Torsten Hoefler

12.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
301 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Torsten Hoefler is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Hardware and Architecture and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Torsten Hoefler has authored 301 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 216 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 178 papers in Hardware and Architecture and 59 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Torsten Hoefler's work include Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (177 papers), Advanced Data Storage Technologies (85 papers) and Interconnection Networks and Systems (84 papers). Torsten Hoefler is often cited by papers focused on Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (177 papers), Advanced Data Storage Technologies (85 papers) and Interconnection Networks and Systems (84 papers). Torsten Hoefler collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Torsten Hoefler's co-authors include Andrew Lumsdaine, Maciej Besta, Tal Ben‐Nun, Timo Schneider, Marc Snir, Wolfgang Rehm, Sabela Ramos, T. C. Schulthess, Michał Podstawski and William Gropp and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Torsten Hoefler

277 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

Demystifying Parallel and... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2024 100 200 300
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. Demystifying Parallel and Distributed Deep Learning
    2019 312 citations Torsten Hoefler et al. profile →
  2. Graph of Thoughts: Solving Elaborate Problems with Large Language Models
    2024 161 citations Maciej Besta, Robert Gerstenberger et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Torsten Hoefler 3.5k 2.7k 1.2k 1.2k 819 301 5.8k
John Shalf 3.9k 1.1× 3.1k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 660 0.6× 419 0.5× 172 6.0k
Marc Snir 4.8k 1.4× 3.5k 1.3× 898 0.7× 1.4k 1.2× 459 0.6× 181 7.3k
Ewing Lusk 3.5k 1.0× 2.8k 1.1× 753 0.6× 695 0.6× 273 0.3× 114 5.4k
Rajeev Thakur 4.1k 1.2× 2.9k 1.1× 794 0.6× 457 0.4× 357 0.4× 167 5.0k
John Nickolls 1.6k 0.4× 1.6k 0.6× 356 0.3× 756 0.6× 817 1.0× 15 4.3k
Anthony Skjellum 2.2k 0.6× 1.6k 0.6× 997 0.8× 650 0.6× 251 0.3× 165 3.9k
Samuel Williams 2.9k 0.8× 3.3k 1.3× 574 0.5× 688 0.6× 618 0.8× 135 5.4k
Andrew Lumsdaine 2.2k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 1000 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 1.6k 1.9× 241 5.3k
Ian Buck 1.8k 0.5× 1.9k 0.7× 400 0.3× 805 0.7× 1.4k 1.7× 28 5.1k
Robert Ross 4.1k 1.1× 1.9k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 594 0.5× 406 0.5× 206 4.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Torsten Hoefler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Torsten Hoefler

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Calotoiu, Alexandru, et al.. (2025). Cost-Effective Empirical Performance Modeling. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems. 37(2). 575–592.
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Hoefler, Torsten, et al.. (2025). MARLIN: Mixed-Precision Auto-Regressive Parallel Inference on Large Language Models. Open MIND. 239–251. 2 indexed citations
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Jordan, P., et al.. (2025). ATLAHS: An Application-centric Network Simulator Toolchain for AI, HPC, and Distributed Storage. Open MIND. 349–367. 1 indexed citations
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Girolamo, Salvatore Di, et al.. (2025). SDR-RDMA: Software-Defined Reliability Architecture for Planetary Scale RDMA Communication. Open MIND. 1223–1239.
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Sensi, Daniele De, et al.. (2025). Bine Trees: Enhancing Collective Operations by Optimizing Communication Locality. ArXiv.org. 1901–1916. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Haojie, et al.. (2024). Leveraging Graph Analysis to Pinpoint Root Causes of Scalability Issues for Parallel Applications. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems. 36(2). 308–325.
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Gianinazzi, Lukas, et al.. (2024). Near-Optimal Wafer-Scale Reduce. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 334–347. 5 indexed citations
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Bauer, Péter, Peter Dueben, Matthew Chantry, et al.. (2023). Deep learning and a changing economy in weather and climate prediction. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 4(8). 507–509. 13 indexed citations
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Besta, Maciej, Robert Gerstenberger, Paolo Sylos Labini, et al.. (2023). High-Performance and Programmable Attentional Graph Neural Networks with Global Tensor Formulations. Institutional Research Information System (Università degli Studi di Trento). 1–16. 4 indexed citations
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Hoefler, Torsten, Björn Stevens, Andreas F. Prein, et al.. (2023). Earth Virtualization Engines: A Technical Perspective. Computing in Science & Engineering. 25(3). 50–59. 6 indexed citations
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Stein, Samuel, et al.. (2023). A Reference Implementation for a Quantum Message Passing Interface. 1420–1425. 2 indexed citations
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Sensi, Daniele De, et al.. (2023). Canary: Congestion-aware in-network allreduce using dynamic trees. Future Generation Computer Systems. 152. 70–82. 4 indexed citations
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Sensi, Daniele De, et al.. (2022). Noise in the Clouds. Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems. 6(3). 1–27. 9 indexed citations
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Wolf, Felix, et al.. (2021). IPDPS 2021 PhD Forum Welcome and Abstracts. 1012–1027.
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Schuiki, Fabian, Florian Zaruba, Torsten Hoefler, & Luca Benini. (2021). Stream Semantic Registers: A Lightweight RISC-V ISA Extension Achieving Full Compute Utilization in Single-Issue Cores. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 28 indexed citations
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Zaruba, Florian, et al.. (2021). Indirection Stream Semantic Register Architecture for Efficient Sparse-Dense Linear Algebra. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 4 indexed citations
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Schär, Christoph, Oliver Fuhrer, Andrea Arteaga, et al.. (2021). Prospects for Kilometer-Scale Climate Models. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 102(1). 47–52. 1 indexed citations
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Khan, Asif Ali, et al.. (2020). Polyhedral Compilation for Racetrack Memories. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems. 39(11). 3968–3980. 8 indexed citations
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Fuhrer, Oliver, Torsten Hoefler, Grzegorz Kwaśniewski, et al.. (2018). Near-global climate simulation at 1 km resolution: establishing a performance baseline on 4888 GPUs with COSMO 5.0. Geoscientific model development. 11(4). 1665–1681. 107 indexed citations
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Besta, Maciej, et al.. (2014). Enabling Highly-Scalable Remote Memory Access Programming with MPI-3 One Sided. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10 indexed citations

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