Ken Birman

14.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
232 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Ken Birman is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Birman has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 206 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 70 papers in Information Systems and 30 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Ken Birman's work include Distributed systems and fault tolerance (123 papers), Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (58 papers) and Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies (53 papers). Ken Birman is often cited by papers focused on Distributed systems and fault tolerance (123 papers), Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (58 papers) and Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies (53 papers). Ken Birman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Switzerland. Ken Birman's co-authors include Robbert van Renesse, Thomas Joseph, Pat Stephenson, André Schiper, Werner Vogels, Mark Hayden, R. van Renesse, Silvano Maffeis, Zhen Xiao and Kenneth M. Hopkinson and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Proceedings of the IEEE and Communications of the ACM.

In The Last Decade

Ken Birman

221 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers

Ken Birman
Comparison fields: 5 of 96
  • Computer Networks and Communications 7.5k
  • Information Systems 1.8k
  • Hardware and Architecture 1.6k
  • Artificial Intelligence 1.1k
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering 750
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Danny Dolev Israel
Jeffrey C. Mogul United States
John Zahorjan United States
Edwin H.‐M. Sha United States
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Fields of papers citing papers by Ken Birman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ken Birman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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3 15
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Smoke and mirrors: reflecting files at a geographically remote location without loss of performance
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7
Maelstrom: transparent error correction for lambda networks
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Ricochet: lateral error correction for time-critical multicast
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9 8
10 37
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Kelips: Building an efficient and stable P2P DHT through increased memory and background overhead
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12 2
13 40
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Optimized Rekey for Group Communication Systems.
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The Architecture and Performance of Security Protocols in the Ensemble Group Communication System - Using Diamonds to Guard the Castle
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16 9
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Dynamic Virtual Private Networks
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A Group Communication Approach for Mobile Computing MobileChannel: an ISIS Tool for Mobile Services
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19 106
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Network Support for a Distributed Data Base System.
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