2026 David Irwin: 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	42	8282	8046	3550	3415	152	8947

Overview

David Irwin is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States and has a significant research output in computer science and engineering. Their scholarly work predominantly addresses topics related to sustainability, cloud computing, and energy management.

The primary fields of study for David Irwin include:

Computer Science
Engineering

Their research extends into several subfields, including:

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Computer Networks and Communications
Information Systems
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Building and Construction

Key topics in David Irwin's work span:

Green IT and Sustainability
Cloud Computing and Resource Management
IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
Smart Grid Energy Management
Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics

The scientist's recent papers include:

"CarbonScaler: Leveraging Cloud Workload Elasticity for Optimizing Carbon-Efficiency" (2023), published in Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems
"Phone-based ambient temperature sensing using opportunistic crowdsensing and machine learning" (2020), published in Sustainable Computing Informatics and Systems
"AutoShare: Virtual community solar and storage for energy sharing" (2021), published in Energy Informatics
"AI on the Edge: Rethinking AI-based IoT Applications Using Specialized Edge Architectures" (2020), published in arXiv (Cornell University)
"Ride Substitution Using Electric Bike Sharing" (2021), published in Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies

Frequent publication venues where David Irwin's work has appeared include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
ACM SIGEnergy Energy Informatics Review
ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review
Sustainable Computing Informatics and Systems
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaborative research has been conducted with several frequent co-authors, among them:

Prashant Shenoy
Noman Bashir
Walid A. Hanafy
Stephen Lee
Abel Souza

Best Publications

Finding a "Kneedle" in a Haystack: Detecting Knee Points in System Behavior

Ville Satopaa;Jeannie Albrecht;David Irwin;Barath Raghavan

1208
Citations
Private memoirs of a smart meter

Andrés Molina-Markham;Prashant Shenoy;Kevin Fu;Emmanuel Cecchet

647
Citations
Predicting solar generation from weather forecasts using machine learning

Navin Sharma;Pranshu Sharma;David Irwin;Prashant Shenoy

580
Citations
Ensemble-level Power Management for Dense Blade Servers

Parthasarathy Ranganathan;Phil Leech;David Irwin;Jeffrey Chase

495
Citations
Dynamic virtual clusters in a grid site manager

J.S. Chase;D.E. Irwin;L.E. Grit;J.D. Moore

492
Citations
Balancing risk and reward in a market-based task service

D.E. Irwin;L.E. Grit;J.S. Chase

300
Citations
Automated negotiation with decommitment for dynamic resource allocation in cloud computing

Bo An;Victor Lesser;David Irwin;Michael Zink

265
Citations
Sharing networked resources with brokered leases

David Irwin;Jeffrey Chase;Laura Grit;Aydan Yumerefendi

261
Citations
Virtual Machine Hosting for Networked Clusters: Building the Foundations for "Autonomic" Orchestration

Laura Grit;David Irwin;Aydan Yumerefendi;Jeff Chase

249
Citations
Non-Intrusive Occupancy Monitoring using Smart Meters

Dong Chen;Sean Barker;Adarsh Subbaswamy;David Irwin

230
Citations
SmartCap: Flattening peak electricity demand in smart homes

Sean Barker;Aditya Mishra;David Irwin;Prashant Shenoy

222
Citations
Blink: managing server clusters on intermittent power

Navin Sharma;Sean Barker;David Irwin;Prashant Shenoy

218
Citations
Cloudy Computing: Leveraging Weather Forecasts in Energy Harvesting Sensor Systems

Navin Sharma;Jeremy Gummeson;David Irwin;Prashant Shenoy

210
Citations
SmartCharge: cutting the electricity bill in smart homes with energy storage

Aditya Mishra;David Irwin;Prashant Shenoy;Jim Kurose

137
Citations
SpotOn: a batch computing service for the spot market

Supreeth Subramanya;Tian Guo;Prateek Sharma;David Irwin

130
Citations
Sharing renewable energy in smart microgrids

Ting Zhu;Zhichuan Huang;Ankur Sharma;Jikui Su

127
Citations
SpotCheck: designing a derivative IaaS cloud on the spot market

Prateek Sharma;Stephen Lee;Tian Guo;David Irwin

121
Citations
The case for efficient renewable energy management in smart homes

Ting Zhu;Aditya Mishra;David Irwin;Navin Sharma

103
Citations
GreenCharge: Managing RenewableEnergy in Smart Buildings

A. Mishra;D. Irwin;P. Shenoy;J. Kurose

98
Citations
Flint: batch-interactive data-intensive processing on transient servers

Prateek Sharma;Tian Guo;Xin He;David Irwin

93
Citations
SunDance: Black-box Behind-the-Meter Solar Disaggregation

Dong Chen;David Irwin

88
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Prashant Shenoy University of Massachusetts Amherst

Ting Zhu University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Jeffrey S. Chase Duke University

Kevin Fu University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Krithi Ramamritham Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

George Danezis University College London

Ramesh K. Sitaraman University of Massachusetts Amherst

Benjamin M. Marlin University of Massachusetts Amherst

Jim Kurose University of Massachusetts Amherst

Yu Gu Visa (United States)

External Links

Personal website of David Irwin Google Scholar page

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