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Mike Paterson 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 Mike Paterson sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 173 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mike Paterson 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 Mike Paterson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% 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

  • 2001 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1991 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Mike Paterson is affiliated with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines, including Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics and Astronomy, reflecting a diverse academic scope.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Computer Science
  • Mathematics
  • Physics and Astronomy

Within these broader fields, Mike Paterson focuses on specific subfields such as:

  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The primary topics tackled in their work include:

  • Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms
  • Limits and Structures in Graph Theory
  • Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics
  • Graph theory and CDMA systems
  • Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
  • Complex Network Analysis Techniques
  • Quantum many-body systems

Recent notable publications by Mike Paterson include:

  • "Convergence of Opinion Diffusion is PSPACE-Complete," 2020, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • "Globe-hopping," 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "More about Exact Slow $k$-Nim," 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Combinatorial Communication in the Locker Room," 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Haystack hunting hints and locker room communication," 2022, Random Structures and Algorithms

Mike Paterson frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Dmitry Chistikov
  • Artur Czumaj
  • George Kontogeorgiou
  • Grzegorz Lisowski
  • Paolo Turrini

The majority of Paterson's publications appear in respected venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Random Structures and Algorithms
  • American Mathematical Monthly

Mike Paterson has received recognition for their work including:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2001
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 1991

Best Publications

  • Impossibility of distributed consensus with one faulty process

    Michael J. Fischer;Nancy A. Lynch;Michael S. Paterson

  • Word processing in groups

    David B. A. Epstein;M. S. Paterson;J. W. Cannon;D. F. Holt

  • Optimal packing and covering in the plane are NP-complete☆

    Robert J. Fowler;Michael S. Paterson;Steven L. Tanimoto

  • A faster algorithm computing string edit distances

    William J. Masek;Michael S. Paterson

  • Linear unification

    M. S. Paterson;M. N. Wegman

  • Selection and sorting with limited storage

    J.I. Munro;M.S. Paterson

  • The complexity of mean payoff games on graphs

    Uri Zwick;Mike Paterson

  • STRING-MATCHING AND OTHER PRODUCTS

    M. J. Fischer;M. S. Paterson

  • A Deterministic Subexponential Algorithm for Solving Parity Games

    Marcin Jurdziński;Mike Paterson;Uri Zwick

  • On the Number of Nonscalar Multiplications Necessary to Evaluate Polynomials

    Michael S. Paterson;Larry J. Stockmeyer

  • Comparative schematology

    Michael S. Paterson;Carl E. Hewitt

  • On formalised computer programs

    D. C. Luckham;D. M. R. Park;M. S. Paterson

  • Efficient binary space partitions for hidden-surface removal and solid modeling

    Michael S. Paterson;F. Frances Yao

  • On Nearest-Neighbor Graphs

    D. Eppstein;M. S. Paterson;F. F. Yao

  • On the Approximability of Numerical Taxonomy (Fitting Distances by Tree Metrics)

    Richa Agarwala;Vineet Bafna;Martin Farach;Mike Paterson

  • On the approximability of numerical taxonomy (fitting distances by tree metrics)

    Richa Agarwala;Vineet Bafna;Martin Farach;Babu Narayanan

  • Improved Sorting Networks with O(log n) Depth

    M. S. Paterson

  • Longest Common Subsequences

    Mike Paterson;Vlado Dancík

  • Finding the Median

    A. Schonhage;M. S. Paterson;N. Pippenger

  • Proceedings of the 17th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming

    Mike Paterson

  • On Nearest-Neighbor Graphs

    Mike Paterson;F. Frances Yao

Frequent Co-Authors

Leslie Ann Goldberg
Leslie Ann Goldberg University of Oxford
Michael J. Fischer
Michael J. Fischer Yale University
Uri Zwick
Uri Zwick Tel Aviv University
Haris Aziz
Haris Aziz University of New South Wales
Frances F. Yao
Frances F. Yao City University of Hong Kong
Martin Dyer
Martin Dyer University of Leeds
Mikkel Thorup
Mikkel Thorup University of Copenhagen
Kazuo Iwama
Kazuo Iwama Kyoto University
Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan
Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan Kansas State University

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