2026 Stephen S. Yau: 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	42	8330	8094	3574	3439	343	8083

Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
2000 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1983 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1980 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
1973 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to switch theory, the reliability of computing systems, and engineering education.

Overview

Stephen S. Yau is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their main field of study is Computer Science, with a focus on several subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Computational Theory and Mathematics, and Computer Networks and Communications.

Their research spans multiple topics, including:

Cryptography and Data Security
Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs
Cloud Data Security Solutions
Auction Theory and Applications

Stephen S. Yau has authored several recent papers, reflecting an active engagement in areas related to blockchain, cybersecurity, and medical data analysis. Notable publications include:

"SPESC-Translator: Towards Automatically Smart Legal Contract Conversion for Blockchain-Based Auction Services," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
"Attribute-Based Private Data Sharing With Script-Driven Programmable Ciphertext and Decentralized Key Management in Blockchain Internet of Things," 2021, IEEE Internet of Things Journal
"Patterns of care and survival of Chinese glioblastoma patients in the temozolomide era: a Hong Kong population-level analysis over a 14-year period," 2022, Neuro-Oncology Practice
"SaaSC: Toward Pay-as-You-Go Mode for Software Service Transactions Based on Blockchain's Smart Legal Contracts," 2023, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
"Guest Editorial: Trust, Security and Privacy of 6G," 2022, IEEE Network

The frequent venues for their publications are:

IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (3 papers)
Neuro-Oncology Practice
IEEE Internet of Things Journal
IEEE Network
Mathematics

Stephen S. Yau collaborates regularly with certain coauthors, including:

Yan Zhu
E Chen
Hongjian Yin
Shengdian Wang
Rongquan Feng

The scientist has been recognized with several fellowships over their career, including:

Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, 2013
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2000
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1983
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1980
IEEE Fellow, 1973, noted for contributions to switch theory, the reliability of computing systems, and engineering education

Best Publications

Reconfigurable context-sensitive middleware for pervasive computing

S.S. Yau;F. Karim;Yu Wang;Bin Wang

604
Citations
Dynamic Audit Services for Outsourced Storages in Clouds

Yan Zhu;Gail-Joon Ahn;Hongxin Hu;S. S. Yau

439
Citations
Dynamic audit services for integrity verification of outsourced storages in clouds

Yan Zhu;Huaixi Wang;Zexing Hu;Gail-Joon Ahn

375
Citations
Some Stability Measures for Software Maintenance

S.S. Yau;J.S. Collofello

281
Citations
Distance matrix of a graph and its realizability

S. L. Hakimi;S. S. Yau

212
Citations
Efficient provable data possession for hybrid clouds.

Yan Zhu;Huaixi Wang;Zexing Hu;Gail-Joon Ahn

204
Citations
Ripple effect analysis of software maintenance

S.S. Yau;J.S. Collofello;T. MacGregor

190
Citations
Design Stability Measures for Software Maintenance

S.S. Yau;J.S. Collofello

174
Citations
An Approach to Concurrent Control Flow Checking

S.S. Yau;Fu-Chung Chen

166
Citations
Design of self-checking software

S. S. Yau;R. C. Cheung

160
Citations
A survey of software design techniques

S. S. Yau;J. J.-P. Tsai

152
Citations
Development of situation-aware application software for ubiquitous computing environments

S.S. Yau;Yu Wang;F. Karim

146
Citations
Efficient audit service outsourcing for data integrity in clouds

Yan Zhu;Hongxin Hu;Gail-Joon Ahn;Stephen S. Yau

144
Citations
Associative Processor Architecture—a Survey

S. S. Yau;H. S. Fung

141
Citations
Hierarchical situation modeling and reasoning for pervasive computing

S.S. Yau;Junwei Liu

138
Citations
Testing context-sensitive middleware-based software applications

T.H. Tse;S.S. Yau

132
Citations
Universal Logic Modules and Their Applications

S.S. Yau;C.K. Tang

125
Citations
An Adaptive Middleware for Context-Sensitive Communications for Real-Time Applications in Ubiquitous Computing Environments

Stephen S. Yau;Fariaz Karim

124
Citations
QoS-Based Service Ranking and Selection for Service-Based Systems

Stephen S. Yau;Yin Yin

123
Citations
An Approach to QoS-based Task Distribution in Edge Computing Networks for IoT Applications

Yaozhong Song;Stephen S. Yau;Ruozhou Yu;Xiang Zhang

118
Citations
Distributed Software System Design Representation Using Modified Petri Nets

S.S. Yau;M.U. Caglayan

113
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurence T. Yang St. Francis Xavier University

Hongxin Hu University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Gail-Joon Ahn Arizona State University

Elisa Bertino Purdue University West Lafayette

Bhavani Thuraisingham The University of Texas at Dallas

Tai-hoon Kim Beijing Jiaotong University

Jianhua Ma Hosei University

Jeffrey J. P. Tsai Asia University

Ning Zhong Maebashi Institute of Technology

Ian Foster University of Chicago

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