2026 Larry L. Peterson: 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	77	1232	1191	651	625	211	47297

Research.com Recognitions

2010 - IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award “For groundbreaking contributions to the design, implementation, and deployment of networked software systems.”
2010 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the design, implementation, and deployment of networked software systems
2010 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the design, implementation, and deployment of networked software systems.
2000 - ACM Fellow Research in the design and implementation of software for networked systems. Authoring introductory textbook on computer networks. Service to ACM as editor of ACM TOCS.

Overview

Larry L. Peterson is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science, Engineering, and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions in the subfields of Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes, and Media Technology.

The scientist's work addresses various interconnected topics, including:

Software-Defined Networks and 5G
Network Traffic and Congestion Control
IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
Network Security and Intrusion Detection
Advanced Optical Network Technologies
Telecommunications and Broadcasting Technologies
Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies

Among the recent academic papers authored or co-authored are:

"Using deep programmability to put network owners in control," 2020, ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
"Computing Research Challenges in Next Generation Wireless Networking," 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
"5G Mobile Networks: A Systems Approach," 2020, Synthesis lectures on network systems
"Chasing dust across glacial-interglacial North Africa through radiogenic Sr-Nd-Hf-Pb isotopes of eolian deposits off the coast of West Africa," 2022, Goldschmidt2022 abstracts

Frequent collaborators include:

Oğuz Sunay
Bruce S. Davie
Nate Foster
Nick McKeown
Jennifer Rexford

The scientist has published books with various academic publishers, including:

"5G Mobile Networks: A Systems Approach" (2020), published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers
"Decisions at Kennesaw Mountain" (2023), published by University of Tennessee Press eBooks

Publications are commonly released in venues such as:

ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
Synthesis lectures on network systems
arXiv (Cornell University)
Goldschmidt2022 abstracts

Larry L. Peterson has received several professional honors, including:

IEEE Fellow (2010) for contributions to the design, implementation, and deployment of networked software systems
Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2010) for similar contributions
IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award (2010) for groundbreaking work in networked software systems
ACM Fellow (2000) for research in design and implementation of software for networked systems, authorship of an introductory textbook on computer networks, and editorial service to ACM

Best Publications

OpenFlow: enabling innovation in campus networks

Nick McKeown;Tom Anderson;Hari Balakrishnan;Guru Parulkar

12664
Citations
Computer Networks: A Systems Approach

L.L. Peterson;B.S. Davie

3146
Citations
TCP Vegas: end to end congestion avoidance on a global Internet

L.S. Brakmo;L.L. Peterson

2798
Citations
TCP Vegas: new techniques for congestion detection and avoidance

Lawrence S. Brakmo;Sean W. O'Malley;Larry L. Peterson

2275
Citations
Recommendations on Queue Management and Congestion Avoidance in the Internet

B. Braden;D. Clark;J. Crowcroft;B. Davie

2263
Citations
PlanetLab: an overlay testbed for broad-coverage services

Brent Chun;David Culler;Timothy Roscoe;Andy Bavier

1559
Citations
Overcoming the Internet impasse through virtualization

T. Anderson;L. Peterson;S. Shenker;J. Turner

1476
Citations
The x-Kernel: an architecture for implementing network protocols

N.C. Hutchinson;L.L. Peterson

1275
Citations
Container-based operating system virtualization: a scalable, high-performance alternative to hypervisors

Stephen Soltesz;Herbert Pötzl;Marc E. Fiuczynski;Andy Bavier

1171
Citations
A blueprint for introducing disruptive technology into the Internet

Larry Peterson;Tom Anderson;David Culler;Timothy Roscoe

1155
Citations
In VINI veritas: realistic and controlled network experimentation

Andy Bavier;Nick Feamster;Mark Huang;Larry Peterson

845
Citations
Operating system support for planetary-scale network services

Andy Bavier;Mic Bowman;Brent Chun;David Culler

648
Citations
Understanding TCP Vegas: a duality model

Steven H. Low;Larry L. Peterson;Limin Wang

632
Citations
Fbufs: a high-bandwidth cross-domain transfer facility

Peter Druschel;Larry L. Peterson

621
Citations
Reasoning about naming systems

Mic Bowman;Saumya K. Debray;Larry L. Peterson

581
Citations
Preserving and using context information in interprocess communication

Larry L. Peterson;Nick C. Buchholz;Richard D. Schlichting

560
Citations
Characteristics of internet background radiation

Ruoming Pang;Vinod Yegneswaran;Paul Barford;Vern Paxson

524
Citations
Making paths explicit in the Scout operating system

David Mosberger;Larry L. Peterson

427
Citations
A dynamic network architecture

Sean W. O'Malley;Larry L. Peterson

396
Citations
Inter-AS traffic patterns and their implications

W. Fang;L. Peterson

392
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce S. Davie VMware

Peter Druschel Max Planck Institute for Software Systems

James Joshi University of Pittsburgh

Rajiv Ramaswami Nortel (Canada)

Saurabh Bagchi Purdue University West Lafayette

Richard D. Schlichting United States Naval Academy

Shivakant Mishra University of Colorado Boulder

Eugene H. Spafford Purdue University West Lafayette

Timothy Roscoe ETH Zurich

Thomas Anderson University of Washington

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