Zigang Cao

959 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 452 citations indexed

About

Zigang Cao is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence and Signal Processing. According to data from OpenAlex, Zigang Cao has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 452 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 13 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 7 papers in Signal Processing. Recurrent topics in Zigang Cao's work include Network Security and Intrusion Detection (13 papers), Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting (12 papers) and Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (7 papers). Zigang Cao is often cited by papers focused on Network Security and Intrusion Detection (13 papers), Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting (12 papers) and Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (7 papers). Zigang Cao collaborates with scholars based in China and Hong Kong. Zigang Cao's co-authors include Gang Xiong, Chang Liu, Longtao He, Zhen Li, Siu‐Ming Yiu, Gaopeng Gou, Cuicui Kang, Min Yang, Junzheng Shi and Zhou Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Supercomputing.

In The Last Decade

Zigang Cao

14 papers receiving 439 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.

FS-Net: A Flow Sequence Network For Encrypted Traffic Classification

2019 269 citations Chang Liu, Longtao He et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zigang Cao China	8	417	383	199	60	48	14	452
Milan Čermák Czechia	8	331 0.8×	344 0.9×	158 0.8×	80 1.3×	51 1.1×	20	392
Petr Velan Czechia	7	284 0.7×	307 0.8×	138 0.7×	54 0.9×	47 1.0×	24	346
Tal Shapira Israel	8	263 0.6×	249 0.7×	91 0.5×	48 0.8×	32 0.7×	10	284
Martin Drašar Czechia	7	273 0.7×	292 0.8×	154 0.8×	60 1.0×	43 0.9×	15	339
Masashi Eto Japan	7	233 0.6×	293 0.8×	178 0.9×	72 1.2×	19 0.4×	19	327
Payap Sirinam United States	3	426 1.0×	293 0.8×	147 0.7×	98 1.6×	95 2.0×	4	445
Thijs van Ede Netherlands	5	211 0.5×	212 0.6×	107 0.5×	58 1.0×	28 0.6×	10	262
Gözde Karataş Türkiye	7	299 0.7×	342 0.9×	215 1.1×	54 0.9×	13 0.3×	12	400
Riccardo Bortolameotti Netherlands	3	198 0.5×	197 0.5×	94 0.5×	55 0.9×	25 0.5×	4	241
Alice Este Italy	7	355 0.9×	361 0.9×	109 0.5×	50 0.8×	28 0.6×	10	384

Countries citing papers authored by Zigang Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zigang Cao

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zigang Cao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Zigang Cao. The network helps show where Zigang Cao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zigang Cao

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

All Works

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Liu, Xiaolong, et al.. (2019). Inferring Behaviors via Encrypted Video Surveillance Traffic by Machine Learning. 273–280. 6 indexed citations

2.

Wang, Jibao, Zigang Cao, Cuicui Kang, & Gang Xiong. (2019). User Behavior Classification in Encrypted Cloud Camera Traffic. 1–6. 9 indexed citations

3.

Guo, Yu, Junzheng Shi, Zigang Cao, et al.. (2019). Machine Learning Based CloudBot Detection Using Multi-Layer Traffic Statistics. 2428–2435. 10 indexed citations

4.

Liu, Chang, Longtao He, Gang Xiong, Zigang Cao, & Zhen Li. (2019). FS-Net: A Flow Sequence Network For Encrypted Traffic Classification. 1171–1179. 269 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Chang, Zigang Cao, Zhen Li, & Gang Xiong. (2018). LaFFT: Length-Aware FFT Based Fingerprinting for Encrypted Network Traffic Classification. 1. 1–6. 8 indexed citations

6.

Liu, Chang, Zigang Cao, Gang Xiong, et al.. (2018). MaMPF: Encrypted Traffic Classification Based on Multi-Attribute Markov Probability Fingerprints. 1–10. 62 indexed citations

7.

Shi, Junzheng, et al.. (2018). Classifying User Activities in the Encrypted WeChat Traffic. 1–8. 11 indexed citations

8.

Zhen, Li, et al.. (2018). SSL/TLS Security Exploration Through X.509 Certificate’s Life Cycle Measurement. 652–655. 4 indexed citations

9.

Cao, Zigang, et al.. (2018). Machine Learning Based DDos Detection Through NetFlow Analysis. 1–6. 31 indexed citations

10.

Yang, Min, et al.. (2017). Personalized Response Generation via Domain adaptation. 1021–1024. 27 indexed citations

11.

Xu, Fei, et al.. (2017). Identifying malware with HTTP content type inconsistency via header-payload comparison. 1–7. 3 indexed citations

12.

Zhang, Ziqing, et al.. (2017). Metric learning with statistical features for network traffic classification. 1–7. 3 indexed citations

13.

Li, Zhen, et al.. (2016). A network attack forensic platform against HTTP evasive behavior. The Journal of Supercomputing. 73(7). 3053–3064. 7 indexed citations

14.

Cao, Zigang, Gang Xiong, & Li Guo. (2015). MimicHunter: A General Passive Network Protocol Mimicry Detection Framework. 1. 271–278. 2 indexed citations

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