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Researcher · ETH Zurich · Switzerland

Niklaus Wirth

Niklaus Wirth publishes mostly in Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Hardware and Architecture, on topics such as Logic, programming, and type systems, Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques and Physics and Engineering Research Articles.

World rank
#31,211
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#806
of 19,404
Works
157
Citations
756
Citations per work
4.8

What does Niklaus Wirth research?

Artificial Intelligence: 18.0%Computational Theory and Mathematics: 13.1%Hardware and Architecture: 8.7%Computer Science Applications: 6.6%other fields: 53.6%18%top field
Artificial Intelligence18.0%Computational Theory and Mathematics13.1%Hardware and Architecture8.7%Computer Science Applications6.6%other fields53.6%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Artificial Intelligence18% of their works
  2. 2Computational Theory and Mathematics13% of their works
  3. 3Hardware and Architecture9% of their works
  4. 4Computer Science Applications7% of their works
  5. 5Software5% of their works
  6. 6Information Systems5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Niklaus Wirth's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Model Checking, Formal Verification, Static Analysis, Parallel Computing, Performance Optimization, Fluid Dynamics, Renewable Energy and Computational Thinking.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Model Checking252 topics
  2. Formal Verification181 topic
  3. Static Analysis181 topic
  4. Parallel Computing101 topic
  5. Performance Optimization101 topic
  6. Fluid Dynamics81 topic
  7. Renewable Energy81 topic
  8. Computational Thinking71 topic
  9. Flexible Automation71 topic
  10. Programming Education71 topic
  11. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems71 topic
  12. Satisfiability Modulo Theories71 topic
  13. Symbolic Model Checker71 topic
  14. Algorithmic Information Theory61 topic
  15. Computability61 topic
  16. Domain-Specific Languages61 topic
  17. Model-Driven Engineering61 topic

Where does Niklaus Wirth work?

Niklaus Wirth's main affiliation in the publication record is ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Niklaus Wirth have?

Science Explorer counts 157 works and 756 citations for Niklaus Wirth, ranking #31,211 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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