Craig Zilles

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
142 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Craig Zilles is a scholar working on Computer Science Applications, Hardware and Architecture and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Craig Zilles has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Computer Science Applications, 43 papers in Hardware and Architecture and 32 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Craig Zilles's work include Teaching and Learning Programming (51 papers), Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (42 papers) and Experimental Learning in Engineering (23 papers). Craig Zilles is often cited by papers focused on Teaching and Learning Programming (51 papers), Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (42 papers) and Experimental Learning in Engineering (23 papers). Craig Zilles collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Brazil. Craig Zilles's co-authors include Gurindar S. Sohi, J. Kenneth Salisbury, Geoffrey Herman, Matthew West, Michael C. Loui, Lisa C. Kaczmarczyk, Ravi Rajwar, Cinda Heeren, Thomas Massie and Derek Brock and has published in prestigious journals such as IBM Journal of Research and Development, Journal of Engineering Education and ACM SIGPLAN Notices.

In The Last Decade

Craig Zilles

128 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

  1. A constraint-based god-object method for haptic display
    2002 556 citations Craig Zilles et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Craig Zilles United States 30 1.3k 1.1k 667 637 404 142 3.3k
Greg Walsh United States 25 264 0.2× 1.7k 1.5× 173 0.3× 154 0.2× 199 0.5× 65 4.2k
George G. Robertson United States 30 321 0.2× 847 0.8× 145 0.2× 125 0.2× 128 0.3× 50 5.3k
Frank Vahid United States 39 4.2k 3.2× 2.6k 2.4× 212 0.3× 92 0.1× 1.5k 3.7× 295 5.3k
Mark Claypool United States 29 231 0.2× 2.0k 1.8× 243 0.4× 30 0.0× 556 1.4× 168 4.1k
Wolfgang Effelsberg Germany 28 105 0.1× 1.3k 1.1× 98 0.1× 58 0.1× 624 1.5× 245 3.8k
Yunxin Liu China 32 274 0.2× 1.1k 1.0× 104 0.2× 27 0.0× 856 2.1× 143 3.3k
Marilyn Wolf United States 33 2.1k 1.6× 1.9k 1.7× 36 0.1× 74 0.1× 1.2k 3.1× 234 4.6k
Lawrence A. Rowe United States 31 334 0.3× 2.1k 1.9× 47 0.1× 42 0.1× 135 0.3× 112 3.6k
Hongan Wang China 25 110 0.1× 180 0.2× 85 0.1× 70 0.1× 72 0.2× 203 2.4k
Chia Shen United States 34 99 0.1× 237 0.2× 90 0.1× 119 0.2× 87 0.2× 87 3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Craig Zilles

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Fields of papers citing papers by Craig Zilles

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Craig Zilles. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Craig Zilles. The network helps show where Craig Zilles may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Craig Zilles

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Craig Zilles. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Craig Zilles 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 Craig Zilles. Craig Zilles is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zilles, Craig, et al.. (2025). Exploring Different Specifications Grading Policies. 276–282.
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Smith, David H., et al.. (2025). Evaluating AI Models for Autograding Explain in Plain English Questions: Challenges and Considerations. ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems. 15(4). 1–29.
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West, Matthew, et al.. (2024). A Comparison of Proctoring Regimens for Computer-Based Computer Science Exams. 185–191. 1 indexed citations
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Zilles, Craig, et al.. (2024). Evaluating Mastery-oriented Grading in an Intensive CS1 Course. 303–309. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, David H., et al.. (2023). Investigating the Effects of Testing Frequency on Programming Performance and Students' Behavior. 757–763. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, David H., et al.. (2023). Investigating the Role and Impact of Distractors on Parsons Problems in CS1 Assessments. 417–423. 3 indexed citations
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Garcia, Dan, et al.. (2022). Actually Achieving "A's for All" (As Time and Interest Allow). 1175–1175. 1 indexed citations
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Zilles, Craig, David P. Bunde, Jaime Spacco, et al.. (2022). Spiffy Peer Instruction Questions. 1226–1227. 1 indexed citations
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Zilles, Craig, et al.. (2015). Branch vanguard. 323–335. 7 indexed citations
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Zilles, Craig, et al.. (2008). H A: A EA R S S. IEEE Micro. 28(1). 21–31. 5 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2007). Delta execution for software reliability. 16. 11 indexed citations
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Joshi, Rahul, Michael D. Bond, & Craig Zilles. (2004). Targeted path profiling: lower overhead path profiling for staged dynamic optimization systems. 239–250. 38 indexed citations
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Zilles, Craig & Gurindar S. Sohi. (2002). Master/Slave Speculative Parallelization. International Symposium on Microarchitecture. 85–96. 116 indexed citations
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Zilles, Craig, Joel Emer, & Gurindar S. Sohi. (1999). The use of multithreading for exception handling. International Symposium on Microarchitecture. 219–229. 42 indexed citations

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