2026 Derek L. Eager: 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	45	7144	6936	284	270	123	9308

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Overview

Derek L. Eager is a researcher affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. Their primary field of study is Computer Science, with a focus on areas such as Computer Networks and Communications and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

Their research topics include:

Caching and Content Delivery
Image and Video Quality Assessment
Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies
Advanced Data Storage Technologies
IoT and Edge/Fog Computing

Derek L. Eager has contributed to multiple publications, including:

"Cross-User Similarities in Viewing Behavior for 360° Video and Caching Implications," published in 2022 in ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications
"Optimized Dynamic Cache Instantiation and Accurate LRU Approximations Under Time-Varying Request Volume," published in 2021 in IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing

Frequent coauthors in Derek L. Eager's work include:

Niklas Carlsson

The primary venues where their research has appeared are:

ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications
IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing

Best Publications

Adaptive load sharing in homogeneous distributed systems

D. L. Eager;E. D. Lazowska;J. Zahorjan

1515
Citations
Speedup versus efficiency in parallel systems

Derek L. Eager;John Zahorjan;Edward D. Lazowska

892
Citations
A comparison of receiver-initiated and sender-initiated adaptive load sharing

D L Eager;E D Lazowska;J Zahorjan

632
Citations
Minimizing bandwidth requirements for on-demand data delivery

D. Eager;M. Vernon;J. Zahorjan

467
Citations
Analysis of educational media server workloads

Jussara M. Almeida;Jeffrey Krueger;Derek L. Eager;Mary K. Vernon

305
Citations
Optimal and efficient merging schedules for video-on-demand servers

Derek Eager;Mary Vernon;John Zahorjan

281
Citations
The limited performance benefits of migrating active processes for load sharing

D. L. Eager;E. D. Lazowska;J. Zahorjan

275
Citations
Traffic analysis of a Web proxy caching hierarchy

A. Mahanti;C. Williamson;D. Eager

258
Citations
Scheduling in multiprogrammed parallel systems

S. Majumdar;D. L. Eager;R. B. Bunt

237
Citations
Bandwidth Skimming: A Technique for Cost-Effective Video-on-Demand *

Derek L. Eager;Mary K. Vernon;John Zahorjan

223
Citations
Hierarchical interconnection networks for multicomputer systems

S.P. Dandamudi;D.L. Eager

222
Citations
Dynamic Skyscraper Broadcasts for Video-on-Demand

Derek L. Eager;Mary K. Vernon

204
Citations
Balanced job bound analysis of queueing networks

John Zahorjan;Kenneth C. Sevcik;Derek L. Eager;Bruce Galler

194
Citations
The untold story of the clones: content-agnostic factors that impact YouTube video popularity

Youmna Borghol;Sebastien Ardon;Niklas Carlsson;Derek Eager

193
Citations
Achieving robustness in distributed database systems

Derek L. Eager;Kenneth C. Sevcik

179
Citations
Characterizing and modelling popularity of user-generated videos

Youmna Borghol;Siddharth Mitra;Sebastien Ardon;Niklas Carlsson

149
Citations
Optimized Regional Caching for On-Demand Data Delivery

Derek L. Eager;Michael C. Ferris;Mary K. Vernon

138
Citations
Characterizing Web-Based Video Sharing Workloads

Siddharth Mitra;Mayank Agrawal;Amit Yadav;Niklas Carlsson

135
Citations
Temporal locality and its impact on Web proxy cache performance

Anirban Mahanti;Derek Eager;Carey Williamson

131
Citations
Disk cache replacement policies for network fileservers

D.L. Willick;D.L. Eager;R.B. Bunt

130
Citations
A comparison of receiver-initiated and Sendes-initiated adaptive load sharing

D. L. Eager;E. D. Lazowska;J. Zahorjan

0
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Frequent Co-Authors

Anirban Mahanti 7investing

Mary K. Vernon University of Wisconsin–Madison

Edward D. Lazowska University of Washington

Kenneth C. Sevcik University of Toronto

John Zahorjan University of Washington

Zongpeng Li Tsinghua University

Jussara M. Almeida Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Carey Williamson University of Calgary

Daniel J. Sorin Duke University

Michael C. Ferris University of Wisconsin–Madison

External Links

Personal website of Derek L. Eager Google Scholar page

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