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Michel X. Goemans

Michel X. Goemans

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
53
Citations
17740
World Ranking
4705
National Ranking
2185

Mathematics

D-Index
53
Citations
17743
World Ranking
883
National Ranking
424

Michel X. Goemans publication distribution in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mathematics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michel X. Goemans sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 130 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 537 publications or more.

Michel X. Goemans D-index placement in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mathematics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michel X. Goemans sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 86 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to combinatorial optimization, and in particular to the design and analysis of approximation algorithms.
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  • 2008 - ACM Fellow For contributions to the theory of approximation algorithms and mathematical programming.
  • 2007 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1995 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Michel X. Goemans is affiliated with MIT in the United States and contributes to the fields of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Engineering. Their research spans several subfields including Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Statistics and Probability, Artificial Intelligence, and Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics.

The scientist's work explores a variety of topics, with publications addressing Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs, Random Matrices and Applications, Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques, Optimization and Packing Problems, Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization, Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms, and Limits and Structures in Graph Theory.

Recent papers include the following:

  • Polynomiality for Bin Packing with a Constant Number of Item Types, 2020, Journal of the ACM
  • Shrunk subspaces via operator Sinkhorn iteration, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Goemans has coauthored work with Cole Franks, Tasuku Soma, and Thomas Rothvoß.

Key venues where their research has been published include:

  • Journal of the ACM
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Michel X. Goemans has received several recognitions throughout their career, including:

  • SIAM Fellow (2013) for contributions to combinatorial optimization, particularly in approximation algorithms design and analysis
  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013)
  • ACM Fellow (2008) for contributions to the theory of approximation algorithms and mathematical programming
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2007)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1995)

Best Publications

  • Improved approximation algorithms for maximum cut and satisfiability problems using semidefinite programming

    Michel X. Goemans;David P. Williamson

  • A General Approximation Technique for Constrained Forest Problems

    Michel X. Goemans;David P. Williamson

  • Approximating the value of two power proof systems, with applications to MAX 2SAT and MAX DICUT

    U. Feige;M. Goemans

  • Approximation algorithms for disjoint paths problems

    Jon Michael Kleinberg;Michel X. Goemans

  • The primal-dual method for approximation algorithms and its application to network design problems

    Michel X. Goemans;David P. Williamson

  • Approximating the Stochastic Knapsack Problem: The Benefit of Adaptivity

    Brian C. Dean;Michel X. Goemans;Jan Vondrák

  • An O(log n/log log n)-Approximation Algorithm for the Asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problem

    Arash Asadpour;Michel X. Goemans;Aleksander Mądry;Shayan Oveis Gharan

  • A note on the prize collecting traveling salesman problem

    Daniel Bienstock;Michel X. Goemans;David Simchi-Levi;David Williamson

  • Semidefinite programming in combinatorial optimization

    Michel X. Goemans

  • An improved approximation ratio for the minimum latency problem

    Michel X. Goemans;Jon M. Kleinberg

  • Market sharing games applied to content distribution in ad hoc networks

    M.X. Goemans;Li Li;V.S. Mirrokni;M. Thottan

  • Tight approximation algorithms for maximum general assignment problems

    Lisa Fleischer;Michel X. Goemans;Vahab S. Mirrokni;Maxim Sviridenko

  • Improved approximation algorithms for network design problems

    M. X. Goemans;A. V. Goldberg;S. Plotkin;D. B. Shmoys

  • New ${f rac{3}{4}}$-Approximation Algorithms for the Maximum Satisfiability Problem

    Michel X. Goemans;David P. Williamson

  • A primal-dual approximation algorithm for generalized steiner network problems

    David P. Williamson;Michel X. Goemans;Milena Mihail;Vijay V. Vazirani

  • .879-approximation algorithms for MAX CUT and MAX 2SAT

    Michel X. Goemans;David P. Williamson

  • On the single-source unsplittable flow problem

    Yefim Dinitz;Naveen Garg;Michel X. Goemans

  • Survivable networks, linear programming relaxations and the parsimonious property

    Michel X. Goemans;Dimitris J. Bertsimas

  • Sink equilibria and convergence

    M. Goemans;Vahab Mirrokni;A. Vetta

  • A Catalog of Steiner Tree Formulations

    Michel X. Goemans;Young-Soo Myung

  • Approximating the stochastic knapsack problem: the benefit of adaptivity

    B.C. Dean;M.X. Goemans;J. Vondrdk

  • Primal-Dual Approximation Algorithms for Integral Flow and Multicut in Trees, with Applications to Matching and Set Cover

    Naveen Garg;Vijay V. Vazirani;Mihalis Yannakakis

  • Tight Approximation Algorithms for Maximum Separable Assignment Problems

    Lisa Fleischer;Michel X. Goemans;Vahab S. Mirrokni;Maxim Sviridenko

Frequent Co-Authors

David P. Williamson
David P. Williamson Cornell University
Vahab Mirrokni
Vahab Mirrokni Google (United States)
Jan Vondrák
Jan Vondrák Stanford University
Éva Tardos
Éva Tardos Cornell University
Harold N. Gabow
Harold N. Gabow University of Colorado Boulder
Amin Saberi
Amin Saberi Stanford University
Michael Rosenblum
Michael Rosenblum University of California, San Francisco
Vahid Tarokh
Vahid Tarokh Duke University

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