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80
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41860
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1052
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563

Nitin H. Vaidya 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 Nitin H. Vaidya sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 426 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nitin H. Vaidya 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 Nitin H. Vaidya sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 80 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nitin H. Vaidya is affiliated with Georgetown University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of computer science, with a particular focus on distributed systems and fault tolerance. Their research spans several subfields including computer networks and communications, artificial intelligence, electrical and electronic engineering, management science and operations research, and control and systems engineering.

The scientist's main fields of study reflect a strong orientation toward complex systems and optimization, with significant work in distributed control multi-agent systems and privacy-preserving technologies in data. Their scholarly activity includes research topics such as distributed systems and fault tolerance, distributed control multi-agent systems, privacy-preserving technologies in data, stochastic gradient optimization techniques, optimization and search problems, cryptography and data security, and advanced memory and neural computing.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Nitin H. Vaidya include Nirupam Gupta, Shuo Liu, Muhammad Samir Khan, Thinh T. Doan, and Lewis Tseng. This indicates active partnerships primarily in the areas of multi-agent systems and distributed optimization.

The scientist has published in well-recognized venues, highlighting a range of contributions across journals and conferences. These venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)
  • IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems
  • Distributed Computing

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Nitin H. Vaidya cover topics related to Byzantine fault tolerance, multiagent optimization, and distributed machine learning. Notable examples include:

  • Byzantine-Resilient Multiagent Optimization, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • Improved extension protocols for byzantine broadcast and agreement, 2020, Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)
  • Improved Extension Protocols for Byzantine Broadcast and Agreement, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Byzantine Fault-Tolerant Distributed Machine Learning Using Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) and Norm-Based Comparative Gradient Elimination (CGE), 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Resilience in Collaborative Optimization: Redundant and Independent Cost Functions, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)

This profile reflects a research career centered on optimizing the reliability and security of distributed systems and multi-agent frameworks, alongside work on fault tolerance and privacy measures in computational environments.

Best Publications

  • Location-aided routing (LAR) in mobile ad hoc networks

    Young-Bae Ko;Nitin H. Vaidya

  • Analysis of TCP performance over mobile ad hoc networks

    Gavin Holland;Nitin Vaidya

  • Multi-channel mac for ad hoc networks: handling multi-channel hidden terminals using a single transceiver

    Jungmin So;Nitin H. Vaidya

  • A power control MAC protocol for ad hoc networks

    Eun-Sun Jung;Nitin H. Vaidya

  • A rate-adaptive MAC protocol for multi-Hop wireless networks

    Gavin Holland;Nitin Vaidya;Paramvir Bahl

  • Medium access control protocols using directional antennas in ad hoc networks

    Young-Bae Ko;V. Shankarkumar;N.H. Vaidya

  • Using directional antennas for medium access control in ad hoc networks

    Romit Roy Choudhury;Xue Yang;Ram Ramanathan;Nitin H. Vaidya

  • Distributed fair scheduling in a wireless LAN

    N. Vaidya;A. Dugar;S. Gupta;P. Bahl

  • A vehicle-to-vehicle communication protocol for cooperative collision warning

    X. Yang;L. Liu;N.H. Vaidya;F. Zhao

  • Capacity of multi-channel wireless networks: impact of number of channels and interfaces

    Pradeep Kyasanur;Nitin H. Vaidya

  • Routing and interface assignment in multi-channel multi-interface wireless networks

    P. Kyasanur;N.H. Vaidya

  • Geocasting in mobile ad hoc networks: location-based multicast algorithms

    Y.-B. Ko;N.H. Vaidya

  • A cluster-based approach for routing in dynamic networks

    P. Krishna;N. H. Vaidya;M. Chatterjee;D. K. Pradhan

  • Routing and link-layer protocols for multi-channel multi-interface ad hoc wireless networks

    Pradeep Kyasanur;Nitin H. Vaidya

  • An energy efficient MAC protocol for wireless LANs

    Eun-Sun Jung;N.H. Vaidya

  • Distributed fair scheduling in a wireless LAN

    Nitin H. Vaidya;Paramvir Bahl;Seema Gupta

  • Deafness: a MAC problem in ad hoc networks when using directional antennas

    R.R. Choudhury;N.H. Vaidya

  • Weak duplicate address detection in mobile ad hoc networks

    Nitin H. Vaidya

  • A MAC protocol to reduce sensor network energy consumption using a wakeup radio

    M.J. Miller;N.H. Vaidya

  • Leader election algorithms for mobile ad hoc networks

    Navneet Malpani;Jennifer L. Welch;Nitin Vaidya

Frequent Co-Authors

Dhiraj K. Pradhan
Dhiraj K. Pradhan University of Bristol
Romit Roy Choudhury
Romit Roy Choudhury University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fan Wu
Fan Wu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Paramvir Bahl
Paramvir Bahl Microsoft (United States)
Christoforos N. Hadjicostis
Christoforos N. Hadjicostis University of Cyprus
Wei Zhao
Wei Zhao Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
Alejandro D. Dominguez-Garcia
Alejandro D. Dominguez-Garcia University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jennifer L. Welch
Jennifer L. Welch Texas A&M University
Klara Nahrstedt
Klara Nahrstedt University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Guihai Chen
Guihai Chen Nanjing University

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