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David F. Bacon 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 David F. Bacon sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 140 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David F. Bacon 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 David F. Bacon sits on this spectrum.

30–31 D-Index: 879 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 984 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 918 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 990 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 969 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 907 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 821 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 765 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 689 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 543 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 543 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 517 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 500 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 458 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 400 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 337 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 308 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 292 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 249 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 213 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 192 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 189 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 165 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 139 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 119 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 121 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 113 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 88 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 87 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 75 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 69 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 57 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 46 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 34 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 36 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 27 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 37 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 31 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 19 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 16 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 20 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 15 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 5 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 20 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 8 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 5 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130 D-Index: 3 scientists 131+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% 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

  • 2009 - ACM Fellow For contributions to real-time systems and to object-oriented language design and implementation.
  • 2006 - ACM Distinguished Member

Overview

David F. Bacon is a researcher affiliated with Google in the United States. Their work spans various aspects of computer science, particularly focusing on areas relevant to real-time systems and object-oriented language design and implementation.

David F. Bacon has received recognition from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). In 2006, they were named an ACM Distinguished Member. Later, in 2009, they were honored as an ACM Fellow for their contributions to real-time systems and to object-oriented language design and implementation.

Though specific details about publications, coauthors, main and subfields of study, and topics of research are not provided, the awards indicate a specialization in real-time computing and object-oriented programming languages. These areas typically involve designing systems that guarantee timely and predictable responses, and creating programming languages or tools that support modular, reusable, and dynamically adaptable software components.

Affiliation with Google suggests involvement in applied research or development projects within a leading technology company, potentially contributing to advancements in software engineering, programming languages, or system performance.

Best Publications

  • Compiler transformations for high-performance computing

    David F. Bacon;Susan L. Graham;Oliver J. Sharp

  • Fast static analysis of C++ virtual function calls

    David F. Bacon;Peter F. Sweeney

  • A real-time garbage collector with low overhead and consistent utilization

    David F. Bacon;Perry Cheng;V. T. Rajan

  • Thin locks: featherweight synchronization for Java

    David F. Bacon;Ravi Konuru;Chet Murthy;Mauricio J. Serrano

  • Lime: a Java-compatible and synthesizable language for heterogeneous architectures

    Joshua Auerbach;David F. Bacon;Perry Cheng;Rodric Rabbah

  • FPGA programming for the masses

    David F. Bacon;Rodric Rabbah;Sunil Shukla

  • Volatile logging in n-fault-tolerant distributed systems

    R.E. Strom;D.F. Bacon;S.A. Yemini

  • Locking and unlocking mechanism for controlling concurrent access to objects

    David Francis Bacon

  • NEST: a network simulation and prototyping testbed

    Alexander Dupuy;Jed Schwartz;Yechiam Yemini;David Bacon

  • Java without the coffee breaks: a nonintrusive multiprocessor garbage collector

    David F. Bacon;Clement R. Attanasio;Han B. Lee;V. T. Rajan

  • Guava: a dialect of Java without data races

    David F. Bacon;Robert E. Strom;Ashis Tarafdar

  • Hermes: a language for distributed computing

    Robert E. Strom;David F. Bacon;Arthur P. Goldberg;Andy Lowry

  • Concurrent cycle collection in reference counted systems

    David F. Bacon;V. T. Rajan

  • Compiling a high-level language for GPUs: (via language support for architectures and compilers)

    Christophe Dubach;Perry Cheng;Rodric Rabbah;David F. Bacon

  • Hardware-assisted replay of multiprocessor programs

    David F. Bacon;Seth Copen Goldstein

  • Fast and effective optimization of statically typed object-oriented languages

    David Francis Bacon;Susan L. Graham

  • The Metronome: A Simpler Approach to Garbage Collection in Real-Time Systems

    David F. Bacon;Perry Cheng;V. T. Rajan

  • Liquid Metal: Object-Oriented Programming Across the Hardware/Software Boundary

    Shan Shan Huang;Amir Hormati;David F. Bacon;Rodric Rabbah

  • Space- and Time-Efficient Implementation of the Java Object Model

    David F. Bacon;Stephen J. Fink;David Grove

  • Controlling fragmentation and space consumption in the metronome, a real-time garbage collector for Java

    David F. Bacon;Perry Cheng;V. T. Rajan

  • FPGA Programming for the Masses: The programmability of FPGAs must improve if they are to be part of mainstream computing.

    David Bacon;Rodric Rabbah;Sunil Shukla

Frequent Co-Authors

Perry Cheng
Perry Cheng IBM (United States)
David Grove
David Grove IBM (United States)
Stephen J. Fink
Stephen J. Fink Facebook (United States)
Martin Vechev
Martin Vechev ETH Zurich
Orran Krieger
Orran Krieger Boston University
David C. Parkes
David C. Parkes Harvard University
Eran Yahav
Eran Yahav Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Robert W. Wisniewski
Robert W. Wisniewski Intel (United States)
Julia Kempe
Julia Kempe New York University
Daniel A. Lidar
Daniel A. Lidar University of Southern California

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