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93
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31183
World Ranking
401
National Ranking
146

Overview

Thomas H. Kunz was a researcher primarily affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their academic work was concentrated in the field of Computer Science, with a substantial focus on Computer Networks and Communications as well as related subfields like Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. The research portfolio additionally extended into other areas including General Health Professions and Food Science.

The scientist's scholarly contributions spanned various topics, notably in Software-Defined Networks and 5G, Network Security and Intrusion Detection, Cooperative Communication and Network Coding, Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Wireless Networks and Protocols, Fermentation and Sensory Analysis, and Smart Grid Security and Resilience.

Frequent publication venues for their research included arXiv (Cornell University), Datenschutz und Datensicherheit - DuD, Journal of the Institute of Brewing, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Computer Networks. Their body of work featured several recent publications such as:

  • "Energy-Efficient Deep Reinforcement Learning Assisted Resource Allocation for 5G-RAN Slicing," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • "Applications of Machine Learning in Resource Management for RAN-Slicing in 5G and Beyond Networks: A Survey," 2022, IEEE Access
  • "Transition metals in brewing and their role in wort and beer oxidative stability: a review," 2022, Journal of the Institute of Brewing
  • "Datenschutz und Datensicherheit in Digital Public Health," 2020, Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz
  • "Network slicing in virtualized 5G Core with VNF sharing," 2023, Journal of Network and Computer Applications

The scientist collaborated frequently with other researchers including Saleh Yousefi, Yaser Azimi, Hashem Kalbkhani, Frank-Jürgen Methner, and Jean-Pierre S. El Rami, with multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Ecosystem services provided by bats

    Thomas H. Kunz;Elizabeth Braun de Torrez;Dana Bauer;Tatyana Lobova

  • Carpe noctem: the importance of bats as bioindicators

    G Jones;DS Jacobs;TH Kunz;Willig

  • An emerging disease causes regional population collapse of a common North American bat species.

    Winifred F. Frick;Winifred F. Frick;Jacob F. Pollock;Alan C. Hicks;Kate E. Langwig;Kate E. Langwig

  • Economic Importance of Bats in Agriculture

    Justin G. Boyles;Paul M. Cryan;Gary F. McCracken;Thomas H. Kunz

  • Ecological Impacts of Wind Energy Development on Bats: Questions, Research Needs, and Hypotheses

    Thomas H. Kunz;Edward B. Arnett;Wallace P. Erickson;Alexander R. Hoar

  • Ecological and behavioral methods for the study of bats

    Thomas H. Kunz;Stuart Parsons

  • Roosting Ecology of Bats

    Thomas H. Kunz

  • Ecology of bats.

    Thomas H. Kunz

  • Global Conservation Significance of Ecuador's Yasuní National Park

    Margot S. Bass;Matt Finer;Clinton N. Jenkins;Clinton N. Jenkins;Holger Kreft

  • Economic value of the pest control service provided by Brazilian free-tailed bats in south-central Texas

    Cutler J. Cleveland;Margrit Betke;Paula Federico;Jeff D. Frank

  • Feeding Strategies of the Little Brown Bat, Myotis Lucifugus, in Southern New Hampshire

    Edythe L. P. Anthony;Thomas H. Kunz

  • Energetics of Pregnancy and Lactation in Freeranging Little Brown Bats (Myotis lucifugus)

    Allen Kurta;Gary P. Bell;Kenneth A. Nagy;Thomas H. Kunz

  • Bat Guano Virome: Predominance of Dietary Viruses from Insects and Plants plus Novel Mammalian Viruses

    Linlin Li;Linlin Li;Joseph G. Victoria;Joseph G. Victoria;Chunlin Wang;Morris Jones

  • Sociality, density-dependence and microclimates determine the persistence of populations suffering from a novel fungal disease, white-nose syndrome.

    Kate E. Langwig;Kate E. Langwig;Winifred F. Frick;Jason T. Bried;Alan C. Hicks

  • Assessing Impacts of Wind-Energy Development on Nocturnally Active Birds and Bats: A Guidance Document

    Thomas H. Kunz;Edward B. Arnett;Brian M. Cooper;Wallace P. Erickson

  • Bat biology and conservation

    Thomas H. Kunz;P. A. Racey

  • Feeding Ecology of a Temperate Insectivorous Bat (Myotis Velifer)

    Thomas H. Kunz

  • Changes in body mass and fat reserves in pre-hibernating little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus)

    Thomas H. Kunz;John A. Wrazen;Christopher D. Burnett

  • Low rates of hydrogen peroxide production by isolated heart mitochondria associate with long maximum lifespan in vertebrate homeotherms.

    Adrian J. Lambert;Helen M. Boysen;Julie A. Buckingham;Ting Yang

  • Influence of climate and reproductive timing on demography of little brown myotis Myotis lucifugus.

    Winifred F. Frick;D. Scott Reynolds;Thomas H. Kunz

  • Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study of Bats.[ 2nd ed.]

    Thomas H. Kunz;Stuart Parsons

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary F. McCracken
Gary F. McCracken University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Christian C. Voigt
Christian C. Voigt Leibniz Association
Margrit Betke
Margrit Betke Boston University
Winifred F. Frick
Winifred F. Frick Bat Conservation International
Elisabeth K. V. Kalko
Elisabeth K. V. Kalko University of Ulm
Sharon M. Swartz
Sharon M. Swartz Brown University
Gareth Jones
Gareth Jones University of Bristol
Olav T. Oftedal
Olav T. Oftedal Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Paul A. Racey
Paul A. Racey University of Exeter
Martin Wikelski
Martin Wikelski Max Planck Institute for Ornithology

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