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 Thomas Ball sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 199 publications — 46th percentile
46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.
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 Thomas Ball sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 69 D-Index — 87th percentile
87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.
Thomas Ball is affiliated with Microsoft in the United States and has contributed to the field of Computer Science through diverse research interests, including applications in teaching programming, embedded systems design, and computational drug discovery methods.
Their research spans several subfields of computer science such as Computer Science Applications, Hardware and Architecture, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Media Technology, and Pharmacology.
Main topics they have worked on include:
Thomas Ball has published in multiple venues, with the most frequent including:
Some notable papers include:
Frequent coauthors include:
Thomas Ball has received recognition in the form of awards such as:
Thomas Ball;Sriram K. Rajamani
Carlos Pacheco;Shuvendu K. Lahiri;Michael D. Ernst;Thomas Ball
Nachiappan Nagappan;Thomas Ball;Andreas Zeller
Thomas Ball;Rupak Majumdar;Todd Millstein;Sriram K. Rajamani
Nachiappan Nagappan;Thomas Ball
Thomas Ball;James R. Larus
Thomas Ball;Sriram K. Rajamani
Thomas Ball;James R. Larus
Madanlal Musuvathi;Shaz Qadeer;Thomas Ball;Gerard Basler
Thomas J. Ball;Frederick Douglis
Glenn Ammons;Thomas Ball;James R. Larus
T. Ball;S.G. Eick
Thomas Ball;Sriram K. Rajamani
Thomas Ball;Ella Bounimova;Byron Cook;Vladimir Levin
Thomas Ball;James R. Larus
Thomas Ball;Andreas Podelski;Sriram K. Rajamani
Thomas Ball;Byron Cook;Vladimir Levin;Sriram K. Rajamani
Thomas Ball;Mayur Naik;Sriram K. Rajamani
Thomas Ball;Sriram K. Rajamani
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Thomas Ball;James R. Larus
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