Kai Chen

23.1k total citations · 10 hit papers
420 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

Kai Chen is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Chen has authored 420 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 194 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 127 papers in Information Systems and 108 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Kai Chen's work include Cloud Computing and Resource Management (94 papers), Software-Defined Networks and 5G (78 papers) and Advanced Neural Network Applications (34 papers). Kai Chen is often cited by papers focused on Cloud Computing and Resource Management (94 papers), Software-Defined Networks and 5G (78 papers) and Advanced Neural Network Applications (34 papers). Kai Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Kai Chen's co-authors include Dahua Lin, Kai Niu, Wei Bai, Jiangmiao Pang, Li Chen, Jianping Shi, Wanli Ouyang, Huajun Feng, Klara Nahrstedt and Chen Change Loy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kai Chen

371 papers receiving 11.9k citations

Hit Papers

Large Scale Distributed Deep Networks 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2019 2012 2019 2022 500 1000 1.5k
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. Large Scale Distributed Deep Networks
    2012 1.7k citations Kai Chen et al. profile →
  2. Libra R-CNN: Towards Balanced Learning for Object Detection
    2019 1.2k citations Kai Chen et al. profile →
  3. CRC-Aided Decoding of Polar Codes
    2012 595 citations Kai Chen et al. profile →
  4. CARAFE: Content-Aware ReAssembly of FEatures
    2019 504 citations Kai Chen et al. profile →
  5. Revisiting Skeleton-based Action Recognition
    2022 417 citations Kai Chen et al. profile →
  6. OSA: An Optical Switching Architecture for Data Center Networks With Unprecedented Flexibility
    2013 322 citations Kai Chen et al. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking profile →
  7. A Survey of the Four Pillars for Small Object Detection: Multiscale Representation, Contextual Information, Super-Resolution, and Region Proposal
    2020 221 citations Kai Chen et al. profile →
  8. Information-agnostic flow scheduling for commodity data centers
    2015 205 citations Li Chen, Kai Chen et al. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) profile →
  9. Dense Distinct Query for End-to-End Object Detection
    2023 128 citations Kai Chen et al. profile →
  10. Engineering natural microbiomes toward enhanced bioremediation by microbiome modeling
    2024 92 citations Kai Chen 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
Kai Chen China 47 5.3k 3.6k 3.1k 2.8k 2.4k 420 12.4k
Jaime Lloret Spain 62 8.0k 1.5× 2.1k 0.6× 2.7k 0.9× 1.8k 0.7× 6.2k 2.5× 715 16.3k
Wei Yu United States 49 6.5k 1.2× 996 0.3× 3.6k 1.2× 3.0k 1.1× 3.4k 1.4× 446 13.0k
Jie Wu United States 68 10.9k 2.1× 1.4k 0.4× 4.0k 1.3× 4.2k 1.5× 5.0k 2.0× 1.1k 18.6k
Yu Wang China 54 6.6k 1.3× 2.0k 0.6× 2.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.4× 4.8k 2.0× 633 13.6k
Tian Wang China 64 7.4k 1.4× 1.5k 0.4× 3.3k 1.0× 2.7k 1.0× 4.3k 1.7× 573 14.1k
Tie Qiu China 51 5.0k 0.9× 1.3k 0.4× 2.0k 0.6× 1.6k 0.6× 3.0k 1.2× 261 9.1k
Gaurav Dhiman India 48 2.2k 0.4× 1.3k 0.4× 5.0k 1.6× 1.4k 0.5× 2.0k 0.8× 235 10.9k
Qun Li China 54 6.3k 1.2× 1.4k 0.4× 1.9k 0.6× 2.0k 0.7× 3.4k 1.4× 366 10.1k
Mohammed Atiquzzaman United States 54 6.3k 1.2× 1.2k 0.3× 1.7k 0.5× 1.9k 0.7× 3.8k 1.6× 431 10.0k
Jiankun Hu Australia 57 4.2k 0.8× 2.7k 0.8× 4.6k 1.5× 3.5k 1.3× 834 0.3× 358 11.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Chen 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 Kai Chen. Kai Chen 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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Han, Y. A., Rong Jiang, Changjian Li, et al.. (2025). AT4CTIRE: Adversarial Training for Cyber Threat Intelligence Relation Extraction. Electronics. 14(2). 324–324. 1 indexed citations
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Chai, Di, Leye Wang, Yang Liu, et al.. (2024). A Survey for Federated Learning Evaluations: Goals and Measures. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. 36(10). 5007–5024. 18 indexed citations
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Chen, Kai, et al.. (2024). A flexible mixed-order formula for tetrahedron elements based on SBFEM. Computers and Geotechnics. 171. 106390–106390. 13 indexed citations
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Chen, Kai, et al.. (2024). Automatic Generation and Optimization Framework of NoC-Based Neural Network Accelerator Through Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Transactions on Computers. 73(12). 2882–2896. 1 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xinyi, Yongqi Zhang, Lei Chen, & Kai Chen. (2024). Triple-D: Denoising Distant Supervision for High-Quality Data Creation. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 1874–1887.
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Wang, Zilong, et al.. (2024). Fast, Scalable, and Accurate Rate Limiter for RDMA NICs. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 568–580. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Ruoguang, Li Wang, Kai Chen, Lianming Xu, & Aiguo Fei. (2024). Full-Duplex NOMA-Enabled Integrated Sensing and Communication: Joint Transmit and Receive Beamforming Optimization. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 11(16). 27015–27029. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Haichao, et al.. (2023). Integrated Behavior Planning and Motion Control for Autonomous Vehicles with Traffic Rules Compliance. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 1–7. 12 indexed citations
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Chen, Kai, et al.. (2023). Egeria: Efficient DNN Training with Knowledge-Guided Layer Freezing. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 851–866. 23 indexed citations
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Hu, Jinbin, et al.. (2023). Scaling Switch-driven Flow Control with Aquarius. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 81–87. 1 indexed citations
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Shen, Siqi, et al.. (2023). A One-Pass Clustering Based Sketch Method for Network Monitoring. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. 31(6). 2604–2613.
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Yang, Jian, et al.. (2022). Yolov5-based rotating target pose grasping. 57. 367–373. 2 indexed citations
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Wei, Jian, et al.. (2019). Enhanced Object Detection With Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Advanced Driving Assistance. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 21(4). 1572–1583. 92 indexed citations
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Chen, Li, et al.. (2018). PowerMan: An Out-of-Band Management Network for Datacenters Using Power Line Communication. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 561–578. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Kai, et al.. (2016). Shipbuilding Yard Scheduling with Block Inbound Time Window. 50(9). 1398. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Kai. (2013). Crane scheduling simulation model based on immune genetic algorithms. Systems Engineering - Theory & Practice. 5 indexed citations

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