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Stephen B. Wicker

Stephen B. Wicker

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Computer Science

D-Index
45
Citations
17817
World Ranking
6993
National Ranking
3064

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to wireless information systems

Overview

Stephen B. Wicker is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has contributed to multiple fields within computer science and social sciences. Their research spans areas including information systems, computer networks and communications, artificial intelligence, sociology and political science, and law.

The scientist has focused on a variety of topics related to security and privacy, such as:

  • Information and Cyber Security
  • Spam and Phishing Detection
  • Network Security and Intrusion Detection
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
  • Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
  • Criminal Law and Evidence

Recent publications by Stephen B. Wicker illustrate their engagement with both technical and societal aspects of cybersecurity. Notable papers include:

  • The ethics of zero-day exploits, 2020, Communications of the ACM
  • Reading in the panopticon, 2020, Communications of the ACM
  • eBook surveillance and the threat to freedom of association, 2020, Journal of Information Security and Applications

Frequent publication venues reflect a focus on both broad and specialized audiences and include:

  • Communications of the ACM
  • Journal of Information Security and Applications

Stephen B. Wicker has collaborated with other researchers such as Dipayan Ghosh, indicating interdisciplinary work that may intersect technology and policy.

In recognition of their contributions, Stephen B. Wicker was named an IEEE Fellow in 2011 for work in wireless information systems.

Best Publications

  • Error Control Systems for Digital Communication and Storage

    Stephen B. Wicker

  • The impact of data aggregation in wireless sensor networks

    L. Krishnamachari;D. Estrin;S. Wicker

  • Design challenges for energy-constrained ad hoc wireless networks

    A.J. Goldsmith;S.B. Wicker

  • Reed-Solomon Codes and Their Applications

    Stephen B. Wicker;Vijay K. Bhargava

  • Modelling Data-Centric Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks

    Bhaskar Krishnamachari;Deborah Estrin;Stephen Wicker

  • Complex Behavior at Scale: An Experimental Study of Low-Power Wireless Sensor Networks

    Deepak Ganesan;Deborah Estrin;Alec Woo;David Culler

  • Turbo coding

    Chris Heegard;Stephen B. Wicker

  • Applications of error-control coding

    D.J. Costello;J. Hagenauer;H. Imai;S.B. Wicker

  • Game theory in communications: motivation, explanation, and application to power control

    A.B. MacKenzie;S.B. Wicker

  • Game theory and the design of self-configuring, adaptive wireless networks

    A.B. MacKenzie;S.B. Wicker

  • Inferring Personal Information from Demand-Response Systems

    M.A. Lisovich;D.K. Mulligan;S.B. Wicker

  • Stability of multipacket slotted Aloha with selfish users and perfect information

    A.B. MacKenzie;S.B. Wicker

  • Phase transition phenomena in wireless ad hoc networks

    B. Krishnamachari;S.B. Wicker;R. Bejar

  • On the behavior of communication links of a node in a multi-hop mobile environment

    Prince Samar;Stephen B. Wicker

  • Selfish users in Aloha: a game-theoretic approach

    A.B. MacKenzie;S.B. Wicker

  • Packet combining systems based on the Viterbi decoder

    B.A. Harvey;S.B. Wicker

  • On unbounded path-loss models: effects of singularity on wireless network performance

    H. Inaltekin;S.B. Wicker;Mung Chiang;H.V. Poor

  • An upper bound on the sum-rate distortion function and its corresponding rate allocation schemes for the CEO problem

    Jun Chen;Xin Zhang;T. Berger;S.B. Wicker

  • CareNet: an integrated wireless sensor networking environment for remote healthcare

    Shanshan Jiang;Yanchuan Cao;Sameer Iyengar;Philip Kuryloski

  • Termite: ad-hoc networking with stigmergy

    M. Roth;S. Wicker

Frequent Co-Authors

Bhaskar Krishnamachari
Bhaskar Krishnamachari University of Southern California
Vijay K. Bhargava
Vijay K. Bhargava University of British Columbia
Allen B. MacKenzie
Allen B. MacKenzie Tennessee Technological University
Zygmunt J. Haas
Zygmunt J. Haas The University of Texas at Dallas
Bart Selman
Bart Selman Cornell University
Deborah Estrin
Deborah Estrin Cornell University
Lars K. Rasmussen
Lars K. Rasmussen Royal Institute of Technology
Shankar Sastry
Shankar Sastry University of California, Berkeley
Mung Chiang
Mung Chiang Purdue University West Lafayette
Joseph Y. Halpern
Joseph Y. Halpern Cornell University

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