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Brian Randell 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 Brian Randell sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 285 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Brian Randell 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 Brian Randell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% 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

  • 2008 - ACM Fellow For contributions to dependable computing and computer history.

Overview

Brian Randell is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom, with a research focus primarily in the field of Computer Science. Their work spans subfields such as Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems, Clinical Psychology, Applied Mathematics, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

The scientist's research topics encompass distributed systems and fault tolerance, distributed and parallel computing systems, cloud computing and resource management, Petri nets in system modeling, artificial intelligence in healthcare and education, COVID-19 diagnosis using AI, and the history of science and medicine.

Brian Randell has published in various academic venues. Frequent publication platforms include IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, arXiv (Cornell University), Ubiquity, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Archaeology Culture History Literature, and Advances in Operator Theory.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • ChatGPT's Astonishing Fabrications About Percy Ludgate (2023) IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
  • Investigating the Work and Life of Percy Ludgate (2020) IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
  • Artificial Intelligence: ChatGPT's Astonishing Fabrications About Percy Ludgate (2025) Ubiquity
  • Percy Ludgate (1883-1922), Ireland's first computer designer (2021) Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Archaeology Culture History Literature
  • Numerical ranges of some 2-by-2 block Toeplitz operators with affine symbols via envelopes (2024) Advances in Operator Theory

Frequent collaborators include Brian Coghlan, Avelino F. Zorzo, Paul Hockie, Trish Gonzalez, and Alexander Romanovsky.

Brian Randell has been recognized as an ACM Fellow since 2008 for contributions to dependable computing and computer history.

Best Publications

  • Basic concepts and taxonomy of dependable and secure computing

    A. Avizienis;J.-C. Laprie;B. Randell;C. Landwehr

  • System structure for software fault tolerance

    B. Randell

  • Fundamental Concepts of Dependability

    A Avizienis;J-C Laprie;B Randell

  • Reliability Issues in Computing System Design

    B. Randell;P. Lee;P. C. Treleaven

  • Software Engineering: Report of a conference sponsored by the NATO Science Committee, Garmisch, Germany, 7-11 Oct. 1968, Brussels, Scientific Affairs Division, NATO

    Peter Naur;Brian Randell

  • The Origins of Digital Computers: Selected Papers

    Brian Randekk;Brian Randell

  • A program structure for error detection and recovery

    James J. Horning;Hugh C. Lauer;P. M. Melliar-Smith;Brian Randell

  • Dependability and Its Threats: A Taxonomy

    Algirdas Avižienis;Algirdas Avižienis;Jean Claude Laprie;Brian Randell

  • The Evolution of the Recovery Block Concept

    Brian Randell;Jie Xu

  • Error recovery in asynchronous systems

    R. H. Campbell;B. Randell

  • A systematic classification of cheating in online games

    Jeff Yan;Brian Randell

  • The newcastle connection or unixes of the world unite

    David R. Brownbridge;Lindsay F. Marshall;Brian Randell

  • Fault tolerance in concurrent object-oriented software through coordinated error recovery

    Jie Xu;B. Randell;A. Romanovsky;C.M.F. Rubira

  • Operating Systems, An Advanced Course

    Michael J. Flynn;Jim Gray;Anita K. Jones;Klaus Lagally

  • A Distributed Secure System

    J.M. Rushby;B. Randell

  • Iterative Multi-Level Modelling: A methodology for computer system design

    Frank W. Zurcher;Brian Randell

  • Process Structuring

    J. J. Horning;B. Randell

  • Software Engineering: Report of a conference sponsored by the NATO Science Committee, Garmisch, Germany, 7th-11th October 1968

    P Naur;B Randell

  • An Assessment of Name Matching Algorithms

    AJ Lait;B Randell

  • Fundamental Concepts of Computer System Dependability

    Algirdas Avizienis;Jean-Claude Laprie;Brian Randell

  • Fault Tolerance in Concurrent Object-Oriented Software Through Co-ordinated Error Recovery

    J Xu;B Randell;A Romanovsky;Cmf Rubira-Calsavara

  • The Newcastle Connection or UNIXes of the World Unite

    Brownbridge;LF Marshall;B Randell

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Romanovsky
Alexander Romanovsky Newcastle University
Jie Xu
Jie Xu Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Maciej Koutny
Maciej Koutny Newcastle University
Cliff B. Jones
Cliff B. Jones Newcastle University
Michael Waidner
Michael Waidner Technical University of Darmstadt
Paulo Veríssimo
Paulo Veríssimo King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Thomas Anderson
Thomas Anderson University of Washington
Birgit Pfitzmann
Birgit Pfitzmann IBM (United States)
Marc Dacier
Marc Dacier King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Christian Cachin
Christian Cachin University of Bern

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