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Richard D. Wesel 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 Richard D. Wesel sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 256 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard D. Wesel 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 Richard D. Wesel sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 37 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Richard D. Wesel is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of computer science and engineering, with particular emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering, as well as computer networks and communications.

The scientist's work extensively covers advanced wireless communication techniques and error correcting code techniques. Other significant topics include cooperative communication and network coding, coding theory and cryptography, cellular automata and applications, wireless communication security techniques, and advanced wireless communication technologies.

Frequent publication venues for Richard D. Wesel include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Communications
  • ICC 2022 - IEEE International Conference on Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
  • IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society

Among recent research papers, selected titles with publication years and venues are:

  • Decoding Rate-Compatible 5G-LDPC Codes With Coarse Quantization Using the Information Bottleneck Method, 2020, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
  • CRC-Aided List Decoding of Convolutional Codes in the Short Blocklength Regime, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
  • Reconstruction-Computation-Quantization (RCQ): A Paradigm for Low Bit Width LDPC Decoding, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Communications
  • LDPC Decoding With Degree-Specific Neural Message Weights and RCQ Decoding, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Communications
  • CRC-Aided List Decoding of Convolutional and Polar Codes for Short Messages in 5G, 2022, ICC 2022 - IEEE International Conference on Communications

Frequent collaborators in their research include Linfang Wang, Hengjie Yang, Amaael Antonini, D. Divsalar, and Felipe Areces.

Best Publications

  • Multi-input multi-output fading channel tracking and equalization using Kalman estimation

    C. Komninakis;C. Fragouli;A.H. Sayed;R.D. Wesel

  • Selective avoidance of cycles in irregular LDPC code construction

    Tao Tian;C.R. Jones;J.D. Villasenor;R.D. Wesel

  • Construction of irregular LDPC codes with low error floors

    Tao Tian;C. Jones;J.D. Villasenor;R.D. Wesel

  • Multiple rate low-density parity-check codes with constant blocklength

    A.I.V. Casado;Wen-Yen Weng;R.D. Wesel

  • Multiple-rate low-density parity-check codes with constant blocklength

    A.I.V. Casado;Wen-yen Weng;S. Valle;R. Wesel

  • Achievable rates for Tomlinson-Harashima precoding

    R.D. Wesel;J.M. Cioffi

  • Soft Information for LDPC Decoding in Flash: Mutual-Information Optimized Quantization

    Jiadong Wang;Thomas Courtade;Hari Shankar;Richard D. Wesel

  • Protograph-Based Raptor-Like LDPC Codes

    Tsung-Yi Chen;Kasra Vakilinia;Dariush Divsalar;Richard D. Wesel

  • Informed Dynamic Scheduling for Belief-Propagation Decoding of LDPC Codes

    A.I. Vila Casado;M. Griot;R.D. Wesel

  • Joint iterative channel estimation and decoding in flat correlated Rayleigh fading

    C. Komninakis;R.D. Wesel

  • On the capacity of network coding for random networks

    A. Ramamoorthy;Jun Shi;R.D. Wesel

  • LDPC Decoders with Informed Dynamic Scheduling

    Andres I Vila Casado;M Griot;R D Wesel

  • Turbo-encoder design for symbol-interleaved parallel concatenated trellis-coded modulation

    C. Fragouli;R.D. Wesel

  • Enhanced Precision Through Multiple Reads for LDPC Decoding in Flash Memories

    Jiadong Wang;Kasra Vakilinia;Tsung-Yi Chen;Thomas Courtade

  • Optimal bi-level quantization of i.i.d. sensor observations for binary hypothesis testing

    Qian Zhang;P.K. Varshney;R.D. Wesel

  • Adaptive bit-interleaved coded modulation

    P. Ormeci;Xueting Liu;D.L. Goeckel;R.D. Wesel

  • Transmission system using code designed for transmission with periodic interleaving

    Richard Dale Wesel;John M. Cioffi

  • Informed Dynamic Scheduling for Belief-Propagation Decoding of LDPC Codes

    Andres I. Vila Casado;Miguel Griot;Richard D. Wesel

  • Constellation labeling for linear encoders

    R.D. Wesel;Xueting Liu;J.M. Cioffi;C. Komninakis

  • Universal space-time trellis codes

    C. Kose;R.D. Wesel

Frequent Co-Authors

Dariush Divsalar
Dariush Divsalar Jet Propulsion Lab
Christina Fragouli
Christina Fragouli University of California, Los Angeles
John M. Cioffi
John M. Cioffi Stanford University
Nathan D. Wong
Nathan D. Wong University of California, Irvine
Lara Dolecek
Lara Dolecek University of California, Los Angeles
Tong Zhang
Tong Zhang Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ali H. Sayed
Ali H. Sayed École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Mihaela van der Schaar
Mihaela van der Schaar University of Cambridge
Zhengya Zhang
Zhengya Zhang University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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