Gérard Berry

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Gérard Berry is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Hardware and Architecture and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Gérard Berry has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics, 22 papers in Hardware and Architecture and 15 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Gérard Berry's work include Formal Methods in Verification (23 papers), Embedded Systems Design Techniques (19 papers) and Logic, programming, and type systems (11 papers). Gérard Berry is often cited by papers focused on Formal Methods in Verification (23 papers), Embedded Systems Design Techniques (19 papers) and Logic, programming, and type systems (11 papers). Gérard Berry collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. Gérard Berry's co-authors include Georges Gonthier, Gérard Boudol, Albert Benveniste, Ravi Sethi, Pierre-Louis Curien, Thomas R. Shiple, H.J. Touati, Jean-Jacques Lévy, Ellen Sentovich and Pascal Fua and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the IEEE, Communications of the ACM and Journal of the ACM.

In The Last Decade

Gérard Berry

48 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Esterel synchronous programming language: design, sem... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 250 500 750
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. The Esterel synchronous programming language: design, semantics, implementation
    1992 943 citations Gérard Berry, Georges Gonthier Science of Computer Programming profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gérard Berry France 21 1.8k 1.7k 1.0k 698 425 50 3.4k
Jan Van Leeuwen Netherlands 17 414 0.2× 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 1.6k 2.3× 330 0.8× 53 3.3k
James B. Saxe United States 21 1.4k 0.8× 1.8k 1.0× 1.9k 1.8× 1.4k 2.1× 839 2.0× 37 4.7k
Jean Vuillemin France 24 966 0.5× 988 0.6× 942 0.9× 1.2k 1.7× 54 0.1× 57 2.9k
Nicolas Halbwachs France 19 2.3k 1.3× 3.0k 1.7× 1.3k 1.3× 620 0.9× 1.4k 3.2× 41 4.5k
Masahiro Fujita Japan 26 1.9k 1.0× 1.9k 1.1× 675 0.7× 366 0.5× 924 2.2× 336 3.6k
G. Ramalingam United States 22 576 0.3× 504 0.3× 922 0.9× 810 1.2× 647 1.5× 90 2.1k
Karem A. Sakallah United States 32 1.5k 0.8× 1.9k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 806 1.2× 776 1.8× 148 3.6k
Jan Van Leeuwen Netherlands 14 263 0.1× 1.6k 0.9× 1.6k 1.6× 683 1.0× 244 0.6× 44 2.8k
Philip M. Merlin United States 11 428 0.2× 981 0.6× 693 0.7× 1.0k 1.5× 182 0.4× 18 2.1k
Vijay Saraswat United States 30 1.8k 1.0× 844 0.5× 1.6k 1.5× 2.2k 3.2× 608 1.4× 92 3.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gérard Berry

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sentovich, Ellen, et al.. (2005). Efficient Latch Optimization Using Exclusive Sets. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 8–11. 1 indexed citations
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Berry, Gérard, Michael Kishinevsky, & Satnam Singh. (2003). System Level Design and Verification Using a Synchronous Language. International Conference on Computer Aided Design. 433–439. 16 indexed citations
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Berry, Gérard, et al.. (2003). Top-level validation of system-on-chip in Esterel Studio. 19. 36–41. 3 indexed citations
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Shiple, Thomas R., Gérard Berry, & H.J. Touati. (2002). Constructive analysis of cyclic circuits. 328–333. 31 indexed citations
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Berry, Gérard, Hubert Comon, & Alain Finkel. (2001). Computer Aided Verification: 13th International Conference, CAV 2001, Paris, France, July 18-22, 2001. Proceedings. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Berry, Gérard, et al.. (2000). ESTEREL: a formal method applied to avionic software development. Science of Computer Programming. 36(1). 5–25. 29 indexed citations
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Berry, Gérard. (2000). The Foundations of Esterel. The MIT Press eBooks. 425–454. 226 indexed citations
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Shiple, Thomas R., Gérard Berry, & H.J. Touati. (1996). Constructive analysis of cyclic circuits. 328–333. 82 indexed citations
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Sentovich, Ellen, et al.. (1996). Latch optimization in circuits generated from high-level descriptions. International Conference on Computer Aided Design. 428–435. 22 indexed citations
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Berry, Gérard. (1992). Esterel on hardware. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences. 339(1652). 87–104. 47 indexed citations
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Berry, Gérard & Georges Gonthier. (1992). The Esterel synchronous programming language: design, semantics, implementation. Science of Computer Programming. 19(2). 87–152. 943 indexed citations breakdown →
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Berry, Gérard & Gérard Boudol. (1992). The chemical abstract machine. Theoretical Computer Science. 96(1). 217–248. 417 indexed citations
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Berry, Gérard. (1989). Real time programming : special purpose or general purpose languages. IFIP Congress. 10(4). 11–17. 53 indexed citations
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Berry, Gérard & Georges Gonthier. (1989). Incremental development of an HDLC protocol in Esterel. Journal of Insect Physiology. 15(7). 1187–97. 4 indexed citations
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Berry, Gérard & Ravi Sethi. (1986). From regular expressions to deterministic automata. Theoretical Computer Science. 48. 117–126. 125 indexed citations
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Berry, Gérard & Pierre-Louis Curien. (1986). Theory and practice of sequential algorithms: the kernel of the applicative language CDS. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 35–87. 7 indexed citations
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Berry, Gérard & Pierre-Louis Curien. (1982). Sequential algorithms on concrete data structures. Theoretical Computer Science. 20(3). 265–321. 81 indexed citations
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Berry, Gérard & Jean-Jacques Lévy. (1979). A Survey of Some Syntactic Results in the lambda-Calculus.. 552–566. 1 indexed citations
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Berry, Gérard, et al.. (1976). Program Equivalence and Canonical Forms in Stable Discrete Interpretations.. International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming. 168–188. 8 indexed citations

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