2026 Qun Li: 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	66	2331	2261	1163	1122	321	17058

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Computer Science

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1163

1122

321

17058

Overview

Qun Li is a researcher affiliated with William & Mary in the United States. Their work spans primarily across the fields of Computer Science and Engineering, with significant contributions in subfields such as Artificial Intelligence, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Control and Systems Engineering, and Information Systems.

Their research topics cover a range of areas including:

Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques
Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
Advanced Neural Network Applications
Cryptography and Data Security
Quantum Information and Cryptography
Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning

Qun Li has published extensively in various venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
SSRN Electronic Journal
Sustainability
Frontiers in Energy Research
Research Square (Research Square)

Collaboratively, Qun Li works often with a set of coauthors, notably:

Qi Xia
Zeyi Tao
Jindi Wu
Jiwei Liu
Sheng Zhong

Some of the recent papers authored include:

A survey of federated learning for edge computing: Research problems and solutions, 2021, High-Confidence Computing
RFDCR: Automated brain lesion segmentation using cascaded random forests with dense conditional random fields, 2020, NeuroImage
An empirical study of multi-scale object detection in high resolution UAV images, 2020, Neurocomputing
QuantumFed: A Federated Learning Framework for Collaborative Quantum Training, 2021, 2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM)
Assessment of urbanization impact on cultural heritage based on a risk-based cumulative impact assessment method, 2023, Heritage Science

Best Publications

A Survey of Fog Computing: Concepts, Applications and Issues

Shanhe Yi;Cheng Li;Qun Li

1688
Citations
Global clock synchronization in sensor networks

Qun Li;D. Rus

1093
Citations
Fog Computing: Platform and Applications

Shanhe Yi;Zijiang Hao;Zhengrui Qin;Qun Li

958
Citations
Online power-aware routing in wireless Ad-hoc networks

Qun Li;Javed Aslam;Daniela Rus

713
Citations
Security and Privacy Issues of Fog Computing: A Survey

Shanhe Yi;Zhengrui Qin;Qun Li

617
Citations
Sending messages to mobile users in disconnected ad-hoc wireless networks

Qun Li;Daniela Rus

435
Citations
Distributed algorithms for guiding navigation across a sensor network

Qun Li;Michael De Rosa;Daniela Rus

421
Citations
IMDGuard: Securing implantable medical devices with the external wearable guardian

Fengyuan Xu;Zhengrui Qin;Chiu C. Tan;Baosheng Wang

326
Citations
LAVEA: latency-aware video analytics on edge computing platform

Shanhe Yi;Zijiang Hao;Qingyang Zhang;Quan Zhang

297
Citations
Outlier detection in sensor networks

Bo Sheng;Qun Li;Weizhen Mao;Wen Jin

263
Citations
Global clock synchronization in sensor networks

Qun Li;D. Rus

260
Citations
A survey of federated learning for edge computing: Research problems and solutions

Qi Xia;Winson Ye;Zeyi Tao;Jindi Wu

254
Citations
Elliptic curve cryptography-based access control in sensor networks

Haodong Wang;Bo Sheng;Qun Li

246
Citations
Secure and Serverless RFID Authentication and Search Protocols

C.C. Tan;Bo Sheng;Qun Li

236
Citations
Challenges and Software Architecture for Fog Computing

Zijiang Hao;Ed Novak;Shanhe Yi;Qun Li

219
Citations
Efficient implementation of public key cryptosystems on mote sensors (short paper)

Haodong Wang;Qun Li

202
Citations
Efficient implementation of public key cryptosystems on mote sensors (short paper)

Haodong Wang;Qun Li

202
Citations
Counting RFID Tags Efficiently and Anonymously

Hao Han;Bo Sheng;Chiu C. Tan;Qun Li

201
Citations
Body sensor network security: an identity-based cryptography approach

Chiu C. Tan;Haodong Wang;Sheng Zhong;Qun Li

191
Citations
How to Monitor for Missing RFID tags

C.C. Tan;Bo Sheng;Qun Li

187
Citations
Efficient service handoff across edge servers via docker container migration

Lele Ma;Shanhe Yi;Qun Li

186
Citations
SybilDefender: Defend against sybil attacks in large social networks

Wei Wei;Fengyuan Xu;Chiu C. Tan;Qun Li

186
Citations
Three power-aware routing algorithms for sensor networks

Javed A. Aslam;Qun Li;Daniela Rus

177
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Chiu C. Tan Temple University

Daniela Rus MIT

Sanglu Lu Nanjing University

Jie Wu Temple University

Xiaodong Zhang The Ohio State University

Haining Wang Virginia Tech

Javed A. Aslam Northeastern University

Yongguang Zhang Microsoft Research Asia (China)

Sheng Zhong Nanjing University

Weisong Shi Wayne State University

External Links

Personal website of Qun Li Google Scholar page

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