Swapna S. Gokhale
Papers
11
Total Citations
235
H-Index
8
About
Swapna S. Gokhale is a leading authority in web robot detection and classification, with her foundational work shaping how researchers and practitioners understand and manage automated web traffic. Her seminal 2010 paper "Web robot detection techniques: overview and limitations" (95 citations) remains a critical reference, systematically analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of existing detection methods. She pioneered functional classification frameworks that categorize robots by purpose rather than behavior, enabling more nuanced traffic analysis. Her 2016 integrated method for real-time and offline detection (38 citations) addresses the growing challenge of sophisticated robots dominating web server traffic. Gokhale's comparative studies between robot and human requests (33 citations) provide essential insights for server optimization and security. More recently, she has expanded into 5G network resource management for Industrial Internet of Things, demonstrating versatility by applying her analytical expertise to software-defined network slicing and digital twin applications in Industry 4.0. Her work consistently bridges theoretical classification with practical detection, making her research indispensable for cybersecurity professionals and web administrators combating unregulated crawling that threatens server performance and privacy.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Web robot detection techniques: overview and limitations95 citations · 2010
- 2An integrated method for real time and offline web robot detection38 citations · 2016
- 3A comparison of web robot and human requests33 citations · 2013
- 4A classification framework for web robots20 citations · 2012
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- 6Detecting Web Robots Using Resource Request Patterns10 citations · 2012
- 7Searching for Heavy Tails in Web Robot Traffic8 citations · 2010
- 8Classifying Web Robots by K-Means Clustering8 citations · 2009
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