2026 Patrick Thiran: 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	64	2597	2517	61	61	258	16868

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Switzerland Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Switzerland Leader Award
2014 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to network performance analysis

Overview

Patrick Thiran is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Computer Science, encompassing a range of specialized subfields and topics.

The main subfields of study include:

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Networks and Communications
Computational Theory and Mathematics
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Geometry and Topology

Patrick Thiran has explored various research topics, with notable work in:

Graph Labeling and Dimension Problems
Complex Network Analysis Techniques
Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting
Graph theory and applications
Machine Learning and Data Classification
Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications
Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques

Their recent publications include:

"Protecting against Website Fingerprinting with Multihoming" (2020), Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
"On the robustness of the metric dimension of grid graphs to adding a single edge" (2022), Discrete Applied Mathematics
"Sequential metric dimension for random graphs" (2021), Journal of Applied Probability
"A Simple Algorithm for Graph Reconstruction" (2021), arXiv (Cornell University)
"The power of adaptivity in source identification with time queries on the path" (2022), Theoretical Computer Science

Frequent coauthors in Thiran's work include:

Gergely Ódor
Matthias Grossglauser
Maximilien Dreveton
Mahsa Forouzesh
Negar Kiyavash

Their work has been published mainly in the following venues:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
Discrete Applied Mathematics
Journal of Applied Probability

Patrick Thiran was awarded the IEEE Fellow distinction in 2014 for contributions to network performance analysis.

Best Publications

Network Calculus: A Theory of Deterministic Queuing Systems for the Internet

Jean-Yves Le Boudec;Patrick Thiran

2922
Citations
Mapping human whole-brain structural networks with diffusion MRI.

Patric Hagmann;Patric Hagmann;Maciej Kurant;Xavier Gigandet;Patrick Thiran

970
Citations
Closing the Gap in the Capacity of Wireless Networks Via Percolation Theory

M. Franceschetti;O. Dousse;D.N.C. Tse;P. Thiran

853
Citations
Impact of interferences on connectivity in ad hoc networks

Olivier Dousse;François Baccelli;Patrick Thiran

695
Citations
Connectivity in ad-hoc and hybrid networks

O. Dousse;P. Thiran;M. Hasler

680
Citations
Layered Complex Networks

Maciej Kurant;Patrick Thiran

544
Citations
Locating the Source of Diffusion in Large-Scale Networks

Pedro C. Pinto;Patrick Thiran;Martin Vetterli

481
Citations
Latency of wireless sensor networks with uncoordinated power saving mechanisms

Olivier Dousse;Petteri Mannersalo;Patrick Thiran

288
Citations
Weighted Gossip: Distributed Averaging using non-doubly stochastic matrices

Florence Benezit;Vincent Blondel;Patrick Thiran;John Tsitsiklis

266
Citations
Launch hard or go home!: predicting the success of kickstarter campaigns

Vincent Etter;Matthias Grossglauser;Patrick Thiran

259
Citations
Measurement and analysis of single-hop delay on an IP backbone network

K. Papagiannaki;S. Moon;C. Fraleigh;P. Thiran

256
Citations
Extraction and analysis of traffic and topologies of transportation networks

Maciej Kurant;Patrick Thiran

253
Citations
On the bias of BFS (Breadth First Search)

Maciej Kurant;Athina Markopoulou;Patrick Thiran

232
Citations
Connectivity vs capacity in dense ad hoc networks

O. Dousse;P. Thiran

224
Citations
Analysis of measured single-hop delay from an operational backbone network

K. Papagiannaki;S. Moon;C. Fraleigh;P. Thiran

213
Citations
Modeling Internet backbone traffic at the flow level

C. Barakat;P. Thiran;G. Iannaccone;C. Diot

203
Citations
Towards Unbiased BFS Sampling

M. Kurant;A. Markopoulou;P. Thiran

199
Citations
Capacity of a wireless ad hoc network with infrastructure

Benyuan Liu;Patrick Thiran;Don Towsley

194
Citations
Pattern formation properties of autonomous Cellular Neural Networks

P. Thiran;K.R. Crounse;L.O. Chua;M. Hasler

181
Citations
Network Calculus

Unknown

123
Citations
Closing the Gap in the Capacity of Wireless Networks

Massimo Franceschetti;Olivier Dousse;David N. C. Tse;Patrick Thiran

4
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Vetterli École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Matthias Grossglauser École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Gianluca Setti Polytechnic University of Turin

Christophe Diot Google (United States)

Paolo Ienne École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Albert Banchs Carlos III University of Madrid

Jean-Yves Le Boudec École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Massimo Franceschetti University of California, San Diego

Leon O. Chua University of California, Berkeley

Patric Hagmann University of Lausanne

External Links

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