2026 Peter J. Denning: 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	67	2157	2090	1082	1041	459	23708

Research.com Recognitions

1998 - Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award For contributions to the early development of operating systems and its theory and to the core curriculum and development of computer science as a discipline.
1996 - ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award For his efforts in developing a scientific core for operating systems, in formulating a curriculum, and in elucidating Computer Science to the broader scientific community.
1994 - ACM Fellow For outstanding service to ACM in many capacities over many years -- including President, Council Member, Chairman of the Editorial Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Computing Surveys and Communications of the ACM, and for notable contributions to the computing profession as an author, editor, and communicator.
1989 - ACM Distinguished Service Award For outstanding service to ACM in many capacities over many years - including President, Council Member, Chairman of the Editorial Committee, Editor in Chief of Computing Surveys and Communications of the ACM, and for notable contributions to the computing profession as an author, editor and communicator.
1984 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Peter J. Denning is affiliated with the Naval Postgraduate School in the United States. Their research contributions span several key areas within computer science and related disciplines. The main topics covered by their work include:

Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms
Teaching and Learning Programming
Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
Interconnection Networks and Systems
Advanced Data Storage Technologies
Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications
Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems

Denning's publications focus on various subfields of study such as Computational Theory and Mathematics, Computer Networks and Communications, Computer Science Applications, Artificial Intelligence, and Management Science and Operations Research.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Denning include:

Matti Tedre
Ted G. Lewis
Jeff Johnson
Todd W. Lyons

The venues where Denning frequently publishes reflect their research interests and contributions. Important publication venues include:

Communications of the ACM
Ubiquity
Informatics in Education
ACM Computing Surveys
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing

Some of the recent papers authored by Peter J. Denning are:

Computational Thinking: A Disciplinary Perspective (2021) - Informatics in Education
Can Generative AI Bots Be Trusted? (2023) - Communications of the ACM
Dilemmas of Artificial Intelligence (2020) - Communications of the ACM
Working Set Analytics (2021) - ACM Computing Surveys
Computational Thinking for Professionals (2021) - Communications of the ACM

Peter J. Denning has received several awards throughout their career, recognizing their contributions to computer science. These include:

Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award (1998) for contributions to operating systems theory and the computer science core curriculum
ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award (1996) for efforts in developing a scientific foundation for operating systems and curriculum formulation
ACM Fellow (1994) for extensive service to ACM and contributions as an author, editor, and communicator
ACM Distinguished Service Award (1989) for service including leadership roles at ACM journals and organization
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1984)

Best Publications

Certification of programs for secure information flow

Dorothy E. Denning;Peter J. Denning

1518
Citations
The working set model for program behavior

Peter J. Denning

1474
Citations
Operating Systems Theory

Edward G. Coffman;Peter J. Denning

1352
Citations
Computing As a Discipline

P.J. Denning;D.E. Comer;D. Gries;M.C. Mulder

1032
Citations
Virtual memory

Peter J. Denning

947
Citations
The Operational Analysis of Queueing Network Models

Peter J. Denning;Jeffrey P. Buzen

897
Citations
Protection: principles and practice

G. Scott Graham;Peter J. Denning

730
Citations
Computing as a discipline

D. E. Comer;David Gries;Michael C. Mulder;Allen Tucker

647
Citations
Working Sets Past and Present

P.J. Denning

581
Citations
Protection - Principles and practice

G. S. Graham;P. J. Denning

552
Citations
Remaining trouble spots with computational thinking

Peter J. Denning

486
Citations
Principles of Optimal Page Replacement

Alfred V. Aho;Peter J. Denning;Jeffrey D. Ullman

447
Citations
The locality principle

Peter J. Denning

402
Citations
ACM president's letter: electronic junk

Peter J. Denning

385
Citations
Properties of the working-set model

Peter J. Denning;Stuart C. Schwartz

372
Citations
The profession of ITBeyond computational thinking

Peter J. Denning

367
Citations
The long quest for computational thinking

Matti Tedre;Peter J. Denning

361
Citations
Great Principles of Computing

Peter J. Denning

355
Citations
Effects of scheduling on file memory operations

Peter J. Denning

321
Citations
Thrashing: its causes and prevention

Peter J. Denning

314
Citations
Beyond calculation: the next fifty years

Peter J. Denning;Robert M. Metcalfe

19
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Dorothy E. Denning Naval Postgraduate School

David Gries Cornell University

Peter Wegner Brown University

Walter F. Tichy Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Daniel A. Menascé George Mason University

Paul S. Rosenbloom University of Southern California

Jeff Offutt George Mason University

Jeffrey D. Ullman Stanford University

Ravi Sandhu The University of Texas at San Antonio

Lawrence H. Snyder Washington University in St. Louis

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