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D-Index
40
Citations
6070
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9368
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289

Ed Dawson 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 Ed Dawson sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 300 publications — 74th percentile

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

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

Ed Dawson 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 Ed Dawson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ed Dawson is affiliated with Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research primarily falls within the field of Computer Science, with a particular focus on several subfields, including Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Hardware and Architecture, and Signal Processing.

The main topics of their work encompass:

  • Cryptographic Implementations and Security
  • Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption
  • Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security
  • Coding theory and cryptography
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques

Ed Dawson has published papers in notable venues such as Communications of the ACM and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). Two recent papers include:

  • JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science, 2020, published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Advances in security research in the Asiacrypt region, 2020, published in Communications of the ACM

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Xuejia Lai
  • Huaxiong Wang
  • Duncan S. Wong
  • Kenneth Koon-Ho Wong
  • Harry Bartlett

Their work involves both theoretical and applied aspects of security, including implementations related to cryptography and hardware security, as well as encryption techniques based on chaos theory. This multidisciplinary approach integrates topics from artificial intelligence and computer vision with hardware-focused security measures.

Ed Dawson's publications reflect consistent engagement with established computational security issues, including physical unclonable functions and coding theory, while also addressing contemporary challenges such as malware detection mechanisms that rely on advanced algorithms.

Best Publications

  • Multistage secret sharing based on one-way function

    J. He;E. Dawson

  • Twisted Edwards Curves Revisited

    Huseyin Hisil;Kenneth Koon-Ho Wong;Gary Carter;Ed Dawson

  • Multisecret-sharing scheme based on one-way function

    J. He;E. Dawson

  • Heuristic Design of Cryptographically Strong Balanced Boolean Functions

    William Millan;Andrew J. Clark;Ed Dawson

  • Providing Receipt-Freeness In Mixnet-Based Voting Protocols

    Byoungcheon Lee;Byoungcheon Lee;Colin Boyd;Edward Dawson;Kwangjo Kim

  • Secure key issuing in ID-based cryptography

    Byoungcheon Lee;Colin Boyd;Ed Dawson;Kwangjo Kim

  • A novel identity-based strong designated verifier signature scheme

    Baoyuan Kang;Colin Boyd;Ed Dawson

  • SKMA: a key management architecture for SCADA systems

    Robert Dawson;Colin Boyd;Ed Dawson;Juan Manuel González Nieto

  • A computer package for measuring the strength of encryption algorithms

    H. Gustafson;E. Dawson;L. Nielsen;W. Caelli

  • An effective genetic algorithm for finding highly nonlinear Boolean Functions

    William Millan;Andrew Clark;Ed Dawson

  • Evolutionary Heuristics for Finding Cryptographically Strong S-Boxes

    William Millan;L. Burnett;G. Carter;Andrew Clark

  • The breadth of Shamir's secret-sharing scheme

    Ed Dawson;Diane Donovan

  • Design and cryptanalysis of transform-based analog speech scramblers

    B. Goldburg;S. Sridharan;E. Dawson

  • Special feature: PKI, elliptic curve cryptography, and digital signatures

    William J Caelli;Edward P Dawson;Scott A Rea

  • Bit-Pattern Based Integral Attack

    Muhammad Reza Z'Aba;Håvard Raddum;Matt Henricksen;Ed Dawson

  • Fast Fourier transform based speech encryption system

    S. Sridharan;E. Dawson;B. Goldburg

  • AUTOMATED CRYPTANALYSIS OF XOR PLAINTEXT STRINGS

    Ed Dawson;Lauren Nielsen

  • Dragon: a fast word based stream cipher

    Kevin Chen;Matt Henricksen;William Millan;Joanne Fuller

  • LILI Keystream Generator

    Leonie Ruth Simpson;Ed Dawson;Jovan Dj. Golic;William Millan

  • Towards secure and legal e-tendering

    Martin P. Betts;Peter Black;Sharon Christensen;Ed Dawson

  • Boolean Function Design Using Hill Climbing Methods

    William Millan;Andrew Clark;Ed Dawson

Frequent Co-Authors

Colin Boyd
Colin Boyd Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Javier Lopez
Javier Lopez University of Malaga
Sridha Sridharan
Sridha Sridharan Queensland University of Technology
Josef Pieprzyk
Josef Pieprzyk Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Jovan Dj. Golic
Jovan Dj. Golic Telecom Italia (Italy)
Duncan S. Wong
Duncan S. Wong City University of Hong Kong
Serge Vaudenay
Serge Vaudenay École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Kwangjo Kim
Kwangjo Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Huaxiong Wang
Huaxiong Wang Nanyang Technological University
Michael Rosemann
Michael Rosemann Queensland University of Technology

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