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 Padua sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 285 publications — 71st percentile
71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.
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 Padua sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 69 D-Index — 87th percentile
87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.
David Padua is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States, specializing primarily in Computer Science and Medicine. Their research focuses extensively on areas such as Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques, Interconnection Networks and Systems, and Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems. Additional interests include Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms, Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques, Sports injuries and prevention, and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation.
Padua's work spans several subfields, including Hardware and Architecture, Computer Networks and Communications, Surgery, Computational Theory and Mathematics, and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.
The scientist has contributed to a number of recent publications. These include:
Frequent coauthors collaborating with Padua include:
Publication venues where Padua has most often published work include HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), UNC Libraries, and the Indian Journal of Psychiatry.
Among book publications, Padua is credited with a title published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers: Parallel Processing, 1980 to 2020 (2020).
Recognition for contributions in the field includes election as an ACM Fellow in 2007 for contributions to compiler support for parallel computing, as well as IEEE Fellow status awarded in 2000 for contributions to compiler technology for parallel computing.
David A. Padua;Michael J. Wolfe
M. Puschel;J.M.F. Moura;J.R. Johnson;D. Padua
L. Rauchwerger;D.A. Padua
D. J. Kuck;R. H. Kuhn;D. A. Padua;B. Leasure
Peng Tu;David Padua
W. Blume;R. Doallo;R. Doallo;R. Doallo;R. Eigenmann;R. Eigenmann;J. Grout
U. Banerjee;R. Eigenmann;A. Nicolau;D.A. Padua
Saeed Maleki;Yaoqing Gao;Maria J. Garzar´n;Tommy Wong
Jianxin Xiong;Jeremy Johnson;Robert Johnson;David Padua
Markus Püschel;José M. F. Moura;Bryan Singer;Jianxin Xiong
David Padua
Calin CaΒcaval;David A. Padua
Samuel P. Midkiff;David A. Padua
Kamen Yotov;Xiaoming Li;Gang Ren;Michael Cibulskis
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Peng Tu;David Padua
K. Yotov;Xiaoming Li;Gang Ren;M.J.S. Garzaran
Ganesh Bikshandi;Jia Guo;Daniel Hoeflinger;Gheorghe Almasi
Rudolf Eigenmann;Jay Hoeflinger;Z. Li;David A. Padua
R. Eigenmann;J. Hoeflinger;D. Padua
J.M.F. Moura;M. Puschel;D. Padua;J. Dongarra
Uptal Banerjee;R. Eigenmann;A. Nicolau;D. A. Padua
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