Peter B. Kessler

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Peter B. Kessler is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Hardware and Architecture and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter B. Kessler has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 9 papers in Hardware and Architecture and 9 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Peter B. Kessler's work include Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (9 papers), Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (7 papers) and Software Engineering Research (4 papers). Peter B. Kessler is often cited by papers focused on Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (9 papers), Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (7 papers) and Software Engineering Research (4 papers). Peter B. Kessler collaborates with scholars based in United States. Peter B. Kessler's co-authors include Susan L. Graham, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Christian Wimmer, Christian Jacobi, Alan Demers, Russell R. Atkinson, Mark Weiser, Carl Hauser, Peter Höfer and Thomas Würthinger and has published in prestigious journals such as ACM SIGPLAN Notices, Software Practice and Experience and Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages.

In The Last Decade

Peter B. Kessler

19 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

  1. Gprof
    1982 680 citations Susan L. Graham, Peter B. Kessler et al. profile →

Peers

Peter B. Kessler
Marshall Kirk McKusick United States
Linda Torczon United States
Christian Grothoff United States
Arvind K. Sujeeth United States
John Reppy United States
Christophe Dubach United Kingdom
Marco Danelutto Italy
Fernando Magno Quintão Pereira Brazil
Anurag Acharya United States
Yuli Zhou United States
Marshall Kirk McKusick United States
Peter B. Kessler
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Countries citing papers authored by Peter B. Kessler

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter B. Kessler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter B. Kessler

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Wimmer, Christian, et al.. (2019). Initialize once, start fast: application initialization at build time. Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages. 3(OOPSLA). 1–29. 38 indexed citations
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Kessler, Peter B.. (2004). Fast breakpoints. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 39(4). 390–397. 16 indexed citations
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Graham, Susan L., Peter B. Kessler, & Marshall Kirk McKusick. (2004). gprof. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 39(4). 49–57. 68 indexed citations
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Kempf, James & Peter B. Kessler. (2003). Cross-address space dynamic linking. 534. 250–256. 3 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Graham, Peter B. Kessler, Yousef A. Khalidi, et al.. (2002). An overview of the Spring system. 122–131. 25 indexed citations
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Radia, Sanjay, Graham Hamilton, Peter B. Kessler, & Michael Powell. (1995). The spring object model. 12–12. 6 indexed citations
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Kessler, Peter B.. (1994). A client-side stub interpreter. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 29(8). 94–100. 2 indexed citations
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Kessler, Peter B.. (1994). A client-side stub interpreter. 94–100. 3 indexed citations
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Kessler, Peter B.. (1990). Fast breakpoints: design and implementation. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 25(6). 78–84. 13 indexed citations
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Kessler, Peter B.. (1990). Fast breakpoints: design and implementation. 78–84. 35 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Russell R., Alan Demers, Carl Hauser, et al.. (1989). Experiences creating a portable cedar. 322–329. 19 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Russell R., Alan Demers, Carl Hauser, et al.. (1989). Experiences creating a portable cedar. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 24(7). 322–329. 13 indexed citations
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Kessler, Peter B.. (1986). Discovering machine-specific code improvements. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 21(7). 249–254. 6 indexed citations
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Kessler, Peter B.. (1986). Discovering machine-specific code improvements. 249–254. 15 indexed citations
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Kessler, Peter B.. (1984). Automated Discovery of Machine-Specific Code Improvements. UC Berkeley. 2 indexed citations
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Kessler, Peter B.. (1984). Automated discovery of machine-specific code improvements (retargetable, compiler, optimization). 3 indexed citations
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Graham, Susan L., Peter B. Kessler, & Marshall Kirk McKusick. (1983). An execution profiler for modular programs. Software Practice and Experience. 13(8). 671–685. 126 indexed citations
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Graham, Susan L., Peter B. Kessler, & Marshall Kirk McKusick. (1982). Gprof. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 17(6). 120–126. 176 indexed citations
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Graham, Susan L., Peter B. Kessler, & Marshall Kirk McKusick. (1982). Gprof. 120–126. 680 indexed citations breakdown →

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