2026 Alenka Zajic: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	33	12773	12401	5150	4916	146	4017

Overview

Alenka Zajic is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and computer science, with a particular focus on electrical and electronic engineering and hardware and architecture.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Engineering
Computer Science

Within these fields, their work emphasizes these subfields:

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Hardware and Architecture
Artificial Intelligence
Signal Processing
Biomedical Engineering

Zajic's research addresses a range of topics, notably:

Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security
Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis
Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling
Electrostatic Discharge in Electronics
Cryptographic Implementations and Security
Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
Microwave Engineering and Waveguides

They have published extensively in several venues, including:

IEEE Access
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Journal of Hardware and Systems Security
IEEE Transactions on Computers
2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI)

Frequent coauthors in Zajic's publications are:

Milos Prvulović
Prateek Juyal
Frank T. Werner
Erik J. Jorgensen
Baki Berkay Yilmaz

Some of their recent papers include:

THz Cluster-Based Modeling and Propagation Characterization in a Data Center Environment, published in 2020 in IEEE Access
Modeling of 300 GHz Chip-to-Chip Wireless Channels in Metal Enclosures, published in 2020 in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Near-Field Backscattering-Based Sensing for Hardware Trojan Detection, published in 2020 in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Side-Channel Propagation Measurements and Modeling for Hardware Security in IoT Devices, published in 2020 in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
A Comparison of Backscattering, EM, and Power Side-Channels and Their Performance in Detecting Software and Hardware Intrusions, published in 2020 in Journal of Hardware and Systems Security

Best Publications

Wideband MIMO Mobile-to-Mobile Channels: Geometry-Based Statistical Modeling With Experimental Verification

A.G. Zajic;G.L. Stuber;T.G. Pratt;S.T. Nguyen

187
Citations
Three-Dimensional Modeling, Simulation, and Capacity Analysis of Space–Time Correlated Mobile-to-Mobile Channels

A.G. Zajic;G.L. Stuber

183
Citations
Space-Time Correlated Mobile-to-Mobile Channels: Modelling and Simulation

A.G. Zajic;G.L. Stubber

175
Citations
A Practical Methodology for Measuring the Side-Channel Signal Available to the Attacker for Instruction-Level Events

Robert Callan;Alenka Zajic;Milos Prvulovic

162
Citations
Three-dimensional modeling and simulation of wideband MIMO mobile-to-mobile channels

A.G. Zajic;G.L. Stuber

150
Citations
EDDIE: EM-Based Detection of Deviations in Program Execution

Alireza Nazari;Nader Sehatbakhsh;Monjur Alam;Alenka Zajic

142
Citations
Experimental Demonstration of Electromagnetic Information Leakage From Modern Processor-Memory Systems

Alenka Zajic;Milos Prvulovic

132
Citations
Statistical Characterization of 300-GHz Propagation on a Desktop

Seunghwan Kim;Alenka G. Zajic

106
Citations
Optimization of Helical antennas [Antenna Designer's Notebook]

A.R. Djordjevic;A.G. Zajic;M.M. Ilic;G.L. Stuber

95
Citations
Enhancing the gain of helical antennas by shaping the ground conductor

Antonije R. Djordjevic;Alenka G. Zajic;Milan M. Ilic

93
Citations
Characterization of 300-GHz Wireless Channel on a Computer Motherboard

Seunghwan Kim;Alenka Zajic

89
Citations
Mobile-to-Mobile Wireless Channels

Alenka Zajic

89
Citations
THz Cluster-Based Modeling and Propagation Characterization in a Data Center Environment

Chia-Lin Cheng;Seun Sangodoyin;Alenka Zajic

82
Citations
Comparison of path loss models for indoor 30 GHz, 140 GHz, and 300 GHz channels

Chia-Lin Cheng;Seunghwan Kim;Alenka Zajic

77
Citations
FASE: finding amplitude-modulated side-channel emanations

Robert Callan;Alenka Zajić;Milos Prvulovic

76
Citations
Impact of Moving Scatterers on Vehicle-to-Vehicle Narrow-Band Channel Characteristics

Alenka G. Zajic

71
Citations
A new simulation model for mobile-to-mobile Rayleigh fading channels

A.G. Zajic;G.L. Stuber

69
Citations
Spectral profiling: observer-effect-free profiling by monitoring EM emanations

Nader Sehatbakhsh;Alireza Nazari;Alenka Zajic;Milos Prvulovic

69
Citations
D-Band Channel Measurements and Characterization for Indoor Applications

Seunghwan Kim;Wasif Tanveer Khan;Alenka Zajic;John Papapolymerou

67
Citations
Statistical Modeling of MIMO Mobile-to-Mobile Underwater Channels

A G Zajic

65
Citations
Statistical Modeling and Simulation of Short-Range Device-to-Device Communication Channels at Sub-THz Frequencies

Seunghwan Kim;Alenka Zajic

63
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Milos Prvulovic Georgia Institute of Technology

Gordon L. Stuber Georgia Institute of Technology

Matthias Patzold University of Agder

Alessandro Orso Georgia Institute of Technology

John Papapolymerou Michigan State University

Zoya Popovic University of Colorado Boulder

David W. Matolak University of South Carolina

Daniel Genkin Georgia Institute of Technology

Yuval Yarom Ruhr University Bochum

External Links

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