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Douglas J. Leith

Douglas J. Leith

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Ireland
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
48
Citations
10154
World Ranking
6144
National Ranking
21

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
48
Citations
9842
World Ranking
3056
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

Douglas J. Leith is affiliated with Trinity College Dublin in Ireland and specializes primarily in Computer Science. Their research encompasses multiple subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, as well as Sociology and Political Science.

Their contributions focus on a range of topics, notably:

  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
  • Recommender Systems and Techniques
  • Advanced Bandit Algorithms Research
  • Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting
  • COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
  • Advanced Wireless Network Optimization

Douglas J. Leith has published extensively with frequent appearances in several notable venues including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University) with 18 publications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 7 publications
  • PLoS ONE with 3 publications
  • Computer Networks with 2 publications
  • ACM Transactions on Recommender Systems with 2 publications

Several recent papers illustrate the focus of their research:

  • "Measurement-based evaluation of Google/Apple Exposure Notification API for proximity detection in a light-rail tram" (2020), PLoS ONE
  • "Coronavirus contact tracing" (2020), ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
  • "Measurement-based evaluation of Google/Apple Exposure Notification API for proximity detection in a commuter bus" (2021), PLoS ONE
  • "Coronavirus Contact Tracing: Evaluating The Potential Of Using Bluetooth Received Signal Strength For Proximity Detection" (2020), arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Web Browser Privacy: What Do Browsers Say When They Phone Home?" (2021), IEEE Access

The researcher collaborates regularly with a core group of co-authors including George Iosifidis, Apostolos Galanopoulos, Stephen Farrell, Daron Anderson, and Naram Mhaisen.

Best Publications

  • Survey of Gain-Scheduling Analysis & Design

    Douglas J. Leith;W.E. Leithead

  • A positive systems model of TCP-like congestion control: asymptotic results

    Robert Shorten;Fabian Wirth;Douglas Leith

  • srsLTE: an open-source platform for LTE evolution and experimentation

    Ismael Gomez-Miguelez;Andres Garcia-Saavedra;Paul D. Sutton;Pablo Serrano

  • Derivative Observations in Gaussian Process Models of Dynamic Systems

    E. Solak;R. Murray-smith;W. E. Leithead;D. J. Leith

  • Experimental evaluation of TCP protocols for high-speed networks

    Yee-Ting Li;Douglas Leith;Robert N. Shorten

  • Modeling the 802.11 distributed coordination function in non-saturated conditions

    K. Duffy;D. Malone;D.J. Leith

  • Aggregation with fragment retransmission for very high-speed WLANs

    Tianji Li;Qiang Ni;David Malone;Douglas Leith

  • Coexistence of WiFi and LTE in unlicensed bands: A proportional fair allocation scheme

    Cristina Cano;Douglas J. Leith

  • TCP fairness in. 802.11e WLANs

    D.J. Leith;P. Clifford;D. Malone;A. Ng

  • Gain-scheduled and nonlinear systems : dynamic analysis by velocity-based linearization families

    Douglas J. Leith;W.E. Leithead

  • Appropriate realization of gain-scheduled controllers with application to wind turbine regulation

    Douglas J. Leith;W.E. Leithead

  • A Self-Managed Distributed Channel Selection Algorithm for WLANs

    D.J. Leith;P. Clifford

  • Issues in the design of switched linear control systems: A benchmark study

    Douglas J. Leith;Robert N. Shorten;Robert N. Shorten;William Leithead;Oliver Mason

  • Analytic framework for blended multiple model systems using linear local models

    Douglas J. Leith;W.E. Leithead

  • Implementation of wind turbine controllers

    Douglas J. Leith;W.E. Leithead

  • Time-series Gaussian Process Regression Based on Toeplitz Computation of O(N 2 ) Operations and O(N)-level Storage

    Yunong Zhang;W.E. Leithead;D.J. Leith

  • Unlicensed LTE/WiFi coexistence: Is LBT inherently fairer than CSAT?

    Cristina Cano;Douglas J. Leith

  • FluidRAN: Optimized vRAN/MEC Orchestration

    Andres Garcia-Saavedra;Xavier Costa-Perez;Douglas J. Leith;George Iosifidis

  • Technical communique: Analysis and design of AIMD congestion control algorithms in communication networks

    R. N. Shorten;D. J. Leith;J. Foy;R. Kilduff

  • Coronavirus contact tracing: evaluating the potential of using bluetooth received signal strength for proximity detection

    Douglas J. Leith;Stephen Farrell

  • TCP fairness in 802.11e WLANs

    D.J. Leith;P. Clifford

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Shorten
Robert Shorten Imperial College London
George Iosifidis
George Iosifidis Delft University of Technology
Roderick Murray-Smith
Roderick Murray-Smith University of Glasgow
Ying Cui
Ying Cui Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Yunong Zhang
Yunong Zhang Sun Yat-sen University
Holger Claussen
Holger Claussen Tyndall National Institute
Meng Joo Er
Meng Joo Er Dalian Maritime University
Domenico Giustiniano
Domenico Giustiniano Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies
Konstantina Papagiannaki
Konstantina Papagiannaki Google (United States)

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