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Larry L. Peterson 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 Larry L. Peterson sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 211 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Larry L. Peterson 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 Larry L. Peterson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 77 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% 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

  • 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

  • Computer Networks: A Systems Approach

    L.L. Peterson;B.S. Davie

  • TCP Vegas: end to end congestion avoidance on a global Internet

    L.S. Brakmo;L.L. Peterson

  • TCP Vegas: new techniques for congestion detection and avoidance

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

  • Recommendations on Queue Management and Congestion Avoidance in the Internet

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

  • PlanetLab: an overlay testbed for broad-coverage services

    Brent Chun;David Culler;Timothy Roscoe;Andy Bavier

  • Overcoming the Internet impasse through virtualization

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

  • The x-Kernel: an architecture for implementing network protocols

    N.C. Hutchinson;L.L. Peterson

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

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

  • A blueprint for introducing disruptive technology into the Internet

    Larry Peterson;Tom Anderson;David Culler;Timothy Roscoe

  • In VINI veritas: realistic and controlled network experimentation

    Andy Bavier;Nick Feamster;Mark Huang;Larry Peterson

  • Operating system support for planetary-scale network services

    Andy Bavier;Mic Bowman;Brent Chun;David Culler

  • Understanding TCP Vegas: a duality model

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

  • Fbufs: a high-bandwidth cross-domain transfer facility

    Peter Druschel;Larry L. Peterson

  • Reasoning about naming systems

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

  • Preserving and using context information in interprocess communication

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

  • Characteristics of internet background radiation

    Ruoming Pang;Vinod Yegneswaran;Paul Barford;Vern Paxson

  • Making paths explicit in the Scout operating system

    David Mosberger;Larry L. Peterson

  • A dynamic network architecture

    Sean W. O'Malley;Larry L. Peterson

  • Inter-AS traffic patterns and their implications

    W. Fang;L. Peterson

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Druschel
Peter Druschel Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
James Joshi
James Joshi University of Pittsburgh
Rajiv Ramaswami
Rajiv Ramaswami Nortel (Canada)
Saurabh Bagchi
Saurabh Bagchi Purdue University West Lafayette
Richard D. Schlichting
Richard D. Schlichting United States Naval Academy
Shivakant Mishra
Shivakant Mishra University of Colorado Boulder
Eugene H. Spafford
Eugene H. Spafford Purdue University West Lafayette
Timothy Roscoe
Timothy Roscoe ETH Zurich
Thomas Anderson
Thomas Anderson University of Washington

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