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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
59
Citations
13818
World Ranking
1741
National Ranking
292

Computer Science

D-Index
67
Citations
16813
World Ranking
2203
National Ranking
299

Francis C. M. Lau publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francis C. M. Lau sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 561 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Francis C. M. Lau D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francis C. M. Lau sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to analysis of chaotic communications systems and low-density parity-check code design

Overview

Francis C. M. Lau is affiliated with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Engineering, with a focus on Computer Networks and Communications and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, as well as Artificial Intelligence, Molecular Biology, and Ocean Engineering as subfields of study.

The researcher's work extensively covers topics related to error correcting code techniques, advanced wireless communication techniques, cooperative communication and network coding, and advanced wireless communication technologies. Their interests also extend to DNA and biological computing, wireless communication security techniques, and coding theory and cryptography.

Frequent publication venues for Francis C. M. Lau include arXiv (Cornell University), IEEE Communications Letters, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, and IEEE Transactions on Communications.

Notable recent papers by Francis C. M. Lau include:

  • "Implementing The Abstract MAC Layer in Dynamic Networks" (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
  • "Irregular-Mapped Protograph LDPC-Coded Modulation: A Bandwidth-Efficient Solution for 6G-Enabled Mobile Networks" (2021), published in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • "Rate-Diverse Multiple Access Over Gaussian Channels" (2023), published in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • "Joint Carrier-Code Index Modulation Aided $M$-Ary Differential Chaos Shift Keying System" (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • "Data storage using peptide sequences" (2021), published in Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors of Francis C. M. Lau include Chiu-Wing Sham, Shuowen Zhang, Pingping Chen, Yi Fang, and Peng-Wei Zhang.

Their work has been recognized by the IEEE Fellow award in 2021 for contributions to the analysis of chaotic communications systems and low-density parity-check code design.

Best Publications

  • A C-LSTM Neural Network for Text Classification

    Chunting Zhou;Chonglin Sun;Zhiyuan Liu;Francis C. M. Lau

  • A network perspective of the stock market

    Chi K. Tse;Jing Liu;Jing Liu;Francis C.M. Lau

  • Chaos-based digital communication systems

    Wai M. Tam;Francis C.M. Lau;Chi K. Tse

  • An Online Auction Framework for Dynamic Resource Provisioning in Cloud Computing

    Weijie Shi;Linquan Zhang;Chuan Wu;Zongpeng Li

  • Load Balancing in Parallel Computers: Theory and Practice

    Chengzhong Xu;Francis C. Lau

  • A context-aware decision engine for content adaptation

    Wai Yip Lum;F.C.M. Lau

  • Online job dispatching and scheduling in edge-clouds

    Haisheng Tan;Zhenhua Han;Xiang-Yang Li;Francis C.M. Lau

  • Online Auctions in IaaS Clouds: Welfare and Profit Maximization With Server Costs

    Xiaoxi Zhang;Zhiyi Huang;Chuan Wu;Zongpeng Li

  • Performance of differential chaos-shift-keying digital communication systems over a multipath fading channel with delay spread

    Yongxiang Xia;C.K. Tse;F.C.M. Lau

  • Minimizing average interference through topology control

    Tiancheng Lou;Haisheng Tan;Yuexuan Wang;Francis C. M. Lau

  • Method and system for providing tamper-resistant software

    Michael Lee;Frank Tong;Francis Lau

  • JESSICA2: a distributed Java Virtual Machine with transparent thread migration support

    Wenzhang Zhu;Cho-Li Wang;F.C.M. Lau

  • A Delay-Aware Data Collection Network Structure for Wireless Sensor Networks

    Chi-Tsun Cheng;C K Tse;F C M Lau

  • Scaling social media applications into geo-distributed clouds

    Yu Wu;Chuan Wu;Bo Li;Linquan Zhang

  • An efficient and secure medical image protection scheme based on chaotic maps

    Chong Fu;Wei-Hong Meng;Yong-Feng Zhan;Zhi-Liang Zhu

  • Cost-Minimizing Dynamic Migration of Content Distribution Services into Hybrid Clouds

    Xuanjia Qiu;Hongxing Li;Chuan Wu;Zongpeng Li

  • A Survey on Protograph LDPC Codes and Their Applications

    Yi Fang;Guoan Bi;Yong Liang Guan;Francis C. M. Lau

  • CloudMedia: When Cloud on Demand Meets Video on Demand

    Yu Wu;Chuan Wu;Bo Li;Xuanjia Qiu

  • Moving Big Data to The Cloud: An Online Cost-Minimizing Approach

    Linquan Zhang;Chuan Wu;Zongpeng Li;Chuanxiong Guo

  • Automatic generation of artistic chinese calligraphy

    Songhua Xu;F.C.M. Lau;W.K. Cheung;Yunhe Pan

Frequent Co-Authors

Chi K. Tse
Chi K. Tse City University of Hong Kong
Chuan Wu
Chuan Wu University of Hong Kong
Zongpeng Li
Zongpeng Li Tsinghua University
Dongxiao Yu
Dongxiao Yu Shandong University
Debasis Bagchi
Debasis Bagchi University of Houston
Jiguo Yu
Jiguo Yu Qilu University of Technology
Manashi Bagchi
Manashi Bagchi Creighton University
Cheng-Zhong Xu
Cheng-Zhong Xu University of Macau
Yejun He
Yejun He Shenzhen University
yong liang guan
yong liang guan Nanyang Technological University

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