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Kenneth P. Birman

Kenneth P. Birman

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
72
Citations
23295
World Ranking
1660
National Ranking
855

Kenneth P. Birman 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 Kenneth P. Birman sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 350 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kenneth P. Birman 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 Kenneth P. Birman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 72 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% 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

  • 2015 - IEEE Fellow For leadership in distributed computing and management of distributed systems
  • 1999 - ACM Fellow For development of virtual synchrony and demonstrating its application to fault-tolerant distributed computing --not just in theory, but in commercial and production settings.

Overview

Kenneth P. Birman is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and focuses their research primarily in the field of Computer Science. Their work concentrates on areas including Distributed systems and fault tolerance, Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems, Cloud Computing and Resource Management, Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques, Scientific Computing and Data Management, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, and Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

The researcher has contributed articles in several publication venues, with a notable presence in arXiv (Cornell University) through six publications. Other venues include the 2022 IEEE 42nd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS) with two publications, MILCOM 2021 - 2021 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Procedia Computer Science, and the Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence.

Recent papers co-authored by Kenneth P. Birman cover a diverse range of topics. Examples include:

  • DerechoDDS: Strongly Consistent Data Distribution for Mission-Critical Applications, 2021, MILCOM 2021 - 2021 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM)
  • Spindle: Techniques for Optimizing Atomic Multicast on RDMA, 2022, 2022 IEEE 42nd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS)
  • Stabilizer: Geo-Replication with User-defined Consistency, 2022, 2022 IEEE 42nd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS)
  • Enhancing transparency in buyer-driven commodity chains for complex products: a blockchain-based traceability framework demonstrated through an apparel supply chain simulation, 2025, Procedia Computer Science
  • Digital Twin-Driven Teat Localization and Shape Identification for Dairy Cow (Student Abstract), 2024, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Kenneth P. Birman collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Weijia Song, Lorenzo Rosa, Sagar Jha, Yuting Yang, and Roman Vitenberg. These partnerships have resulted in multiple joint publications, with Weijia Song and Lorenzo Rosa being the most frequent collaborators.

Throughout their career, Birman has received recognition for contributions to the field of distributed computing. They were named an IEEE Fellow in 2015 for leadership in distributed computing and management of distributed systems. Earlier, in 1999, they were awarded ACM Fellow status for development of virtual synchrony and demonstrating its practical application in fault-tolerant distributed computing beyond theoretical work.

Best Publications

  • Lightweight causal and atomic group multicast

    Kenneth Birman;André Schiper;Pat Stephenson

  • Reliable communication in the presence of failures

    Kenneth P. Birman;Thomas A. Joseph

  • The process group approach to reliable distributed computing

    Kenneth P. Birman

  • Astrolabe: A robust and scalable technology for distributed system monitoring, management, and data mining

    Robbert Van Renesse;Kenneth P. Birman;Werner Vogels

  • Horus: a flexible group communication system

    Robbert van Renesse;Kenneth P. Birman;Silvano Maffeis

  • Exploiting virtual synchrony in distributed systems

    K. Birman;T. Joseph

  • Bimodal multicast

    Kenneth P. Birman;Mark Hayden;Oznur Ozkasap;Zhen Xiao

  • Reliable Distributed Computing with the Isis Toolkit

    Kenneth P. Birman;Robert V. Renesse;Robbert Van Renesse

  • Building Secure and Reliable Network Applications

    Kenneth P. Birman

  • Kelips: Building an efficient and stable P2P DHT through increased memory and background overhead

    Indranil Gupta;Kenneth P. Birman;Prakash Linga;Alan J. Demers

  • EPOCHS: a platform for agent-based electric power and communication simulation built from commercial off-the-shelf components

    K. Hopkinson;Xiaoru Wang;R. Giovanini;J. Thorp

  • Replication and fault-tolerance in the ISIS system

    Kenneth P. Birman

  • Anonymous Gossip: improving multicast reliability in mobile ad-hoc networks

    R. Chandra;V. Ramasubramanian;K. Birman

  • Building Adaptive Systems Using Ensemble

    Robbert van Renesse;Ken Birman;Mark Hayden;Alexey Vaysburd

  • Toward a cloud computing research agenda

    Ken Birman;Gregory Chockler;Robbert van Renesse

  • Using process groups to implement failure detection in asynchronous environments

    Aleta M. Ricciardi;Kenneth P. Birman

  • An analysis of Facebook photo caching

    Qi Huang;Ken Birman;Robbert van Renesse;Wyatt Lloyd

  • Scalable fault-tolerant aggregation in large process groups

    I. Gupta;R. Van Renesse;K.P. Birman

  • Implementing Fault-Tolerant Distributed Objects

    K.P. Birman;T.A. Joseph;T. Raeuchle;A. El Abbadi

  • A framework for protocol composition in Horus

    Robbert van Renesse;Kenneth P. Birman;Roy Friedman;Mark Hayden

  • Reliable broadcast protocols

    T. A. Joseph;K. P. Birman

  • The Process Group Approach to Reliable Distributed Computing. Revision

    Kenneth P. Birman

Frequent Co-Authors

Robbert van Renesse
Robbert van Renesse Cornell University
Danny Dolev
Danny Dolev Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mahesh Balakrishnan
Mahesh Balakrishnan Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Hakim Weatherspoon
Hakim Weatherspoon Cornell University
Indranil Gupta
Indranil Gupta Dalhousie University
Keith Marzullo
Keith Marzullo University of Maryland, College Park
Roy Friedman
Roy Friedman Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
André Schiper
André Schiper École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Zhen Xiao
Zhen Xiao Peking University
James S. Thorp
James S. Thorp Virginia Tech

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