Minlan Yu

9.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
110 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Minlan Yu is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Minlan Yu has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 36 papers in Information Systems and 24 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Minlan Yu's work include Software-Defined Networks and 5G (70 papers), Cloud Computing and Resource Management (32 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (27 papers). Minlan Yu is often cited by papers focused on Software-Defined Networks and 5G (70 papers), Cloud Computing and Resource Management (32 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (27 papers). Minlan Yu collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Minlan Yu's co-authors include Jennifer Rexford, Rui Miao, Mung Chiang, Yung Yi, Vyas Sekar, Michael J. Freedman, Jia Wang, Masoud Moshref, Ramesh Govindan and Changhoon Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Plant Science, IEEE Communications Magazine and TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Minlan Yu

104 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

Rethinking virtual network embedding 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 2013 2010 2013 2019 250 500 750
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. Rethinking virtual network embedding
    2008 951 citations Minlan Yu, Jennifer Rexford et al. profile →
  2. SIMPLE-fying middlebox policy enforcement using SDN
    2013 493 citations Rui Miao, Minlan Yu et al. profile →
  3. Scalable flow-based networking with DIFANE
    2010 436 citations Minlan Yu, Jennifer Rexford et al. profile →
  4. Software defined traffic measurement with OpenSketch
    2013 398 citations Minlan Yu, Rui Miao et al. Networked Systems Design and Implementation profile →
  5. HPCC
    2019 356 citations Rui Miao, Hongqiang Harry Liu et al. profile →
  6. SilkRoad
    2017 322 citations Rui Miao, Changhoon Kim et al. profile →
  7. Enforcing network-wide policies in the presence of dynamic middlebox actions using flowtags
    2014 227 citations Minlan Yu 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
Minlan Yu United States 35 6.6k 2.1k 1.8k 1.3k 655 110 7.0k
Guru Parulkar United States 30 10.1k 1.5× 1.9k 0.9× 3.5k 2.0× 1.2k 1.0× 847 1.3× 53 10.4k
Tom Anderson United States 20 9.3k 1.4× 1.6k 0.8× 2.4k 1.4× 2.3k 1.8× 1.0k 1.5× 39 9.7k
Martín Casado United States 24 6.2k 0.9× 1.3k 0.6× 1.8k 1.0× 937 0.7× 500 0.8× 38 6.3k
Sujata Banerjee United States 39 6.4k 1.0× 1.6k 0.8× 2.3k 1.3× 489 0.4× 339 0.5× 157 6.7k
Chuanxiong Guo China 40 7.3k 1.1× 4.9k 2.4× 1.9k 1.1× 919 0.7× 684 1.0× 88 8.1k
Christian Esteve Rothenberg Brazil 27 5.9k 0.9× 880 0.4× 2.1k 1.2× 842 0.7× 234 0.4× 174 6.5k
Ramana Rao Kompella United States 28 3.0k 0.5× 1.6k 0.8× 783 0.4× 808 0.6× 299 0.5× 106 3.8k
Brandon Heller United States 15 4.3k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 1.5k 0.9× 405 0.3× 180 0.3× 21 4.5k
Jeffrey C. Mogul United States 46 7.8k 1.2× 3.0k 1.5× 1.6k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 1.7k 2.6× 121 8.7k
Mohammad Alizadeh United States 34 6.4k 1.0× 3.8k 1.8× 1.2k 0.7× 654 0.5× 575 0.9× 85 6.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Minlan Yu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Minlan Yu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Minlan Yu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yu, Minlan, Jie Wu, Cuihuan Zhao, & Jin‐Long Qiu. (2025). Exploring plant protein functions through structure-based clustering. Trends in Plant Science. 30(10). 1111–1118. 1 indexed citations
2.
Liu, Zijian, et al.. (2025). Towards clinical application: Emerging strategies for ultrasensitive and selective miRNA detection. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 195. 118593–118593.
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Wan, Zishen, et al.. (2025). OctoCache: Caching Voxels for Accelerating 3D Occupancy Mapping in Autonomous Systems. 704–718. 1 indexed citations
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Brooks, David, Arthur van Benthem, Udit Gupta, et al.. (2025). A view of the sustainable computing landscape. Patterns. 6(7). 101296–101296. 1 indexed citations
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Cui, Yong, Jiangchuan Liu, Minlan Yu, et al.. (2024). Network Digital Twin. IEEE Network. 38(1). 5–6. 4 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yang, et al.. (2024). SmartNIC Security Isolation in the Cloud with S-NIC. 851–869. 9 indexed citations
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Shi, Qilong, Wenjun Li, Zaoxing Liu, et al.. (2024). BitMatcher: Bit-level Counter Adjustment for Sketches. 4815–4827. 6 indexed citations
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Singh, Rachee, et al.. (2023). Teal: Learning-Accelerated Optimization of WAN Traffic Engineering. 378–393. 34 indexed citations
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Abdelzaher, Tarek, Matthew Caesar, Charith Mendis, et al.. (2023). Challenges in Metaverse Research: An Internet of Things Perspective. 33. 161–170. 2 indexed citations
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Mirković, Jelena, et al.. (2020). Quantifying the Impact of Blocklisting in the Age of Address Reuse. 360–369. 9 indexed citations
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Alipourfard, Omid, Hongqiang Harry Liu, Jianshu Chen, et al.. (2017). Cherrypick: adaptively unearthing the best cloud configurations for big data analytics. Networked Systems Design and Implementation. 469–482. 227 indexed citations
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Li, Yuliang, Rui Miao, Changhoon Kim, & Minlan Yu. (2016). FlowRadar: a better NetFlow for data centers. Networked Systems Design and Implementation. 311–324. 190 indexed citations
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Moshref, Masoud, Minlan Yu, Ramesh Govindan, & Amin Vahdat. (2015). SCREAM. 1–13. 88 indexed citations
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Ananthanarayanan, Ganesh, et al.. (2014). GRASS: trimming stragglers in approximation analytics. Networked Systems Design and Implementation. 289–302. 96 indexed citations
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Moshref, Masoud, Minlan Yu, Abhishek Sharma, & Ramesh Govindan. (2013). Scalable rule management for data centers. Networked Systems Design and Implementation. 157–170. 64 indexed citations
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Yu, Minlan, et al.. (2013). Software defined traffic measurement with OpenSketch. Networked Systems Design and Implementation. 29–42. 398 indexed citations breakdown →
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Moshref, Masoud, Minlan Yu, Abhishek Sharma, & Ramesh Govindan. (2012). vCRIB: virtualized rule management in the cloud. 23–23. 44 indexed citations
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Yu, Minlan, Albert Greenberg, Dave Maltz, et al.. (2011). Profiling network performance for multi-tier data center applications. Networked Systems Design and Implementation. 57–70. 82 indexed citations
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Yu, Minlan, et al.. (2011). Online measurement of large traffic aggregates on commodity switches. 13–13. 92 indexed citations
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Yu, Minlan & Jennifer Rexford. (2009). Hash, don't cache. 37–44. 5 indexed citations

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