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Computer Science
Switzerland
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
57
Citations
8996
World Ranking
3917
National Ranking
86

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Computer network
  • Telecommunications
  • Internet Protocol

Guido M. Schuster focuses on Computer network, Network packet, Real-time computing, Telephony and Jitter. Computer network and Hierarchy are two areas of study in which Guido M. Schuster engages in interdisciplinary work. While the research belongs to areas of Network packet, he spends his time largely on the problem of Computer hardware, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Redundancy, Forward error correction, Real-time communication and Media Delivery Index.

His Real-time computing study incorporates themes from Network performance, Network monitoring and Buffer. Guido M. Schuster combines subjects such as Telephone network, Ethernet, Voice communication and Information device with his study of Telephony. His work on Telephone line and Mobile radio telephone as part of general Telecommunications study is frequently connected to Geographic coordinate system, therefore bridging the gap between diverse disciplines of science and establishing a new relationship between them.

His most cited work include:

  • System and method for providing user-configured telephone service in a data network telephony system (286 citations)
  • Protocol and method for peer network device discovery (236 citations)
  • Real-time voice over packet-switched networks (226 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Guido M. Schuster spends much of his time researching Computer network, Telephony, Real-time computing, Telecommunications and Telephone line. Computer network and Voice over IP are commonly linked in his work. As part of one scientific family, Guido M. Schuster deals mainly with the area of Telephony, narrowing it down to issues related to the Information device, and often Voice communication.

His Real-time computing study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Computer hardware, Transmission delay, Network packet, Jitter and Session Initiation Protocol. His work in Network packet addresses subjects such as Real-time communication, which are connected to disciplines such as Buffer. The various areas that Guido M. Schuster examines in his Telecommunications study include Identifier and Service.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Computer network (55.13%)
  • Telephony (32.05%)
  • Real-time computing (17.95%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2004-2018)?

  • Digital image (5.13%)
  • Computer vision (11.54%)
  • Artificial intelligence (11.54%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Digital image, Computer vision, Artificial intelligence, Rate–distortion optimization and Automatic summarization. Guido M. Schuster combines topics linked to MPEG-4 with his work on Computer vision. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Algorithm, Optimization problem, Theoretical computer science and Rate–distortion theory.

His studies in Theoretical computer science integrate themes in fields like Video tracking, Data compression, Distortion and Heuristic. His Rate–distortion theory study frequently involves adjacent topics like Code rate. His Automatic summarization research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Lagrangian relaxation and Computer engineering.

Between 2004 and 2018, his most popular works were:

  • MINMAX optimal video summarization (92 citations)
  • Rate-distortion optimal video summary generation (74 citations)
  • Motoneuron Loss Is Associated With Sarcopenia (71 citations)

Best Publications

  • Real-time voice over packet-switched networks

    T.J. Kostas;M.S. Borella;I. Sidhu;G.M. Schuster

  • System and method for providing user-configured telephone service in a data network telephony system

    Ikhlaq S. Sidhu;Guido M. Schuster;Frederick D. Dean;Andrew Bezaitis

  • Rate-Distortion Based Video Compression: Optimal Video Frame Compression and Object Boundary Encoding

    Guido M. Schuster;Aggelos Konstantinos Katsaggelos

  • Protocol and method for peer network device discovery

    Michael S. Borella;Guido M. Schuster;Jerry J. Mahler;Ikhlaq Sidhu

  • Methods for determining sendable information content based on a determined network latency

    Michael S. Borella;Guido M. Schuster;Ikhlaq S. Sidhu;Jacek A. Grabiec

  • MPEG-4 and rate-distortion-based shape-coding techniques

    A.K. Katsaggelos;L.P. Kondi;F.W. Meier;J. Ostermann

  • System and method for providing user mobility services on a telephony network

    Guido M. Schuster;Ikhlaq S. Sidhu;Jerry J. Mahler;Frederick D. Dean

  • Rate-Distortion Based Video Compression

    Guido M. Schuster;Aggelos K. Katsaggelos

  • Method and system for monitoring and management of the performance of real-time networks

    David A. Grabelsky;Ikhlaq S. Sidhu;Guido M. Schuster;Jacek A. Grabiec

  • System and method for advertising using data network telephone connections

    Guido M. Schuster;Ikhlaq S. Sidhu;Jerry J. Mahler;Frederick D. Dean

  • Method and apparatus for measurement-based conformance testing of service level agreements in networks

    Guido M. Schuster;Michael S. Borella;Jacek A. Grabiec;Ikhlaq S. Sidhu

  • A forward error correction system for packet based real-time media

    Guido M. Schuster;Jerry J. Mahler;Ikhlaq S. Sidhu;Michael S. Borella

  • System and method for performing messaging services using a data communications channel in a data network telephone system

    Guido M. Schuster;Ikhlaq S. Sidhu;Andrew Bezaitis;Thomas Gentles

  • Method and apparatus for adaptive prioritization of multiple information types in highly congested communication devices

    Stanley T. Naudus;Chester Szczepucha;Guido M. Schuster

  • System for real time communication buffer management

    Michael S. Borella;Ikhlaq S. Sidhu;Guido M. Schuster;Jerry J. Mahler

  • A video compression scheme with optimal bit allocation among segmentation, motion, and residual error

    G.M. Schuster;A.K. Katsaggelos

  • System for dynamic jitter buffer management based on synchronized clocks

    Guido M. Schuster;Ikhlaq S. Sidhu;Michael S. Borella;Jacek A. Grabiec

  • System and method for using a portable information device to establish a conference call on a telephony network

    Guido M. Schuster;Sagan S. Sidhu;Ikhlaq S. Sidhu;Ronnen Belkind

  • System and method for providing call-handling services on a data network telephone system

    Guido M. Schuster;Ikhlaq S. Sidhu;Jerry J. Mahler;Frederick D. Dean

  • Distributed network address translation for a network telephony system

    Guido M. Schuster;Michael S. Borella;David A. Grabelsky;Ikhlaq S. Sidhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Ikhlaq S. Sidhu
Ikhlaq S. Sidhu University of California, Berkeley
Aggelos K. Katsaggelos
Aggelos K. Katsaggelos Northwestern University
Michael S. Borella
Michael S. Borella Hewlett-Packard (United States)
Jörn Ostermann
Jörn Ostermann University of Hannover

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