Clark Thomborson

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Clark Thomborson is a scholar working on Information Systems, Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Clark Thomborson has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Information Systems, 26 papers in Signal Processing and 23 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Clark Thomborson's work include Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (25 papers), Security and Verification in Computing (13 papers) and Software Engineering Research (11 papers). Clark Thomborson is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (25 papers), Security and Verification in Computing (13 papers) and Software Engineering Research (11 papers). Clark Thomborson collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and China. Clark Thomborson's co-authors include Christian Collberg, William Zhu, Jasvir Nagra, Gregg M. Townsend, P.K. Chan, Vojin G. Oklobdzija, Martine Schlag, Ewan Tempero, Jianmin Wang and Chaokun Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering and IEEE Transactions on Computers.

In The Last Decade

Clark Thomborson

53 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

A Taxonomy of Obfuscating... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 2002 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A Taxonomy of Obfuscating Transformations
    1997 514 citations Christian Collberg, Clark Thomborson et al. ResearchSpace (University of Auckland) profile →
  2. Watermarking, tamper-proofing, and obfuscation - tools for software protection
    2002 438 citations Christian Collberg, Clark Thomborson profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Clark Thomborson New Zealand 17 1.5k 1.2k 1.1k 441 411 55 2.1k
Christian Collberg United States 25 2.2k 1.4× 1.7k 1.4× 1.8k 1.6× 619 1.4× 654 1.6× 60 3.1k
John Viega United States 18 511 0.3× 706 0.6× 817 0.7× 374 0.8× 272 0.7× 37 1.5k
Yan Shoshitaishvili United States 20 1.7k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 604 1.4× 1.1k 2.8× 61 2.5k
Zhenkai Liang Singapore 27 1.7k 1.1× 1.6k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 1.1k 2.5× 498 1.2× 86 2.5k
Marcus Peinado United States 23 1.4k 0.9× 2.5k 2.2× 1.5k 1.4× 1.1k 2.4× 212 0.5× 44 3.1k
Manuel Costa United Kingdom 21 1.2k 0.8× 1.9k 1.6× 946 0.9× 1.2k 2.8× 247 0.6× 46 2.6k
Crispin Cowan United States 21 1.7k 1.1× 2.1k 1.7× 930 0.8× 1.5k 3.4× 318 0.8× 43 2.9k
Tim Leek United States 13 655 0.4× 737 0.6× 680 0.6× 280 0.6× 537 1.3× 17 1.4k
Mihai Christodorescu United States 21 1.7k 1.1× 813 0.7× 992 0.9× 1.3k 3.0× 487 1.2× 38 2.1k
Juan Caballero Spain 23 1.2k 0.8× 833 0.7× 1.0k 0.9× 1.0k 2.3× 389 0.9× 57 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Clark Thomborson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Clark Thomborson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thomborson, Clark. (2016). Privacy patterns. 1 indexed citations
2.
Thomborson, Clark. (2016). Privacy patterns. ResearchSpace (University of Auckland). 656–663. 3 indexed citations
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Thomborson, Clark, et al.. (2013). The dhammic framework for understanding the cause of system project failures from Buddhist insights. ResearchSpace (University of Auckland). 387–396. 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Zhiwei, Chaokun Wang, Clark Thomborson, et al.. (2011). Multimedia Applications and Security in MapReduce: Opportunities and Challenges. Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience. 24(17). 2083–2101. 8 indexed citations
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Yu, Zhiwei, Chaokun Wang, Clark Thomborson, et al.. (2011). A novel watermarking method for software protection in the cloud. Software Practice and Experience. 42(4). 409–430. 16 indexed citations
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Thomborson, Clark, et al.. (2009). Passwords and perceptions. 71–78. 50 indexed citations
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Thomborson, Clark, et al.. (2007). Metrics-based Evaluation of Slicing Obfuscations. 472–477. 3 indexed citations
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Zhu, William, Clark Thomborson, & Fei‐Yue Wang. (2006). Obfuscate arrays by homomorphic functions. 770–773. 8 indexed citations
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Zhu, William & Clark Thomborson. (2005). Algorithms to Watermark Software through Register Allocation. 1 indexed citations
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Collberg, Christian, Stephen Kobourov, Edward Carter, & Clark Thomborson. (2003). Error-correcting graphs for software watermarking. Lecture notes in computer science. 2880. 156–167. 6 indexed citations
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Carter, Larry, Jeanne Ferrante, & Clark Thomborson. (2003). Folklore confirmed. 106–114. 14 indexed citations
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Nagra, Jasvir, Clark Thomborson, & Christian Collberg. (2002). A functional taxonomy for software watermarking. 24(1). 177–186. 30 indexed citations
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Kaklamanis, Christos, Anna R. Karlin, Frank Thomson Leighton, et al.. (2002). Asymptotically tight bounds for computing with faulty arrays of processors. 32. 285–296. 22 indexed citations
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Thomborson, Clark, et al.. (2002). Data cache parameter measurements. ResearchSpace (University of Auckland). 10. 376–383. 1 indexed citations
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Chan, P.K., Martine Schlag, Clark Thomborson, & Vojin G. Oklobdzija. (2002). Delay optimization of carry-skip adders and block carry-lookahead adders. 154–164. 9 indexed citations
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Nagra, Jasvir, et al.. (2001). Software Watermarking: Protective Terminology. 3 indexed citations
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Collberg, Christian & Clark Thomborson. (1998). On the Limits of Software Watermarking. ResearchSpace (University of Auckland). 10 indexed citations
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Thomborson, Clark, Bowen Alpern, & Larry Carter. (1994). Rectilinear Steiner tree minimization on a workstation. 119–136. 7 indexed citations
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Kaklamanis, Christos, Anna R. Karlin, Frank Thomson Leighton, et al.. (1990). Asymptotically Tight Bounds for Computing with Faulty Arrays of Processors (Extended Abstract). 285–296. 2 indexed citations
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Thomborson, Clark, et al.. (1989). Systolic implementations of a move-to-front text compressor. 396. 283–290. 5 indexed citations

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