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42
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8281
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3550

David Irwin 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 Irwin sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 152 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Irwin 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 Irwin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

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

  • Private memoirs of a smart meter

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

  • Predicting solar generation from weather forecasts using machine learning

    Navin Sharma;Pranshu Sharma;David Irwin;Prashant Shenoy

  • Ensemble-level Power Management for Dense Blade Servers

    Parthasarathy Ranganathan;Phil Leech;David Irwin;Jeffrey Chase

  • Dynamic virtual clusters in a grid site manager

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

  • Balancing risk and reward in a market-based task service

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

  • Automated negotiation with decommitment for dynamic resource allocation in cloud computing

    Bo An;Victor Lesser;David Irwin;Michael Zink

  • Sharing networked resources with brokered leases

    David Irwin;Jeffrey Chase;Laura Grit;Aydan Yumerefendi

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

    Laura Grit;David Irwin;Aydan Yumerefendi;Jeff Chase

  • Non-Intrusive Occupancy Monitoring using Smart Meters

    Dong Chen;Sean Barker;Adarsh Subbaswamy;David Irwin

  • SmartCap: Flattening peak electricity demand in smart homes

    Sean Barker;Aditya Mishra;David Irwin;Prashant Shenoy

  • Blink: managing server clusters on intermittent power

    Navin Sharma;Sean Barker;David Irwin;Prashant Shenoy

  • Cloudy Computing: Leveraging Weather Forecasts in Energy Harvesting Sensor Systems

    Navin Sharma;Jeremy Gummeson;David Irwin;Prashant Shenoy

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

    Aditya Mishra;David Irwin;Prashant Shenoy;Jim Kurose

  • SpotOn: a batch computing service for the spot market

    Supreeth Subramanya;Tian Guo;Prateek Sharma;David Irwin

  • Sharing renewable energy in smart microgrids

    Ting Zhu;Zhichuan Huang;Ankur Sharma;Jikui Su

  • SpotCheck: designing a derivative IaaS cloud on the spot market

    Prateek Sharma;Stephen Lee;Tian Guo;David Irwin

  • The case for efficient renewable energy management in smart homes

    Ting Zhu;Aditya Mishra;David Irwin;Navin Sharma

  • GreenCharge: Managing RenewableEnergy in Smart Buildings

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

  • Flint: batch-interactive data-intensive processing on transient servers

    Prateek Sharma;Tian Guo;Xin He;David Irwin

  • SunDance: Black-box Behind-the-Meter Solar Disaggregation

    Dong Chen;David Irwin

Frequent Co-Authors

Prashant Shenoy
Prashant Shenoy University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ting Zhu
Ting Zhu University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Jeffrey S. Chase
Jeffrey S. Chase Duke University
Kevin Fu
Kevin Fu University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Krithi Ramamritham
Krithi Ramamritham Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
George Danezis
George Danezis University College London
Ramesh K. Sitaraman
Ramesh K. Sitaraman University of Massachusetts Amherst
Benjamin M. Marlin
Benjamin M. Marlin University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jim Kurose
Jim Kurose University of Massachusetts Amherst
Yu Gu
Yu Gu Visa (United States)

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