2026 José A. B. Fortes: 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	43	7863	7638	3399	3271	288	9973

Research.com Recognitions

2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1999 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the theory and practice of parallel computing.

Overview

José A. B. Fortes is a researcher affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their work spans multiple areas bridging computer science and environmental science. The main fields of study include Computer Science and Environmental Science, with notable subfields in Information Systems, Computer Networks and Communications, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's research covers various topics such as Research Data Management Practices, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Advanced Data Storage Technologies, Scientific Computing and Data Management, Caching and Content Delivery, and Software Engineering Research.

José A. B. Fortes has published recent papers in well-known venues. These include:

"Digital Extended Specimens: Enabling an Extensible Network of Biodiversity Data Records as Integrated Digital Objects on the Internet" (2022), published in BioScience
"Toward reliable biodiversity dataset references" (2020), published in Ecological Informatics
"Assessing the FAIR Digital Object Framework for Global Biodiversity Research" (2023), published in Research Ideas and Outcomes
"Understanding the Impact of Introducing Lambda Expressions in Java Programs" (2020), published in Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development
"Using ChatGPT with Confidence for Biodiversity-Related Information Tasks" (2023), published in Biodiversity Information Science and Standards

Their frequent publication venues include:

Biodiversity Information Science and Standards (4 publications)
BioScience (1 publication)
Ecological Informatics (1 publication)
Research Ideas and Outcomes (1 publication)
Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development (1 publication)

José A. B. Fortes collaborates regularly with a set of coauthors involved in biodiversity and environmental informatics and computing research. Prominent frequent coauthors include Michael J. Elliott, Elizabeth R. Ellwood, Gil Nelson, Jorrit H. Poelen, and Breda M. Zimkus.

The scientist's recognitions include being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011. Additionally, they were awarded IEEE Fellow status in 1999 for contributions to the theory and practice of parallel computing.

Best Publications

Multi-Objective Virtual Machine Placement in Virtualized Data Center Environments

Jing Xu;Jose A. B. Fortes

701
Citations
A case for grid computing on virtual machines

R.J. Figueiredo;P.A. Dinda;J.A.B. Fortes

579
Citations
Partitioning and Mapping Algorithms into Fixed Size Systolic Arrays

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513
Citations
CloudBLAST: Combining MapReduce and Virtualization on Distributed Resources for Bioinformatics Applications

A. Matsunaga;M. Tsugawa;J. Fortes

462
Citations
VMPlants: Providing and Managing Virtual Machine Execution Environments for Grid Computing

Ivan Krsul;Arijit Ganguly;Jian Zhang;Jose A. B. Fortes

427
Citations
Science Clouds: Early Experiences in Cloud Computing for Scientific Applications

K. Keahey;R. Figueiredo;J. Fortes;T. Freeman

420
Citations
Sky Computing

K. Keahey;M. Tsugawa;A. Matsunaga;J. Fortes

418
Citations
From virtualized resources to virtual computing grids: the In-VIGO system

Sumalatha Adabala;Vineet Chadha;Puneet Chawla;Renato Figueiredo

324
Citations
On the Use of Machine Learning to Predict the Time and Resources Consumed by Applications

Andréa Matsunaga;José A. B. Fortes

268
Citations
On the Use of Fuzzy Modeling in Virtualized Data Center Management

Jing Xu;Ming Zhao;J. Fortes;R. Carpenter

230
Citations
Time optimal linear schedules for algorithms with uniform dependencies

W. Shang;J.A.B. Fortes

226
Citations
Coadaptive Brain–Machine Interface via Reinforcement Learning

J. DiGiovanna;B. Mahmoudi;J. Fortes;J.C. Principe

209
Citations
Guest Editors' Introduction: Resource Virtualization Renaissance

R. Figueiredo;P.A. Dinda;J. Fortes

204
Citations
Predictive application-performance modeling in a computational grid environment

N.H. Kapadia;J.A.B. Fortes;C.E. Brodley

195
Citations
A taxonomy of reconfiguration techniques for fault-tolerant processor arrays

M. Chean;J.A.B. Fortes

191
Citations
Autonomic resource management in virtualized data centers using fuzzy logic-based approaches

Jing Xu;Ming Zhao;José Fortes;Robert Carpenter

187
Citations
Toward hardware-redundant, fault-tolerant logic for nanoelectronics

Jie Han;J. Gao;P. Jonker;Yan Qi

185
Citations
Reliability evaluation of logic circuits using probabilistic gate models

Jie Han;Hao Chen;Erin Boykin;José A. B. Fortes

175
Citations
PUNCH: An architecture for Web-enabled wide-area network-computing

Nirav H. Kapadia;José A. B. Fortes

157
Citations
Systematic approaches to the design of algorithmically specified systolic arrays

J. Fortes;K. Fu;B. Wah

144
Citations
A multi-objective approach to virtual machine management in datacenters

Jing Xu;José Fortes

138
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Rudolf Eigenmann University of Delaware

Tao Li University of Florida

Justin C. Sanchez Battelle

Mark Lundstrom Purdue University West Lafayette

Howard Jay Siegel Colorado State University

Jie Han University of Alberta

Jaime G. Carbonell Carnegie Mellon University

Annie I. Antón Georgia Institute of Technology

Shigang Chen University of Florida

Flaura Koplin Winston Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

External Links

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