2026 Philip Koopman: 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	38	10014	9729	4220	4045	187	9295

Research.com Recognitions

2007 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Philip Koopman is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with a focus on several subfields including Automotive Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Civil and Structural Engineering, Software, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's research topics include Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety, Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy, Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics, Transportation Safety and Impact Analysis, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Human-Automation Interaction and Safety, and Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning.

Recent papers by Philip Koopman include:

UL 4600: What to Include in an Autonomous Vehicle Safety Case, 2023, Computer
Ethics, Safety, and Autonomous Vehicles, 2021, Computer
Safety Ethics for Design and Test of Automated Driving Features, 2023, IEEE Design and Test
The Awkward Middle for Automated Vehicles: Liability Attribution Rules When Humans and Computers Share Driving Responsibilities, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
Lessons From the Cruise Robotaxi Pedestrian Dragging Mishap, 2024, IEEE reliability magazine

Frequent co-authors in their research are William H. Widen, Michael Wagner, Benjamin Kuipers, and Marilyn Wolf.

Philip Koopman has published mainly in the following venues:

SSRN Electronic Journal
arXiv (Cornell University)
Computer
IEEE Design and Test
IEEE reliability magazine

Regarding book publications, the scientist has contributed works with the European Organization for Nuclear Research and the Association for Computing Machinery. Titles include:

Better Embedded System Software (2021)
ACM TechBrief: Automated Vehicles (2024)

Philip Koopman was recognized as an ACM Senior Member in 2007.

Best Publications

Method and system for analyzing advertisements delivered to a mobile unit

Geoffrey R. Hendrey;Hirohisa A. Tanaka;Philip J. Koopman

907
Citations
Challenges in Autonomous Vehicle Testing and Validation

Philip Koopman;Michael Wagner

713
Citations
Autonomous Vehicle Safety: An Interdisciplinary Challenge

Philip Koopman;Michael Wagner

701
Citations
Method and system for connecting mobile users based on degree of separation

Geoffrey R. Hendrey;Hirohisa A. Tanaka;Philip J. Koopman;Joseph D. King

604
Citations
Method and system for selectively connecting mobile users based on physical proximity

Geoffrey R. Hendrey;Hirohisa A. Tanaka;Philip J. Koopman

569
Citations
Cyclic redundancy code (CRC) polynomial selection for embedded networks

P. Koopman;T. Chakravarty

542
Citations
Method and system for connecting proximately located mobile users based on compatible attributes

Hirohisa A. Tanaka;Geoffrey R. Hendrey;Philip J. Koopman;Joseph D. King

325
Citations
Automated robustness testing of off-the-shelf software components

N.P. Kropp;P.J. Koopman;D.P. Siewiorek

315
Citations
32-bit cyclic redundancy codes for Internet applications

P. Koopman

299
Citations
Comparing the robustness of POSIX operating systems

P. Koopman;J. DeVale

247
Citations
Comparing operating systems using robustness benchmarks

P. Koopman;J. Sung;C. Dingman;D. Siewiorek

243
Citations
Work-arounds, make-work, and kludges

P. Koopman;R.R. Hoffman

230
Citations
Embedded system security

P. Koopman

215
Citations
The exception handling effectiveness of POSIX operating systems

P. Koopman;J. DeVale

194
Citations
Embedded system design issues (the rest of the story)

P. Koopman

178
Citations
Semantic anomaly detection in online data sources

Orna Raz;Philip Koopman;Mary Shaw

133
Citations
Toward a Framework for Highly Automated Vehicle Safety Validation

Philip Koopman;Michael Wagner

129
Citations
Undergraduate embedded system education at Carnegie Mellon

Philip Koopman;Howie Choset;Rajeev Gandhi;Bruce Krogh

110
Citations
Elements of the Self-Healing System Problem Space

Philip Koopman

101
Citations
The Effectiveness of Checksums for Embedded Control Networks

T.C. Maxino;P.J. Koopman

97
Citations
How Many Operational Design Domains, Objects, and Events?

Philip Koopman;Frank Fratrik

64
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel P. Siewiorek Carnegie Mellon University

Mary Shaw Carnegie Mellon University

Henrique Madeira University of Coimbra

Peter Lee Carnegie Mellon University

Christos Faloutsos Carnegie Mellon University

Priya Narasimhan Carnegie Mellon University

Claire Le Goues Carnegie Mellon University

Diana Marculescu The University of Texas at Austin

Bruce H. Krogh Carnegie Mellon University

Howie Choset Carnegie Mellon University

External Links

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