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Michael K. Brown

Michael K. Brown

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
32
Citations
4613
World Ranking
13138
National Ranking
505

Michael K. Brown publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael K. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 195 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Michael K. Brown D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael K. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Computer network
  • Operating system
  • Programming language

Michael K. Brown focuses on Computer network, Mobile device, Computer security, Encryption and Database. His study on Provisioning is often connected to MULTOS as part of broader study in Computer network. His Mobile device research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Wireless, Server system, Computer hardware and Embedded system.

His study in the field of Mobile wireless and Personal Communications Service also crosses realms of Personal interest. His Encryption research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Voice data, Real-time data, Message switching, Message authentication code and Concatenated SMS. In his study, Data type, Value, Ticket and Password is strongly linked to Authorization, which falls under the umbrella field of Database.

His most cited work include:

  • System and method for compressing secure E-mail for exchange with a mobile data communication device (232 citations)
  • Communications system providing mobile device notification based upon personal interest information and calendar events (140 citations)
  • Selectively wiping a remote device (139 citations)

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

His primary areas of study are Computer network, Computer security, Mobile device, Encryption and Wireless. His studies in Computer network integrate themes in fields like Wireless network and Mobile telephony. His Computer security study incorporates themes from Certificate and Digital signature.

The concepts of his Certificate study are interwoven with issues in Public key certificate and Database. His study in Mobile device is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Computer hardware and Embedded system. His Encryption research is mostly focused on the topic Public-key cryptography.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Computer network (41.15%)
  • Computer security (28.65%)
  • Mobile device (22.40%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2009-2016)?

  • Authentication (10.94%)
  • Computer network (41.15%)
  • Password (9.90%)

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

Michael K. Brown mainly investigates Authentication, Computer network, Password, Artificial intelligence and Computer vision. His work investigates the relationship between Authentication and topics such as Key that intersect with problems in Bidirectional communication and Path. His Computer network research includes themes of Wireless, Wireless network, Computer security, Mobile telephony and Mobile device.

His research investigates the connection between Wireless and topics such as Computer hardware that intersect with problems in Mobile agent, Mobile computing, Encryption and Message broker. Michael K. Brown does research in Computer security, focusing on Confidentiality specifically. The Password study combines topics in areas such as Data access and Multimedia.

Between 2009 and 2016, his most popular works were:

  • Method and apparatus for differentiated access control (53 citations)
  • Method for establishing a plurality of modes of operation on a mobile device (40 citations)
  • Controlling Connectivity of a Wireless Smart Card Reader (32 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Computer network
  • Operating system
  • Programming language

His scientific interests lie mostly in Computer network, Authentication, Mobile device, Password and Overlay. His work carried out in the field of Computer network brings together such families of science as World Wide Web, Receipt, Track, ALARM and Variety. The study incorporates disciplines such as Identifier, Wireless network, String, Key and Personally identifiable information in addition to Authentication.

His Mobile device research incorporates themes from Data access, Online Certificate Status Protocol, Distributed computing and Revocation. His Password research integrates issues from Image, Computer vision and Artificial intelligence. His research integrates issues of Image processing and Feature detection in his study of Overlay.

Best Publications

  • System and method for compressing secure E-mail for exchange with a mobile data communication device

    James A. Godfrey;Herbert A. Little;Michael K. Brown;Neil P. Adams

  • Communications system providing mobile device notification based upon personal interest information and calendar events

    Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott;Jason Tyler Griffin;Mark Edward Church;Scott David Reeve

  • Selectively wiping a remote device

    Michael Kenneth Brown;Michael Stephen Brown;Herbert Anthony Little;Scott William Totzke

  • Communications system providing mobile device notification based upon contact web pages and related methods

    Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott;Gerhard Dietrich Klassen;Michael Stephen Brown;Michael Kenneth Brown

  • Method and apparatus for contactless payment authentication

    Neil Patrick Adams;Michael Kenneth Brown;Michael S. Brown

  • Method and devices for providing secure data backup from a mobile communication device to an external computing device

    Michael Kenneth Brown;Andrew Douglas Bocking;Scott William Totzke;David Francis Tapuska

  • Systems and Methods to Securely Generate Shared Keys

    Michael K. Brown;Herbert A. Little;David Victor MacFarlane;Michael S. Brown

  • System and method for encrypted smart card pin entry

    Michael Kenneth Brown;Neil Patrick Adams;Herbert Anthony Little

  • System and method for managing multiple smart card sessions

    Michael K. Brown;Neil P. Adams;Herbert A. Little

  • System and method for securely communicating with a server

    Michael S. Brown;Michael K. Brown;Michael G. Kirkup

  • System and method for remote reset of password and encryption key

    Michael Kenneth Brown;Michael Stephen Brown;Herbert Anthony Little

  • System and method to provision a mobile device

    Michael K. Brown;Michael G. Kirkup;Michael S. Brown

  • System and method for verifying digital signatures on certificates

    Michael K. N M Z Kitchener Brown;Michael S. N K B Waterloo Brown

  • System and method for handling restoration operations on mobile devices

    Michael K. Brown;Neil P. Adams;Michael S. Brown;Jonathan F. Hammell

  • Method and apparatus for differentiated access control

    Michael Kenneth Brown;Christopher Lyle Bender;Herbert Anthony Little

  • System and method for application authorization

    Michael K. Brown;Michael S. Brown;Herbert A. Little;Michael G. Kirkup

  • Virtual private network for real-time data

    Michael K. Kitchener Brown;Thomas C. Waterloo Nagy;Ian M. Waterloo Robertson

  • System and method for wiping and disabling a removed device

    Michael Kenneth Brown;Scott William Totzke;Michael Grant Kirkup

  • System and method for setting application permissions

    Michael G. Kirkup;Tariq Tahir;Michael K. Brown

  • Multiple-stage system and method for processing encoded messages

    Herbert Anthony Little;Michael Stephen Brown;Michael Kenneth Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil Patrick Adams
Neil Patrick Adams Blackberry (United States)
Herbert A. Little
Herbert A. Little Blackberry (United States)
Michael S. Brown
Michael S. Brown ISARA Corporation
Steven Henry Fyke
Steven Henry Fyke Blackberry (United States)
Jerome Pasquero
Jerome Pasquero Blackberry (United States)
Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott
Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott Blackberry (United States)

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