2026 Haining Wang: 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	54	4525	4396	2120	2045	218	13045

Research.com Recognitions

2020 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to network and cloud security

Overview

Haining Wang is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States and has a research focus primarily within the field of Computer Science, with significant contributions toward Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Information Systems, and Signal Processing.

Their research topics encompass a range of areas including:

Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
Network Security and Intrusion Detection
Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting
Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies
Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
Security and Verification in Computing

Haining Wang has published extensively in various venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

arXiv (Cornell University)
AHFE international
IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
SSRN Electronic Journal
IEEE Internet of Things Journal

Their recent papers highlight a multidisciplinary approach, covering topics in economics and technological systems. Selected recent publications include:

"Childhood adversity and the propensity for entrepreneurship: A quasi-experimental study of the Great Chinese Famine" (2020) published in the Journal of Business Venturing
"PILOT: High-Precision Indoor Localization for Autonomous Drones" (2023) published in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
"Kids eat free: School feeding and family spending on education" (2021) published in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
"Mama loves you: The gender wage gap and expenditure on children's education in China" (2021) published in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
"Childhood left-behind experience and labour market outcomes in China" (2021) published in Journal of Business Research

Haining Wang frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

Angelos Stavrou
Alireza Famili
Qiang Li
Zhiming Cheng
Jiqiang Liu

In recognition of contributions to network and cloud security, Haining Wang was named an IEEE Fellow in 2020.

Best Publications

Detecting SYN flooding attacks

Haining Wang;Danlu Zhang;Kang G. Shin

1015
Citations
Detecting Automation of Twitter Accounts: Are You a Human, Bot, or Cyborg?

Zi Chu;S. Gianvecchio;Haining Wang;S. Jajodia

872
Citations
Hop-count filtering: an effective defense against spoofed DDoS traffic

Cheng Jin;Haining Wang;Kang G. Shin

768
Citations
Who is tweeting on Twitter: human, bot, or cyborg?

Zi Chu;Steven Gianvecchio;Haining Wang;Sushil Jajodia

736
Citations
Defense against spoofed IP traffic using hop-count filtering

Haining Wang;Cheng Jin;Kang G. Shin

490
Citations
Whispers in the hyper-space: high-bandwidth and reliable covert channel attacks inside the cloud

Zhenyu Wu;Zhang Xu;Haining Wang

411
Citations
You Are How You Touch: User Verification on Smartphones via Tapping Behaviors

Nan Zheng;Kun Bai;Hai Huang;Haining Wang

380
Citations
Change-point monitoring for the detection of DoS attacks

Haining Wang;Danlu Zhang;K.G. Shin

363
Citations
An efficient user verification system via mouse movements

Nan Zheng;Aaron Paloski;Haining Wang

330
Citations
Detecting covert timing channels: an entropy-based approach

Steven Gianvecchio;Haining Wang

263
Citations
2015 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy SP 2015

Jonathan Woodruff;Peter G. Neumann;Simon W. Moore;Jonathan Anderson

238
Citations
Detecting VoIP Floods Using the Hellinger Distance

H. Sengar;Haining Wang;D. Wijesekera;S. Jajodia

211
Citations
Whispers in the hyper-space: high-speed covert channel attacks in the cloud

Zhenyu Wu;Zhang Xu;Haining Wang

210
Citations
Detecting social spam campaigns on twitter

Zi Chu;Indra Widjaja;Haining Wang

209
Citations
Enhancing cache robustness for content-centric networking

Mengjun Xie;Indra Widjaja;Haining Wang

204
Citations
Model-Based Covert Timing Channels: Automated Modeling and Evasion

Steven Gianvecchio;Haining Wang;Duminda Wijesekera;Sushil Jajodia

201
Citations
High Fidelity Data Reduction for Big Data Security Dependency Analyses

Zhang Xu;Zhenyu Wu;Zhichun Li;Kangkook Jee

164
Citations
Characterizing insecure javascript practices on the web

Chuan Yue;Haining Wang

160
Citations
An Entropy-Based Approach to Detecting Covert Timing Channels

S. Gianvecchio;Haining Wang

159
Citations
ContainerLeaks: Emerging Security Threats of Information Leakages in Container Clouds

Xing Gao;Zhongshu Gu;Mehmet Kayaalp;Dimitrios Pendarakis

152
Citations
VoIP Intrusion Detection Through Interacting Protocol State Machines

H. Sengar;D. Wijesekera;Haining Wang;S. Jajodia

143
Citations
BogusBiter: A transparent protection against phishing attacks

Chuan Yue;Haining Wang

140
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Angelos Stavrou Virginia Tech

N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology

Kang G. Shin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics

Sushil Jajodia George Mason University

Kun Sun George Mason University

Paul D. Lasky Monash University

Maria Alessandra Papa Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics

Michael E Zucker MIT

Bernard F. Schutz Cardiff University

External Links

Personal website of Haining Wang Google Scholar page

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