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Ilya Safro

Algorithms For Quantum Computing Natural Language Processing (NLP) Network Science And Graph Algorithms Large-scale Optimization Machine Learning
430 Smith Hall
university of delaware Computer & Information Sciences

About

Dr. Ilya Safro received his Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute of Science under the supervision of Achi Brandt and Dorit Ron. In January 2021, he joined the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Delaware. In 2012-2020, Dr. Safro held assistant and associate professor positions in the School of Computing at Clemson University. He was also a Faculty Scholar of the Clemson University School of Health Research. Before that he was a postdoc and Argonne scholar at the Division of Mathematics and Computer Science at Argonne National Laboratory. Dr. Safro’s research is funded by several agencies including NSF, DARPA, NIH, DOE, and BMW. His research interests include algorithms and models for quantum computing, AI, machine learning, natural language processing, network science and graph algorithms, and large-scale optimization.

Research Performance Summary

193
Total Papers
5145
Total Citations
36
H-Index
2002-2025
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

Multiscale methods for the minimum linear arrangement of graphs

Year: 2002

Citations: 1

Venue: Weizmann Institute of Science

Latest Recorded Paper

Biomedical Hypothesis Explainability with Graph-Based Context Retrieval

Year: 2025

Citations: 0

Venue: Machine Learning for Healthcare (MLHC) 298

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2025
14
2024
18
2023
12
2022
14
2021
18
2020
15
2019
19
2018
12
2017
16
2016
8
2015
11

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 44
Journal 21
Book 12

Top Coauthors

Safro Alexeev Shaydulin

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 14
Citations 23
Avg. Citations / Paper 1.6
H-Index 3

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 77
Citations 1593
Avg. Citations / Paper 20.7
H-Index 19

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 66
Citations 2535
Avg. Citations / Paper 38.4
H-Index 23

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 18
Citations 573
Avg. Citations / Paper 31.8
H-Index 9

2005-2009

Period Stats
Papers 16
Citations 407
Avg. Citations / Paper 25.4
H-Index 7

2000-2004

Period Stats
Papers 2
Citations 14
Avg. Citations / Paper 7
H-Index 1

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

isafro@udel.edu
3028314512

Detected Research Keywords

Quantum Approximate Optimization Approximate Optimization Algorithm Support Vector Machines Transportation Data Analytics Multilevel Graph Partitioning Machine Learning Transportation Learning Transportation Data Quantum Computing Finance Approach Combinatorial Optimization Combinatorial Optimization Noisy