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Wolfgang J. Paul

Wolfgang J. Paul

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
39
Citations
4455
World Ranking
9909
National Ranking
496

Wolfgang J. Paul 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 Wolfgang J. Paul sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 176 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wolfgang J. Paul 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 Wolfgang J. Paul sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% 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

  • 2006 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Wolfgang J. Paul is affiliated with Saarland University in Germany and has contributed actively to the fields of Computer Science and Engineering. Their research spans various subfields, including Hardware and Architecture, Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Information Systems.

The scientist's main research topics include Embedded Systems Design Techniques, Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques, Advanced Data Storage Technologies, Low-power High-performance VLSI Design, Cloud Computing and Resource Management, and Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems.

Wolfgang J. Paul has published in academic venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Among their recent papers is:

  • The Probability Spaces of QuickSort (2025), arXiv (Cornell University)

Their book publications include a work released through Springer Science+Business Media:

  • A Pipelined Multi-Core Machine with Operating System Support (2020)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wolfgang J. Paul are:

  • Jonas Oberhauser
  • Petro Lutsyk
  • George Nadareishvili

Wolfgang J. Paul has been recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea since 2006.

Best Publications

  • On Time Versus Space

    John Hopcroft;Wolfgang Paul;Leslie Valiant

  • Realtime ray tracing of dynamic scenes on an FPGA chip

    Jörg Schmittler;Sven Woop;Daniel Wagner;Wolfgang J. Paul

  • On determinism versus non-determinism and related problems

    Wolfgang J. Paul;Nicholas Pippenger;Endre Szemeredi;William T. Trotter

  • Space bounds for a game on graphs

    Wolfgang J. Paul;Robert Endre Tarjan;James R. Celoni

  • Computer Architecture: Complexity and Correctness

    Silvia M. Mueller;Wolfgang J. Paul

  • Towards the formal verification of a C0 compiler: code generation and implementation correctness

    D. Leinenbach;W. Paul;E. Petrova

  • Parallel dictionaries on 2–3 trees

    W. Paul;U. Vishkin;H. Wagener

  • Putting it all together – Formal verification of the VAMP

    Sven Beyer;Christian Jacobi;Daniel Kröning;Dirk Leinenbach

  • Automated verification of a small hypervisor

    Eyad Alkassar;Mark A. Hillebrand;Wolfgang J. Paul;Elena Petrova

  • On time versus space and related problems

    John Hopcroft;Wolfgang Paul;Leslie Valiant

  • On alternation

    Wolfgang J. Paul;Ernst J. Prauβ;Rüdiger Reischuk

  • An information-theoretic approach to time bounds for on-line computation

    Wolfgang J. Paul;Joel I. Seiferas;Janos Simon

  • On the Physical Design of PRAMs

    Ferri Abolhassan;Reinhard Drefenstedt;Jörg Keller;Wolfgang J. Paul

  • Invariants, modularity, and rights

    Ernie Cohen;Eyad Alkassar;Vladimir Boyarinov;Markus Dahlweid

  • On the correctness of operating system kernels

    Mauro Gargano;Mark Hillebrand;Dirk Leinenbach;Wolfgang Paul

  • A $2.5n$-Lower Bound on the Combinational Complexity of Boolean Functions

    Wolfgang J. Paul

  • On monotone formulae with restricted depth

    Maria Klawe;Wolfgang J. Paul;Nicholas Pippenger;Mihalis Yannakakis

  • Space bounds for a game on graphs

    Wolfgang J. Paul;Robert Endre Tarjan;James R. Celoni

  • A special purpose parallel computer for molecular dynamics: motivation, design, implementation, and application

    D. J. Auerbach;W. Paul;A. F. Bakker;C. Lutz

  • On alternation II

    Wolfgang Paul;Rüdiger Reischuk

  • A 2.5 n-lower bound on the combinational complexity of Boolean functions

    Wolfgang J. Paul

  • On Determinism versus Non-Determinism and Related Problems (Preliminary Version)

    Wolfgang J. Paul;Nicholas Pippenger;Endre Szemerédi;William T. Trotter

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel J. Auerbach
Daniel J. Auerbach Max Planck Society
Nicholas Pippenger
Nicholas Pippenger Harvey Mudd College
Robert E. Tarjan
Robert E. Tarjan Princeton University
Andreas Birk
Andreas Birk Jacobs University
Zvi Galil
Zvi Galil Georgia Institute of Technology
Uzi Vishkin
Uzi Vishkin University of Maryland, College Park
Kurt Mehlhorn
Kurt Mehlhorn Max Planck Institute for Informatics
Daniel Kroening
Daniel Kroening Amazon (United States)
William T. Trotter
William T. Trotter Georgia Institute of Technology
Zvi Galil
Zvi Galil Georgia Institute of Technology

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