2026 Butler W. Lampson: 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	71	1759	1704	895	861	203	24001

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
2005 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2001 - IEEE John von Neumann Medal "For technical leadership in the creation of timesharing, distributed computing, networking security and program languages."
1994 - ACM Fellow For contributions to the development of distributed, personal computing environments and the technology for their implementation: workstations, networks, operating systems, programming systems, displays, security, and document publishing.
1993 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1992 - A. M. Turing Award For contributions to the development of distributed, personal computing environments and the technology for their implementation: workstations, networks, operating systems, programming systems, displays, security and document publishing.
1984 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For outstanding contributions in the development, clarification, and design of computer operating systems, programming languages, and personal computers.
1984 - ACM Software System Award Butler W. Lampson, Robert W. Taylor, Charles P. Thacker

Overview

Butler W. Lampson is affiliated with Microsoft in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, notably computer science and medicine, with particular emphasis on distributed systems, fault tolerance, and immunology.

The scientist's work involves several main topics including:

Mast cells and histamine
Distributed systems and fault tolerance
Parallel computing and optimization techniques
Optimization and search problems
Computability, logic, AI algorithms
Advanced data storage technologies
Syphilis diagnosis and treatment

Lampson has contributed to research in various subfields such as:

Computer networks and communications
Immunology
Hardware and architecture
Rheumatology
Computational theory and mathematics

The scientist's recent publications include:

"There's plenty of room at the Top: What will drive computer performance after Moore's law?" (2020, Science)
"PATIENT REPORTED BURDEN OF INDOLENT SYSTEMIC MASTOCYTOSIS IN A MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION" (2024, Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology)
"Hints and Principles for Computer System Design" (2020, arXiv (Cornell University))
"FAVORABLE EFFICACY AND SAFETY PROFILE OF AVAPRITINIB IS MAINTAINED IN THE CONTEXT OF OMALIZUMAB TREATMENT" (2024, Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology)
"AVAPRITINIB BENEFIT IN PATIENTS WITH MODERATE SYMPTOMS OF INDOLENT SYSTEMIC MASTOCYTOSIS: SUBGROUP ANALYSIS FROM PIONEER" (2024, Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology)

Frequent coauthors of Lampson include:

Cem Akin
Tracy I. George
Huimin Lin
Marcus Maurer
Karin Hartmann

The publication venues where Lampson has contributed multiple works are:

Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
Science
arXiv (Cornell University)
Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie - FMC

Lampson has been recognized with several awards, including:

Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2018)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2005)
IEEE John von Neumann Medal (2001) for technical leadership in timesharing, distributed computing, networking security, and programming languages
ACM Fellow (1994) for work in distributed personal computing environments and related technologies
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1993)
A. M. Turing Award (1992) for contributions to distributed personal computing environments and their implementation technologies
ACM Software System Award (1984) shared with Robert W. Taylor and Charles P. Thacker
Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1984) for contributions to computer operating systems, programming languages, and personal computers

Best Publications

A note on the confinement problem

Butler W. Lampson

2043
Citations
Software version management system

Eric E. Schmidt;Butler W. Lampson

1340
Citations
SPKI Certificate Theory

C. Ellison;B. Frantz;B. Lampson;R. Rivest

1271
Citations
Authentication in distributed systems: theory and practice

Butler Lampson;Martín Abadi;Michael Burrows;Edward Wobber

1176
Citations
A calculus for access control in distributed systems

Martín Abadi;Michael Burrows;Butler Lampson;Gordon Plotkin

967
Citations
SDSI - A Simple Distributed Security Infrastructure

Butler Lampson;Ronald L. Rivest

750
Citations
Digital rights management operating system

Paul England;John D. DeTreville;Butler W. Lampson

683
Citations
IP lookups using multiway and multicolumn search

Butler Lampson;Venkatachary Srinivasan;George Varghese

621
Citations
Loading and identifying a digital rights management operating system

Paul England;John D. DeTreville;Butler W. Lampson

573
Citations
Access control subsystem and method for distributed computer system using locally cached authentication credentials

Edward Wobber;Martin Abadi;Andrew Birrell;Butler Lampson

557
Citations
Experience with processes and monitors in Mesa

Butler W. Lampson;David D. Redell

540
Citations
Multipoint data communication system with collision detection

Robert M. Metcalfe;David R. Boggs;Charles P. Thacker;Butler W. Lampson

503
Citations
Report on the programming language Euclid

B. W. Lampson;J. J. Horning;R. L. London;J. G. Mitchell

500
Citations
Crash Recovery in a Distributed Data Storage System

Butler W. Lampson;Howard E. Sturgis

456
Citations
There’s plenty of room at the Top: What will drive computer performance after Moore’s law?

Charles E. Leiserson;Neil C. Thompson;Joel S. Emer;Joel S. Emer;Bradley C. Kuszmaul

428
Citations
Atomic Transactions

Butler W. Lampson

369
Citations
The Digital Distributed System Security Architecture

Morrie Gasser;Andy Goldstein;Charlie Kaufman;Butler Lampson

338
Citations
Alto: A personal computer

Chuck Thacker;Ed McCreight;Butler Lampson;Robert Sproull

333
Citations
Computer security in the real world

B.W. Lampson

320
Citations
Hints for computer system design

Butler W. Lampson

316
Citations
Hints for Computer System Design

B.W. Lampson

120
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Martín Abadi Google (United States)

Paul England Microsoft (United States)

Paul J. Leach Microsoft (United States)

Nancy Lynch MIT

Adam Tauman Kalai Microsoft (United States)

Sumit Gulwani Microsoft (United States)

David B. Lomet Microsoft (United States)

Gerald J. Popek University of California, Los Angeles

Ronald L. Rivest MIT

Aditya Krishna Menon Google (United States)

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