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Ben Y. Zhao 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 Ben Y. Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 245 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ben Y. Zhao 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 Ben Y. Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 78 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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

  • 2015 - ACM Distinguished Member

Overview

Ben Y. Zhao is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of computer science, particularly in several specialized subfields. Their research output includes 76 publications focused primarily on areas such as artificial intelligence, computer vision and pattern recognition, computer networks and communications, signal processing, and information systems.

Their recent works include studies published between 2020 and 2023 in diverse venues, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach. Selected papers include:

  • "The mechanism of hydration reaction of granulated blast furnace slag-steel slag-refining slag-desulfurization gypsum-based clinker-free cementitious materials" (2021), Journal of Building Engineering
  • "MRI-Based Radiomics and Deep Learning in Biological Characteristics and Prognosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Opportunities and Challenges" (2023), Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • "Quantifying the impacts of climate change on wheat phenology, yield, and evapotranspiration under irrigated and rainfed conditions" (2022), Agricultural Water Management
  • "Fawkes: Protecting Privacy against Unauthorized Deep Learning Models" (2020), arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Effect of calcium to silicon ratio on the microstructure of hydrated calcium silicate gels prepared under medium alkalinity" (2023), Construction and Building Materials

Zhao frequently collaborates with a core group of coauthors. Notable frequent collaborators include Hai-Tao Zheng (22 publications), Shawn Shan (11 publications), Tianyi Xia (8 publications), Emily Wenger (8 publications), and Arjun Nitin Bhagoji (8 publications).

Their research has been disseminated in venues that are consistent with their fields of study. Prominent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University) with 22 publications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal with 4 publications
  • Information Sciences with 3 publications
  • Physiology with 3 publications
  • Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging with 2 publications

The scientific topics covered by Zhao's work range broadly, with significant emphasis on:

  • Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning
  • Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • Renal Cell Carcinoma Treatment
  • Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis
  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research

In recognition of contributions to the field, Zhao was awarded the ACM Distinguished Member honor in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Tapestry: An Infrastructure for Fault-tolerant Wide-area Location and Routing

    Ben Y. Zhao;John Kubiatowicz;Anthony D. Joseph

  • OceanStore: an architecture for global-scale persistent storage

    John Kubiatowicz;David Bindel;Yan Chen;Steven Czerwinski

  • Tapestry: a resilient global-scale overlay for service deployment

    B.Y. Zhao;Ling Huang;J. Stribling;S.C. Rhea

  • User interactions in social networks and their implications

    Christo Wilson;Bryce Boe;Alessandra Sala;Krishna P.N. Puttaswamy

  • Neural Cleanse: Identifying and Mitigating Backdoor Attacks in Neural Networks

    Bolun Wang;Yuanshun Yao;Shawn Shan;Huiying Li

  • Bayeux: an architecture for scalable and fault-tolerant wide-area data dissemination

    Shelley Q. Zhuang;Ben Y. Zhao;Anthony D. Joseph;Randy H. Katz

  • Tapestry: An Infrastructure for Fault-tolerant Wide-area Location and

    Ben Y. Zhao;John D. Kubiatowicz;Anthony D. Joseph

  • An architecture for a secure service discovery service

    Steven E. Czerwinski;Ben Y. Zhao;Todd D. Hodes;Anthony D. Joseph

  • Detecting and characterizing social spam campaigns

    Hongyu Gao;Jun Hu;Christo Wilson;Zhichun Li

  • Understanding user behavior in large-scale video-on-demand systems

    Hongliang Yu;Dongdong Zheng;Ben Y. Zhao;Weimin Zheng

  • Towards a Common API for Structured Peer-to-Peer Overlays

    Frank Dabek;Ben Y. Zhao;Peter Druschel;John Kubiatowicz

  • Utilization and fairness in spectrum assignment for opportunistic spectrum access

    Chunyi Peng;Haitao Zheng;Ben Y. Zhao

  • Pond: the oceanstore prototype

    Sean Rhea;Patrick Eaton;Dennis Geels;Hakim Weatherspoon

  • Distributed Object Location in a Dynamic Network

    Kirsten Hildrum;John D. Kubiatowicz;Satish Rao;Ben Y. Zhao

  • The Ninja architecture for robust Internet-scale systems and services373423

    Steven D. Gribble;Matt Welsh;Rob von Behren;Eric A. Brewer

  • Uncovering social network Sybils in the wild

    Zhi Yang;Christo Wilson;Xiao Wang;Tingting Gao

  • A Markov-based channel model algorithm for wireless networks

    Almudena Konrad;Ben Y. Zhao;Anthony D. Joseph;Reiner Ludwig

  • Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on World Wide Web

    Jacqueline Bourdeau;Jim A. Hendler;Roger Nkambou Nkambou;Ian Horrocks

  • Understanding latent interactions in online social networks

    Jing Jiang;Christo Wilson;Xiao Wang;Wenpeng Sha

  • Maintenance-free global data storage

    S. Rhea;C. Wells;P. Eaton;D. Geels

  • Latent Backdoor Attacks on Deep Neural Networks

    Yuanshun Yao;Huiying Li;Haitao Zheng;Ben Y. Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Haitao Zheng
Haitao Zheng University of Chicago
Christo Wilson
Christo Wilson Northeastern University
John Kubiatowicz
John Kubiatowicz University of California, Berkeley
Anthony D. Joseph
Anthony D. Joseph University of California, Berkeley
Yibo Zhu
Yibo Zhu ByteDance
Kevin C. Almeroth
Kevin C. Almeroth University of California, Santa Barbara
Lei Yang
Lei Yang Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Miriam J. Metzger
Miriam J. Metzger University of California, Santa Barbara
Hakim Weatherspoon
Hakim Weatherspoon Cornell University
Gian Paolo Rossi
Gian Paolo Rossi University of Padua

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