Norman Margolus

8.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
23 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Norman Margolus is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Computer Networks and Communications and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Norman Margolus has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics, 6 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 5 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Norman Margolus's work include Cellular Automata and Applications (13 papers), Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms (6 papers) and Advanced Data Storage Technologies (5 papers). Norman Margolus is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Automata and Applications (13 papers), Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms (6 papers) and Advanced Data Storage Technologies (5 papers). Norman Margolus collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Canada. Norman Margolus's co-authors include Tommaso Toffoli, Charles H. Bennett, Tycho Sleator, Harald Weinfurter, Richard Cleve, David P. DiVincenzo, John A. Smolin, Adriano Barenco, Peter W. Shor and Aurélia Chenu and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Norman Margolus

23 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Elementary gates for quantum computation

1995 2.7k citations Adriano Barenco, Charles H. Bennett et al. Physical Review A profile →
Cellular Automata Machines

1987 767 citations Tommaso Toffoli, Norman Margolus profile →
Cellular Automata Machines: A New Environment for Modeling

1987 531 citations Tommaso Toffoli, Norman Margolus profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Norman Margolus United States	13	3.0k	2.1k	1.5k	522	446	23	4.8k
Tommaso Toffoli United States	18	2.9k 1.0×	3.2k 1.5×	959 0.6×	1.4k 2.6×	618 1.4×	49	5.5k
Maria Schuld South Africa	20	4.3k 1.4×	866 0.4×	1.5k 1.0×	700 1.3×	212 0.5×	38	6.0k
Vadim Smelyanskiy United States	27	2.9k 0.9×	547 0.3×	1.6k 1.1×	367 0.7×	98 0.2×	103	4.1k
Per‐Gunnar Martinsson United States	24	1.1k 0.4×	1000 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	966 1.9×	158 0.4×	57	4.7k
Lenka Zdeborová France	27	1.6k 0.5×	604 0.3×	550 0.4×	310 0.6×	356 0.8×	104	5.0k
Chris Godsil Canada	30	1.3k 0.4×	1.9k 0.9×	260 0.2×	1.1k 2.1×	223 0.5×	108	5.8k
Hidetoshi Nishimori Japan	33	2.9k 1.0×	700 0.3×	2.0k 1.3×	471 0.9×	173 0.4×	153	6.0k
Jacob Biamonte Russia	24	3.7k 1.2×	818 0.4×	1.7k 1.1×	545 1.0×	104 0.2×	64	4.6k
Moshe Schwartz Israel	37	1.1k 0.4×	775 0.4×	406 0.3×	1.8k 3.4×	625 1.4×	299	5.6k
Péter Wittek Sweden	21	3.0k 1.0×	596 0.3×	1.3k 0.8×	396 0.8×	79 0.2×	62	3.9k

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Chenu, Aurélia, et al.. (2018). Quantum Speed Limits across the Quantum-to-Classical Transition. Physical Review Letters. 120(7). 70401–70401. 111 indexed citations

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Margolus, Norman. (2003). Looking at Nature as a Computer. International Journal of Theoretical Physics. 42(2). 309–327. 9 indexed citations

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Margolus, Norman. (2002). An FPGA architecture for DRAM-based systolic computations. 2–11. 11 indexed citations

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D’Souza, Raissa M., et al.. (2002). Dimension-Splitting for Simplifying Diffusion in Lattice-Gas Models. Journal of Statistical Physics. 107(1-2). 401–422. 12 indexed citations

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Margolus, Norman. (2000). An embedded DRAM architecture for large-scale spatial-lattice computations. ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News. 28(2). 149–160. 3 indexed citations

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Margolus, Norman. (2000). An embedded DRAM architecture for large-scale spatial-lattice computations. 149–160. 7 indexed citations

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D’Souza, Raissa M. & Norman Margolus. (1999). Thermodynamically reversible generalization of diffusion limited aggregation. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 60(1). 264–274. 21 indexed citations

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Margolus, Norman. (1998). Crystalline Computation. arXiv (Cornell University). 4 indexed citations

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Margolus, Norman. (1996). <title>Large-scale logic array computation</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2914. 341–352. 1 indexed citations

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Barenco, Adriano, Charles H. Bennett, Richard Cleve, et al.. (1995). Elementary gates for quantum computation. Physical Review A. 52(5). 3457–3467. 2682 indexed citations breakdown →

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Boghosian, Bruce M., et al.. (1995). Simulating three-dimensional hydrodynamics on a cellular automata machine. Journal of Statistical Physics. 81(1-2). 105–128. 18 indexed citations

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Rabin, Yoed, et al.. (1993). Massively Parallel Architectures and Polymer Simulation.. PPSC. 193–202. 3 indexed citations

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Toffoli, Tommaso & Norman Margolus. (1993). PROGRAMMABLE MATTER: CONCEPTS AND REALIZATION. 5(2). 155–170. 3 indexed citations

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Bar‐Yam, Yaneer, et al.. (1991). Cellular Automaton Simulation of Polymers. MRS Proceedings. 248. 5 indexed citations

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Toffoli, Tommaso & Norman Margolus. (1991). Programmable matter: Concepts and realization. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 47(1-2). 263–272. 105 indexed citations

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Toffoli, Tommaso & Norman Margolus. (1990). Invertible cellular automata: A review. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 45(1-3). 229–253. 187 indexed citations

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Bennett, Charles H., et al.. (1988). Bond-energy variables for Ising spin-glass dynamics. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 37(4). 2254–2254. 8 indexed citations

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Margolus, Norman, Tommaso Toffoli, & Gérard Y. Vichniac. (1986). Cellular-Automata Supercomputers for Fluid-Dynamics Modeling. Physical Review Letters. 56(16). 1694–1696. 81 indexed citations

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Margolus, Norman. (1986). Quantum Computation^a. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 480(1). 487–497. 27 indexed citations

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Margolus, Norman. (1984). Physics-like models of computation. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 10(1-2). 81–95. 222 indexed citations

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