2026 K. Mani Chandy: 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	55	4179	4062	1971	1902	197	26771

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - ACM Fellow For contributions to queuing networks, performance analysis, distributed and parallel programming, and distributed simulation
1996 - IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award "For fundamental contributions to the theory and practice of computer and communications performance modeling."
1995 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to computer performance modeling, parallel discrete-event simulation, and systematic development of concurrent programs.
1990 - IEEE Fellow

Overview

K. Mani Chandy is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research encompasses areas across Earth and Planetary Sciences, Engineering, and Computer Science, with a particular focus on the subfields of Geophysics, Civil and Structural Engineering, Software, and Computer Networks and Communications.

Their work prominently addresses topics such as Seismic Performance and Analysis, Seismic Waves and Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Structural Health Monitoring Techniques, Distributed systems and fault tolerance, Software Testing and Debugging Techniques, and Software Reliability and Analysis Research.

Recent publications by K. Mani Chandy include:

Ground motions in urban Los Angeles from the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence, 2021, Earthquake Spectra
2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Reveals Areas of Los Angeles That Amplify Shaking of High-Rises, 2020, Seismological Research Letters
The Assurance Monitor Pattern, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
Variations in Ground Motion Amplification in the Los Angeles Basin due to the 2019 M7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake: Implications for the Long-Period Response of Infrastructure, 2022, Lifelines 2022

Frequent collaborators include:

Filippos Filippitzis
Monica D. Kohler
Thomas H. Heaton
Robert W. Clayton
Julian Bunn

K. Mani Chandy has published in venues such as Earthquake Spectra, Seismological Research Letters, arXiv (Cornell University), and Lifelines 2022.

Their awards include:

ACM Fellow (2019) for contributions to queuing networks, performance analysis, distributed and parallel programming, and distributed simulation
IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award (1996) for fundamental contributions to the theory and practice of computer and communications performance modeling
Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1995) for contributions to computer performance modeling, parallel discrete-event simulation, and systematic development of concurrent programs
IEEE Fellow (1990)

Best Publications

Distributed snapshots: determining global states of distributed systems

K. Mani Chandy;Leslie Lamport

4047
Citations
Parallel program design

K. Mani Chandy

3678
Citations
Open, Closed, and Mixed Networks of Queues with Different Classes of Customers

Forest Baskett;K. Mani Chandy;Richard R. Muntz;Fernando G. Palacios

3451
Citations
Parallel Program Design: A Foundation

K. Mani Chandy

2594
Citations
Asynchronous distributed simulation via a sequence of parallel computations

K. M. Chandy;J. Misra

1081
Citations
Proofs of Networks of Processes

J. Misra;K.M. Chandy

722
Citations
A comparison of list schedules for parallel processing systems

Unknown

704
Citations
Computer systems performance modeling

Charles H. Sauer;K. Mani Chandy

642
Citations
The drinking philosophers problem

K. M. Chandy;J. Misra

629
Citations
Distributed deadlock detection

K. Mani Chandy;Jayadev Misra;Laura M. Haas

628
Citations
How processes learn

K. Mani Chandy;Jayadev Misra

413
Citations
Inverter VAR control for distribution systems with renewables

Masoud Farivar;Christopher R. Clarke;Steven H. Low;K. Mani Chandy

374
Citations
Parametric Analysis of Queuing Networks

Unknown

336
Citations
CC++: A Declarative Concurrent Object Oriented Programming Notation

K. Mani Chandy;Carl Kesselman

303
Citations
Linearizer: a heuristic algorithm for queueing network models of computing systems

K. Mani Chandy;Doug Neuse

295
Citations
Distributed computation on graphs: shortest path algorithms

K. Mani Chandy;J. Misra

293
Citations
FORTRAN M - A Language for Modular Parallel Programming

I.T. Foster;K.M. Chandy

281
Citations
Product Form and Local Balance in Queueing Networks

K. Mani Chandy;John H. Howard;Donald F. Towsley

270
Citations
Approximate Methods for Analyzing Queueing Network Models of Computing Systems

K. Mani Chandy;Charles H. Sauer

268
Citations
Approximate Analysis of General Queuing Networks

Unknown

258
Citations
A simple optimal power flow model with energy storage

K. Mani Chandy;Steven H. Low;Ufuk Topcu;Huan Xu

221
Citations
The next big one: Detecting earthquakes and other rare events from community-based sensors

Matthew Faulkner;Michael Olson;Rishi Chandy;Jonathan Krause

210
Citations
A distributed algorithm for detecting resource deadlocks in distributed systems

K. M. Chandy;J. Misra

185
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven H. Low California Institute of Technology

Jayadev Misra The University of Texas at Austin

Ufuk Topcu The University of Texas at Austin

Andreas Krause ETH Zurich

Carl Kesselman University of Southern California

Ian Foster University of Chicago

Thomas H. Heaton California Institute of Technology

Robert W. Clayton California Institute of Technology

Rajive Bagrodia Scalable Network Technologies (United States)

Leslie Lamport Microsoft (United States)

External Links

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