2026 Mahadev Satyanarayanan: 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	92	536	520	287	277	301	45764

Research.com Recognitions

2016 - ACM Software System Award For development of the pioneering and widely successful Andrew File System (AFS).
2002 - ACM Fellow For contributions to computer systems research in distributed and mobile information access.
2002 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to scalable and reliable file access in large distributed systems.

Overview

Mahadev Satyanarayanan is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Computer Science, with a focus on several subfields including Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics covered in their work include:

IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques
Cloud Computing and Resource Management
Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
Advanced Vision and Imaging
Green IT and Sustainability
Personal Information Management and User Behavior

The scientist has contributed to multiple papers, among which noteworthy recent publications are:

"Mega-NeRF: Scalable Construction of Large-Scale NeRFs for Virtual Fly-Throughs" (2022) published in the 2022 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)
"OpenRTiST: End-to-End Benchmarking for Edge Computing" (2020) in IEEE Pervasive Computing
"Mega-NeRF: Scalable Construction of Large-Scale NeRFs for Virtual Fly-Throughs" (2021) in arXiv (Cornell University)
"Edge Computing for Legacy Applications" (2020) in IEEE Pervasive Computing
"Impact of delayed response on wearable cognitive assistance" (2021) in PLoS ONE

Their frequent co-authors indicate collaborative research efforts and include:

Padmanabhan Pillai
Haithem Turki
Jan Harkes
Roger Iyengar
Roberta L. Klatzky

The publication venues where their work appears most frequently are:

arXiv (Cornell University)
IEEE Pervasive Computing
2022 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)
PLoS ONE
Frontiers in the Internet of Things

Mahadev Satyanarayanan has been recognized with several awards including the ACM Software System Award in 2016 for the development of the Andrew File System (AFS). Additionally, they were named an IEEE Fellow in 2002 for contributions to scalable and reliable file access in large distributed systems and an ACM Fellow the same year for contributions to computer systems research in distributed and mobile information access.

Best Publications

The Case for VM-Based Cloudlets in Mobile Computing

M. Satyanarayanan;P. Bahl;R. Caceres;N. Davies

4585
Citations
Pervasive computing: vision and challenges

M. Satyanarayanan

3938
Citations
The Emergence of Edge Computing

Mahadev Satyanarayanan

2595
Citations
Scale and performance in a distributed file system

John H. Howard;Michael L. Kazar;Sherri G. Menees;David A. Nichols

2425
Citations
Disconnected operation in the Coda File System

James J. Kistler;M. Satyanarayanan

2219
Citations
Coda: a highly available file system for a distributed workstation environment

M. Satyanarayanan;J.J. Kistler;P. Kumar;M.E. Okasaki

1678
Citations
Fundamental challenges in mobile computing

M. Satyanarayanan

1231
Citations
OpenFace: A general-purpose face recognition library with mobile applications

Brandon Amos;Bartosz Ludwiczuk;Mahadev Satyanarayanan

1186
Citations
Agile application-aware adaptation for mobility

Brian D. Noble;M. Satyanarayanan;Dushyanth Narayanan;James Eric Tilton

1108
Citations
Andrew: a distributed personal computing environment

James H. Morris;Mahadev Satyanarayanan;Michael H. Conner;John H. Howard

867
Citations
Energy-aware adaptation for mobile applications

Jason Flinn;M. Satyanarayanan

848
Citations
PowerScope: a tool for profiling the energy usage of mobile applications

J. Flinn;M. Satyanarayanan

678
Citations
Scalable, secure, and highly available distributed file access

M. Satyanarayanan

615
Citations
Towards wearable cognitive assistance

Kiryong Ha;Zhuo Chen;Wenlu Hu;Wolfgang Richter

607
Citations
SnowFlock: rapid virtual machine cloning for cloud computing

Horacio Andrés Lagar-Cavilla;Joseph Andrew Whitney;Adin Matthew Scannell;Philip Patchin

592
Citations
OpenSlide: A vendor-neutral software foundation for digital pathology

Adam Goode;Benjamin Gilbert;Jan Harkes;Drazen Jukic

584
Citations
Edge Analytics in the Internet of Things

Mahadev Satyanarayanan;Pieter Simoens;Yu Xiao;Padmanabhan Pillai

524
Citations
Mega-NeRF: Scalable Construction of Large-Scale NeRFs for Virtual Fly- Throughs

Unknown

471
Citations
Internet suspend/resume

M. Kozuch;M. Satyanarayanan

460
Citations
A Programming Interface for Application-Aware Adaptation in Mobile Computing.

Brian Noble;Morgan Price;Mahadev Satyanarayanan

430
Citations
Coda: a highly available file system for a distributed workstation environment

M. Satyanarayanan

200
Citations
Disconnected operation in the Coda file system

James J. Kistler;M. Satyanarayanan

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Padmanabhan Pillai Intel (United States)

Brian D. Noble University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Eyal de Lara University of Toronto

Jason Flinn Facebook (United States)

Rahul Sukthankar Google (United States)

Michael Kozuch Intel (United States)

Nigel Davies Lancaster University

Grace A. Lewis Carnegie Mellon University

Liviu Iftode Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

David R. O'Hallaron Carnegie Mellon University

External Links

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