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Urs Hölzle 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 Urs Hölzle sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 56 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Urs Hölzle 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 Urs Hölzle sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 35 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% 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

  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the design, operation, and energy efficiency of large-scale data centers.

Overview

Urs Hölzle is affiliated with Google in the United States. Their recent research spans several interdisciplinary fields, particularly focusing on large-scale computing systems and environmental impacts related to technology. The scientist has contributed to the body of knowledge in areas including Physics and Astronomy, with a concentration on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Computer Networks and Communications.

Their research themes cover a range of main topics, notably:

  • Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization
  • Advanced Database Systems and Queries
  • Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms

Urs Hölzle's recent publications illustrate the scope of their work. Notable papers include:

  • "The Carbon Footprint of Machine Learning Training Will Plateau, Then Shrink" (2022) published in Computer
  • "The Carbon Footprint of Machine Learning Training Will Plateau, Then Shrink" (2022) published in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Solar storms and submarine internet cables" (2022) published in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Twenty Five Years of Warehouse-Scale Computing" (2024) published in IEEE Micro

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Urs Hölzle on multiple occasions include:

  • Joseph E. Gonzalez
  • Quoc V. Le
  • Lluís-Miquel Munguía
  • David R. So
  • Maud Texier

The venues where their work appears most frequently are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Computer
  • IEEE Micro

Urs Hölzle has received recognition for contributions to the design, operation, and energy efficiency of large-scale data centers, exemplified by the 2013 induction as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Best Publications

  • The Case for Energy-Proportional Computing

    L.A. Barroso;U. Holzle

  • B4: experience with a globally-deployed software defined wan

    Sushant Jain;Alok Kumar;Subhasree Mandal;Joon Ong

  • Web search for a planet: The Google cluster architecture

    L.A. Barroso;J. Dean;U. Holzle

  • Jupiter Rising: A Decade of Clos Topologies and Centralized Control in Google's Datacenter Network

    Arjun Singh;Joon Ong;Amit Agarwal;Glen Anderson

  • Binary component adaptation

    R. Keller;U. Hölzle

  • Optimizing Dynamically-Typed Object-Oriented Languages With Polymorphic Inline Caches

    Urs Hölzle;Craig Chambers;David Ungar

  • Debugging optimized code with dynamic deoptimization

    Urs Hölzle;Craig Chambers;David Ungar

  • The Datacenter as a Computer: An Introduction to the Design of Warehouse-Scale Machines, Second Edition

    Luiz André Barroso;Jimmy Clidaras;Urs Hölzle

  • Optimizing dynamically-dispatched calls with run-time type feedback

    Urs Hölzle;David Ungar

  • Removing unnecessary synchronization in Java

    Jeff Bogda;Urs Hölzle

  • A Study of the Allocation Behavior of the SPECjvm98 Java Benchmark

    Sylvia Dieckmann;Urs Hölzle

  • Adaptive optimization for self: reconciling high performance with exploratory programming

    Urs Holzle

  • Organizing programs without classes

    David Ungar;Craig Chambers;Bay-Wei Chang;Urs Hölzle

  • Integrating Independently-Developed Components in Object-Oriented Languages

    Urs Hölzle

  • Eliminating Virtual Function Calls in C++ Programs

    Gerald Aigner;Urs Hölzle

  • The direct cost of virtual function calls in C

    Karel Driesen;Urs Hölzle

  • jContractor: A Reflective Java Library to Support Design by Contract

    Murat Karaorman;Murat Karaorman;Urs Hölzle;John L. Bruno

  • Accurate indirect branch prediction

    Karel Driesen;Urs Hölzle

  • The Datacenter As a Computer: Designing Warehouse-scale Machines

    Luiz Andre Barroso;Urs Holzle;Parthasarathy Ranganathan;Margaret Martonosi

  • A third-generation SELF implementation: reconciling responsiveness with performance

    Urs Hölzle;David Ungar

  • A Fast Write Barrier for Generational Garbage Collectors

    Urs Hölzle

Frequent Co-Authors

David Ungar
David Ungar Apple (United States)
Luiz Andre Barroso
Luiz Andre Barroso Google (United States)
Craig Chambers
Craig Chambers Google (United States)
Amin Vahdat
Amin Vahdat Google (United States)
Parthasarathy Ranganathan
Parthasarathy Ranganathan Google (United States)
Jan Vitek
Jan Vitek Northeastern University
Brad Calder
Brad Calder Google (United States)
Geoffrey M. Voelker
Geoffrey M. Voelker University of California, San Diego
Trevor Mudge
Trevor Mudge University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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