Seth Hallem

3.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
14 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Seth Hallem is a scholar working on Information Systems, Software and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Seth Hallem has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Information Systems, 8 papers in Software and 6 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Seth Hallem's work include Software Engineering Research (9 papers), Software Testing and Debugging Techniques (8 papers) and Software Reliability and Analysis Research (5 papers). Seth Hallem is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Research (9 papers), Software Testing and Debugging Techniques (8 papers) and Software Reliability and Analysis Research (5 papers). Seth Hallem collaborates with scholars based in United States. Seth Hallem's co-authors include Dawson Engler, Benjamin Chelf, Andy Chou, Junfeng Yang, Yichen Xie, Scott McPeak, Ken Block, Junfeng Yang, David Park and Junfeng Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, ACM SIGPLAN Notices and ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review.

In The Last Decade

Seth Hallem

14 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Bugs as deviant behavior 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2001 2010 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. Bugs as deviant behavior
    2001 570 citations Dawson Engler, Seth Hallem et al. profile →
  2. An empirical study of operating systems errors
    2001 513 citations Andy Chou, Junfeng Yang et al. profile →
  3. A few billion lines of code later
    2010 421 citations Ken Block, Andy Chou et al. Communications of the ACM profile →

Peers

Seth Hallem
Andy Chou United States
Benjamin Chelf United States
Julian Dolby United States
Manu Sridharan United States
Eric Eide United States
Stephen McCamant United States
Eran Yahav Israel
Karl J. Ottenstein United States
Jeff Perkins United States
John Whaley United States
Andy Chou United States
Seth Hallem
Citations per year, relative to Seth Hallem Seth Hallem (= 1×) peers Andy Chou

Countries citing papers authored by Seth Hallem

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Fields of papers citing papers by Seth Hallem

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Seth Hallem

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

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Block, Ken, et al.. (2010). A few billion lines of code later. Communications of the ACM. 53(2). 66–75. 421 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hallem, Seth, David Park, & Dawson Engler. (2003). Uprooting Software Defects at the Source. Queue. 1(8). 64–71. 15 indexed citations
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Hallem, Seth, Benjamin Chelf, Yichen Xie, & Dawson Engler. (2002). A system and language for building system-specific, static analyses. 3 indexed citations
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Hallem, Seth, Benjamin Chelf, Yichen Xie, & Dawson Engler. (2002). A system and language for building system-specific, static analyses. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 37(5). 69–82. 16 indexed citations
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Hallem, Seth, Benjamin Chelf, Yichen Xie, & Dawson Engler. (2002). A system and language for building system-specific, static analyses. 69–82. 275 indexed citations
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Chelf, Benjamin, Dawson Engler, & Seth Hallem. (2002). How to write system-specific, static checkers in metal. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes. 28(1). 51–60. 2 indexed citations
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Chelf, Benjamin, Dawson Engler, & Seth Hallem. (2002). How to write system-specific, static checkers in metal. 51–60. 18 indexed citations
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Chou, Andy, Junfeng Yang, Benjamin Chelf, Seth Hallem, & Dawson Engler. (2001). An empirical study of operating systems errors. 13 indexed citations
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Chou, Andy, Junfeng Yang, Benjamin Chelf, Seth Hallem, & Dawson Engler. (2001). An empirical study of operating systems errors. ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review. 35(5). 73–88. 57 indexed citations
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Engler, Dawson, et al.. (2001). Bugs as deviant behavior. 57–72. 570 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chou, Andy, Junfeng Yang, Benjamin Chelf, Seth Hallem, & Dawson Engler. (2001). An empirical study of operating systems errors. 73–88. 513 indexed citations breakdown →
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Engler, Dawson, et al.. (2001). Bugs as deviant behavior. 53 indexed citations
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Engler, Dawson, et al.. (2001). Bugs as deviant behavior. ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review. 35(5). 57–72. 104 indexed citations
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Engler, Dawson, Benjamin Chelf, Andy Chou, & Seth Hallem. (2000). Checking system rules using system-specific, programmer-written compiler extensions. Operating Systems Design and Implementation. 1–16. 395 indexed citations

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