Randy Allen

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 850 citations indexed

About

Randy Allen is a scholar working on Hardware and Architecture, Computer Networks and Communications and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Randy Allen has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 850 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Hardware and Architecture, 7 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Randy Allen's work include Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (10 papers), Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (5 papers) and Embedded Systems Design Techniques (5 papers). Randy Allen is often cited by papers focused on Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (10 papers), Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (5 papers) and Embedded Systems Design Techniques (5 papers). Randy Allen collaborates with scholars based in United States and Italy. Randy Allen's co-authors include Ken Kennedy, David Callahan, S. C. Johnson, Linda G. Shapiro, Luigi Cinque and S. Tanimoto and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Computers and IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems.

In The Last Decade

Randy Allen

10 papers receiving 740 citations

Hit Papers

Automatic translation of FORTRAN programs to vector form 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 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. Automatic translation of FORTRAN programs to vector form
    1987 508 citations Randy Allen, Ken Kennedy ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Randy Allen United States 6 605 427 166 92 85 13 850
José Rufino Portugal 13 338 0.6× 215 0.5× 48 0.3× 151 1.6× 29 0.3× 56 537
Lubomir Bic United States 15 261 0.4× 588 1.4× 168 1.0× 54 0.6× 20 0.2× 101 877
Noriyuki Fujimoto Japan 13 121 0.2× 159 0.4× 124 0.7× 49 0.5× 5 0.1× 49 513
Peter Sestoft Denmark 12 525 0.9× 243 0.6× 1.1k 6.9× 664 7.2× 349 4.1× 40 1.5k
Hans Rischel Denmark 8 110 0.2× 51 0.1× 147 0.9× 271 2.9× 107 1.3× 21 475
Iyer United States 12 76 0.1× 103 0.2× 27 0.2× 34 0.4× 70 0.8× 34 426
Jan Gustafsson Sweden 15 588 1.0× 195 0.5× 127 0.8× 221 2.4× 139 1.6× 51 731
Yeh Yeh Taiwan 10 55 0.1× 67 0.2× 64 0.4× 12 0.1× 22 0.3× 29 382
William F. Smyth Canada 9 60 0.1× 28 0.1× 179 1.1× 84 0.9× 16 0.2× 38 339
Hyojun Kim South Korea 14 299 0.5× 526 1.2× 45 0.3× 55 0.6× 4 0.0× 38 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Randy Allen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Randy Allen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Randy Allen

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

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Allen, Randy. (2005). Compiling High-Level Languages to DSPs. 2 indexed citations
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Allen, Randy. (2005). Compiling high-level languages to DSPs: automating the implementation path. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. 22(3). 47–56. 2 indexed citations
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Allen, Randy & Ken Kennedy. (2004). Automatic loop interchange. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 39(4). 75–90. 4 indexed citations
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Allen, Randy, et al.. (2002). A parallel algorithm for graph matching and its MasPar implementation. 13–18. 1 indexed citations
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Allen, Randy, et al.. (2002). Optimizing compiled Verilog. 15–19.
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Allen, Randy, et al.. (1997). A parallel algorithm for graph matching and its MasPar implementation. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems. 8(5). 490–501. 12 indexed citations
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Allen, Randy & Ken Kennedy. (1992). Vector register allocation. IEEE Transactions on Computers. 41(10). 1290–1317. 36 indexed citations
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Allen, Randy & Ken Kennedy. (1990). Programming environments for supercomputers. University of Texas Press eBooks. 19–38.
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Allen, Randy & S. C. Johnson. (1988). Compiling C for vectorization, parallelization, and inline expansion. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 23(7). 241–249. 53 indexed citations
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Allen, Randy, David Callahan, & Ken Kennedy. (1987). Automatic decomposition of scientific programs for parallel execution. 63–76. 92 indexed citations
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Allen, Randy & Ken Kennedy. (1987). Automatic translation of FORTRAN programs to vector form. ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems. 9(4). 491–542. 508 indexed citations breakdown →
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Allen, Randy. (1981). Joint FAO/WHO food standards program Codex Alimentarius Commission ourteenth session, Geneva, 29 June-10 July 1981. Nutrition and the work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. 140 indexed citations

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