Karthik Kumar

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Karthik Kumar is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Karthik Kumar has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 15 papers in Information Systems and 9 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Karthik Kumar's work include Cloud Computing and Resource Management (12 papers), Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (8 papers) and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (7 papers). Karthik Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Cloud Computing and Resource Management (12 papers), Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (8 papers) and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (7 papers). Karthik Kumar collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Germany. Karthik Kumar's co-authors include Yung‐Hsiang Lu, Yung-Hsiang Lu, Bharat Bhargava, Martin Dimitrov, Jing Feng, Thomas Willhalm, Kshitij Doshi, Russell M. Clapp, Ramesh C. Tripathi and P. Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Computer.

In The Last Decade

Karthik Kumar

23 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Cloud Computing for Mobile Users: Can Offloading Computation Save Energy?

2010 1.1k citations Karthik Kumar, Yung‐Hsiang Lu Computer profile →
A Survey of Computation Offloading for Mobile Systems

2012 632 citations Karthik Kumar, Yung-Hsiang Lu et al. Mobile Networks and Applications profile →

Peers

Karthik Kumar

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EEE

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Eduardo Cuervo United States

Enzo Mingozzi Italy

Sunghwan Ihm United States

Rahul Urgaonkar United States

Haisheng Tan China

Hong Luo China

Hari Balakrishnan United States

Jonathan Ledlie United States

Jianfeng Guan China

Eduardo Cuervo United States

Karthik Kumar

1.9k ×1.1

CNC

868 ×1.0

IS

850 ×1.0

EEE

819 ×2.3

CVPR

105 ×0.7

AI

Citations per year, relative to Karthik Kumar Karthik Kumar (= 1×) peers Eduardo Cuervo

Countries citing papers authored by Karthik Kumar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karthik Kumar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karthik Kumar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Karthik Kumar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Karthik Kumar 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 Karthik Kumar. Karthik Kumar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Srinivas, P V V S, et al.. (2025). Enhanced biometric template protection schemes using distance based fuzzy extractor. Computers & Security. 157. 104573–104573. 1 indexed citations

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Pamula, Rajendra, et al.. (2025). DLCDroid an android apps analysis framework to analyse the dynamically loaded code. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 3292–3292.

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Singh, Nagendra & Karthik Kumar. (2022). Segmentation of retinal blood vessel structure using Birnbaum-Saunders (fatigue life) probability distribution function. International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics. 14(6). 484–484. 1 indexed citations

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Clapp, Russell M., et al.. (2015). Quantifying the Performance Impact of Memory Latency and Bandwidth for Big Data Workloads. 213–224. 23 indexed citations

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Dimitrov, Martin, et al.. (2013). Memory system characterization of big data workloads. 15–22. 22 indexed citations

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Kumar, Karthik, et al.. (2013). A framework for application guidance in virtual memory systems. 155–166. 18 indexed citations

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Kumar, Karthik, et al.. (2012). Energy Conservation for Image Retrieval on Mobile Systems. ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems. 11(3). 1–22. 11 indexed citations

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Kumar, Karthik, et al.. (2012). A Survey of Computation Offloading for Mobile Systems. Mobile Networks and Applications. 18(1). 129–140. 632 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kumar, Karthik, Kshitij Doshi, Martin Dimitrov, & Yung-Hsiang Lu. (2011). Memory energy management for an enterprise decision support system. 277–282. 7 indexed citations

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Kumar, Karthik, et al.. (2011). Resource Allocation for Real-Time Tasks Using Cloud Computing. 1–7. 40 indexed citations

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Kumar, Karthik, Kshitij Doshi, Martin Dimitrov, & Yung-Hsiang Lu. (2011). Memory energy management for an enterprise decision support system. 12 indexed citations

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Kumar, Karthik. (2011). Application-based energy efficient mobile and server computing. Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System). 2 indexed citations

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Kumar, Karthik, et al.. (2010). Tradeoff between energy savings and privacy protection in computation offloading. 213–218. 34 indexed citations

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Kumar, Karthik, et al.. (2010). Multiple Cameras Using Real Time Object Tracking for Surveillance and Security System. 213–218. 20 indexed citations

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Kumar, Karthik, et al.. (2010). Adaptation of Multimedia Presentations for Different Display Sizes in the Presence of Preferences and Temporal Constraints. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. 12(7). 650–664. 9 indexed citations

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Kumar, Karthik & Yung‐Hsiang Lu. (2010). Cloud Computing for Mobile Users: Can Offloading Computation Save Energy?. Computer. 43(4). 51–56. 1092 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kumar, Karthik, et al.. (2009). Establishing Trust for Computation Offloading. 1–6. 2 indexed citations

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Kumar, Karthik, et al.. (2009). Ranking servers based on energy savings for computation offloading. 267–272. 4 indexed citations

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Kumar, Karthik, et al.. (2009). Energy efficient content-based image retrieval for mobile systems. 1673–1676. 30 indexed citations

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Kumar, Karthik, et al.. (2008). Energy conservation by adaptive feature loading for mobile content-based image retrieval. 153–153. 8 indexed citations

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