Norman Bobroff

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Norman Bobroff is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Norman Bobroff has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 11 papers in Information Systems and 8 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Norman Bobroff's work include Cloud Computing and Resource Management (11 papers), Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (9 papers) and Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques (8 papers). Norman Bobroff is often cited by papers focused on Cloud Computing and Resource Management (11 papers), Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (9 papers) and Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques (8 papers). Norman Bobroff collaborates with scholars based in United States and Spain. Norman Bobroff's co-authors include Kirk Beaty, Andrzej Kochut, Alan E. Rosenbluth, Liana Fong, S. Masoud Sadjadi, David Villegas, Yanbin Liu, Iván Rodero, Javier Delgado and Manish Parashar and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Review of Scientific Instruments and IBM Journal of Research and Development.

In The Last Decade

Norman Bobroff

25 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Dynamic Placement of Virtual Machines for Managing SLA Vi... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300 400 500
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. Dynamic Placement of Virtual Machines for Managing SLA Violations
    2007 586 citations Norman Bobroff, Andrzej Kochut 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
Norman Bobroff United States 11 742 714 489 255 244 26 1.7k
Andreas Schreiber Germany 17 216 0.3× 208 0.3× 58 0.1× 21 0.1× 180 0.7× 79 1.9k
David M. Beazley United States 14 200 0.3× 86 0.1× 121 0.2× 5 0.0× 69 0.3× 36 1.1k
Chengzhi Li China 28 589 0.8× 9 0.0× 230 0.5× 28 0.1× 708 2.9× 150 2.5k
Tom Peterka United States 19 280 0.4× 108 0.2× 29 0.1× 6 0.0× 73 0.3× 57 1.2k
Yiling Xu China 26 313 0.4× 128 0.2× 66 0.1× 4 0.0× 220 0.9× 133 2.2k
Yong Lee Japan 17 118 0.2× 58 0.1× 29 0.1× 19 0.1× 626 2.6× 98 1.4k
Reinhard Heckel United States 19 106 0.1× 34 0.0× 258 0.5× 7 0.0× 92 0.4× 56 1.6k
Michael McLennan United States 14 211 0.3× 185 0.3× 23 0.0× 22 0.1× 421 1.7× 42 1.1k
Sheng Yuan China 25 62 0.1× 88 0.1× 315 0.6× 4 0.0× 1.2k 5.0× 134 2.4k
Amit Acharya United States 29 236 0.3× 54 0.1× 930 1.9× 9 0.0× 143 0.6× 119 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Norman Bobroff

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Fields of papers citing papers by Norman Bobroff

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Norman Bobroff. 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 Norman Bobroff. The network helps show where Norman Bobroff may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Norman Bobroff

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

All Works

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Albrecht, Conrad M, Rui Zhang, Xiaodong Cui, et al.. (2020). Change Detection from Remote Sensing to Guide OpenStreetMap Labeling. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 9(7). 427–427. 12 indexed citations
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Bobroff, Norman, Peter Westerink, & Liana Fong. (2014). Active Control of Memory for Java Virtual Machines and Applications. 97–103. 7 indexed citations
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Rodero, Iván, David Villegas, Norman Bobroff, et al.. (2013). Enabling Interoperability among Grid Meta-Schedulers. Journal of Grid Computing. 11(2). 311–336. 13 indexed citations
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Villegas, David, Norman Bobroff, Iván Rodero, et al.. (2012). Cloud federation in a layered service model. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 78(5). 1330–1344. 128 indexed citations
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Delgado, Javier, S. Masoud Sadjadi, Liana Fong, et al.. (2011). Efficiency Assessment of Parallel Workloads on Virtualized Resources. 89–96. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Yanbin, Norman Bobroff, Liana Fong, et al.. (2009). An experimental system for grid meta-broker evaluation. 11–18. 1 indexed citations
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Bobroff, Norman, Liana Fong, Selim Kalaycı, et al.. (2008). Enabling Interoperability among Meta-Schedulers. 3165. 306–315. 21 indexed citations
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Liu, Yanbin, S. Masoud Sadjadi, Liana Fong, et al.. (2008). Enabling Autonomic Meta-Scheduling in Grid Environments. 199–200. 2 indexed citations
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Bobroff, Norman, Andrzej Kochut, & Kirk Beaty. (2007). Dynamic Placement of Virtual Machines for Managing SLA Violations. 586 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bobroff, Norman & Lily Mummert. (2005). Design and Implementation of a Resource Manager in a Distributed Database System. Journal of Network and Systems Management. 13(2). 151–174.
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Kochut, Andrzej, Norman Bobroff, Kirk Beaty, & Gautam Kar. (2004). Management issues in storage area networks: detection and isolation of performance problems. 1994. 453–466. 3 indexed citations
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Doany, Fuad E., Thomas L. Ainsworth, Norman Bobroff, Douglas S. Goodman, & Alan E. Rosenbluth. (1997). Large-field scanning laser ablation system. IBM Journal of Research and Development. 41(1.2). 131–142. 4 indexed citations
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Bobroff, Norman. (1993). Critical alignments in plane mirror interferometry. Precision Engineering. 15(1). 33–38. 14 indexed citations
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Bobroff, Norman. (1993). Recent advances in displacement measuring interferometry. Measurement Science and Technology. 4(9). 907–926. 333 indexed citations
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Bobroff, Norman, Alan E. Rosenbluth, & M. Hatzakis. (1992). Scanning differential interferometer to measure index heterogeneity. Applied Optics. 31(31). 6622–6622. 2 indexed citations
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Bobroff, Norman. (1992). <title>Critical alignments in plane mirror interferometry</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1673. 63–67. 2 indexed citations
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Rosenbluth, Alan E. & Norman Bobroff. (1990). Optical sources of non-linearity in heterodyne interferometers. Precision Engineering. 12(1). 7–11. 103 indexed citations
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Bobroff, Norman. (1987). Residual errors in laser interferometry from air turbulence and nonlinearity. Applied Optics. 26(13). 2676–2676. 112 indexed citations
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Bobroff, Norman, et al.. (1986). An optical alignment microscope for x-ray lithography. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics Processing and Phenomena. 4(1). 285–289. 3 indexed citations
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Bobroff, Norman, et al.. (1984). XUV observations of Capella and the local interstellar medium. The Astrophysical Journal. 277. 678–678. 3 indexed citations

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