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Edward G. Coffman 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 Edward G. Coffman sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 264 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Edward G. Coffman 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 Edward G. Coffman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - ACM Distinguished Service Award For a career of distinguished contributions in service to the Computer Science community built on a foundation of distinguished scholarly contributions. Seminal contributions in time-sharing systems, networking, performance evaluation, and combinatorial optimization gave rise to founding conferences and serving on many journals. Collaborations with Soviet scientists led to extraordinary efforts on his part to assist them in the post-communist era.
  • 1994 - ACM Fellow For outstanding contributions to ACM Publications, having served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the ACM from 1969 through 1985; four of these years as Editor-in-Chief.
  • 1987 - Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award For outstanding contributions to ACM Publications, having served on the Editorial Board of the "Journal of the ACM" from 1969 through 1985; four of these years as Editor-in-Chief.

Overview

Edward G. Coffman is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Throughout their career, they have been recognized for contributions related to computer science, particularly involving publications and editorial leadership in prestigious journals.

The scientist has been honored with several awards acknowledging service and scholarly contributions. These include the ACM Fellow distinction awarded in 1994 for outstanding contributions to ACM Publications and serving on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the ACM from 1969 through 1985, including four years as Editor-in-Chief.

In 1987, Edward G. Coffman received the Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award for similar services to ACM Publications and editorial leadership. Later, in 2004, they were given the ACM Distinguished Service Award. The citation highlights their career of distinguished contributions in service to the Computer Science community, emphasizing seminal work in time-sharing systems, networking, performance evaluation, and combinatorial optimization. The award also notes efforts in establishing founding conferences and collaborations with Soviet scientists to assist them in the post-communist era.

There are no available records of recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, book publications, or detailed fields and subfields of study for Edward G. Coffman in the data provided.

Best Publications

  • Computer and job-shop scheduling theory

    E. G. Coffman;John L. Bruno

  • Approximation algorithms for bin packing: a survey

    E. G. Coffman;M. R. Garey;D. S. Johnson

  • Operating Systems Theory

    Edward G. Coffman;Peter J. Denning

  • System Deadlocks

    E. G. Coffman;M. Elphick;A. Shoshani

  • Orthogonal Packings in Two Dimensions

    Brenda S. Baker;Edward G. Coffman;Ronald L. Rivest

  • An Application of Bin-Packing to Multiprocessor Scheduling

    Edward G. Coffman;M. R. Garey;David S. Johnson

  • Optimal scheduling for two-processor systems

    E. G. Coffman;R. L. Graham

  • Scheduling independent tasks to reduce mean finishing time

    J. Bruno;E. G. Coffman;R. Sethi

  • Performance Bounds for Level-Oriented Two-Dimensional Packing Algorithms

    Edward G. Coffman;M. R. Garey;David S. Johnson;Robert Endre Tarjan

  • Approximation Algorithms for Bin-Packing — An Updated Survey

    E. G. Coffman;M. R. Garey;D. S. Johnson

  • Bin packing approximation algorithms: Survey and classification

    Edward G. Coffman;János Csirik;Gábor Galambos;Silvano Martello

  • Scheduling Theory and its Applications

    P. Chrétienne;E.G. Coffman;J.K. Lenstra;Zhen Liu

  • Waiting Time Distributions for Processor-Sharing Systems

    E. G. Coffman;R. R. Muntz;H. Trotter

  • Preemptive scheduling of real-time tasks on multiprocessor systems

    R. R. Muntz;E. G. Coffman

  • Scheduling File Transfers

    Edward G. Coffman;M. R. Garey;David S. Johnson;Andrea S. LaPaugh

  • Probabilistic Analysis of Packing and Partitioning Algorithms

    E. G. Coffman;George S. Lueker

  • Dynamic Bin Packing

    Edward G. Coffman;M. R. Garey;David S. Johnson

  • A Characterization of Waiting Time Performance Realizable by Single-Server Queues

    Edward G. Coffman;Isi Mitrani

  • Organizing matrices and matrix operations for paged memory systems

    A. C. McKellar;E. G. Coffman

  • Bin Packing Approximation Algorithms: Combinatorial Analysis

    Edward G. Coffman;Gabor Galambos;Silvano Martello;Daniele Vigo

  • Optimal Preemptive Scheduling on Two-Processor Systems

    R.R. Muntz;E.G. Coffman

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Randolph Garey
Michael Randolph Garey Nokia (United States)
Richard Weber
Richard Weber University of Cambridge
David S. Johnson
David S. Johnson AT&T (United States)
Peter Winkler
Peter Winkler Dartmouth College
Martin I. Reiman
Martin I. Reiman Columbia University
Mihalis Yannakakis
Mihalis Yannakakis Columbia University
Joseph Y.-T. Leung
Joseph Y.-T. Leung New Jersey Institute of Technology
Gil Zussman
Gil Zussman Columbia University
Erol Gelenbe
Erol Gelenbe Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics

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