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D-Index
58
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37697
World Ranking
1809
National Ranking
719

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Wendi Heinzelman publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wendi Heinzelman sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 211 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Wendi Heinzelman D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wendi Heinzelman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - ACM Fellow For contributions to wireless communication systems and protocols and leadership in broadening participation in computing
  • 2012 - ACM Distinguished Member
  • 2009 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Wendi Heinzelman is affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields within computer science and engineering, with particular emphasis on computer networks and communications as well as electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's recent work includes contributions to wireless networking protocols and technologies, encompassing areas such as:

  • Wireless Networks and Protocols
  • IoT Networks and Protocols
  • Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
  • Bluetooth and Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Green IT and Sustainability
  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks

Heinzelman has published multiple papers at the 2020 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), which is the frequent venue for their publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • "LoRa vs. WiFi Ad Hoc: A Performance Analysis and Comparison," 2020, 2020 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC)
  • "Performance Evaluation of WiFi Direct Multi Hop Ad-Hoc Networks," 2020, 2020 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC)
  • "Evaluating Methods for Enabling Continuous Operation in Dynamic WiFi Direct Networks," 2020, 2020 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Cristiano Tapparello, George Klimiashvili, Nadir Adam, Aaron Faulkenberry, and Utku Demir, demonstrating an active engagement in joint work within their research community.

Recognition for their work includes professional distinctions such as:

  • ACM Fellow, awarded in 2018, for contributions to wireless communication systems and protocols and leadership in broadening participation in computing
  • ACM Distinguished Member, awarded in 2012
  • ACM Senior Member, awarded in 2009

Best Publications

  • An application-specific protocol architecture for wireless microsensor networks

    W.B. Heinzelman;A.P. Chandrakasan;H. Balakrishnan

  • Adaptive protocols for information dissemination in wireless sensor networks

    Wendi Rabiner Heinzelman;Joanna Kulik;Hari Balakrishnan

  • Negotiation-based protocols for disseminating information in wireless sensor networks

    Joanna Kulik;Wendi Heinzelman;Hari Balakrishnan

  • A taxonomy of wireless micro-sensor network models

    Sameer Tilak;Nael B. Abu-Ghazaleh;Wendi Heinzelman

  • Application-specific protocol architectures for wireless networks

    Wendi Beth Heinzelman;Anantha P. Chandrakasan;Hari Balakrishnan

  • Prolonging the lifetime of wireless sensor networks via unequal clustering

    S. Soro;W.B. Heinzelman

  • Middleware to support sensor network applications

    W.B. Heinzelman;A.L. Murphy;H.S. Carvalho;M.A. Perillo

  • QoS-aware routing based on bandwidth estimation for mobile ad hoc networks

    Lei Chen;W.B. Heinzelman

  • A Survey of Visual Sensor Networks

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  • Cloud-Vision: Real-time face recognition using a mobile-cloudlet-cloud acceleration architecture

    Tolga Soyata;Rajani Muraleedharan;Colin Funai;Minseok Kwon

  • Infrastructure tradeoffs for sensor networks

    Sameer Tilak;Nael B. Abu-Ghazaleh;Wendi Heinzelman

  • Cluster head election techniques for coverage preservation in wireless sensor networks

    Stanislava Soro;Wendi B. Heinzelman

  • General Network Lifetime and Cost Models for Evaluating Sensor Network Deployment Strategies

    Zhao Cheng;M. Perillo;W.B. Heinzelman

  • Energy-Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks (EH-WSNs): A Review

    Kofi Sarpong Adu-Manu;Nadir Adam;Cristiano Tapparello;Hoda Ayatollahi

  • Water Quality Monitoring Using Wireless Sensor Networks: Current Trends and Future Research Directions

    Kofi Sarpong Adu-Manu;Cristiano Tapparello;Wendi Heinzelman;Ferdinand Apietu Katsriku

  • Energy-scalable algorithms and protocols for wireless microsensor networks

    W.R. Heinzelman;A. Sinha;A. Wang;A.P. Chandrakasan

  • Method for low-energy adaptive clustering hierarchy

    Hari Balakrishnan;Anantha P. Chandrakasan;Wendi B. Heinzelman

  • RF Energy Harvesting for Embedded Systems: A Survey of Tradeoffs and Methodology

    Tolga Soyata;Lucian Copeland;Wendi Heinzelman

  • Energy-scalable protocols for battery-operated microsensor networks

    A. Wang;W.R. Heinzelman;A.P. Chandrakasan

  • On the problem of unbalanced load distribution in wireless sensor networks

    M. Perillo;Zhao Cheng;W. Heinzelman

  • Scheduling sleeping nodes in high density cluster-based sensor networks

    Jing Deng;Yunghsiang S. Han;Wendi B. Heinzelman;Pramod K. Varshney

Frequent Co-Authors

Kaushik R. Chowdhury
Kaushik R. Chowdhury Northeastern University
Stefano Basagni
Stefano Basagni Northeastern University
Melissa L. Sturge-Apple
Melissa L. Sturge-Apple University of Rochester
Gaurav Sharma
Gaurav Sharma University of Rochester
Tolga Soyata
Tolga Soyata University at Albany, State University of New York
A.M. Tekalp
A.M. Tekalp Koç University
Nael Abu-Ghazaleh
Nael Abu-Ghazaleh University of California, Riverside
Amy L. Murphy
Amy L. Murphy Fondazione Bruno Kessler

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