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Pekka Nikander

Pekka Nikander

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
42
Citations
9893
World Ranking
8251
National Ranking
68

Overview

Pekka Nikander is affiliated with Aalto University in Finland and works primarily in the field of Computer Science. Their research encompasses various subfields, including Computer Science Applications, Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering, Information Systems, and Computer Networks and Communications.

Their recent scholarly contributions include publications in several recognized venues. Notable papers authored or co-authored by Pekka Nikander are:

  • Document specifying rules for the secure use of DCC covering legal aspects of metrology, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Metrological Challenges in Collaborative Sensing: Applicability of Digital Calibration Certificates, 2020, Sensors
  • An Interledger Blockchain Platform for Cross-Border Management of Cybersecurity Information, 2020, IEEE Internet Computing
  • SmartCom Digital System of Units (D-SI) Guide for the use of the metadata-format used in metrology for the easy-to-use, safe, harmonised and unambiguous digital transfer of metrological data - Second Edition (SmartCom(D-SI):-), 2020, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Pekka Nikander's research topics cover a broad range of areas involving mobile crowdsensing, advanced optical sensing technologies, biosensors and analytical detection, blockchain technology applications and security, IoT and edge/fog computing, as well as advanced malware detection techniques. The main topics worked on are:

  • Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing
  • Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
  • IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques

Collaborations with other researchers form an important part of Nikander's work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Tuukka Mustapää
  • Daniel Hutzschenreuter
  • Tommi Elo
  • Petri Kuosmanen
  • Kristine Hovhannisyan

Nikander's works have been published in venues such as Sensors, IEEE Internet Computing, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University. These platforms reflect a diverse engagement across instrumentation, cybersecurity, metrology, and digital standards related to measurement systems.

Best Publications

  • Host Identity Protocol

    Thomas R. Henderson;Petri Jokela;Pekka Nikander;Robert Moskowitz

  • Host Identity Protocol (HIP) Architecture

    Pekka Nikander;Robert Moskowitz

  • SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND)

    James Kempf;Jari Arkko;Pekka Nikander;Brian Zill

  • LIPSIN: line speed publish/subscribe inter-networking

    Petri Jokela;András Zahemszky;Christian Esteve Rothenberg;Somaya Arianfar

  • DOS-Resistant Authentication with Client Puzzles

    Tuomas Aura;Pekka Nikander;Jussipekka Leiwo

  • IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND) Trust Models and Threats

    J. Kempf;E. Nordmark;P. Nikander

  • Developing Information Networking Further: From PSIRP to PURSUIT

    Nikos Fotiou;Pekka Nikander;Dirk Trossen;George C. Polyzos

  • On content-centric router design and implications

    Somaya Arianfar;Pekka Nikander;Jörg Ott

  • Mobile IP version 6 Route Optimization Security Design Background

    Jari Arkko;Tuomas Aura;Gabriel Montenegro;Erik Nordmark

  • End-Host Mobility and Multihoming with the Host Identity Protocol

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  • Host Identity Protocol (HIP): Connectivity, Mobility, Multi-Homing, Security, and Privacy over IPv4 and IPv6 Networks

    Pekka Nikander;Andrei Gurtov;Thomas R Henderson

  • Integrating Security, Mobility and Multi-Homing in a HIP Way

    Pekka Nikander;Jukka Ylitalo;Jorma Wall

  • Method and arrangement for implementing ipsec policy management using filter code

    Pekka Nikander;Tatu Ylönen

  • Stateless connections

    Tuomas Aura;Pekka Nikander

  • Towards Network Denial of Service Resistant Protocols

    Jussipekka Leiwo;Tuomas Aura;Pekka Nikander

  • Securing IPv6 neighbor and router discovery

    Jari Arkko;Tuomas Aura;James Kempf;Vesa-Matti Mäntylä

  • On trust establishment in mobile ad-hoc networks

    Laurent Eschenauer;Virgil D. Gligor;John Baras;Matt Blaze

  • Packet-level Caching for Information-centric Networking

    Somaya Arianfar;Pekka Nikander;Jörg Ott

  • Forwarding anomalies in Bloom filter-based multicast

    Mikko Sarela;Christian Esteve Rothenberg;Tuomas Aura;Andras Zahemszky

  • Using the Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) Transport Format with the Host Identity Protocol (HIP)

    Unknown

  • Host Identity Indirection Infrastructure (Hi3)

    Pekka Nikander;Jari Arkko;Börje Ohlman

  • Incentive-compatible caching and peering in data-oriented networks

    Jarno Rajahalme;Mikko Särelä;Pekka Nikander;Sasu Tarkoma

Frequent Co-Authors

Jari Arkko
Jari Arkko Ericsson (Sweden)
Tuomas Aura
Tuomas Aura Aalto University
Ross Anderson
Ross Anderson University of Cambridge
Virgil D. Gligor
Virgil D. Gligor Carnegie Mellon University
Lawrence C. Paulson
Lawrence C. Paulson University of Cambridge
Jörg Ott
Jörg Ott Technical University of Munich
Andrei Gurtov
Andrei Gurtov Linköping University
Birgit Pfitzmann
Birgit Pfitzmann IBM (United States)
George Danezis
George Danezis University College London
Hannu Tenhunen
Hannu Tenhunen Royal Institute of Technology

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