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Arif Ghafoor publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arif Ghafoor sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 313 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Arif Ghafoor D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arif Ghafoor sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 57 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the development of multimedia synchronization models and associated algorithms.

Overview

Arif Ghafoor is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research mainly spans the broad field of Computer Science, with a focus on several subfields including Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence, Signal Processing, Information Systems, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics, with primary emphasis on Network Security and Intrusion Detection. Additional areas of research include Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting, Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies, Software-Defined Networks and 5G, Advanced Malware Detection Techniques, Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications, as well as Cloud Computing and Resource Management.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Yahya Javed, Mosab Khayat, Muhamad Felemban, Anas Daghistani, and Ali Elghariani.

Publications by Arif Ghafoor appear in a range of venues, notably:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
  • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • IEEE Network
  • Computer

Recent papers illustrate their research scope and include:

  • A Network Function Virtualization System for Detecting Malware in Large IoT Based Networks, 2020, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • Evaluation of HMM-Based Network Intrusion Detection System for Multiple Multi-Stage Attacks, 2020, IEEE Network
  • PRISM: A Hierarchical Intrusion Detection Architecture for Large-Scale Cyber Networks, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
  • A Partition-Driven Integrated Security Architecture for Cyberphysical Systems, 2020, Computer
  • A Security and Performance Driven Architecture for Cloud Data Centers, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)

Arif Ghafoor was recognized as an IEEE Fellow in 1999 for contributions to the development of multimedia synchronization models and associated algorithms.

Best Publications

  • Synchronization and storage models for multimedia objects

    T.D.C. Little;A. Ghafoor

  • A generalized temporal role-based access control model

    J.B.D. Joshi;E. Bertino;U. Latif;A. Ghafoor

  • Security models for web-based applications

    James B. D. Joshi;Walid G. Aref;Arif Ghafoor;Eugene H. Spafford

  • Interval-based conceptual models for time-dependent multimedia data

    T.D.C. Little;A. Ghafoor

  • Multimedia synchronization protocols for broadband integrated services

    T.D.C. Little;A. Ghafoor

  • Secure interoperation in a multidomain environment employing RBAC policies

    B. Shafiq;J.B.D. Joshi;E. Bertino;A. Ghafoor

  • Digital Government Security Infrastructure Design Challenges

    Unknown

  • Digital government security infrastructure design challenges

    J. Joshi;A. Ghafoor;W.G. Aref;E.H. Spafford

  • Network considerations for distributed multimedia object composition and communication

    T.D.C. Little;A. Ghafoor

  • Access-control language for multidomain environments

    J.B.D. Joshi

  • A Distributed Access Control Architecture for Cloud Computing

    A. Almutairi;M. Sarfraz;S. Basalamah;W. Aref

  • X-GTRBAC: an XML-based policy specification framework and architecture for enterprise-wide access control

    Rafae Bhatti;Arif Ghafoor;Elisa Bertino;James B. D. Joshi

  • Spatio-temporal composition of distributed multimedia objects for value-added networks

    T.D.C. Little;A. Ghafoor

  • A Trust-Based Context-Aware Access Control Model for Web-Services

    Rafae Bhatti;Elisa Bertino;Arif Ghafoor

  • Watermarking Relational Databases Using Optimization-Based Techniques

    M. Shehab;E. Bertino;A. Ghafoor

  • Semantic modeling and knowledge representation in multimedia databases

    W. Al-Khatib;Y.F. Day;A. Ghafoor;P.B. Berra

  • A distributed heterogeneous supercomputing management system

    A. Ghafoor;J. Yang

  • Models for motion-based video indexing and retrieval

    S. Dagtas;W. Al-Khatib;A. Ghafoor;R.L. Kashyap

  • Semi-distributed load balancing for massively parallel multicomputer systems

    I. Ahmad;A. Ghafoor

  • A synchronization framework for communication of pre-orchestrated multimedia information

    Miae Woo;N.U. Qazi;A. Ghafoor

  • Network Considerations for Distributed Multimedia Object Composition and Communication Thomas D. C. Little

    Arif Ghafoor

  • A generalized temporal role based access control model for developing secure systems

    James B. D. Joshi;Arif Ghafoor

Frequent Co-Authors

Elisa Bertino
Elisa Bertino Purdue University West Lafayette
James Joshi
James Joshi University of Pittsburgh
Ishfaq Ahmad
Ishfaq Ahmad The University of Texas at Arlington
Ashfaq Khokhar
Ashfaq Khokhar Iowa State University
Walid G. Aref
Walid G. Aref Purdue University West Lafayette
Thomas D. C. Little
Thomas D. C. Little Boston University
Patrick Solé
Patrick Solé Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Nadra Guizani
Nadra Guizani The University of Texas at Arlington
Edwin K. P. Chong
Edwin K. P. Chong Colorado State University
Yunlong Liu
Yunlong Liu Indiana University

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