2026 Walter Willinger: 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	73	1536	1490	12	12	192	44386

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Computer Science in India Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Computer Science in India Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Computer Science in India Leader Award
2009 - SIAM Fellow For the study of network traffic and the internet.
2005 - IEEE Fellow For the analysis and mathematical modeling of Internet traffic
2005 - ACM Fellow For contributions to the analysis of data networks and protocols.

Overview

Walter Willinger is affiliated with NIKSUN, Inc. in India and has an extensive research record primarily in computer science, with a concentration on computer networks and communications. Their work spans various subfields, placing a significant emphasis on network security, anomaly detection, software-defined networks, and network performance analysis.

Their recent publications include:

AI/ML for Network Security, 2022, Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security
Revisiting Network Telemetry in COIN: A Case for Runtime Programmability, 2021, IEEE Network
ARISE: A Multitask Weak Supervision Framework for Network Measurements, 2022, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Curvature-based Analysis of Network Connectivity in Private Backbone Infrastructures, 2022, Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems
A Manifold View of Connectivity in the Private Backbone Networks of Hyperscalers, 2023, Communications of the ACM

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Walter Willinger include:

Arpit Gupta
Arthur Selle Jacobs
Ronaldo A. Ferreira
Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville
Ramakrishnan Durairajan

The main venues where Willinger's work is published reflect a focus on networking and security disciplines, including:

ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review
arXiv (Cornell University)
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security
IEEE Network

In terms of research topics, Willinger's work covers:

Software-Defined Networks and 5G
Network Security and Intrusion Detection
Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications
Network Traffic and Congestion Control
IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
Software System Performance and Reliability
Topological and Geometric Data Analysis

Willinger has been recognized by several professional organizations. They were named a SIAM Fellow in 2009 for their work on network traffic and the internet. Additionally, they are an ACM Fellow and an IEEE Fellow since 2005, recognized respectively for contributions to data networks and protocols, and for mathematical modeling of Internet traffic.

Best Publications

On the self-similar nature of Ethernet traffic (extended version)

Will E. Leland;Murad S. Taqqu;Walter Willinger;Daniel V. Wilson

9825
Citations
Self-similarity through high-variability: statistical analysis of Ethernet LAN traffic at the source level

Walter Willinger;Murad S. Taqqu;Robert Sherman;Daniel V. Wilson

3951
Citations
Long-range dependence in variable-bit-rate video traffic

J. Beran;R. Sherman;M.S. Taqqu;W. Willinger

1878
Citations
Analysis, modeling and generation of self-similar VBR video traffic

Mark W. Garrett;Walter Willinger

1779
Citations
ESTIMATORS FOR LONG-RANGE DEPENDENCE: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

Murad S. Taqqu;Vadim Teverovsky;Walter Willinger

1697
Citations
On the self-similar nature of Ethernet traffic

Will E. Leland;Murad S. Taqqu;Walter Willinger;Daniel V. Wilson

1688
Citations
Self-Similar Network Traffic and Performance Evaluation

Kihong Park;Walter Willinger

1617
Citations
Experimental queueing analysis with long-range dependent packet traffic

Ashok Erramilli;Onuttom Narayan;Walter Willinger

1236
Citations
Analysis, modeling and generation of self-similar VBR video traffic

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1176
Citations
Proof of a fundamental result in self-similar traffic modeling

Murad S. Taqqu;Walter Willinger;Robert Sherman

1124
Citations
Data networks as cascades: investigating the multifractal nature of Internet WAN traffic

A. Feldmann;A. C. Gilbert;W. Willinger

754
Citations
Towards a Theory of Scale-Free Graphs: Definition, Properties, and Implications

Lun Li;David Alderson;John C. Doyle;Walter Willinger

740
Citations
Self-Similarity in High-Speed Packet Traffic: Analysis and Modeling of Ethernet Traffic Measurements

Walter Willinger;Murad S. Taqqu;Will E. Leland;Daniel V. Wilson

685
Citations
Dynamics of IP traffic: a study of the role of variability and the impact of control

Anja Feldmann;Anna C. Gilbert;Polly Huang;Walter Willinger

656
Citations
The "robust yet fragile" nature of the Internet

John C. Doyle;David L. Alderson;Lun Li;Steven Low

618
Citations
A first-principles approach to understanding the internet's router-level topology

Lun Li;David Alderson;Walter Willinger;John Doyle

607
Citations
Self-similarity and heavy tails: structural modeling of network traffic

Walter Willinger;Vern Paxson;Murad S. Taqqu

600
Citations
Network topology generators: degree-based vs. structural

Hongsuda Tangmunarunkit;Ramesh Govindan;Sugih Jamin;Scott Shenker

583
Citations
The changing nature of network traffic: scaling phenomena

A. Feldmann;A. C. Gilbert;W. Willinger;T. G. Kurtz

520
Citations
WHERE MATHEMATICS MEETS THE INTERNET

W. Willinger;V. Paxson

520
Citations
Towards a Theory of Scale-Free Graphs: Definition, Properties, and Implications (Extended Versio n) ∗

Lun Li;David L. Alderson;Reiko Tanaka;John C. Doyle

102
Citations
The Origin of Power Laws in Internet Topologies

Qian Chen;Hyunseok Chang;Ramesh Govindan;Sugih Jamin

7
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Reza Rejaie University of Oregon

Anja Feldmann Max Planck Society

Balachander Krishnamurthy AT&T (United States)

John C. Doyle California Institute of Technology

Sugih Jamin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Matthew Roughan University of Adelaide

Anna C. Gilbert Yale University

Ramesh Govindan University of Southern California

Scott Shenker University of California, Berkeley

Fabián E. Bustamante Northwestern University

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