2026 Elizabeth Belding: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	33	12498	12134	5072	4843	146	6143

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2018 - ACM Fellow For contributions to communication in mobile networks and their deployment in developing regions
2011 - ACM Distinguished Member
2010 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Elizabeth Belding is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with a focus on specialized subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications, Media Technology, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, and Transportation.

The main topics covered in Belding's work include:

ICT Impact and Policies
Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
Image and Video Quality Assessment
ICT in Developing Communities
Geographic Information Systems Studies
Wireless Networks and Protocols

The recent academic papers featuring Belding's research are:

"As a Squash Plant Grows," 2021, published in ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
"SafeRoute," 2020, published in ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology
"A tale of three datasets," 2022, published in Communications of the ACM
"Estimation of Congestion From Cellular Walled Gardens Using Passive Measurements," 2021, published in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
"Mapping Cellular Network Evolution and Infrastructure Criticality: A Nationwide Analysis," 2024, published in SSRN Electronic Journal

Belding has frequently collaborated with several co-authors. Notable frequent collaborators include:

Arpit Gupta
Udit Paul
Ellen Zegura
Morgan Vigil-Hayes
Vivek Adarsh

The scientist's articles frequently appear in publication venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
SSRN Electronic Journal
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology
Communications of the ACM

Elizabeth Belding has been recognized with several awards during their career, including:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2019
ACM Fellow, 2018, for contributions to communication in mobile networks and their deployment in developing regions
ACM Distinguished Member, 2011
ACM Senior Member, 2010

Best Publications

Interference-Aware Channel Assignment in Multi-Radio Wireless Mesh Networks

K. N. Ramachandran;E. M. Belding;K. C. Almeroth;M. M. Buddhikot

1073
Citations
Mitigating Gender Bias in Natural Language Processing: Literature Review

Tony Sun;Andrew Gaut;Shirlyn Tang;Yuxin Huang

525
Citations
Blockage and directivity in 60 GHz wireless personal area networks: from cross-layer model to multihop MAC design

S. Singh;F. Ziliotto;U. Madhow;E. Belding

343
Citations
Hate Lingo: A Target-Based Linguistic Analysis of Hate Speech in Social Media

Mai ElSherief;Vivek Kulkarni;Dana Nguyen;William Yang Wang

289
Citations
Green WLANs: On-Demand WLAN Infrastructures

Amit P. Jardosh;Konstantina Papagiannaki;Elizabeth M. Belding;Kevin C. Almeroth

261
Citations
Cool-Tether: energy efficient on-the-fly wifi hot-spots using mobile phones

Ashish Sharma;Vishnu Navda;Ramachandran Ramjee;Venkata N. Padmanabhan

192
Citations
A Benchmark Dataset for Learning to Intervene in Online Hate Speech.

Jing Qian;Anna Bethke;Yinyin Liu;Elizabeth M. Belding

179
Citations
The impact of channel bonding on 802.11n network management

Lara Deek;Eduard Garcia-Villegas;Elizabeth Belding;Sung-Ju Lee

160
Citations
Peer to Peer Hate: Hate Speech Instigators and Their Targets

Mai ElSherief;Shirin Nilizadeh;Dana Nguyen;Giovanni Vigna

157
Citations
Routing stability in static wireless mesh networks

Krishna Ramachandran;Irfan Sheriff;Elizabeth Belding;Kevin Almeroth

140
Citations
Congestion-Aware Rate Adaptation in Wireless Networks: A Measurement-Driven Approach

P.A.K. Acharya;A. Sharma;E.M. Belding;K.C. Almeroth

128
Citations
Intelligent Channel Bonding in 802.11n WLANs

Lara Deek;Eduard Garcia-Villegas;Elizabeth Belding;Sung-Ju Lee

121
Citations
Millimeter Wave WPAN: Cross-Layer Modeling and Multi-Hop Architecture

S. Singh;F. Ziliotto;U. Madhow;E.M. Belding

112
Citations
FreeMAC: framework for multi-channel mac development on 802.11 hardware

Ashish Sharma;Elizabeth M. Belding

107
Citations
VillageCell: cost effective cellular connectivity in rural areas

Abhinav Anand;Veljko Pejovic;Elizabeth M. Belding;David L. Johnson

107
Citations
Infrastructure mesh networks

Kevin Almeroth;Elizabeth Belding;Milind Buddhikot;Girish Chandranmenon

101
Citations
IQU: practical queue-based user association management for WLANs

Amit P. Jardosh;Kimaya Mittal;Krishna N. Ramachandran;Elizabeth M. Belding

96
Citations
Leveraging Intra-User and Inter-User Representation Learning for Automated Hate Speech Detection

Jing Qian;Mai ElSherief;Elizabeth M. Belding;William Yang Wang

95
Citations
Traffic characterization and internet usage in rural Africa

David L. Johnson;Veljko Pejovic;Elizabeth M. Belding;Gertjan van Stam

87
Citations
A game-theoretic analysis of wireless access point selection by mobile users

Kimaya Mittal;Elizabeth M. Belding;Subhash Suri

87
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin C. Almeroth University of California, Santa Barbara

William Yang Wang University of California, Santa Barbara

Ellen W. Zegura Georgia Institute of Technology

Ashish Sharma University of New South Wales

Konstantina Papagiannaki Google (United States)

Upamanyu Madhow University of California, Santa Barbara

Sung-Ju Lee Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Kai-Wei Chang University of California, Los Angeles

Ben Y. Zhao University of Chicago

Haitao Zheng University of Chicago

External Links

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