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Goetz Graefe 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 Goetz Graefe sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 369 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Goetz Graefe 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 Goetz Graefe sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 61 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% 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

  • 2008 - ACM Software System Award For Gamma, the first embodiment of a parallel, "shared nothing" database system running on a cluster of commodity computers, using data partitioning and innovative parallel query execution strategies.

Overview

Goetz Graefe is affiliated with Google in the United States and has a focused research career in computer science, particularly in the areas of databases and distributed systems. Their academic output includes a significant number of publications spanning a variety of topics and venues.

Their most recent papers illustrate their involvement in advanced database systems and related technologies:

  • F1 lightning, 2020, Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment
  • DBOS, 2021, Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment
  • Efficient Sorting, Duplicate Removal, Grouping, and Aggregation, 2022, ACM Transactions on Database Systems
  • Napa, 2021, Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment
  • Lotus, 2022, Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment

Frequent co-authors contributing to their research efforts include Thanh Do, Michael Stonebraker, Peter Kraft, Michael Cafarella, and Christos Kozyrakis. These collaborators have worked with Graefe on various projects, reflecting a network of partnerships within the field.

Goetz Graefe's publication venues primarily include:

  • Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACM Transactions on Database Systems
  • Foundations and Trends in Databases
  • Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)

Their research covers core topics in computer science, particularly in:

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Signal Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Artificial Intelligence

Main thematic areas of work include:

  • Advanced Database Systems and Queries
  • Distributed Systems and Fault Tolerance
  • Advanced Data Storage Technologies
  • Data Management and Algorithms
  • Cloud Computing and Resource Management
  • Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
  • Software System Performance and Reliability

Their cumulative research contributions have been recognized through the ACM Software System Award in 2008, which was given for their work on Gamma. This system was the first parallel, shared-nothing database system designed to run on clusters of commodity computers, utilizing data partitioning and parallel query execution strategies.

Best Publications

  • Query evaluation techniques for large databases

    Goetz Graefe

  • The Volcano optimizer generator: extensibility and efficient search

    G. Graefe;W.J. McKenna

  • Volcano/spl minus/an extensible and parallel query evaluation system

    G. Graefe

  • GAMMA—a high performance dataflow database machine

    David J. DeWitt;Goetz Graefe;Krishna B. Kumar;Robert H. Gerber

  • Encapsulation of parallelism in the Volcano query processing system

    Goetz Graefe

  • The EXODUS optimizer generator

    Goetz Graefe;David J. DeWitt

  • Multi-table joins through bitmapped join indices

    Patrick O'Neil;Goetz Graefe

  • The Cascades Framework for Query Optimization.

    Goetz Graefe

  • The Architecture of the EXODUS Extensible DBMS.

    Michael J. Carey;David J. DeWitt;Daniel Frank;Goetz Graefe

  • Optimization of dynamic query evaluation plans

    Richard L. Cole;Goetz Graefe

  • The EXODUS extensible DBMS project: an overview

    M. J. Carey;David J. DeWitt;G. Graefe;D. M. Haight

  • The architecture of the EXODUS extensible DBMS

    Michael J. Carey;David J. DeWitt;Daniel Frank;M. Muralikrishna

  • Data compression and database performance

    G. Graefe;L.D. Shapiro

  • Dynamic query evaluation plans

    G. Graefe;K. Ward

  • System and method for optimizing database queries

    Goetz Graefe;Pedro Celis;Jay Vaishnav;Hansjorg Zeller

  • Modern B-Tree Techniques

    Goetz Graefe;Harumi Kuno

  • Implementing sorting in database systems

    Goetz Graefe

  • Sorting And Indexing With Partitioned B-Trees

    Goetz Graefe

  • Electronic database operations for perspective transformations on relational tables using pivot and unpivot columns

    Goetz Graefe;Jeff Alger

  • Experiences building the open OODB query optimizer

    José A. Blakeley;William J. McKenna;Goetz Graefe

  • Modern B-Tree Techniques

    Goetz Graefe

Frequent Co-Authors

David Maier
David Maier Portland State University
David J. DeWitt
David J. DeWitt University of Wisconsin–Madison
Stefan Manegold
Stefan Manegold Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
Stratos Idreos
Stratos Idreos Harvard University
Michael J. Carey
Michael J. Carey University of California, Irvine
Sven Apel
Sven Apel Saarland University
Bernhard Seeger
Bernhard Seeger Philipp University of Marburg
Don Batory
Don Batory The University of Texas at Austin
Robert E. Tarjan
Robert E. Tarjan Princeton University
Gunter Saake
Gunter Saake Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

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