Cristian Estan

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Cristian Estan is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence and Hardware and Architecture. According to data from OpenAlex, Cristian Estan has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 31 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 30 papers in Hardware and Architecture. Recurrent topics in Cristian Estan's work include Network Security and Intrusion Detection (38 papers), Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting (23 papers) and Network Packet Processing and Optimization (23 papers). Cristian Estan is often cited by papers focused on Network Security and Intrusion Detection (38 papers), Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting (23 papers) and Network Packet Processing and Optimization (23 papers). Cristian Estan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Romania. Cristian Estan's co-authors include George Varghese, Stefan Savage, Randy Smith, Ken Keys, Somesh Jha, David Moore, Mike Fisk, Sumeet Singh, Paul Barford and Stephen J. Wright and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review and IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security.

In The Last Decade

Cristian Estan

54 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

New directions in traffic... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2008 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. New directions in traffic measurement and accounting
    2001 566 citations Cristian Estan, George Varghese profile →
  2. Power Awareness in Network Design and Routing
    2008 501 citations Joel Sommers, Paul Barford et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cristian Estan United States 27 3.8k 2.4k 1.2k 663 651 55 4.3k
Jun Xu United States 32 2.4k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 407 0.3× 365 0.6× 365 0.6× 132 2.9k
Ernst W. Biersack France 36 3.9k 1.0× 657 0.3× 490 0.4× 452 0.7× 684 1.1× 136 4.2k
Frans Kaashoek United States 22 3.7k 1.0× 901 0.4× 309 0.2× 414 0.6× 685 1.1× 31 4.2k
Phillip Porras United States 27 3.9k 1.0× 2.3k 1.0× 288 0.2× 1.8k 2.7× 289 0.4× 74 4.4k
Stratis D. Viglas United Kingdom 18 2.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 447 0.4× 1.1k 1.7× 125 0.2× 45 2.7k
Antony Rowstron United Kingdom 38 8.4k 2.2× 1.3k 0.5× 650 0.5× 696 1.0× 327 0.5× 96 8.9k
Taesoo Kim United States 39 1.4k 0.4× 2.4k 1.0× 784 0.6× 1.8k 2.7× 449 0.7× 138 3.8k
Timothy G. Griffin United Kingdom 26 2.4k 0.6× 963 0.4× 502 0.4× 253 0.4× 397 0.6× 67 2.8k
Robert Cohn United States 24 4.0k 1.0× 1.3k 0.5× 4.3k 3.5× 864 1.3× 1.1k 1.7× 44 5.6k
Fred Douglis United States 30 3.6k 1.0× 737 0.3× 971 0.8× 129 0.2× 401 0.6× 103 4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Cristian Estan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cristian Estan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cristian Estan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cristian Estan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cristian Estan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Cristian Estan. Cristian Estan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Falsafi, Babak, Mircea R. Stan, Kevin Skadron, et al.. (2016). Near-Memory Data Services. IEEE Micro. 36(1). 6–13. 9 indexed citations
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Nowatzki, Tony, Michael C. Ferris, Karthikeyan Sankaralingam, et al.. (2013). Optimization and Mathematical Modeling in Computer Architecture. 8(4). 1–144. 10 indexed citations
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Carli, Lorenzo De, et al.. (2012). LEAP. 175–186. 3 indexed citations
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Ma, Yadi, Suman Banerjee, Shan Lu, & Cristian Estan. (2010). Leveraging parallelism for multi-dimensional packetclassification on software routers. ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review. 38(1). 227–238. 11 indexed citations
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Ma, Yadi, Suman Banerjee, Shan Lu, & Cristian Estan. (2010). Leveraging parallelism for multi-dimensional packetclassification on software routers. 227–238. 21 indexed citations
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Carli, Lorenzo De, Yi Pan, Amit Kumar, Cristian Estan, & Karthikeyan Sankaralingam. (2009). PLUG. 207–218. 35 indexed citations
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Cristea, Valentin, et al.. (2009). Netpy: Advanced Network Traffic Monitoring. 253–254. 6 indexed citations
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Smith, Randy, Cristian Estan, Somesh Jha, & Shijin Kong. (2008). Deflating the big bang. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review. 38(4). 207–218. 158 indexed citations
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Sommers, Joel, et al.. (2008). Power Awareness in Network Design and Routing. 457–465. 501 indexed citations breakdown →
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Estan, Cristian, et al.. (2006). On Filtering of DDoS Attacks Based on Source Address Prefixes. 1–12. 17 indexed citations
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Estan, Cristian, et al.. (2005). Interactive traffic analysis and visualization with Wisconsin Netpy. USENIX Large Installation Systems Administration Conference. 17–17. 7 indexed citations
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Keys, Ken, David Moore, & Cristian Estan. (2005). A robust system for accurate real-time summaries of internet traffic. 85–96. 45 indexed citations
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Estan, Cristian, Ken Keys, David Moore, & George Varghese. (2004). Building a Better NetFlow: Technical Report. Biology. 11(1). 5 indexed citations
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Singh, Sumeet, Cristian Estan, George Varghese, & Stefan Savage. (2004). Automated worm fingerprinting. Operating Systems Design and Implementation. 4–4. 364 indexed citations
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Estan, Cristian, Ken Keys, David Moore, & George Varghese. (2004). Building a better NetFlow. 245–256. 268 indexed citations
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Estan, Cristian, George Varghese, & Mike Fisk. (2003). Bitmap algorithms for counting active flows on high speed links. 153–153. 22 indexed citations
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Estan, Cristian & George Varghese. (2003). Internet traffic measurement: what's going on in my network?. 2 indexed citations
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Estan, Cristian, George Varghese, & Mike Fisk. (2002). Counting the number of active flows on a high speed link. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review. 32(3). 10–10. 7 indexed citations
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Estan, Cristian, Stefan Savage, & George Varghese. (2002). Automated measurement of high volume traffic clusters. 177–177.
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Estan, Cristian & George Varghese. (2001). New directions in traffic measurement and accounting. 8 indexed citations

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