2026 Marimuthu Palaniswami: 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	73	1543	1496	43	43	578	36521

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Australia Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Australia Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Australia Leader Award
2012 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to computational intelligence, learning systems, and nonlinear modelling

Overview

Marimuthu Palaniswami is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and conducts research primarily in the fields of Computer Science, Medicine, and Engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields including Computer Networks and Communications, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The research topics covered by Palaniswami include:

IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
Age of Information Optimization
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
ECG Monitoring and Analysis
Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors

Several recent papers authored or coauthored by Palaniswami include:

"An Application Placement Technique for Concurrent IoT Applications in Edge and Fog Computing Environments," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
"Real-time monitoring of construction sites: Sensors, methods, and applications," 2022, Automation in Construction
"A Distributed Deep Reinforcement Learning Technique for Application Placement in Edge and Fog Computing Environments," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
"Vision-based automated crack detection using convolutional neural networks for condition assessment of infrastructure," 2020, Structural Health Monitoring
"Scheduling IoT Applications in Edge and Fog Computing Environments: A Taxonomy and Future Directions," 2022, ACM Computing Surveys

Frequent coauthors include:

Aravinda S. Rao
Chandan Karmakar
Emerson Keenan
Nandakishor Desai
Rajkumar Buyya

Palaniswami's publications have appeared often in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, SSRN Electronic Journal, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, and Structural Health Monitoring.

In 2012, Palaniswami was awarded the IEEE Fellow recognition for contributions to computational intelligence, learning systems, and nonlinear modelling.

Best Publications

Internet of Things (IoT): A vision, architectural elements, and future directions

Jayavardhana Gubbi;Rajkumar Buyya;Slaven Marusic;Marimuthu Palaniswami

15381
Citations
An Information Framework for Creating a Smart City Through Internet of Things

Jiong Jin;Jayavardhana Gubbi;Slaven Marusic;Marimuthu Palaniswami

1640
Citations
Do existing measures of Poincare plot geometry reflect nonlinear features of heart rate variability

M. Brennan;M. Palaniswami;P. Kamen

1370
Citations
Fuzzy c-Means Algorithms for Very Large Data

T. C. Havens;J. C. Bezdek;C. Leckie;L. O. Hall

587
Citations
Support vector machines for automated gait classification

R.K. Begg;M. Palaniswami;B. Owen

512
Citations
Support Vector Machines for Automated Recognition of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome From ECG Recordings

A.H. Khandoker;M. Palaniswami;C.K. Karmakar

426
Citations
Poincaré plot interpretation using a physiological model of HRV based on a network of oscillators.

Michael Brennan;Marimuthu Palaniswami;Peter Kamen

417
Citations
Energy-efficient link-layer jamming attacks against wireless sensor network MAC protocols

Yee Wei Law;Marimuthu Palaniswami;Lodewijk Van Hoesel;Jeroen Doumen

402
Citations
Anomaly detection in wireless sensor networks

S. Rajasegarar;C. Leckie;M. Palaniswami

387
Citations
Real-time monitoring of construction sites: Sensors, methods, and applications

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387
Citations
Distributed Anomaly Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks

S. Rajasegarar;C. Leckie;M. Palaniswami;J.C. Bezdek

354
Citations
Intrusion Detection for Routing Attacks in Sensor Networks

Chong Eik Loo;Mun Yong Ng;Christopher Leckie;Marimuthu Palaniswami

334
Citations
An Application Placement Technique for Concurrent IoT Applications in Edge and Fog Computing Environments

Mohammad Goudarzi;Huaming Wu;Marimuthu Palaniswami;Rajkumar Buyya

318
Citations
Incremental training of support vector machines

A. Shilton;M. Palaniswami;D. Ralph;Ah Chung Tsoi

274
Citations
Smoke detection in video using wavelets and support vector machines

Jayavardhana Gubbi;Slaven Marusic;Marimuthu Palaniswami

274
Citations
Quarter Sphere Based Distributed Anomaly Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks

S. Rajasegarar;C. Leckie;M. Palaniswami;J.C. Bezdek

246
Citations
PPFA: Privacy Preserving Fog-Enabled Aggregation in Smart Grid

Lingjuan Lyu;Karthik Nandakumar;Ben Rubinstein;Jiong Jin

243
Citations
Static and dynamic channel assignment using neural networks

K. Smith;M. Palaniswami

227
Citations
Complex Correlation Measure: a novel descriptor for Poincaré plot

Chandan K Karmakar;Ahsan H Khandoker;Jayavardhana Gubbi;Marimuthu Palaniswami

225
Citations
An adaptive tracking controller using neural networks for a class of nonlinear systems

M. Zhihong;H.R. Wu;M. Palaniswami

220
Citations
Optimal flow control and routing in multi-path networks

Wei-Hua Wang;Marimuthu Palaniswami;Steven H. Low

195
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sutharshan Rajasegarar Deakin University

Christopher Leckie University of Melbourne

James C. Bezdek University of Melbourne

Jiong Jin Swinburne University of Technology

Gang Feng City University of Hong Kong

Ganesh R. Naik Flinders University

Kotagiri Ramamohanarao University of Melbourne

Kate A. Smith Monash University

Terry Caelli Deakin University

Tansu Alpcan University of Melbourne

External Links

Personal website of Marimuthu Palaniswami Google Scholar page

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