2026 Sonia Fahmy: 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	45	7008	6805	3071	2956	235	15431

Research.com Recognitions

2013 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Sonia Fahmy is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research work spans primarily within the field of Computer Science, with a significant focus on the subfields of Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Statistics and Probability, and Management Science and Operations Research.

The main topics of Sonia Fahmy's research include:

Advanced Wireless Network Optimization
Software-Defined Networks and 5G
Gaussian Processes and Bayesian Inference
Markov Chains and Monte Carlo Methods
Machine Learning and Algorithms
Optimization and Search Problems
Advanced Bandit Algorithms Research

Fahmy's recent publications cover a range of topics in networking, machine learning, and optimization. Some of the notable papers include:

"Competitive Online Convex Optimization With Switching Costs and Ramp Constraints," 2021, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
"AI-Driven Provisioning in the 5G Core," 2021, IEEE Internet Computing
"Congestion Control for Datacenter Networks: A Control-Theoretic Approach," 2023, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
"Maestro: QoE-Aware Dynamic Resource Allocation in Wi-Fi Networks," 2025, Proceedings of the ACM on Networking
"Infinity Learning: Learning Markov Chains from Aggregate Steady-State Observations," 2020, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence

The venues where Fahmy frequently publishes include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
IEEE Internet Computing
Proceedings of the ACM on Networking

Collaborations play a notable role in Fahmy's work, with recurrent co-authors including Amit Sheoran, Lianjie Cao, Jianfei Gao, Mohamed Zahran, and Bruno Ribeiro.

Sonia Fahmy holds the distinction of being recognized as an ACM Senior Member since 2013.

Best Publications

HEED: A hybrid, energy-efficient, distributed clustering approach for ad hoc sensor networks

Ossama Younis;Sonia Fahmy

7354
Citations
Distributed clustering in ad-hoc sensor networks: a hybrid, energy-efficient approach

O. Younis;S. Fahmy

1732
Citations
The ERICA switch algorithm for ABR traffic management in ATM networks

Shivkumar Kalyanaraman;Raj Jain;Sonia Fahmy;Rohit Goyal

331
Citations
Topology-aware overlay networks for group communication

Minseok Kwon;Sonia Fahmy

292
Citations
ERICA Switch Algorithm: A Complete Description

Raj Jain;Shiv Kalyanaraman;Rohit Goyal;Sonia Fahmy

285
Citations
On the Construction of a Maximum-Lifetime Data Gathering Tree in Sensor Networks: NP-Completeness and Approximation Algorithm

Yan Wu;S. Fahmy;N.B. Shroff

244
Citations
Analysis of vulnerabilities in Internet firewalls

Seny Kamara;Sonia Fahmy;Eugene Schultz;Florian Kerschbaum

199
Citations
Constraint-based routing in the internet: Basic principles and recent research

O. Younis;S. Fahmy

191
Citations
Source behavior for ATM ABR traffic management: an explanation

R. Jain;S. Kalyanaraman;S. Fahmy;R. Goyal

155
Citations
Improving the performance of TCP over the ATM-UBR service

Rohit Goyal;Raj Jain;Shiv Kalyanaraman;Sonia Fahmy

148
Citations
Constructing maximum-lifetime data gathering forests in sensor networks

Yan Wu;Zhoujia Mao;Sonia Fahmy;Ness B. Shroff

147
Citations
Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)

Sonia Fahmy;Raj Jain

147
Citations
A Survey of Application Layer Techniques for Adaptive Streaming of Multimedia

Bobby Vandalore;Wu-chi Feng;Raj Jain;Sonia Fahmy

142
Citations
Analyzing video services in Web 2.0: a global perspective

Mohit Saxena;Umang Sharan;Sonia Fahmy

123
Citations
An experimental study of routing and data aggregation in sensor networks

O. Younis;S. Fahmy

118
Citations
NFV-VITAL: A framework for characterizing the performance of virtual network functions

Lianjie Cao;Puneet Sharma;Sonia Fahmy;Vinay Saxena

110
Citations
UBR+: improving performance of TCP over ATM-UBR service

R. Goyal;R. Jain;S. Kalyanaraman;S. Fahmy

102
Citations
Cyber defense technology networking and evaluation

R. Bajcsy;T. Benzel;M. Bishop;B. Braden

101
Citations
Energy Efficient Sleep/Wake Scheduling for Multi-Hop Sensor Networks: Non-Convexity and Approximation Algorithm

Yan Wu;S. Fahmy;N.B. Shroff

97
Citations
Accurately Measuring Denial of Service in Simulation and Testbed Experiments

J. Mirkovic;A. Hussain;S. Fahmy;P. Reiher

95
Citations
Feedback consolidation algorithms for ABR point-to-multipoint connections in ATM networks

S. Fahmy;R. Jain;R. Goyal;B. Vandalore

94
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Raj Jain Washington University in St. Louis

Shivkumar Kalyanaraman Microsoft (India)

Ness B. Shroff The Ohio State University

Puneet Sharma Hewlett-Packard (United States)

Y. Charlie Hu Purdue University West Lafayette

Peter Reiher University of California, Los Angeles

Xiaojun Lin Purdue University West Lafayette

Yevgeni Koucheryavy National Research University Higher School of Economics

Bharat Bhargava Purdue University West Lafayette

Timothy G. Griffin University of Cambridge

External Links

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