2026 Urs Hölzle: 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	35	11419	11095	4690	4490	56	14880

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Computer Science

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14880

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

3442
Citations
B4: experience with a globally-deployed software defined wan

Sushant Jain;Alok Kumar;Subhasree Mandal;Joon Ong

2812
Citations
Web search for a planet: The Google cluster architecture

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

1639
Citations
Jupiter Rising: A Decade of Clos Topologies and Centralized Control in Google's Datacenter Network

Arjun Singh;Joon Ong;Amit Agarwal;Glen Anderson

768
Citations
Binary component adaptation

R. Keller;U. Hölzle

567
Citations
Optimizing Dynamically-Typed Object-Oriented Languages With Polymorphic Inline Caches

Urs Hölzle;Craig Chambers;David Ungar

525
Citations
Debugging optimized code with dynamic deoptimization

Urs Hölzle;Craig Chambers;David Ungar

417
Citations
The Datacenter as a Computer: An Introduction to the Design of Warehouse-Scale Machines, Second Edition

Luiz André Barroso;Jimmy Clidaras;Urs Hölzle

385
Citations
Optimizing dynamically-dispatched calls with run-time type feedback

Urs Hölzle;David Ungar

351
Citations
Removing unnecessary synchronization in Java

Jeff Bogda;Urs Hölzle

283
Citations
A Study of the Allocation Behavior of the SPECjvm98 Java Benchmark

Sylvia Dieckmann;Urs Hölzle

257
Citations
Adaptive optimization for self: reconciling high performance with exploratory programming

Urs Holzle

248
Citations
Organizing programs without classes

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

192
Citations
Integrating Independently-Developed Components in Object-Oriented Languages

Urs Hölzle

191
Citations
Eliminating Virtual Function Calls in C++ Programs

Gerald Aigner;Urs Hölzle

191
Citations
The direct cost of virtual function calls in C

Karel Driesen;Urs Hölzle

190
Citations
jContractor: A Reflective Java Library to Support Design by Contract

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

178
Citations
Accurate indirect branch prediction

Karel Driesen;Urs Hölzle

168
Citations
The Datacenter As a Computer: Designing Warehouse-scale Machines

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

162
Citations
A third-generation SELF implementation: reconciling responsiveness with performance

Urs Hölzle;David Ungar

155
Citations
A Fast Write Barrier for Generational Garbage Collectors

Urs Hölzle

146
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David Ungar Apple (United States)

Luiz Andre Barroso Google (United States)

Craig Chambers Google (United States)

Amin Vahdat Google (United States)

Parthasarathy Ranganathan Google (United States)

Jan Vitek Northeastern University

Martin Rinard MIT

Brad Calder Google (United States)

Geoffrey M. Voelker University of California, San Diego

Trevor Mudge University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

External Links

Wikipedia of Urs Hölzle Personal website of Urs Hölzle Google Scholar page

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