2026 Vijay Varadharajan: 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	49	5823	5657	178	177	527	11360

Overview

Vijay Varadharajan is affiliated with the University of Newcastle Australia in Australia, where their research primarily focuses on various aspects of computer science, including network security and advanced machine learning applications in cybersecurity.

Their work spans several main fields and subfields, with a predominant focus on computer science and numerous specialized areas within it. These include:

Computer Networks and Communications
Artificial Intelligence
Signal Processing
Control and Systems Engineering
Information Systems

The main topics addressed in their research encompass:

Network Security and Intrusion Detection
Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
Smart Grid Security and Resilience
IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
Software-Defined Networks and 5G
Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
Cryptography and Data Security

Vijay Varadharajan has contributed extensively to academic literature, with recent papers including:

"A Survey on Machine Learning Techniques for Cyber Security in the Last Decade," 2020, published in IEEE Access
"Performance Comparison and Current Challenges of Using Machine Learning Techniques in Cybersecurity," 2020, published in Energies
"A novel deep learning-based approach for malware detection," 2023, published in Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
"A novel method for improving the robustness of deep learning-based malware detectors against adversarial attacks," 2022, published in Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
"Distributed Consensus-Based Economic Dispatch in Power Grids Using the Paillier Cryptosystem," 2021, published in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Vijay Varadharajan include:

Udaya Tupakula
Kallol Krishna Karmakar
Nazatul Haque Sultan
Surya Nepal
Michael Hitchens

Their work is published across various respected venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
SSRN Electronic Journal
IEEE Access
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
IEEE Internet of Things Journal

In addition to journal and conference papers, Vijay Varadharajan has also contributed to book publications, including the volume Data and Applications Security and Privacy XXXVI, published by Springer Science+Business Media in 2022.

Best Publications

A Detailed Investigation and Analysis of Using Machine Learning Techniques for Intrusion Detection

Preeti Mishra;Vijay Varadharajan;Uday Tupakula;Emmanuel S. Pilli

686
Citations
Achieving Secure Role-Based Access Control on Encrypted Data in Cloud Storage

Lan Zhou;Vijay Varadharajan;Michael Hitchens

506
Citations
A Survey on Machine Learning Techniques for Cyber Security in the Last Decade

Kamran Shaukat;Suhuai Luo;Vijay Varadharajan;Ibrahim A. Hameed

464
Citations
TrustLite: a security architecture for tiny embedded devices

Patrick Koeberl;Steffen Schulz;Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi;Vijay Varadharajan

402
Citations
Review: Wireless sensor network key management survey and taxonomy

Junqi Zhang;Vijay Varadharajan

361
Citations
Autoencoder-based feature learning for cyber security applications

Mahmood Yousefi-Azar;Vijay Varadharajan;Len Hamey;Uday Tupakula

351
Citations
Performance Comparison and Current Challenges of Using Machine Learning Techniques in Cybersecurity

Kamran Shaukat;Suhuai Luo;Vijay Varadharajan;Ibrahim A. Hameed

280
Citations
Enabling Cloud Storage Auditing With Key-Exposure Resistance

Jia Yu;Kui Ren;Cong Wang;Vijay Varadharajan

245
Citations
Intrusion detection techniques in cloud environment

Preeti Mishra;Emmanuel S. Pilli;Vijay Varadharajan;Udaya Tupakula

241
Citations
CP-ABE With Constant-Size Keys for Lightweight Devices

Fuchun Guo;Yi Mu;Willy Susilo;Duncan S. Wong

224
Citations
A novel deep learning-based approach for malware detection

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201
Citations
Security as a Service Model for Cloud Environment

Vijay Varadharajan;Udaya Tupakula

192
Citations
An analysis of the proxy problem in distributed systems

V. Varadharajan;P. Allen;S. Black

186
Citations
A Trust based Access Control Framework for P2P File-Sharing Systems

Huu Tran;M. Hitchens;V. Varadharajan;P. Watters

177
Citations
A novel method for improving the robustness of deep learning-based malware detectors against adversarial attacks

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156
Citations
Practical Approximate k Nearest Neighbor Queries with Location and Query Privacy

Xun Yi;Russell Paulet;Elisa Bertino;Vijay Varadharajan

140
Citations
Enhancing grid security with trust management

C. Lin;V. Varadharajan;Y. Wang;V. Pruthi

138
Citations
Trust Enhanced Cryptographic Role-Based Access Control for Secure Cloud Data Storage

Lan Zhou;Vijay Varadharajan;Michael Hitchens

137
Citations
Enforcing Role-Based Access Control for Secure Data Storage in the Cloud

Lan Zhou;Vijay Varadharajan;Michael Hitchens

133
Citations
Practical k nearest neighbor queries with location privacy

Xun Yi;Russell Paulet;Elisa Bertino;Vijay Varadharajan

113
Citations
A Policy-Based Security Architecture for Software-Defined Networks

Vijay Varadharajan;Kallol Karmakar;Uday Tupakula;Michael Hitchens

98
Citations
Security for cluster based ad hoc networks

Vijay Varadharajan;Rajan Shankaran;Michael Hitchens

92
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Yi Mu Fujian Normal University

Yan Wang Macquarie University

Willy Susilo University of Wollongong

Mehmet A. Orgun Macquarie University

Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi Technical University of Darmstadt

Surya Nepal Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Josef Pieprzyk Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Duncan S. Wong City University of Hong Kong

Zhiyong Chen University of Newcastle Australia

Zheng Yan Xidian University

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