The main fields of study for Benjamin Doerr include:

Computer Science

Within this broad domain, their research concentrates on the following subfields:

Artificial Intelligence
Computational Theory and Mathematics
Computer Networks and Communications
Control and Systems Engineering
Management Science and Operations Research

The primary topics addressed in Benjamin Doerr's research are:

Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms
Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research
Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications
Advanced Control Systems Optimization
Machine Learning and Algorithms
Data Stream Mining Techniques
Gene Regulatory Network Analysis

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Benjamin Doerr include the following:

A First Runtime Analysis of the NSGA-II on a Multimodal Problem, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
Sharp Bounds for Genetic Drift in Estimation of Distribution Algorithms, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
Does Comma Selection Help to Cope with Local Optima?, 2022, Algorithmica

Benjamin Doerr has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

Weijie Zheng
Martin S. Krejca
Denis Antipov
Maxim Buzdalov
Quentin Renau

The research output by Benjamin Doerr has appeared in various publication venues, emphasizing venues with repeated contributions:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion
Algorithmica
Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Best Publications

Why rumors spread so quickly in social networks

Benjamin Doerr;Mahmoud Fouz;Tobias Friedrich

477
Citations
Theory of Randomized Search Heuristics: Foundations and Recent Developments

Anne Auger;Benjamin Doerr

401
Citations
Multiplicative Drift Analysis

Benjamin Doerr;Daniel Johannsen;Carola Winzen

389
Citations
Fast genetic algorithms

Benjamin Doerr;Huu Phuoc Le;Régis Makhmara;Ta Duy Nguyen

253
Citations
Crossover can provably be useful in evolutionary computation

Benjamin Doerr;Edda Happ;Christian Klein

251
Citations
From black-box complexity to designing new genetic algorithms

Benjamin Doerr;Carola Doerr;Franziska Ebel

224
Citations
Optimal parameter choices via precise black-box analysis

Benjamin Doerr;Carola Doerr;Jing Yang

221
Citations
Probabilistic Tools for the Analysis of Randomized Optimization Heuristics.

Benjamin Doerr

200
Citations
Optimal fixed and adaptive mutation rates for the leadingones problem

Süntje Böttcher;Benjamin Doerr;Frank Neumann

188
Citations
Optimal Static and Self-Adjusting Parameter Choices for the $$(1+(\lambda ,\lambda ))$$ Genetic Algorithm

Benjamin Doerr;Carola Doerr

177
Citations
Social Networks Spread Rumors in Sublogarithmic Time

Benjamin Doerr;Mahmoud Fouz;Tobias Friedrich

168
Citations
Social networks spread rumors in sublogarithmic time

Benjamin Doerr;Mahmoud Fouz;Tobias Friedrich

166
Citations
Theory of Evolutionary Computation: Recent Developments in Discrete Optimization

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139
Citations
Adaptive Drift Analysis

Benjamin Doerr;Leslie Ann Goldberg

131
Citations
Theory of evolutionary computation : recent developments in discrete optimization

Benjamin Doerr;Frank Neumann

127
Citations
Stabilizing consensus with the power of two choices

Benjamin Doerr;Leslie Ann Goldberg;Lorenz Minder;Thomas Sauerwald

124
Citations
Analyzing randomized search heuristics via stochastic domination

Benjamin Doerr

116
Citations
Theory of Parameter Control for Discrete Black-Box Optimization: Provable Performance Gains Through Dynamic Parameter Choices

Benjamin Doerr;Carola Doerr

109
Citations
Analyzing Randomized Search Heuristics: Tools from Probability Theory.

Benjamin Doerr

103
Citations
Quasirandom rumor spreading

Benjamin Doerr;Tobias Friedrich;Thomas Sauerwald

102
Citations
Quasirandom Rumor Spreading: Expanders, Push vs. Pull, and Robustness

Benjamin Doerr;Tobias Friedrich;Thomas Sauerwald

89
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Tobias Friedrich Hasso Plattner Institute

Frank Neumann University of Adelaide

Carsten Witt Technical University of Denmark

Joel Spencer Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences

Dirk Sudholt University of Sheffield

Leslie Ann Goldberg University of Oxford

Thomas Jansen Aberystwyth University

Kurt Mehlhorn Max Planck Institute for Informatics

Gábor Tardos Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics

Christian Klein Roche (Switzerland)

External Links

Personal website of Benjamin Doerr Google Scholar page

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