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45
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15431
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Sonia Fahmy 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 Sonia Fahmy sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 235 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sonia Fahmy 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 Sonia Fahmy sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 45 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

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

    O. Younis;S. Fahmy

  • The ERICA switch algorithm for ABR traffic management in ATM networks

    Shivkumar Kalyanaraman;Raj Jain;Sonia Fahmy;Rohit Goyal

  • Topology-aware overlay networks for group communication

    Minseok Kwon;Sonia Fahmy

  • ERICA Switch Algorithm: A Complete Description

    Raj Jain;Shiv Kalyanaraman;Rohit Goyal;Sonia Fahmy

  • 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

  • Analysis of vulnerabilities in Internet firewalls

    Seny Kamara;Sonia Fahmy;Eugene Schultz;Florian Kerschbaum

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

    O. Younis;S. Fahmy

  • Source behavior for ATM ABR traffic management: an explanation

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

  • Improving the performance of TCP over the ATM-UBR service

    Rohit Goyal;Raj Jain;Shiv Kalyanaraman;Sonia Fahmy

  • Constructing maximum-lifetime data gathering forests in sensor networks

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

  • Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)

    Sonia Fahmy;Raj Jain

  • A Survey of Application Layer Techniques for Adaptive Streaming of Multimedia

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

  • Analyzing video services in Web 2.0: a global perspective

    Mohit Saxena;Umang Sharan;Sonia Fahmy

  • An experimental study of routing and data aggregation in sensor networks

    O. Younis;S. Fahmy

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

    Lianjie Cao;Puneet Sharma;Sonia Fahmy;Vinay Saxena

  • UBR+: improving performance of TCP over ATM-UBR service

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

  • Cyber defense technology networking and evaluation

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

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

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

  • Accurately Measuring Denial of Service in Simulation and Testbed Experiments

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

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Raj Jain
Raj Jain Washington University in St. Louis
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman Microsoft (India)
Ness B. Shroff
Ness B. Shroff The Ohio State University
Puneet Sharma
Puneet Sharma Hewlett-Packard (United States)
Peter Reiher
Peter Reiher University of California, Los Angeles
Y. Charlie Hu
Y. Charlie Hu Purdue University West Lafayette
Bharat Bhargava
Bharat Bhargava Purdue University West Lafayette
Xiaojun Lin
Xiaojun Lin Purdue University West Lafayette
Yevgeni Koucheryavy
Yevgeni Koucheryavy National Research University Higher School of Economics
Ahsan Habib
Ahsan Habib Massey University

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