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    Deep learning· 2004

    MapReduce: Simplified Data Processing on Large Clusters

    Jeffrey Dean (first author) · 2004

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    Why it matters

    Made fault-tolerant, large-scale distributed data processing accessible; foundational infrastructure for industrial ML.

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    2004 (from OpenAlex)
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    0.352 · computed rank 474 · consensus 0.84, must-read 1, citations percentile 0, awards 0, existing lists 0. Method

    Editor's notes

    • Readability check: fail: A systems paper for data engineering, not AI. (AI draft (Claude), not yet reviewed, 2026-10-29)

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