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About the directory
I built CS PhD Rankings to help graduate students get to know one another through their research, find collaborators with shared interests, and help companies discover people whose expertise fits their needs.
The directory is growing toward worldwide coverage of CS graduate research. Use the region, country and institution filters to explore the available profiles. Locations follow the institution shown on each profile. Profiles and papers come from public university, laboratory, researcher and publication pages.
Profiles appear after at least one publication record has been attributed using supporting sources. Preprints and workshop papers can qualify. Profiles awaiting publication verification are kept in our research archive for later review. Absence from this directory does not mean a student has no publications.
Company researchers can also be enrolled graduate students. We retain profiles when public sources report ongoing MS or PhD study and show reviewed concurrent roles in the expanded profile. Profiles found to have ended their graduate study are removed from the current directory and retained in the research archive.
Scores summarize collected publications using your chosen weights. No account is needed. Your ranking settings are saved on this device.
How scoring works
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| Tier | Base points | Venues |
|---|---|---|
| S+ | 7 | No listed venues |
| S | 6 | No listed venues |
| A | 5 | No listed venues |
| B | 4 | No listed venues |
| C | 3 | No listed venues |
| D | 2 | No listed venues |
| E | 1 | No listed venues |
Tiers set the default base points for main conference and journal papers. S+ / 7 identifies selected highest-tier venues; S / 6 includes strong conferences and journals. Preprints start at 1 point. These are site weights; individual papers may receive track, award and authorship adjustments.
Default scoring explained
Each paper: venue points × track multiplier × highest distinction multiplier × authorship weight.
Findings ×0.5 · Workshops / Tiny Papers ×0.25. Other tracks use ×1.
Recorded selective main-track and workshop presentations: Spotlight / Highlight ×1.5 · Oral ×2. Ordinary talks and Findings presentations use ×1.
Paper awards: Honorable mention ×2.5 · Outstanding paper ×3 · Best Theme Paper ×3 · Best paper ×4. Only the highest presentation or award multiplier applies, once.
Best Theme Paper recognizes work on a conference's special theme and is scored separately from the overall Best Paper award. These multipliers are site scoring choices.
Authorship: first / equal-first, reviewed alphabetical bylines and explicit corresponding authors / team leads receive 1× credit. Otherwise, each author receives 1/position: second 1/2×, third 1/3×, and so on. Missing positions use 1×.
First / alphabetical includes first-listed authors and every coauthor on reviewed alphabetical papers. First / equal-first / alphabetical also includes later-listed equal-first authors. First-listed does not mean sole first author.
Published papers use their venue points across research fields. Public preprints start at 1 point before authorship weighting, without track or distinction multipliers. Unclassified venues use 1 point. Confirmed non-English papers receive no score. Linked versions count once.
Change weights in Customize ranking, or choose Paper count for one point per matching paper.
A dash (—) means publication information is unavailable. Zero means no collected papers match the current settings. Papers excluded from scoring or awaiting verification remain available in the expanded student profile.
Author roles and paper awards are shown when supported by the available sources.
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