Nigel Williams

794 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 589 citations indexed

About

Nigel Williams is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence and Hardware and Architecture. According to data from OpenAlex, Nigel Williams has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 589 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 3 papers in Hardware and Architecture. Recurrent topics in Nigel Williams's work include Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting (7 papers), Network Security and Intrusion Detection (6 papers) and Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies (4 papers). Nigel Williams is often cited by papers focused on Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting (7 papers), Network Security and Intrusion Detection (6 papers) and Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies (4 papers). Nigel Williams collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and France. Nigel Williams's co-authors include Grenville Armitage, Sebastian Zander, Lawrence Stewart, Jason But, Thuy Nguyen Thi Thu, Alexander Gegov, Faı̈ez Gargouri, Salem Chakhar, Chris Simms and Inès Saad and has published in prestigious journals such as ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, Lecture notes in business information processing and Index on Censorship.

In The Last Decade

Nigel Williams

10 papers receiving 542 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.

  1. A preliminary performance comparison of five machine learning algorithms for practical IP traffic flow classification
    2006 516 citations Nigel Williams, Sebastian Zander et al. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nigel Williams Australia 6 508 484 166 79 72 12 589
Rick Hofstede Netherlands 11 388 0.8× 545 1.1× 187 1.1× 119 1.5× 63 0.9× 19 605
Yongzheng Zhang China 14 469 0.9× 443 0.9× 256 1.5× 177 2.2× 34 0.5× 90 634
Gerard Draper-Gil Spain 4 658 1.3× 645 1.3× 272 1.6× 128 1.6× 29 0.4× 6 727
Gil Einziger Israel 14 439 0.9× 791 1.6× 92 0.6× 112 1.4× 96 1.3× 59 879
Ran Ben Basat Israel 13 414 0.8× 785 1.6× 94 0.6× 119 1.5× 75 1.0× 52 874
Andreas Kind Switzerland 11 222 0.4× 363 0.8× 66 0.4× 91 1.2× 97 1.3× 21 440
Tieying Zhang China 11 158 0.3× 422 0.9× 130 0.8× 248 3.1× 69 1.0× 42 557
Alok Tongaonkar United States 14 312 0.6× 383 0.8× 244 1.5× 96 1.2× 82 1.1× 24 496

Countries citing papers authored by Nigel Williams

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nigel Williams

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nigel Williams

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Williams, Nigel, et al.. (2024). Agile Project Status Prediction Using Interpretable Machine Learning. 1–8. 3 indexed citations
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Saad, Inès, et al.. (2024). Advances in Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Management. Lecture notes in business information processing. 2 indexed citations
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Williams, Nigel. (2017). Implementing a Multipath Transmission Control Protocol (MPTCP) stack for FreeBSD with pluggable congestion and scheduling control. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 3 indexed citations
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Williams, Nigel & Sebastian Zander. (2012). Real time traffic classification and prioritisation on a home router using DIFFUSE. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 3 indexed citations
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But, Jason, Thuy Nguyen Thi Thu, Lawrence Stewart, Nigel Williams, & Grenville Armitage. (2007). Performance analysis of the ANGEL system for automated control of game traffic prioritisation. Figshare. 123–128. 8 indexed citations
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Zander, Sebastian, Nigel Williams, & Grenville Armitage. (2006). Internet archeology: estimating individual application trends in incomplete historic traffic traces. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 5 indexed citations
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Williams, Nigel, Sebastian Zander, & Grenville Armitage. (2006). A preliminary performance comparison of five machine learning algorithms for practical IP traffic flow classification. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review. 36(5). 5–16. 516 indexed citations breakdown →
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Williams, Nigel, Sebastian Zander, & Grenville Armitage. (2006). Evaluating machine learning methods for online game traffic identification. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 7 indexed citations
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Williams, Nigel, Sebastian Zander, & Grenville Armitage. (2006). Evaluating machine learning algorithms for automated network application identification. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 36 indexed citations
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But, Jason, Nigel Williams, Sebastian Zander, Lawrence Stewart, & Grenville Armitage. (2006). Automated network games enhancement layer. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 9–9. 6 indexed citations
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Williams, Nigel. (1984). Lack of a platform. Index on Censorship. 13(5). 34–35.

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