2026 John Wawrzynek: 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	50	5553	5398	2538	2452	185	11808

Overview

John Wawrzynek is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans several fields within computer science and engineering, focusing primarily on areas such as computer vision, hardware and architecture, and artificial intelligence.

The main fields of study for Wawrzynek include:

Computer Science
Engineering

Within these broader areas, their subfields of study have included:

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Hardware and Architecture
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Networks and Communications

Wawrzynek's work covers various advanced topics such as:

Advanced Neural Network Applications
Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques
Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors
Embedded Systems Design Techniques
Interconnection Networks and Systems
Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning

Their recent publications reflect active contributions to both theoretical and applied aspects of computer science and engineering. Notable papers include:

"AutoPhase: Juggling HLS Phase Orderings in Random Forests with Deep Reinforcement Learning" (2020), published in arXiv (Cornell University)
"ProTuner: Tuning Programs with Monte Carlo Tree Search" (2020), published in arXiv (Cornell University)
"CoSA: Scheduling by Constrained Optimization for Spatial Accelerators" (2021), published in arXiv (Cornell University)
"Algorithm-hardware Co-design for Deformable Convolution" (2020), published in arXiv (Cornell University)
"HAO: Hardware-aware neural Architecture Optimization for Efficient Inference" (2021), published in arXiv (Cornell University)

Wawrzynek frequently publishes in the venue:

arXiv (Cornell University)

Collaborations are a significant aspect of Wawrzynek's research profile. Frequent co-authors include:

Qijing Huang
Yizhao Gao
Zhen Dong
Kurt Keutzer
Dequan Wang

Best Publications

Garp: a MIPS processor with a reconfigurable coprocessor

J.R. Hauser;J. Wawrzynek

1427
Citations
Chisel: constructing hardware in a Scala embedded language

Jonathan Bachrach;Huy Vo;Brian Richards;Yunsup Lee

1117
Citations
A view of the parallel computing landscape

Krste Asanovic;Rastislav Bodik;James Demmel;Tony Keaveny

945
Citations
The Garp architecture and C compiler

T.J. Callahan;J.R. Hauser;J. Wawrzynek

662
Citations
Fine-grain parallelism with minimal hardware support: a compiler-controlled threaded abstract machine

David E. Culler;Anurag Sah;Klaus E. Schauser;Thorsten von Eicken

446
Citations
BEE2: a high-end reconfigurable computing system

C. Chang;J. Wawrzynek;R.W. Brodersen

433
Citations
Reconfigurable computing: what, why, and implications for design automation

André DeHon;John Wawrzynek

417
Citations
Stream Computations Organized for Reconfigurable Execution (SCORE)

Eylon Caspi;Michael Chu;Randy Huang;Joseph Yeh

390
Citations
Silicon auditory processors as computer peripherals

J. Lazzaro;J. Wawrzynek;M. Mahowald;M. Sivilotti

343
Citations
HSRA: high-speed, hierarchical synchronous reconfigurable array

William Tsu;Kip Macy;Atul Joshi;Randy Huang

342
Citations
The cloud is not enough: saving iot from the cloud

Ben Zhang;Nitesh Mor;John Kolb;Douglas S. Chan

249
Citations
Vector microprocessors

Krste Asanovic;John Wawrzynek

243
Citations
RAMP: Research Accelerator for Multiple Processors

J. Wawrzynek;D. Patterson;M. Oskin;Shin-Lien Lu

228
Citations
AWStream: adaptive wide-area streaming analytics

Ben Zhang;Xin Jin;Sylvia Ratnasamy;John Wawrzynek

225
Citations
A Streaming Multi-Threaded Model

Eylon Caspi;André DeHon;John Wawrzynek

169
Citations
Analysis of quasi-static scheduling techniques in a virtualized reconfigurable machine

Yury Markovskiy;Eylon Caspi;Randy Huang;Joseph Yeh

166
Citations
The SFRA: a corner-turn FPGA architecture

Nicholas Weaver;John Hauser;John Wawrzynek

154
Citations
Synetgy: Algorithm-hardware Co-design for ConvNet Accelerators on Embedded FPGAs

Yifan Yang;Qijing Huang;Bichen Wu;Tianjun Zhang

153
Citations
Instruction-Level Parallelism for Reconfigurable Computing

Timothy J. Callahan;John Wawrzynek

145
Citations
Localization as a feature of mmWave communication

Filip Lemic;James Martin;Christopher Yarp;Douglas Chan

143
Citations
Spert-II: a vector microprocessor system

J. Wawrzynek;K. Asanovic;B. Kingsbury;D. Johnson

142
Citations
The Cloud is Not Enough: Saving IoT from the Cloud.

Ben Zhang;Nitesh Mor;John Kolb;Douglas S. Chan

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Krste Asanovic University of California, Berkeley

Nelson Morgan International Computer Science Institute

André DeHon University of Pennsylvania

Jan M. Rabaey University of California, Berkeley

Brian Kingsbury IBM (United States)

Kurt Keutzer University of California, Berkeley

John Kubiatowicz University of California, Berkeley

Edward A. Lee University of California, Berkeley

Nicholas Weaver International Computer Science Institute

Carver A. Mead California Institute of Technology

External Links

Personal website of John Wawrzynek Google Scholar page

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