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Michael Waidner 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 Waidner sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 260 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Waidner 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 Waidner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2008 - ACM Distinguished Member
  • 2004 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the theory and practice of information security, privacy and cryptography.

Overview

Michael Waidner is affiliated with the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of computer science, focusing primarily on computer networks and network security. Their research work spans a significant number of publications, notably in areas such as network security and intrusion detection, internet traffic analysis and secure e-voting, and network packet processing and optimization.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Network Security and Intrusion Detection
  • Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting
  • Network Packet Processing and Optimization
  • IPv6, Mobility, Handover, Networks, Security
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies
  • Network Traffic and Congestion Control

Within computer science, Waidner's subfields of study are:

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Information Systems
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Hardware and Architecture

Their publications have appeared frequently in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security
  • Datenschutz und Datensicherheit - DuD
  • Proceedings of the ACM on Networking
  • Journal of Computer Security

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Waidner include:

  • "Behind the Scenes of RPKI" (2022), Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security
  • "Stalloris: RPKI Downgrade Attack" (2022), arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "The Hijackers Guide To The Galaxy: Off-Path Taking Over Internet Resources" (2022), arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Poster" (2022), Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security
  • "Poster" (2022), Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Waidner include:

  • Haya Shulman
  • Haya Schulmann
  • Niklas Vogel
  • Donika Mirdita
  • Tomáš Hlaváček

Waidner has also contributed to book publications with Springer Science+Business Media, including works associated with Computer Security - ESORICS 2021.

Recognitions awarded to them include the ACM Distinguished Member in 2008 and the IEEE Fellow designation in 2004, the latter acknowledging their contributions to the theory and practice of information security, privacy, and cryptography.

Best Publications

  • Diffie-Hellman key distribution extended to group communication

    Michael Steiner;Gene Tsudik;Michael Waidner

  • Security and privacy challenges in industrial internet of things

    Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi;Christian Wachsmann;Michael Waidner

  • Key agreement in dynamic peer groups

    M. Steiner;G. Tsudik;M. Waidner

  • Platform for enterprise privacy practices: Privacy-enabled management of customer data

    Günter Karjoth;Matthias Schunter;Michael Waidner

  • Optimistic protocols for fair exchange

    N. Asokan;Matthias Schunter;Michael Waidner

  • Cliques: A new approach to group key agreement

    Michael J. Steiner;Gene Tsudik;Michael Waidner

  • Asynchronous protocols for optimistic fair exchange

    N. Asokan;V. Shoup;M. Waidner

  • Optimistic fair exchange of digital signatures

    N. Asokan;V. Shoup;M. Waidner

  • A model for asynchronous reactive systems and its application to secure message transmission

    B. Pfitzmann;M. Waidner

  • Refinement and extension of encrypted key exchange

    Michael Steiner;Gene Tsudik;Michael Waidner

  • The state of the art in electronic payment systems

    N. Asokan;P.A. Janson;M. Steiner;M. Waidner

  • State of the art in electronic payment systems

    N. Asokan;Philippe A. Janson;Michael Steiner;Michael Waidner

  • ISDN-Mixes: Untraceable Communication with Very Small Bandwidth Overhead

    Andreas Pfitzmann;Birgit Pfitzmann;Michael Waidner

  • Anonymous fingerprinting

    Birgit Pfitzmann;Michael Waidner

  • A composable cryptographic library with nested operations

    Michael Backes;Birgit Pfitzmann;Michael Waidner

  • Composition and integrity preservation of secure reactive systems

    Birgit Pfitzmann;Michael Waidner

  • Using an object model to improve handling of personally identifiable information

    Steven B. Adler;Endre Felix Bangerter;Kathryn Ann Bohrer;Nigel Howard Julian Brown

  • iKP: a family of secure electronic payment protocols

    Mihir Bellare;Juan A. Garay;Ralf Hauser;Amir Herzberg

  • The ESPRIT Project CAFE - High Security Digital Payment Systems

    Jean-Paul Boly;Antoon Bosselaers;Ronald Cramer;Rolf Michelsen

  • Design, implementation, and deployment of the iKP secure electronic payment system

    M. Bellare;J.A. Garay;R. Hauser;A. Herzberg

  • Optimistic fair exchange of digital signatures

    N. Asokan;Victor Shoup;Michael Waidner

Frequent Co-Authors

Birgit Pfitzmann
Birgit Pfitzmann IBM (United States)
Matthias Schunter
Matthias Schunter Intel (United States)
Michael Steiner
Michael Steiner Intel (United States)
Nadarajah Asokan
Nadarajah Asokan University of Waterloo
Gene Tsudik
Gene Tsudik University of California, Irvine
Christian Cachin
Christian Cachin University of Bern
Paulo Veríssimo
Paulo Veríssimo King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Brian Randell
Brian Randell Newcastle University
Victor Shoup
Victor Shoup New York University

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