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Sébastien Bubeck 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 Sébastien Bubeck sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 120 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sébastien Bubeck 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 Sébastien Bubeck sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 52 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% 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

  • 2015 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Sébastien Bubeck is affiliated with Microsoft in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of computer science, with a focus on artificial intelligence and related subfields. Their research encompasses a range of topics that include optimization and search problems, advanced bandit algorithms, complexity and algorithms in graphs, machine learning and algorithms, stochastic gradient optimization techniques, topic modeling, and adversarial robustness in machine learning.

Their recent papers demonstrate an active engagement with developments in artificial general intelligence and medical applications of AI. Among notable works are "Sparks of Artificial General Intelligence: Early experiments with GPT-4" published in 2023 in arXiv (Cornell University), "Benefits, Limits, and Risks of GPT-4 as an AI Chatbot for Medicine" from the same year appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine, "Phi-3 Technical Report: A Highly Capable Language Model Locally on Your Phone" published in 2024 in arXiv (Cornell University), "Textbooks Are All You Need" from 2023 in arXiv (Cornell University), and "Textbooks Are All You Need II: phi-1.5 technical report" also in 2023 in arXiv (Cornell University).

  • Mark Sellke
  • Ronen Eldan
  • Yuval Rabani
  • Suriya Gunasekar
  • Christian Coester

Bubeck's frequent coauthors include Mark Sellke, Ronen Eldan, Yuval Rabani, Suriya Gunasekar, and Christian Coester.

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • SIAM Journal on Computing
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)
  • Journal of the ACM

The main venues for their publications are arXiv (Cornell University), SIAM Journal on Computing, New England Journal of Medicine, Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl), and the Journal of the ACM.

  • Computer Science

Their primary field of study is Computer Science.

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

Within computer science, subfields addressed include Artificial Intelligence, Management Science and Operations Research, Computer Networks and Communications, Computational Theory and Mathematics, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

  • Optimization and Search Problems
  • Advanced Bandit Algorithms Research
  • Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs
  • Machine Learning and Algorithms
  • Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques
  • Topic Modeling
  • Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning

The scientist explores topics such as optimization and search problems, advanced bandit algorithms research, complexity and algorithms in graphs, machine learning and algorithms, stochastic gradient optimization techniques, topic modeling, and adversarial robustness in machine learning.

In 2015, Sébastien Bubeck was named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Best Publications

  • Regret Analysis of Stochastic and Nonstochastic Multi-Armed Bandit Problems

    Sébastien Bubeck;Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi

  • Convex Optimization: Algorithms and Complexity

    Sébastien Bubeck

  • Best Arm Identification in Multi-Armed Bandits

    Jean-Yves Audibert;Sébastien Bubeck

  • X -Armed Bandits

    Sébastien Bubeck;Rémi Munos;Gilles Stoltz;Csaba Szepesvári

  • Pure exploration in multi-armed bandits problems

    Sébastien Bubeck;Rémi Munos;Gilles Stoltz

  • Is Q-learning Provably Efficient?

    Chi Jin;Zeyuan Allen-Zhu;Sebastien Bubeck;Michael I. Jordan

  • Minimax policies for adversarial and stochastic bandits

    Jean-Yves Audibert;Sébastien Bubeck

  • lil' UCB : An Optimal Exploration Algorithm for Multi-Armed Bandits

    Kevin G. Jamieson;Matthew Malloy;Robert D. Nowak;Sébastien Bubeck

  • Pure exploration in finitely-armed and continuous-armed bandits

    Sébastien Bubeck;Rémi Munos;Gilles Stoltz

  • Bandits With Heavy Tail

    Sebastien Bubeck;Nicolo Cesa-Bianchi;Gabor Lugosi

  • Optimal algorithms for smooth and strongly convex distributed optimization in networks

    Kevin Seaman;Francis Bach;Sébastien Bubeck;Yin Tat Lee

  • Regret in Online Combinatorial Optimization

    Jean-Yves Audibert;Sébastien Bubeck;Gábor Lugosi

  • Regret Bounds and Minimax Policies under Partial Monitoring

    Jean-Yves Audibert;Sébastien Bubeck

  • Provably Robust Deep Learning via Adversarially Trained Smoothed Classifiers

    Hadi Salman;Jerry Li;Ilya P. Razenshteyn;Pengchuan Zhang

  • Online Optimization in X-Armed Bandits

    Sébastien Bubeck;Rémi Munos;Gilles Stoltz;Csaba Szepesvari

  • The Best of Both Worlds: Stochastic and Adversarial Bandits

    Sébastien Bubeck;Aleksandrs Slivkins

  • Theory of Convex Optimization for Machine Learning.

    Sébastien Bubeck

  • Online Optimization in X-Armed Bandits

    Sébastien Bubeck;Gilles Stoltz;Csaba Szepesvári;Rémi Munos

  • Adversarial examples from computational constraints

    Sébastien Bubeck;Eric Price;Ilya P. Razenshteyn

  • A geometric alternative to Nesterov's accelerated gradient descent

    Sébastien Bubeck;Yin Tat Lee;Mohit Singh

  • Optimal Algorithms for Non-Smooth Distributed Optimization in Networks

    Kevin Scaman;Francis Bach;Sébastien Bubeck;Yin Tat Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Yin Tat Lee
Yin Tat Lee Microsoft (United States)
Yuanzhi Li
Yuanzhi Li Carnegie Mellon University
Gábor Lugosi
Gábor Lugosi Pompeu Fabra University
Rémi Munos
Rémi Munos French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Jean-Yves Audibert
Jean-Yves Audibert Capital Fund Management (France)
Francis Bach
Francis Bach École Normale Supérieure
Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi
Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi University of Milan
Csaba Szepesvári
Csaba Szepesvári University of Alberta
Aaron Sidford
Aaron Sidford Stanford University

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