James W. O’Toole

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

James W. O’Toole is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence and Hardware and Architecture. According to data from OpenAlex, James W. O’Toole has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 11 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 9 papers in Hardware and Architecture. Recurrent topics in James W. O’Toole's work include Distributed systems and fault tolerance (15 papers), Advanced Data Storage Technologies (14 papers) and Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (9 papers). James W. O’Toole is often cited by papers focused on Distributed systems and fault tolerance (15 papers), Advanced Data Storage Technologies (14 papers) and Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (9 papers). James W. O’Toole collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and China. James W. O’Toole's co-authors include M. Frans Kaashoek, Dawson Engler, David K. Gifford, John Jannotti, Kirk L. Johnson, Scott Nettles, Pierre Jouvelot, Mark A. Sheldon and Liuba Shrira and has published in prestigious journals such as ACM SIGPLAN Notices, ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review and Operating Systems Design and Implementation.

In The Last Decade

James W. O’Toole

25 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Exokernel

1995 783 citations Dawson Engler, M. Frans Kaashoek et al. profile →
Overcast: reliable multicasting with on overlay network

2000 710 citations John Jannotti, David K. Gifford et al. Operating Systems Design and Implementation profile →

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Countries citing papers authored by James W. O’Toole

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by James W. O’Toole

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James W. O’Toole

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

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Shared data management needs adaptive methods 2002 ·James W. O’Toole, Liuba Shrira	1
2	Implementing orthogonal persistence: a simple optimization using replicating collection 2002 ·Scott Nettles, James W. O’Toole	0
3	Overcast: reliable multicasting with on overlay network breakdown → 2000 ·Operating Systems Design and Implementation ·John Jannotti, David K. Gifford, Kirk L. Johnson, M. Frans Kaashoek, James W. O’Toole	710
4	Evaluation of DoD GPS Satellite Orbits Using NASA Laser Ranging Data 1995 ·James W. O’Toole, (unknown)	0
5	The operating system kernel as a secure programmable machine 1995 ·ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review ·Dawson Engler, M. Frans Kaashoek, James W. O’Toole	23
6	Exokernel breakdown → 1995 ·Dawson Engler, M. Frans Kaashoek, James W. O’Toole	783
7	Exokernel 1995 ·ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review ·Dawson Engler, M. Frans Kaashoek, James W. O’Toole	69
8	The Exokernel Approach to Operating System Extensibility (Panel Statement). 1994 ·Operating Systems Design and Implementation ·Dawson Engler, M. Frans Kaashoek, James W. O’Toole	3
9	Opportunistic log: efficient installation reads in a reliable storage server 1994 ·Operating Systems Design and Implementation ·James W. O’Toole, Liuba Shrira	22
10	Concurrent replicating garbage collection 1994 ·James W. O’Toole, Scott Nettles	27
11	An opportunistic installation service 1994 ·James W. O’Toole, Liuba Shrira	1
12	The operating system kernel as a secure programmable machine 1994 ·Dawson Engler, M. Frans Kaashoek, James W. O’Toole	31
13	Concurrent Replication Garbage Collection: An Implementation Report 1993 ·James W. O’Toole, Scott Nettles	3
14	Concurrent compacting garbage collection of a persistent heap 1993 ·ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review ·James W. O’Toole, Scott Nettles, David K. Gifford	4
15	Concurrent garbage collection of persistent heaps 1993 ·Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) ·Scott Nettles, James W. O’Toole, David K. Gifford	2
16	Concurrent compacting garbage collection of a persistent heap 1993 ·James W. O’Toole, Scott Nettles, David K. Gifford	38
17	Real-time replication garbage collection 1993 ·ACM SIGPLAN Notices ·Scott Nettles, James W. O’Toole	22
18	Semantic file systems 1991 ·David K. Gifford, Pierre Jouvelot, Mark A. Sheldon, James W. O’Toole	246
19	Type reconstruction with first-class polymorphic values 1989 ·ACM SIGPLAN Notices ·James W. O’Toole, David K. Gifford	5
20	Celest Computer Program for Computing Satellite Orbits. 1976 ·Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) ·James W. O’Toole	9

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