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Wes Bethel

High Performance Computing Advanced Computational Architectures Quantum Computing Scientific Visualization Machine Learning Applications
San Francisco State University (SFSU) Department of Computer Science

About

E. Wes Bethel is a Professor in the Computer Science Department at San Francisco State University, a Research Affiliate at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and an ACM Distinguished Member. His research interests include high performance computing, advanced computational architectures and technologies, quantum computing, data science, machine learning and its applications, scientific visualization, and computer graphics.

Research Performance Summary

249
Total Papers
5365
Total Citations
39
H-Index
1987-2026
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

DOE's SciDAC Visualization and Analytics Center for Enabling Technologies--Strategy for

Year: 1987

Citations: 0

Venue: Computer Graphics 21 (6)

Latest Recorded Paper

Quantum Computing and Visualization Research Challenges and Opportunities

Year: 2026

Citations: 0

Venue: arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.07872

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2026
2
2025
5
2024
9
2023
8
2022
11
2021
4
2020
6
2019
6
2018
4
2017
6
2016
12

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 49
Journal 21
Book 2

Top Coauthors

Bethel Childs

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 7
Citations 18
Avg. Citations / Paper 2.6
H-Index 3

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 38
Citations 311
Avg. Citations / Paper 8.2
H-Index 9

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 33
Citations 706
Avg. Citations / Paper 21.4
H-Index 10

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 64
Citations 2761
Avg. Citations / Paper 43.1
H-Index 20

2005-2009

Period Stats
Papers 63
Citations 1045
Avg. Citations / Paper 16.6
H-Index 14

2000-2004

Period Stats
Papers 38
Citations 462
Avg. Citations / Paper 12.2
H-Index 11

1995-1999

Period Stats
Papers 2
Citations 15
Avg. Citations / Paper 7.5
H-Index 2

1990-1994

Period Stats
Papers 2
Citations 10
Avg. Citations / Paper 5
H-Index 1

1985-1989

Period Stats
Papers 2
Citations 37
Avg. Citations / Paper 18.5
H-Index 1

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

ewbethel@sfsu.edu

Detected Research Keywords

Query Driven Visualization Visual Data Exploration Visualization Analytics Center Analytics Center Enabling Center Enabling Technologies Visual Data Analysis Scidac Visualization Analytics Data Exploration Analysis Distributed Memory Parallel 3d Gene Expression