His dissertation was on nested transactions and was later published in a slightly revised form by the MIT Press (1985). He is co-author of The Garbage Collection Handbook with Richard Jones and Antony Hosking, published in 2011 by Chapman and Hall.
He conducted research on nested transactions, which was later revised and published by the MIT Press in 1985. His work also contributed to The Garbage Collection Handbook, a collaboration with Richard Jones and Antony Hosking, published by Chapman and Hall in 2011.