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D-Index
54
Citations
13657
World Ranking
4511
National Ranking
2112

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - ACM Distinguished Member
  • 2009 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Y. Thomas Hou is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within computer science and engineering, focusing primarily on electrical and electronic engineering and computer networks and communications. The subfields reflecting their work also include artificial intelligence, information systems, and molecular biology.

The scientist's publication record includes significant contributions to research topics such as:

  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Age of Information Optimization
  • Advanced Wireless Network Optimization
  • Network Security and Intrusion Detection
  • Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
  • Cooperative Communication and Network Coding

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Y. Thomas Hou include Wenjing Lou, Chengzhang Li, Shaoran Li, Sastry Kompella, and Jeffrey H. Reed.

Their work has been published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent outlets being:

  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
  • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing

Selected recent papers highlight a range of topics:

  • "A Deep-Reinforcement-Learning-Based Approach to Dynamic eMBB/URLLC Multiplexing in 5G NR" (2020), published in IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • "MANDA: On Adversarial Example Detection for Network Intrusion Detection System" (2022), published in IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
  • "Efficient and Secure Outsourcing of Differentially Private Data Publishing With Multiple Evaluators" (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
  • "FLARE" (2022), published in Proceedings of the 2022 ACM on Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security
  • "CANShield: Deep-Learning-Based Intrusion Detection Framework for Controller Area Networks at the Signal Level" (2023), published in IEEE Internet of Things Journal

Y. Thomas Hou has also received recognitions such as the ACM Senior Member status, awarded in 2009, and the ACM Distinguished Member in 2014.

Best Publications

  • A Survey of Distributed Consensus Protocols for Blockchain Networks

    Yang Xiao;Ning Zhang;Wenjing Lou;Y. Thomas Hou

  • Privacy-preserving multi-keyword text search in the cloud supporting similarity-based ranking

    Wenhai Sun;Bing Wang;Ning Cao;Ming Li

  • Topology control for wireless sensor networks

    Jianping Pan;Y. Thomas Hou;Lin Cai;Yi Shi

  • Cognitive radio communications and networks: principles and practice

    Alexander M Wyglinski;Maziar Nekovee;Y. Thomas Hou

  • DDoS attack protection in the era of cloud computing and Software-Defined Networking

    Bing Wang;Yao Zheng;Wenjing Lou;Y. Thomas Hou

  • Privacy-preserving multi-keyword fuzzy search over encrypted data in the cloud

    Bing Wang;Shucheng Yu;Wenjing Lou;Y. Thomas Hou

  • Making sensor networks immortal: an energy-renewal approach with wireless power transfer

    Liguang Xie;Yi Shi;Y. Thomas Hou;Hanif D. Sherali

  • On renewable sensor networks with wireless energy transfer

    Yi Shi;Liguang Xie;Y. Thomas Hou;Hanif D. Sherali

  • Protecting Your Right: Verifiable Attribute-Based Keyword Search with Fine-Grained Owner-Enforced Search Authorization in the Cloud

    Wenhai Sun;Shucheng Yu;Wenjing Lou;Y. Thomas Hou

  • Protecting your right: Attribute-based keyword search with fine-grained owner-enforced search authorization in the cloud

    Wenhai Sun;Shucheng Yu;Wenjing Lou;Y. Thomas Hou

  • LT codes-based secure and reliable cloud storage service

    Ning Cao;Shucheng Yu;Zhenyu Yang;Wenjing Lou

  • Verifiable Privacy-Preserving Multi-Keyword Text Search in the Cloud Supporting Similarity-Based Ranking

    Wenhai Sun;Bing Wang;Ning Cao;Ming Li

  • Cooperative Task Offloading in Three-Tier Mobile Computing Networks: An ADMM Framework

    Yue Wang;Xiaofeng Tao;Xuefei Zhang;Ping Zhang

  • Multi-node wireless energy charging in sensor networks

    Liguang Xie;Yi Shi;Y. Thomas Hou;Wenjing Lou

  • Optimal relay assignment for cooperative communications

    Yi Shi;Sushant Sharma;Y. Thomas Hou;Sastry Kompella

  • On renewable sensor networks with wireless energy transfer: The multi-node case

    Liguang Xie;Yi Shi;Y. Thomas Hou;Wenjing Lou

  • Catch you if you lie to me: Efficient verifiable conjunctive keyword search over large dynamic encrypted cloud data

    Wenhai Sun;Xuefeng Liu;Wenjing Lou;Y. Thomas Hou

  • How to correctly use the protocol interference model for multi-hop wireless networks

    Yi Shi;Y. Thomas Hou;Jia Liu;Sastry Kompella

  • An optimal algorithm for relay node assignment in cooperative ad hoc networks

    Sushant Sharma;Yi Shi;Y. Thomas Hou;Sastry Kompella

  • A Survey on Security, Privacy, and Trust in Mobile Crowdsourcing

    Wei Feng;Zheng Yan;Hengrun Zhang;Kai Zeng

  • Rate allocation in wireless sensor networks with network lifetime requirement

    Y. Thomas Hou;Yi Shi;Hanif D. Sherali

Frequent Co-Authors

Wenjing Lou
Wenjing Lou Virginia Tech
Yi Shi
Yi Shi Virginia Tech
Sastry Kompella
Sastry Kompella United States Naval Research Laboratory
Scott F. Midkiff
Scott F. Midkiff Virginia Tech
Jeffrey H. Reed
Jeffrey H. Reed Virginia Tech
Shucheng Yu
Shucheng Yu Stevens Institute of Technology
Jin Li
Jin Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kun Sun
Kun Sun George Mason University
Jianping Pan
Jianping Pan University of Victoria
Allen B. MacKenzie
Allen B. MacKenzie Tennessee Technological University

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