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D-Index
46
Citations
7581
World Ranking
6911
National Ranking
3025

Steve Chien 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 Steve Chien sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 346 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Steve Chien 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 Steve Chien sits on this spectrum.

30–31 D-Index: 879 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 983 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 918 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 990 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 968 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 907 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 821 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 763 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 689 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 543 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 543 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 518 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 500 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 458 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 400 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 337 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 308 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 292 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 249 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 213 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 192 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 189 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 165 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 139 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 119 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 121 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 113 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 88 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 87 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 75 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 69 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 57 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 46 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 34 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 36 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 27 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 37 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 31 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 19 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 16 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 20 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 15 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 5 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 20 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 8 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 5 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130 D-Index: 3 scientists 131+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

Steve Chien is affiliated with the Jet Propulsion Lab in the United States and has a significant body of research contributions primarily in computer science and engineering. Their work spans a broad range of subfields, including artificial intelligence, computer networks and communications, aerospace engineering, astronomy and astrophysics, and atmospheric science.

The scientist's research focuses on several main topics, such as distributed systems and fault tolerance, privacy-preserving technologies in data, planetary science and exploration, spacecraft design and technology, AI-based problem solving and planning, distributed and parallel computing systems, and astro and planetary science.

Steve Chien has published papers in a variety of venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Aerospace Information Systems
  • IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
  • Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research
  • Science Robotics

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Steve Chien encompass a range of topics and publication venues:

  • "Membership Inference Attacks From First Principles," 2022, 2022 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP)
  • "How to DP-fy ML: A Practical Guide to Machine Learning with Differential Privacy," 2023, Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research
  • "Science Goals and Mission Architecture of the Europa Lander Mission Concept," 2022, The Planetary Science Journal
  • "Tempered Sigmoid Activations for Deep Learning with Differential Privacy," 2021, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • "Autonomous robotics is driving Perseverance rover's progress on Mars," 2023, Science Robotics

Collaboration has been frequent with several co-authors, reflecting multidisciplinary work across various domains. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Jason Swope
  • Tiago Vaquero
  • Abhradeep Thakurta
  • Gregg Rabideau
  • Emily Dunkel

Throughout their career, Steve Chien has contributed to advancing knowledge both in theoretical and applied aspects of computer science, with significant cross-disciplinary impact on aerospace and planetary exploration technologies.

Best Publications

  • Admissible heuristics for optimal planning

    Patrik Haslum;Héctor Geffner

  • Using Iterative Repair to Improve the Responsiveness of Planning and Scheduling

    Steve A. Chien;Russell Knight;Andre Stechert;Rob Sherwood

  • An autonomous spacecraft agent prototype

    Barney Pell;Douglas E. Bernard;Steve A. Chien;Erann Gat

  • Using Autonomy Flight Software to Improve Science Return on Earth Observing One

    Steve Chien;Rob Sherwood;Daniel Tran;Benjamin Cichy

  • Review on space robotics: Toward top-level science through space exploration

    Yang Gao;Steve Chien

  • Iterative Repair Planning for Spacecraft Operations Using the Aspen System

    G. Rabideau;R. Knight;S. Chien;A. Fukunaga

  • An autonomous earth-observing sensorWeb

    S. Chien;B. Cichy;A. Davies;D. Tran

  • An autonomous earth observing sensorWeb

    S. Chien;B. Cichy;A. Davies;D. Tran

  • Towards an application framework for automated planning and scheduling

    A. Fukunaga;G. Rabideau;S. Chien;D. Yan

  • Casper: space exploration through continuous planning

    S. Knight;G. Rabideau;S. Chien;B. Engelhardt

  • Integrated planning and execution for autonomous spacecraft

    S. Chien;R. Knight;A. Stechert;R. Sherwood

  • A Generalized Timeline Representation, Services, and Interface for Automating Space Mission Operations

    Steve A. Chien;Mark Johnston;Jeremy Frank;Mark Giuliano

  • Flood detection and monitoring with the Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment onboard EO-1

    Felipe Ip;J.M. Dohm;V.R. Baker;T. Doggett

  • Monitoring active volcanism with the Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment on EO-1

    A.G. Davies;S. Chien;V. Baker;T. Doggett

  • Automatic detection of dust devils and clouds on Mars

    Andres Castano;Alex Fukunaga;Jeffrey Biesiadecki;Lynn Neakrase

  • The EO-1 Autonomous Science Agent

    Steve Chien;Rob Sherwood;Daniel Tran;Benjamin Cichy

  • Timeline-based space operations scheduling with external constraints

    Steve Chien;Daniel Tran;Gregg Rabideau;Steve Schaffer

  • A comparison of coordinated planning methods for cooperating rovers

    Steve Chien;Anthony Barrett;Tara Estlin;Gregg Rabideau

  • Onboard Autonomy on the Intelligent Payload Experiment CubeSat Mission

    Steve A. Chien;Joshua Doubleday;David R. Thompson;Kiri L. Wagstaff

  • An integrated system for multi-rover scientific exploration

    Tara Estlin;Alexander Gray;Tobias Mann;Gregg Rabideau

  • Adaptive problem-solving for large-scale scheduling problems: a case study

    Jonathan Gratch;Steve Chien

  • Using Iterative Repair to Increase the Responsiveness of Planning and Scheduling for Autonomous Spacecraft

    Steve Chien;Russell Knight;Andre Stechert;Rob Sherwood

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald Greeley
Ronald Greeley Arizona State University
Rob Sherwood
Rob Sherwood Jet Propulsion Lab
Victor R. Baker
Victor R. Baker University of Arizona
James M. Dohm
James M. Dohm University of Tokyo
Kiri L. Wagstaff
Kiri L. Wagstaff Oregon State University
Yi Chao
Yi Chao University of California, Los Angeles
Wen-Zhan Song
Wen-Zhan Song University of Georgia
Jonathan Gratch
Jonathan Gratch University of Southern California
Julie Castillo-Rogez
Julie Castillo-Rogez California Institute of Technology
Oscar Schofield
Oscar Schofield Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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