Ben Pfaff

7.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
34 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Ben Pfaff is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Pfaff has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 14 papers in Information Systems and 8 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Ben Pfaff's work include Software-Defined Networks and 5G (11 papers), Cloud Computing and Resource Management (9 papers) and Advanced Data Storage Technologies (8 papers). Ben Pfaff is often cited by papers focused on Software-Defined Networks and 5G (11 papers), Cloud Computing and Resource Management (9 papers) and Advanced Data Storage Technologies (8 papers). Ben Pfaff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Ben Pfaff's co-authors include Mendel Rosenblum, Jim Chow, Tal Garfinkel, Dan Boneh, Justin Pettit, Teemu Koponen, Martín Casado, Scott Shenker, Nick McKeown and Eu-Jin Goh and has published in prestigious journals such as ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies and The VLDB Journal.

In The Last Decade

Ben Pfaff

31 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

NOX

2008 1.1k citations Teemu Koponen, Justin Pettit et al. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review profile →
Terra

2003 581 citations Tal Garfinkel, Ben Pfaff et al. ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review profile →
On the effectiveness of address-space randomization

2004 536 citations Ben Pfaff, Dan Boneh et al. profile →
The design and implementation of open vSwitch

2015 516 citations Ben Pfaff, Justin Pettit et al. Networked Systems Design and Implementation profile →
Extending Networking into the Virtualization Layer.

2009 368 citations Ben Pfaff, Justin Pettit et al. profile →

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Pfaff

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Pfaff

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ben Pfaff. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ben Pfaff based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ben Pfaff. Ben Pfaff is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A Smart Cache for a SmartNIC! Scaling End-Host Networking to 400Gbps and Beyond 2024 ·(unknown), İmran Ali, (unknown), Ben Pfaff, Gianni Antichi, Muhammad Shahbaz	0
2	Bringing Carbon Awareness to Multi-cloud Application Delivery 2023 ·(unknown), Ben Pfaff, (unknown), (unknown), Victor Firoiu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ramesh K. Sitaraman	7
3	Full-stack SDN 2022 ·(unknown), Ben Pfaff, Leonid Ryzhyk, Mihai Budiu	3
4	revisiting the open vSwitch dataplane ten years later 2021 ·Queen Mary Research Online (Queen Mary University of London) ·(unknown), (unknown), Gianni Antichi, Ben Pfaff	38
5	Bringing Platform Harmony to VMware NSX 2018 ·ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review ·Justin Pettit, Ben Pfaff, (unknown), Cheng-Chun Tu, (unknown), (unknown)	6
6	PISCES 2016 ·Muhammad Shahbaz, Sean Choi, Ben Pfaff, Changhoon Kim, Nick Feamster, Nick McKeown, Jennifer Rexford	111
7	The design and implementation of open vSwitch breakdown → 2015 ·Networked Systems Design and Implementation ·Ben Pfaff, Justin Pettit, Teemu Koponen, Ethan J. Jackson, Andy Zhou, Jarno Rajahalme, (unknown), Alex Wang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Martín Casado	516
8	The pintos instructional operating system kernel 2009 ·Ben Pfaff, Anthony G. Romano, Godmar Back	32
9	Extending Networking into the Virtualization Layer. breakdown → 2009 ·Ben Pfaff, Justin Pettit, (unknown), Martín Casado, Teemu Koponen, Scott Shenker	368
10	NOX breakdown → 2008 ·ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review ·(unknown), Teemu Koponen, Justin Pettit, Ben Pfaff, Martín Casado, Nick McKeown, Scott Shenker	1085
11	Virtualization aware file systems: getting beyond the limitations of virtual disks 2006 ·Networked Systems Design and Implementation ·Ben Pfaff, Tal Garfinkel, Mendel Rosenblum	53
12	Shredding your garbage: reducing data lifetime through secure deallocation 2005 ·USENIX Security Symposium ·Jim Chow, Ben Pfaff, Tal Garfinkel, Mendel Rosenblum	127
13	Understanding data lifetime via whole system simulation 2004 ·USENIX Security Symposium ·Jim Chow, Ben Pfaff, Tal Garfinkel, (unknown), Mendel Rosenblum	242
14	Ostia: A Delegating Architecture for Secure System Call Interposition. 2004 ·Network and Distributed System Security Symposium ·Tal Garfinkel, Ben Pfaff, Mendel Rosenblum	106
15	Understanding Data Lifetime via Whole System Simulation (Awarded Best Paper 2004 ·USENIX Security Symposium ·Jim Chow, Ben Pfaff, Tal Garfinkel, (unknown), Mendel Rosenblum	3
16	Terra 2003 ·Tal Garfinkel, Ben Pfaff, Jim Chow, Mendel Rosenblum, Dan Boneh	292
17	Optimizing the migration of virtual computers 2002 ·ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review ·Constantine Sapuntzakis, Ramesh Chandra, Ben Pfaff, Jim Chow, Monica S. Lam, Mendel Rosenblum	297
18	Virtual team awareness and groupware support: an evaluation of the TeamSCOPE system 2002 ·International Journal of Human-Computer Studies ·Chyng-Yang Jang, Charles Steinfield, Ben Pfaff	47
19	Optimizing the migration of virtual computers 2002 ·Constantine Sapuntzakis, Ramesh Chandra, Ben Pfaff, Jim Chow, Monica S. Lam, Mendel Rosenblum	123
20	Supporting virtual team collaboration 1999 ·Charles Steinfield, Chyng-Yang Jang, Ben Pfaff	64

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