Charles P. Thacker

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Charles P. Thacker is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Hardware and Architecture and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles P. Thacker has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 8 papers in Hardware and Architecture and 2 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Charles P. Thacker's work include Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (8 papers), Embedded Systems Design Techniques (7 papers) and Advanced Data Storage Technologies (6 papers). Charles P. Thacker is often cited by papers focused on Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (8 papers), Embedded Systems Design Techniques (7 papers) and Advanced Data Storage Technologies (6 papers). Charles P. Thacker collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Charles P. Thacker's co-authors include Lawrence Stewart, Susan Owicki, James B. Saxe, Thomas E. Anderson, Andrew Birrell, Michael T. Burrows, Roger M. Needham, Thomas L. Rodeheffer, Michael Schroeder and Hans Eberle and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications and IEEE Transactions on Computers.

In The Last Decade

Charles P. Thacker

13 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

High-speed switch scheduling for local-area networks

1993 611 citations Thomas E. Anderson, Susan Owicki et al. ACM Transactions on Computer Systems profile →
Autonet: a high-speed, self-configuring local area network using point-to-point links

1991 491 citations Michael Schroeder, Andrew Birrell et al. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Charles P. Thacker United States	10	1.5k	825	615	94	73	13	1.6k
Olav Lysne Norway	22	1.3k 0.9×	515 0.6×	631 1.0×	118 1.3×	107 1.5×	72	1.4k
W.J. Dally United States	6	951 0.6×	574 0.7×	460 0.7×	111 1.2×	142 1.9×	8	1.1k
Arvind Saraf United States	5	918 0.6×	832 1.0×	335 0.5×	104 1.1×	36 0.5×	6	1.1k
S. Yalamanchili United States	16	742 0.5×	499 0.6×	318 0.5×	87 0.9×	47 0.6×	53	888
Jakov N. Seizovic United States	5	1.3k 0.9×	948 1.1×	265 0.4×	35 0.4×	145 2.0×	5	1.4k
A. Varma United States	17	1.4k 0.9×	307 0.4×	841 1.4×	35 0.4×	46 0.6×	59	1.5k
María E. Gómez Spain	18	855 0.6×	618 0.7×	364 0.6×	92 1.0×	178 2.4×	81	991
Thomas L. Rodeheffer United States	9	853 0.6×	327 0.4×	310 0.5×	32 0.3×	85 1.2×	23	897
G. Jack Lipovski United States	15	1.0k 0.7×	470 0.6×	482 0.8×	88 0.9×	30 0.4×	67	1.2k
Siegel United States	9	619 0.4×	324 0.4×	361 0.6×	102 1.1×	32 0.4×	16	732

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles P. Thacker

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All Works

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Patterson, David A., Frederick P. Brooks, Ivan E. Sutherland, & Charles P. Thacker. (2012). Computer Architecture. 1–1. 15 indexed citations

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Thacker, Charles P., et al.. (1993). The Alpha demonstration unit. Communications of the ACM. 36(2). 55–67. 2 indexed citations

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Anderson, Thomas E., Susan Owicki, James B. Saxe, & Charles P. Thacker. (1993). High-speed switch scheduling for local-area networks. ACM Transactions on Computer Systems. 11(4). 319–352. 611 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thacker, Charles P., et al.. (1992). The Alpha Demonstration Unit: A High-performance Multiprocessor for Software and Chip Development.. 4(9). 454–63. 9 indexed citations

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Anderson, Thomas E., Susan Owicki, James B. Saxe, & Charles P. Thacker. (1992). High speed switch scheduling for local area networks. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 27(9). 98–110. 15 indexed citations

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Eberle, Hans & Charles P. Thacker. (1992). A 1 GBIT/second GaAs DES chip. 19.7.1–19.7.4. 9 indexed citations

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Anderson, Thomas E., Susan Owicki, James B. Saxe, & Charles P. Thacker. (1992). High speed switch scheduling for local area networks. 98–110. 46 indexed citations

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Schroeder, Michael, Andrew Birrell, Michael T. Burrows, et al.. (1991). Autonet: a high-speed, self-configuring local area network using point-to-point links. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 9(8). 1318–1335. 491 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thacker, Charles P., et al.. (1988). Firefly: a multiprocessor workstation. IEEE Transactions on Computers. 37(8). 909–920. 102 indexed citations

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Thacker, Charles P. & Lawrence Stewart. (1987). Firefly: a multiprocessor workstation. ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News. 15(5). 164–172. 22 indexed citations

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Thacker, Charles P. & Lawrence Stewart. (1987). Firefly: a multiprocessor workstation. 164–172. 49 indexed citations

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Thacker, Charles P. & Lawrence Stewart. (1987). Firefly: a multiprocessor workstation. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 22(10). 164–172. 5 indexed citations

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Thacker, Charles P. & Lawrence Stewart. (1987). Firefly: a multiprocessor workstation. ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review. 21(4). 164–172. 187 indexed citations

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