--- title: "Cliff Young — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Cliff Young, Google: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2018–2020), h-index 34 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cliff-young/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cliff-young/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Cliff Young # Cliff Young Cliff Young has 2 papers in our library, in 2018–2020, most of them on [GPU & parallel computing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/gpu-parallel-computing/); often with [Ashish Vaswani](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ashish-vaswani/), [Dustin Tran](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dustin-tran/), [Erich Elsen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/erich-elsen/). 2 papers in our library · 2018–2020 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5035427716) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2172-1651) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130871939) · [**h-index 34**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5035427716) · [127 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5035427716) · [17,467 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5035427716&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cliff-young/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 1,978 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cliff-young/cited-by/) · [4 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #4445](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/45/#star-4445) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Cliff+Young) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Cliff+Young) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Cliff+Young) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Cliff+Young) ## Affiliations [🏢**Google** Mountain View · United States 2017–2026 · 19 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/google/) · [🏢**Alphabet** Mountain View · United States 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/alphabet/) · [🏢**D. E. Shaw Research** New York · United States 2007–2014 · 20 papers](https://ror.org/02s04h872) · [🎓**Harvard University** Cambridge · United States 1994–2009 · 12 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/harvard-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 5 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [Hardware and Architecture · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/hardware-and-architecture/) · [Computational Theory and Mathematics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computational-theory-and-mathematics/) · [Computer Networks and Communications · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-networks-and-communications/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[GPU & parallel computing · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/gpu-parallel-computing/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2020** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cliff-young/year/2020/) ### 2010s [**2018** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cliff-young/year/2018/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Sparse GPU Kernels for Deep Learning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gale-2020-sparse-gpu-kernels-deep-learning/)** *(2020 · 259 citations)* Sparse neural networks promise fewer FLOPs and parameters, but on GPUs they rarely run faster than dense ones. 2. **[Mesh-TensorFlow: Deep Learning for Supercomputers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/shazeer-2018-mesh-tensorflow-deep-learning-supercomputers/)** *(2018 · 203 citations)* Data-parallel training, which splits only the batch across devices, cannot handle models whose parameters exceed a single device's memory. ## All works 6 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Google's Neural Machine Translation System: Bridging the Gap between Human and Machine Translation ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.08144) arXiv:1609.08144 · no summary yet**Yonghui Wu et al.*2016 · 6,904 citations* 2. **[Neuromorphic computing at scale ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08253-8) Nature · no summary yet**Dhireesha Kudithipudi et al.*2025 · 368 citations* 3. **[Sparse GPU Kernels for Deep Learning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gale-2020-sparse-gpu-kernels-deep-learning/) [2012 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/2012-international-conference-for-high-performance-computing-networking-storage/)**Trevor Gale, Matei Zaharia, Cliff Young, et al.*2020 · 259 citations* 4. [**Mesh-TensorFlow: Deep Learning for Supercomputers arXiv:1811.02084**Noam Shazeer, Youlong Cheng, Niki Parmar, et al.*2018 · 203 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/shazeer-2018-mesh-tensorflow-deep-learning-supercomputers/) 5. **[A New Golden Age in Computer Architecture: Empowering the Machine-Learning Revolution ↗](https://doi.org/10.1109/mm.2018.112130030) IEEE Micro · no summary yet**Jeff Dean, David A. Patterson, Cliff Young*2018 · 174 citations* 6. **[Exploring the limits of Concurrency in ML Training on Google TPUs ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.03641) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Sameer Kumar et al.*2020 · 14 citations* ## Co-authors here 8 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Ashish Vaswani](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ashish-vaswani/) - [Dustin Tran](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dustin-tran/) - [Erich Elsen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/erich-elsen/) - [Matei Zaharia](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matei-zaharia/) - [Niki Parmar](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/niki-parmar/) - [Noam Shazeer](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/noam-shazeer/) - [Peter Hawkins](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-hawkins/) - [Ryan Sepassi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ryan-sepassi/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [2012 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/2012-international-conference-for-high-performance-computing-networking-storage/): [2012 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis 2020](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/2012-international-conference-for-high-performance-computing-networking-storage/2020/) - IEEE Micro - Nature ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 1,978 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [329 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cliff-young/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026