What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Operating system
- Programming language
- Computer network
His primary scientific interests are in Operating system, Unix file types, File Control Block, File system fragmentation and File system.
Many of his studies on Operating system involve topics that are commonly interrelated, such as Sprite.
The subject of his Unix file types research is within the realm of Computer file.
His File system fragmentation study results in a more complete grasp of Stub file.
John Ousterhout works in the field of File system, namely fstab.
His work deals with themes such as File area network and Memory-mapped file, which intersect with Self-certifying File System.
His most cited work include:
- Tcl and the Tk Toolkit (1660 citations)
- The design and implementation of a log-structured file system (1287 citations)
- The Design and Implementation of a Log-structured file system (1182 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Operating system, Distributed computing, Very-large-scale integration, Self-certifying File System and File system are his primary areas of study.
His Unix file types, Versioning file system, Computer file, File system fragmentation and File Control Block study are his primary interests in Operating system.
His File system fragmentation research focuses on fstab in particular.
In his work, Server and Cache is strongly intertwined with Computer data storage, which is a subfield of Distributed computing.
He has researched Very-large-scale integration in several fields, including Electronic circuit, Electronic design automation, Integrated circuit layout and Magic.
His Self-certifying File System research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in File server and Distributed File System.
He most often published in these fields:
- Operating system (36.72%)
- Distributed computing (16.41%)
- Very-large-scale integration (14.84%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2005-2021)?
- Distributed computing (16.41%)
- Operating system (36.72%)
- Computer data storage (8.59%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
John Ousterhout mostly deals with Distributed computing, Operating system, Computer data storage, Latency and Computer network.
His work on Replication and State machine replication as part of general Distributed computing research is frequently linked to Process automation system, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science.
His work in Operating system tackles topics such as Dram which are related to areas like Backup.
His work is dedicated to discovering how Computer data storage, Cache are connected with Arbiter and Thread management and other disciplines.
His Latency study combines topics in areas such as Software and Position paper.
His work on Latency and Flow control as part of general Computer network study is frequently linked to Priority queue, Wide area and Network interface, bridging the gap between disciplines.
Between 2005 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- In search of an understandable consensus algorithm (974 citations)
- The case for RAMClouds: scalable high-performance storage entirely in DRAM (439 citations)
- Fast crash recovery in RAMCloud (298 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Operating system
- Programming language
- Computer network
His main research concerns Operating system, Dram, Computer network, Server and Computer data storage.
His Semiconductor memory, Memory management, Flat memory model, Registered memory and Volatile memory investigations are all subjects of Operating system research.
His Server research incorporates themes from Scalability and Backup.
His research in Backup intersects with topics in File server, High availability, Auxiliary memory and Polling.
His Computer data storage research incorporates elements of Data migration, Database transaction, Metadata and Linearizability.
His research integrates issues of Commit and Distributed transaction in his study of Distributed computing.
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