Robin Sommer

4.6k citations

48 papers · 2.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 20

Impact in

Computer Networks and Communications top 0.5%
- Network Security and Intrusion Detection
- Software-Defined Networks and 5G
Signal Processing top 0.5%
- Advanced Malware Detection Techniques

Papers in

Hardware and Architecture 15
- Network Packet Processing and Optimization 15
Computer Networks and Communications 39
- Network Security and Intrusion Detection 34
- Software-Defined Networks and 5G 6
- Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies 2

Co-authors: Vern Paxson Anja Feldmann Holger Dreger Emmanuele Zambon Gerald Friedland Nicholas Weaver Pieter Hartel Dina Hadžiosmanović
Journals: Proceedings of the IEEE (5 papers)ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review (1 paper)ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review (1 paper)IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (1 paper)Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States Germany Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Robin Sommer

47 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Outside the Closed World: On Using Machine Learning for Network Intrusion Detection 2010 · 980 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2010 Outside the Closed World: On Using Machine Learning for Network Intrusion Detection

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1	VAST: a unified platform for interactive network forensics Networked Systems Design and Implementation ·Matthias Vallentin, Vern Paxson, Robin Sommer	2016	14
2	Beyond Pattern Matching Lorenzo De Carli, Robin Sommer, Somesh Jha	2014	20
3	Cybercasing the joint: on the privacy implications of geo-tagging Gerald Friedland, Robin Sommer	2010	64
4	Detecting Forged TCP Reset Packets. Network and Distributed System Security Symposium ·Nicholas Weaver, Robin Sommer, Vern Paxson	2009	43
5	Securing Mediated Trace Access Using Black-box Permutation Analysis. Prateek Mittal, Vern Paxson, Robin Sommer, José Luis Pedrera Iglesias	2009	8
6	Principles for developing comprehensive network visibility USENIX Security Symposium ·Mark Allman, Christian Kreibich, Vern Paxson, Robin Sommer, Nicholas Weaver	2008	9
7	Predicting the resource consumption of network intrusion detection systems Holger Dreger, Anja Feldmann, Vern Paxson, Robin Sommer	2008	39
8	The strengths of weaker identities: opportunistic personas Mark Allman, Christian Kreibich, Vern Paxson, Robin Sommer, Nicholas Weaver	2007	4
9	Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment Khadijah, Robin Sommer	2007	1
10	Detection of intrusions and malware, and vulnerability assessment : 4th International Conference, DIMVA 2007 Lucerne, Switzerland, July 12-13, 2007 : proceedings Medical Entomology and Zoology ·Schlabbach, Khadijah, Robin Sommer	2007	3
11	Rethinking hardware support for network analysis and intrusion prevention Vern Paxson, Krste Asanović, Sarang Dharmapurikar, John Lockwood, Luc Seguis, Robin Sommer, Nicholas Weaver	2006	36
12	Dynamic application-layer protocol analysis for network intrusion detection MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) ·Holger Dreger, Anja Feldmann, Hai Luo, Vern Paxson, Robin Sommer	2006	105
13	Building a time machine for efficient recording and retrieval of high-volume network traffic Viktor Berglund, Vern Paxson, Holger Dreger, Anja Feldmann, Robin Sommer	2005	67
14	Policy-Controlled Event Management for Distributed Intrusion Detection Christian Kreibich, Robin Sommer	2005	10
15	Building a time machine for efficient recording and retrieval of high-volume network traffic Viktor Berglund, Vern Paxson, Holger Dreger, Anja Feldmann, Robin Sommer	2005	40
16	Packet trace manipulation rramework for test labs Andy Rupp, Holger Dreger, Anja Feldmann, Robin Sommer	2004	11
17	A coded RADA system Proceedings of the IEEE ·Robin Sommer	1966	0
18	Asynchronously multiplexed binary channel capacity Proceedings of the IEEE ·Robin Sommer	1966	4
19	The probability of error for largest-of-selection by numerical integration Proceedings of the IEEE ·Robin Sommer	1963	2
20	An Analysis of Cascaded Binary Communication Links IRE Transactions on Communications Systems ·Mário Sérgio Simão Do Carmo, Robin Sommer	1962	14

About Robin Sommer

Robin Sommer is a scholar working on Hardware and Architecture, Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence, Signal Processing and Information Systems, having authored 48 papers that have together received 2.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Network Security and Intrusion Detection (34 papers), Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting (23 papers), Network Packet Processing and Optimization (15 papers), Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (7 papers), Software-Defined Networks and 5G (6 papers), Smart Grid Security and Resilience (3 papers), Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies (2 papers) and Spam and Phishing Detection (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Computer Networks and Communications (2.0k citations), Signal Processing (879 citations), Hardware and Architecture (478 citations), Artificial Intelligence (1.5k citations) and Information Systems (473 citations). Robin Sommer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Vern Paxson, Anja Feldmann, Holger Dreger, Emmanuele Zambon, Gerald Friedland, Nicholas Weaver, Pieter Hartel, Dina Hadžiosmanović, Matthias Vallentin and Johanna Amann. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the IEEE, ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory and Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience.

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