Nathan Bell

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Nathan Bell is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Hardware and Architecture and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nathan Bell has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics, 6 papers in Hardware and Architecture and 5 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Nathan Bell's work include Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (6 papers), Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (3 papers) and Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (3 papers). Nathan Bell is often cited by papers focused on Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (6 papers), Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (3 papers) and Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (3 papers). Nathan Bell collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Nathan Bell's co-authors include Michael Garland, Luke N. Olson, Peter J. Mucha, Cathy Wendler, Fred Cline, Brent Bridgeman, Lin Shi, Catherine M. Millett, Anil N. Hirani and Jacob B. Schroder and has published in prestigious journals such as ACM Transactions on Graphics, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing and ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software.

In The Last Decade

Nathan Bell

17 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Implementing sparse matrix-vector multiplication on throughput-oriented processors

2009 600 citations Nathan Bell, Michael Garland profile →
Ecient Sparse Matrix-Vector Multiplication on CUDA

2008 374 citations Nathan Bell, Michael Garland profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nathan Bell United States	12	746	602	431	335	265	17	1.7k
Steven Huss‐Lederman United States	12	915 1.2×	1.1k 1.8×	189 0.4×	259 0.8×	108 0.4×	21	2.2k
Michael A. Heroux United States	22	758 1.0×	787 1.3×	479 1.1×	496 1.5×	105 0.4×	85	2.2k
Christopher Rodrigues United States	13	1.3k 1.8×	1.2k 2.0×	69 0.2×	85 0.3×	269 1.0×	22	1.9k
Michael J. Quinn United States	19	873 1.2×	1.0k 1.7×	69 0.2×	222 0.7×	111 0.4×	71	1.8k
Michael E. Papka United States	26	442 0.6×	1.0k 1.7×	150 0.3×	64 0.2×	545 2.1×	180	2.2k
Ester M. Garzón Spain	15	235 0.3×	200 0.3×	108 0.3×	212 0.6×	153 0.6×	80	997
Efstratios Gallopoulos Greece	18	135 0.2×	248 0.4×	314 0.7×	659 2.0×	166 0.6×	76	1.7k
Charles B. Morrey United States	22	231 0.3×	343 0.6×	359 0.8×	1.6k 4.7×	109 0.4×	51	4.0k
Ken A. Hawick New Zealand	17	213 0.3×	413 0.7×	41 0.1×	144 0.4×	162 0.6×	159	1.2k
William Evans Canada	16	321 0.4×	329 0.5×	44 0.1×	162 0.5×	108 0.4×	58	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nathan Bell

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All Works

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17 of 17 papers shown

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Bell, Nathan, Luke N. Olson, Jacob B. Schroder, & Ben S. Southworth. (2023). PyAMG: Algebraic Multigrid Solvers in Python. The Journal of Open Source Software. 8(87). 5495–5495. 6 indexed citations

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Bell, Nathan, Luke N. Olson, & Jacob B. Schroder. (2022). PyAMG: Algebraic Multigrid Solvers in Python. The Journal of Open Source Software. 7(72). 4142–4142. 16 indexed citations

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Zhuang, Honglei, Xuanhui Wang, Michael Bendersky, et al.. (2021). Interpretable Ranking with Generalized Additive Models. 499–507. 17 indexed citations

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Bell, Nathan & B. John Oommen. (2016). A novel abstraction for swarm intelligence: particle field optimization. Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. 31(2). 362–385. 11 indexed citations

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Bell, Nathan & B. John Oommen. (2015). Particle Field Optimization: A New Paradigm for Swarm Intelligence. Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems. 257–265. 1 indexed citations

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Olson, Luke N., et al.. (2015). Optimizing Sparse Matrix—Matrix Multiplication for the GPU. ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software. 41(4). 1–20. 84 indexed citations

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Wendler, Cathy, et al.. (2012). Pathways through Graduate School and into Careers.. 67 indexed citations

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Wendler, Cathy, et al.. (2012). Pathways through Graduate School and into Careers. Executive Summary.. 3 indexed citations

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Bell, Nathan, et al.. (2012). Exposing Fine-Grained Parallelism in Algebraic Multigrid Methods. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. 34(4). C123–C152. 154 indexed citations

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Bell, Nathan & Anil N. Hirani. (2012). PyDEC. ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software. 39(1). 1–41. 22 indexed citations

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Wendler, Cathy, et al.. (2010). The Path Forward: The Future of Graduate Education in the United States.. 136 indexed citations

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Bell, Nathan & Michael Garland. (2009). Implementing sparse matrix-vector multiplication on throughput-oriented processors. 1–11. 600 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bell, Nathan & Luke N. Olson. (2008). Algebraic multigrid for k‐form Laplacians. Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications. 15(2-3). 165–185. 9 indexed citations

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Bell, Nathan & Michael Garland. (2008). Ecient Sparse Matrix-Vector Multiplication on CUDA. 374 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shi, Lin, et al.. (2006). A fast multigrid algorithm for mesh deformation. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 25(3). 1108–1117. 82 indexed citations

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Bell, Nathan, et al.. (2006). A fast multigrid algorithm for mesh deformation. 1108–1108. 14 indexed citations

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Bell, Nathan, et al.. (2005). Particle-based simulation of granular materials. The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong). 77–86. 136 indexed citations

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