Z. Morley Mao

14.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
202 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Z. Morley Mao is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Z. Morley Mao has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 76 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 71 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Z. Morley Mao's work include Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting (52 papers), Network Traffic and Congestion Control (48 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (44 papers). Z. Morley Mao is often cited by papers focused on Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting (52 papers), Network Traffic and Congestion Control (48 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (44 papers). Z. Morley Mao collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Z. Morley Mao's co-authors include Feng Qian, Subhabrata Sen, Oliver Spatscheck, Alexandre Gerber, Zhiyun Qian, Zhaoguang Wang, Junxian Huang, Jennifer Rexford, Robert P. Dick and Birjodh Tiwana and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, IEEE Access and IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

In The Last Decade

Z. Morley Mao

198 papers receiving 9.5k 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.

Accurate online power estimation and automatic battery behavior based power model generation for smartphones

2010 866 citations Zhiyun Qian, Zhaoguang Wang et al. profile →
A close examination of performance and power characteristics of 4G LTE networks

2012 756 citations Feng Qian, Z. Morley Mao et al. profile →
COMET: code offload by migrating execution transparently

2012 296 citations Z. Morley Mao et al. Operating Systems Design and Implementation profile →
Toward Software-Defined Cellular Networks

2012 245 citations Z. Morley Mao, Jennifer Rexford et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Z. Morley Mao United States	55	7.9k	4.5k	2.2k	1.6k	1.2k	202	10.1k
Ratul Mahajan United States	54	10.8k 1.4×	4.4k 1.0×	2.4k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	624 0.5×	147	12.6k
Raj Jain United States	47	11.2k 1.4×	5.6k 1.2×	1.8k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	781 0.6×	277	14.0k
Han‐Chieh Chao Taiwan	51	5.5k 0.7×	2.8k 0.6×	2.0k 0.9×	2.4k 1.5×	1.0k 0.8×	457	9.2k
Weijia Jia China	48	5.5k 0.7×	2.6k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	822 0.7×	402	8.1k
Biplab Sikdar Singapore	47	5.2k 0.7×	3.4k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	2.5k 1.6×	466 0.4×	361	8.6k
John C. S. Lui Hong Kong	50	7.2k 0.9×	1.4k 0.3×	2.3k 1.0×	2.2k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	467	9.8k
Srđjan Čapkun Switzerland	52	6.2k 0.8×	3.5k 0.8×	2.7k 1.2×	3.4k 2.2×	688 0.6×	155	10.2k
Raouf Boutaba Canada	53	15.1k 1.9×	6.1k 1.3×	2.4k 1.1×	5.7k 3.6×	688 0.6×	447	17.7k
Mung Chiang United States	60	12.8k 1.6×	9.9k 2.2×	1.6k 0.7×	2.1k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	332	17.2k
Keith W. Ross United States	54	7.8k 1.0×	2.0k 0.4×	1.4k 0.6×	877 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	198	9.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Z. Morley Mao

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mao, Z. Morley, et al.. (2025). Space-Time Graphs of Convex Sets for Multi-Robot Motion Planning. 8683–8690.

Zhang, Xumiao, Shuowei Jin, Ahmad Hassan, et al.. (2024). QUIC is not Quick Enough over Fast Internet. 2713–2722. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Xumiao, et al.. (2023). LEO Satellite vs. Cellular Networks: Exploring the Potential for Synergistic Integration. 45–51. 12 indexed citations

Chen, Qi Alfred, et al.. (2021). Automated Discovery of Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities in Connected Vehicle Protocols. USENIX Security Symposium. 3219–3236. 5 indexed citations

Sun, Jiachen, Yulong Cao, Qi Alfred Chen, & Z. Morley Mao. (2020). Towards Robust LiDAR-based Perception in Autonomous Driving: General Black-box Adversarial Sensor Attack and Countermeasures. arXiv (Cornell University). 877–894. 10 indexed citations

Kovalenko, Ilya, Efe C. Balta, Yassine Qamsane, et al.. (2020). Developing the Workforce for Next-Generation Smart Manufacturing Systems: A Multidisciplinary Research Team Approach. 5(2). 4–24. 2 indexed citations

Lin, Yikai, et al.. (2018). SoftBox: A Customizable, Low-Latency, and Scalable 5G Core Network Architecture. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 36(3). 438–456. 35 indexed citations

Qian, Feng, et al.. (2015). Caesar: High-Speed and Memory-Efficient Forwarding Engine for Future Internet Architecture. 171–182. 9 indexed citations

Lee, Sang Won, Georg Essl, & Z. Morley Mao. (2014). Distributing Mobile Music Applications for Audience Participation Using Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET).. New Interfaces for Musical Expression. 533–536. 2 indexed citations

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Padhye, Jitendra & Z. Morley Mao. (2012). Proceedings of the third ACM workshop on Mobile cloud computing and services. 1 indexed citations

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Qian, Zhiyun, Zhaoguang Wang, Qiang Xu, et al.. (2012). You Can Run, but You Can't Hide: Exposing Network Location for Targeted DoS Attacks in Cellular Networks.. Network and Distributed System Security Symposium. 10 indexed citations

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Mao, Yun, et al.. (2011). KnowOps: towards an embedded knowledge base for network management and operations. 7–7. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Xu, Ming Zhang, Z. Morley Mao, & Paramvir Bahl. (2008). Automating network application dependency discovery: experiences, limitations, and new solutions. Operating Systems Design and Implementation. 117–130. 118 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ying, Z. Morley Mao, & Ming Zhang. (2008). Effective diagnosis of routing disruptions from end systems. Networked Systems Design and Implementation. 219–232. 25 indexed citations

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Mao, Z. Morley, et al.. (2007). Low-Rate TCP-Targeted DoS Attack Disrupts Internet Routing.. Network and Distributed System Security Symposium. 64 indexed citations

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Mao, Z. Morley, et al.. (2006). Reval: a tool for real-time evaluation of DDoS mitigation strategies. USENIX Annual Technical Conference. 15–15. 11 indexed citations

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Roughan, Matthew, Jun Li, Randy Bush, Z. Morley Mao, & Timothy G. Griffin. (2006). Is BGP update storm a sign of trouble: Observing the internet control and data planes during internet worms. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 535–542. 1 indexed citations

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Wu, Jian, Z. Morley Mao, Jennifer Rexford, & Jia Wang. (2005). Finding a needle in a haystack: pinpointing significant BGP routing changes in an IP network. Networked Systems Design and Implementation. 1–14. 93 indexed citations

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King, Samuel T., Z. Morley Mao, Dominic Lucchetti, & Peter M. Chen. (2005). Enriching Intrusion Alerts Through Multi-Host Causality.. Network and Distributed System Security Symposium. 98 indexed citations

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Mao, Z. Morley, Charles D. Cranor, Fred Douglis, et al.. (2002). A Precise and Efficient Evaluation of the Proximity Between Web Clients and Their Local DNS Servers. USENIX Annual Technical Conference. 229–242. 96 indexed citations

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