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57
Citations
19468
World Ranking
3751
National Ranking
1791

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - ACM Fellow For contributions to discrete-event simulation.
  • 2003 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to parallel discrete-event simulation in high performance computing.

Overview

David M. Nicol is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily in Computer Science and Engineering, with notable contributions in Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems, and Surgery. The scientist's work also intersects with Artificial Intelligence.

Their scholarly output includes a range of topics reflecting this multidisciplinary approach. Key areas of research include:

  • Testicular diseases and treatments
  • Smart Grid Security and Resilience
  • Network Security and Intrusion Detection
  • Information and Cyber Security
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Urologic and reproductive health conditions
  • Security and Verification in Computing

Notable recent publications illustrate the diversity and specialization within their research portfolio. These include:

  • "European Association of Urology Guidelines on Testicular Cancer: 2023 Update," 2023, European Urology
  • "LoMoS: Less-Online/More-Offline Signatures for Extremely Time-Critical Systems," 2022, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
  • "Multiscale online media simulation with SocialCube," 2020, Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory
  • "The Ransomware Threat to Energy-Delivery Systems," 2021, IEEE Security & Privacy
  • "Message Authentication and Provenance Verification for Industrial Control Systems," 2023, ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems

Nicol has co-authored papers with several frequent collaborators, including Walter Cazzaniga, Daisuke Mashima, Binbin Chen, Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, and Netty Kinsella. These partnerships highlight ongoing collaborative efforts in their research endeavors.

Their publications have appeared in venues such as IEEE Security & Privacy, European Urology, arXiv (Cornell University), The Journal of Urology, and IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. Among these, IEEE Security & Privacy has featured the highest number of their papers.

The scientist has been recognized with two fellowships: the ACM Fellow in 2005 for contributions to discrete-event simulation, and the IEEE Fellow in 2003 for contributions to parallel discrete-event simulation in high performance computing.

Best Publications

  • Discrete-Event System Simulation

    Jerry Banks;John S. Carson;Barry L. Nelson;David Malcolm Nicol

  • Model-based evaluation: from dependability to security

    D.M. Nicol;W.H. Sanders;K.S. Trivedi

  • Estimating the probability of failure when testing reveals no failures

    K.W. Miller;L.J. Morell;R.E. Noonan;S.K. Park

  • Trust mechanisms for cloud computing

    Jingwei Huang;David M Nicol

  • Modeling the global Internet

    J.H. Cowie;D.M. Nicol;A.T. Ogielski

  • The cost of conservative synchronization in parallel discrete event simulations

    David M. Nicol

  • Fluid stochastic Petri nets: Theory, applications, and solution techniques

    Graham Horton;Vidyadhar G. Kulkarni;David Malcolm Nicol;Kishor S. Trivedi

  • Analysis of distributed policy rule-sets for compliance with global policy

    David M. Nicol;William H. Sanders;Sankalp Singh;Mouna Seri

  • SCADA Cyber Security Testbed Development

    C. M. Davis;J. E. Tate;H. Okhravi;C. Grier

  • Simulating realistic network worm traffic for worm warning system design and testing

    Michael Liljenstam;David M. Nicol;Vincent H. Berk;Robert S. Gray

  • Parallel discrete-event simulation of FCFS stochastic queueing networks

    David M. Nicol

  • Parallel simulation today

    David Malcolm Nicol;Richard Fujimoto

  • Principles of runtime support for parallel processors

    R. Mirchandaney;J. H. Saltz;R. M. Smith;D. M. Nico

  • unfriendly: multi-party privacy risks in social networks

    Kurt Thomas;Chris Grier;David M. Nicol

  • The Koobface botnet and the rise of social malware

    Kurt Thomas;David M. Nicol

  • Discrete-event simulation of fluid stochastic Petri nets

    G. Ciardo;D.M. Nicol;K.S. Trivedi

  • Towards Realistic Million-Node Internet Simulation.

    James H. Cowie;Hongbo Liu;Jason Liu;David M. Nicol

  • Dynamic remapping of parallel computations with varying resource demands

    D.M. Nicol;J.H. Saltz

  • A post-disaster mobility model for delay tolerant networking

    Yusuf S. Uddin;David M. Nicol;Tarek F. Abdelzaher;Robin H. Kravets

  • Aggregated path authentication for efficient BGP security

    Meiyuan Zhao;Sean W. Smith;David M. Nicol

Frequent Co-Authors

William H. Sanders
William H. Sanders Carnegie Mellon University
Joel H. Saltz
Joel H. Saltz Stony Brook University
Philip Heidelberger
Philip Heidelberger IBM (United States)
Zbigniew Kalbarczyk
Zbigniew Kalbarczyk University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Richard M. Fujimoto
Richard M. Fujimoto Georgia Institute of Technology
Guanhua Yan
Guanhua Yan Binghamton University
Rakesh Kumar
Rakesh Kumar University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gianfranco Ciardo
Gianfranco Ciardo Iowa State University
Sean W. Smith
Sean W. Smith Dartmouth College
Don Towsley
Don Towsley University of Massachusetts Amherst

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