Maged Michael is the inventor of several concurrent algorithms including hazard pointers, lock-free allocation, and multiple concurrent data structure algorithms. His code and algorithms are widely-used in standard libraries and production. His 2002 paper on hazard pointers received the 2022 Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing, and his 2004 paper on lock-free allocation received the 2014 ACM SIGPLAN Most Influential PLDI Paper Award.