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Cynthia A. Phillips 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 Cynthia A. Phillips sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 197 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Cynthia A. Phillips 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 Cynthia A. Phillips sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 39 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to the theory and applications of combinatorial optimization.
  • 2015 - ACM Distinguished Member

Overview

Cynthia A. Phillips is affiliated with Sandia National Laboratories in the United States. Their research spans several fields and subfields within computer science and engineering, focusing primarily on areas such as computer networks and communications, computational theory and mathematics, civil and structural engineering, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and statistics, probability, and uncertainty.

The main topics in Cynthia A. Phillips's work include vehicle routing optimization methods, caching and content delivery, advanced graph theory research, advanced data storage technologies, infrastructure resilience and vulnerability analysis, risk and safety analysis, and probabilistic and robust engineering design.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics and venues, demonstrating a breadth of interest and contribution in both theoretical and applied research. Recent papers include:

  • "Shortest path network interdiction with asymmetric uncertainty" (2024, Networks)
  • "Partitioning Communication Streams Into Graph Snapshots" (2022, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering)
  • "Fractional Decomposition Tree Algorithm: A tool for studying the integrality gap of Integer Programs" (2022, Discrete Optimization)
  • "Using advanced data structures to enable responsive security monitoring" (2022, Cluster Computing)
  • "Probing a Set of Trajectories to Maximize Captured Information" (2020, Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl))

Cynthia A. Phillips frequently collaborates with a specific group of researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • William E. Hart
  • Robert D. Carr
  • Arash Haddadan
  • Michael A. Bender
  • Martín Farach-Colton

Their work has appeared in a range of publication venues, including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Networks
  • IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
  • Discrete Optimization
  • Cluster Computing

Cynthia A. Phillips has been recognized with awards such as the SIAM Fellow honor in 2016 for contributions to the theory and applications of combinatorial optimization. They were also named an ACM Distinguished Member in 2015.

Best Publications

  • A graph-based system for network-vulnerability analysis

    Cynthia Phillips;Laura Painton Swiler

  • The battle of the water sensor networks (BWSN): A design challenge for engineers and algorithms

    Avi Ostfeld;James G. Uber;Elad Salomons;Jonathan W. Berry

  • Computer-attack graph generation tool

    L.P. Swiler;C. Phillips;D. Ellis;S. Chakerian

  • Optimal time-critical scheduling via resource augmentation

    C.A. Phillips;C. Stein;E. Torng;J. Wein

  • Sensor Placement in Municipal Water Networks

    Jonathan W. Berry;Jonathan W. Berry;Lisa Fleischer;Lisa Fleischer;William E. Hart;William E. Hart;Cynthia A. Phillips;Cynthia A. Phillips

  • Sensor Placement in Municipal Water Networks with Temporal Integer Programming Models

    Jonathan Berry;William E. Hart;Cynthia A. Phillips;James G. Uber

  • Strengthening integrality gaps for capacitated network design and covering problems

    Robert D. Carr;Lisa K. Fleischer;Vitus J. Leung;Cynthia A. Phillips

  • The network inhibition problem

    Cynthia A. Phillips

  • Optimal time-critical scheduling via resource augmentation (extended abstract)

    Cynthia A. Phillips;Cliff Stein;Eric Torng;Joel Wein

  • Tolerating the community detection resolution limit with edge weighting.

    Jonathan W. Berry;Bruce Hendrickson;Randall A. LaViolette;Cynthia A. Phillips

  • Minimizing average completion time in the presence of release dates

    Cynthia A. Phillips;Clifford Stein;Joel Wein

  • Improved Scheduling Algorithms for Minsum Criteria

    Soumen Chakrabarti;Cynthia A. Phillips;Andreas S. Schulz;David B. Shmoys

  • The Asymmetric Median Tree - A New model for Building Consensus Trees

    Cynthia A. Phillips;Cynthia A. Phillips;Tandy Warnow;Tandy Warnow

  • Off-line admission control for general scheduling problems

    Cynthia A. Phillips;R. N. Uma;Joel Wein

  • Pico: An Object-Oriented Framework for Parallel Branch and Bound *

    Jonathan Eckstein;Cynthia A. Phillips;William E. Hart

  • Method and tool for network vulnerability analysis

    Laura Painton Swiler;Cynthia A. Phillips

  • Path Finding for Maximum Value of Information in Multi-Modal Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks

    Petrika Gjanci;Chiara Petrioli;Stefano Basagni;Cynthia A. Phillips

  • Scheduling Jobs that Arrive Over Time (Extended Abstract)

    Cynthia A. Phillips;Clifford Stein;Joel Wein

  • A graph-based network-vulnerability analysis system

    L.P. Swiler;C. Phillips;T. Gaylor

  • Processor allocation on Cplant: achieving general processor locality using one-dimensional allocation strategies

    V.J. Leung;E.M. Arkin;Ma. Bender;D. Bunde

  • Tolerating the community detection resolution limit with edge weighting.

    Randall A. LaViolette;Bruce Alan Hendrickson;Cynthia Ann Phillips;Jonathan W. Berry

Frequent Co-Authors

William E. Hart
William E. Hart Sandia National Laboratories
Michael A. Bender
Michael A. Bender Stony Brook University
Clifford Stein
Clifford Stein Columbia University
Jean-Paul Watson
Jean-Paul Watson Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Tandy Warnow
Tandy Warnow University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chiara Petrioli
Chiara Petrioli Sapienza University of Rome
Stefano Basagni
Stefano Basagni Northeastern University
Joseph S. B. Mitchell
Joseph S. B. Mitchell Stony Brook University
Leslie Ann Goldberg
Leslie Ann Goldberg University of Oxford
Jonathan Eckstein
Jonathan Eckstein Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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