Al Geist

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Al Geist is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems and Hardware and Architecture. According to data from OpenAlex, Al Geist has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 9 papers in Information Systems and 9 papers in Hardware and Architecture. Recurrent topics in Al Geist's work include Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (14 papers), Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (9 papers) and Advanced Data Storage Technologies (8 papers). Al Geist is often cited by papers focused on Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (14 papers), Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (9 papers) and Advanced Data Storage Technologies (8 papers). Al Geist collaborates with scholars based in United States, Türkiye and United Kingdom. Al Geist's co-authors include Jack Dongarra, Adam Beguelin, Robert Manchek, Vaidy Sunderam, Weicheng Jiang, Nagiza F. Samatova, Stephen C. Parker, K. Keahey, Rob Armstrong and Lois Curfman McInnes and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Molecular Biology, Protein Engineering Design and Selection and Computers in Physics.

In The Last Decade

Al Geist

29 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

PVM-Parallel Virtual Machine: AUsers' Guide and Tutorial for Networked Parallel Computing

1995 878 citations Al Geist, Adam Beguelin et al. Computers in Physics profile →
PVM

1994 701 citations Al Geist, Adam Beguelin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Al Geist United States	14	1.3k	923	338	329	192	31	2.3k
Robert Manchek United States	11	1.2k 1.0×	939 1.0×	304 0.9×	301 0.9×	191 1.0×	16	2.2k
Adam Beguelin United States	14	1.3k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	299 0.9×	330 1.0×	181 0.9×	22	2.2k
Steven Huss‐Lederman United States	12	1.1k 0.8×	915 1.0×	286 0.8×	232 0.7×	259 1.3×	21	2.2k
Steve W. Otto United States	24	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	476 1.4×	253 0.8×	348 1.8×	55	3.1k
Barbara Chapman United States	19	1.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.7×	361 1.1×	391 1.2×	191 1.0×	169	2.5k
Ramesh Menon United States	5	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	418 1.2×	335 1.0×	192 1.0×	10	2.8k
Vaidy Sunderam United States	24	2.2k 1.7×	1.5k 1.7×	747 2.2×	636 1.9×	213 1.1×	155	3.7k
Parry Husbands United States	17	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.5×	301 0.9×	431 1.3×	133 0.7×	31	2.1k
Gene M. Amdahl United States	6	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	399 1.2×	370 1.1×	182 0.9×	13	2.6k
Yves Robert France	29	2.0k 1.6×	1.4k 1.5×	292 0.9×	753 2.3×	387 2.0×	241	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Al Geist

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Fields of papers citing papers by Al Geist

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Al Geist

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Geist, Al. (2011). PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine).. 1647–1651. 18 indexed citations

Oral, Sarp, David Dillow, Byung H. Park, et al.. (2011). Real-Time System Log Monitoring/Analytics Framework. 3 indexed citations

Miller, Stephen D., Al Geist, K. W. Herwig, et al.. (2010). The SNS/HFIR Web Portal System – How Can it Help Me?. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 251. 12096–12096.

Chen, Meili, et al.. (2008). The design and prototype of RUDA, a distributed grid accounting system. International Journal of Critical Infrastructures. 4(3). 296–296. 1 indexed citations

Geist, Al, James Kohl, Stephen D. Miller, et al.. (2006). The Neutron Science TeraGrid Gateway: a TeraGrid science gateway to support the Spallation Neutron Source. Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience. 19(6). 809–826. 6 indexed citations

Yoginath, Srikanth B., Nagiza F. Samatova, David W. Bauer, et al.. (2005). RScaLAPACK: High-Performance Parallel Statistical Computing with R and ScaLAPACK.. 61–67. 6 indexed citations

Yu, Gong-Xin, et al.. (2005). An evolution-based analysis scheme to identify CO2/O2 specificity-determining factors for ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 18(12). 589–596. 9 indexed citations

Yu, Gong-Xin, et al.. (2005). In silico Discovery of Enzyme–Substrate Specificity-determining Residue Clusters. Journal of Molecular Biology. 352(5). 1105–1117. 19 indexed citations

Armstrong, Rob, Dennis Gannon, Al Geist, et al.. (2003). Toward a common component architecture for high-performance scientific computing. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 115–124. 192 indexed citations

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Abu-Khzam, Faisal N., Nagiza F. Samatova, George Ostrouchov, Michael A. Langston, & Al Geist. (2002). Distributed Dimension Reduction Algorithms for Widely Dispersed Data.. 167–174. 6 indexed citations

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Geist, Al, et al.. (2002). M3C: managing and monitoring multiple clusters. 386–393. 3 indexed citations

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Zhou, Honbo & Al Geist. (2002). "Receiver makes right" data conversion in PVM. 458–464. 7 indexed citations

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Geist, Al, et al.. (2001). Cluster Command and Control (C3) Tool Suite. Scalable Computing Practice and Experience. 4(4). 5 indexed citations

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Fagg, Graham E., Jack Dongarra, & Al Geist. (1997). PVMPI provides interoperability between MPI implementations. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 6 indexed citations

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Brown, Jeffrey S., Al Geist, Cherri M. Pancake, & Diane T. Rover. (1997). Software tools for developing parallel applications. Part 2: Interactive control and performance tuning. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 2 indexed citations

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Beguelin, Adam, Jack Dongarra, Al Geist, & Vaidy Sunderam. (1995). Visualization and debugging in a heterogeneous environment. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 132–139. 13 indexed citations

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Geist, Al, et al.. (1995). PVM-Parallel Virtual Machine: AUsers' Guide and Tutorial for Networked Parallel Computing. Computers in Physics. 9(6). 607–607. 878 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dongarra, Jack, et al.. (1993). Using PVM 3.0 to Run Grand Challenge Applications on a Heterogeneous Network of Parallel Computers. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 873–877. 2 indexed citations

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Beguelin, Adam, Jack Dongarra, Al Geist, Robert Manchek, & Vaidy Sunderam. (1991). Solving Computational Grand Challenges Using a Network of Heterogeneous Supercomputers. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 596–601. 14 indexed citations

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Beguelin, Adam, Jack Dongarra, Al Geist, Robert Manchek, & Vaidy Sunderam. (1991). A User''s Guide to PVM Parallel Virtual Machine. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 205 indexed citations

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