2026 Li Xiao: 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	45	7292	7081	3181	3061	177	7016

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Computer Science

7292

7081

3181

3061

177

7016

Overview

Li Xiao is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with a significant focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence, Signal Processing, and Aerospace Engineering.

Their recent papers cover a range of topics and venues, including:

The Security in Optical Wireless Communication: A Survey (2023) in ACM Computing Surveys
Near-surface wind speed changes in eastern China during 1970-2019 winter and its possible causes (2022) in Advances in Climate Change Research
SPECPATCH (2022) in Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security
U-star (2022) in Proceedings of the 28th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing And Networking
Investigating the Catastrophic Forgetting in Multimodal Large Language Models (2023) in arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Li Xiao include Xiao Zhang, Yiwen Hu, Guan-Hua Tu, Hanqing Guo, and Min-Yue Chen.

The scientist's publications have appeared repeatedly in venues such as:

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
arXiv (Cornell University)
Proceedings of the 28th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing And Networking
GetMobile Mobile Computing and Communications
ACM Computing Surveys

The main research topics addressed in Li Xiao's work include:

Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling
Microwave Engineering and Waveguides
Network Security and Intrusion Detection
Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting
Music and Audio Processing
Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics

Best Publications

The Evolution of MAC Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey

Pei Huang;Li Xiao;S. Soltani;M. W. Mutka

802
Citations
Location-aware topology matching in P2P systems

Yunhao Liu;Xiaomei Liu;Li Xiao;L.M. Ni

332
Citations
A static-node assisted adaptive routing protocol in vehicular networks

Yong Ding;Chen Wang;Li Xiao

316
Citations
Location awareness in unstructured peer-to-peer systems

Yunhao Liu;Li Xiao;Xiaomei Liu;L.M. Ni

275
Citations
MSU Jumper: A Single-Motor-Actuated Miniature Steerable Jumping Robot

Jianguo Zhao;Jing Xu;Bingtuan Gao;Ning Xi

199
Citations
SADV: Static-Node-Assisted Adaptive Data Dissemination in Vehicular Networks

Yong Ding;Li Xiao

187
Citations
Efficient Multicast Algorithms for Multichannel Wireless Mesh Networks

Guokai Zeng;Bo Wang;Yong Ding;Li Xiao

177
Citations
Multicast Algorithms for Multi-Channel Wireless Mesh Networks

Guokai Zeng;Bo Wang;Yong Ding;Li Xiao

152
Citations
A distributed approach to solving overlay mismatching problem

Y. Liu;Z. Zhuang;L. Xiao;L.M. Ni

151
Citations
Improving unstructured peer-to-peer systems by adaptive connection establishment

L. Xiao;Yunhao Liu;L.M. Ni

141
Citations
Building a Scalable Bipartite P2P Overlay Network

Liu Yunhao;Li Xiao;L.M. Ni

140
Citations
Improving distributed workload performance by sharing both CPU and memory resources

Xiaodong Zhang;Yanxia Qu;Li Xiao

139
Citations
Dynamic layer management in superpeer architectures

Li Xiao;Z. Zhuang;Yunhao Liu

139
Citations
QoS extension to BGP

Li Xiao;King-Shan Lui;Jun Wang;K. Nahrstedt

115
Citations
Using Partially Overlapping Channels to Improve Throughput in Wireless Mesh Networks

Yong Ding;Yi Huang;Guokai Zeng;Li Xiao

113
Citations
MSU Tailbot: Controlling Aerial Maneuver of a Miniature-Tailed Jumping Robot

Jianguo Zhao;Tianyu Zhao;Ning Xi;Matt W. Mutka

107
Citations
Distributed caching and adaptive search in multilayer P2P networks

C. Wang;L. Xiao;Y. Liu;P. Zheng

103
Citations
Sensor Localization under Limited Measurement Capabilities

Chen Wang;Li Xiao

102
Citations
Dynamic cluster resource allocations for jobs with known and unknown memory demands

Li Xiao;Songqing Chen;Xiaodong Zhang

99
Citations
Channel Allocation and Routing in Hybrid Multichannel Multiradio Wireless Mesh Networks

Yong Ding;K. Pongaliur;Li Xiao

97
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Yunhao Liu Tsinghua University

Matt W. Mutka Michigan State University

Lionel M. Ni Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

Xiaodong Zhang The Ohio State University

Klara Nahrstedt University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Songqing Chen George Mason University

Song Jiang The University of Texas at Arlington

Alex X. Liu Michigan State University

Dong Xuan The Ohio State University

Irene Oi-Lin Ng University of Hong Kong

External Links

Personal website of Li Xiao Google Scholar page

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