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Netherlands
2025

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Computer Science

D-Index
60
Citations
15923
World Ranking
3212
National Ranking
33

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Dick Epema is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research spans several domains within computer science and engineering, focusing particularly on blockchain technology applications, smart grid systems, and computer networks.

Epema's recent academic contributions include publications in various notable venues. These works feature:

  • "A novel decentralized platform for peer-to-peer energy trading market with blockchain technology" (2020, Applied Energy)
  • "Network-Aware Locality Scheduling for Distributed Data Operators in Data Centers" (2021, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems)
  • "A Taxonomy and Lessons Learned From Blockchain Adoption Within the Internet of Energy Paradigm" (2022, IEEE Access)
  • "Resilient, Auditable, and Secure IoT-Enabled Smart Inverter Firmware Amendments With Blockchain" (2023, IEEE Internet of Things Journal)
  • "Web3 Sybil avoidance using network latency" (2023, Computer Networks)

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Epema include:

  • Peter Pálenský
  • Raifa Akkaoui
  • Alexandru Ştefanov
  • Quinten Stokkink
  • Can Umut Ileri

Key publication venues for Epema's research are:

  • IEEE Access
  • Applied Energy
  • IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • Computer Networks

Epema's primary fields of study are in Computer Science and Engineering, with subfields including:

  • Information Systems
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The main topics covered in their research involve:

  • Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
  • Smart Grid Security and Resilience
  • Smart Grid Energy Management
  • Caching and Content Delivery
  • FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
  • Cloud Computing and Resource Management
  • Software-Defined Networks and 5G

Best Publications

  • The bittorrent p2p file-sharing system: measurements and analysis

    Johan Pouwelse;Paweł Garbacki;Dick Epema;Henk Sips

  • Performance Analysis of Cloud Computing Services for Many-Tasks Scientific Computing

    A Iosup;S Ostermann;M N Yigitbasi;R Prodan

  • Edge-centric Computing: Vision and Challenges

    Pedro Garcia Lopez;Alberto Montresor;Dick Epema;Anwitaman Datta

  • A Performance Analysis of EC2 Cloud Computing Services for Scientific Computing

    Simon Ostermann;Alexandria Iosup;Nezih Yigitbasi;Radu Prodan

  • Deadline-constrained workflow scheduling algorithms for Infrastructure as a Service Clouds

    Saeid Abrishami;Mahmoud Naghibzadeh;Dick H.J. Epema

  • TRIBLER: a social‐based peer‐to‐peer system

    JA Pouwelse;P Garbacki;J Jun Wang;Arthur Bakker

  • A worldwide flock of Condors: load sharing among workstation clusters

    D. H. J. Epema;M. Livny;R. van Dantzig;X. Evers

  • On the Performance Variability of Production Cloud Services

    Alexandru Iosup;Nezih Yigitbasi;Dick Epema

  • An experience report on using gamification in technical higher education

    Alexandru Iosup;Dick Epema

  • The Grid Workloads Archive

    Alexandru Iosup;Hui Li;Mathieu Jan;Shanny Anoep

  • A novel decentralized platform for peer-to-peer energy trading market with blockchain technology

    Ayman Esmat;Ayman Esmat;Martijn de Vos;Yashar Ghiassi-Farrokhfal;Peter Palensky

  • Cost-Driven Scheduling of Grid Workflows Using Partial Critical Paths

    S. Abrishami;M. Naghibzadeh;D. H. J. Epema

  • TRIBLER: a social-based peer-to-peer system: Research Articles

    J. A. Pouwelse;P. Garbacki;J. Wang;A. Bakker

  • The Failure Trace Archive: Enabling Comparative Analysis of Failures in Diverse Distributed Systems

    Derrick Kondo;Bahman Javadi;Alexandru Iosup;Dick Epema

  • C-Meter: A Framework for Performance Analysis of Computing Clouds

    Nezih Yigitbasi;Alexandru Iosup;Dick Epema;Simon Ostermann

  • How are Real Grids Used? The Analysis of Four Grid Traces and Its Implications

    A. Iosup;C. Dumitrescu;D. Epema;Hui Li

  • The performance of bags-of-tasks in large-scale distributed systems

    Alexandru Iosup;Ozan Sonmez;Shanny Anoep;Dick Epema

  • A Medium-Scale Distributed System for Computer Science Research: Infrastructure for the Long Term

    Henri Bal;Dick Epema;Cees de Laat;Rob van Nieuwpoort

  • Give-to-Get : free-riding resilient video-on-demand in P2P systems

    Jjd Mol;JA Pouwelse;M Meulpolder;Dhj Dick Epema

  • Grid Computing Workloads

    A Iosup;D Epema

  • An Early Performance Analysis of Cloud Computing Services for Scientific Computing

    Simon Ostermann;Alexandru Iosup;Nezih Yigitbasi;Radu Prodan

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandru Iosup
Alexandru Iosup Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Johan Pouwelse
Johan Pouwelse Delft University of Technology
Henk Sips
Henk Sips Delft University of Technology
Radu Prodan
Radu Prodan University of Innsbruck
Thomas Fahringer
Thomas Fahringer University of Innsbruck
Derrick Kondo
Derrick Kondo French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Miron Livny
Miron Livny University of Wisconsin–Madison
Maarten van Steen
Maarten van Steen University of Twente
Thilo Kielmann
Thilo Kielmann Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Matei Ripeanu
Matei Ripeanu University of British Columbia

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