2026 Alessandro Piva: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	49	5786	5620	133	131	205	13020

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to multimedia security

Overview

Alessandro Piva is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy and specializes in the field of Computer Science, contributing to 72 publications. Their research primarily focuses on subfields including Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence, Media Technology, Law, and Information Systems.

Their work covers several main topics, notably:

Digital Media Forensic Detection
Advanced Steganography and Watermarking Techniques
Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis
Law in Society and Culture
Image Processing Techniques and Applications
Video Analysis and Summarization
Digital and Cyber Forensics

Alessandro Piva has collaborated frequently with various coauthors throughout their career, including:

Massimo Iuliani
Daniele Baracchi
Dasara Shullani
Fabrizio Argenti
Marco Fontani

Their publications appear regularly in notable venues such as:

Pattern Recognition Letters
Journal of Imaging
IEEE Access
arXiv (Cornell University)
Frontiers in Imaging

Selected recent papers by Alessandro Piva include:

"A Survey of Deep Learning-Based Source Image Forensics," 2020, Journal of Imaging
"A Leak in PRNU Based Source Identification-Questioning Fingerprint Uniqueness," 2021, IEEE Access
"Efficient Video Integrity Analysis Through Container Characterization," 2020, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing
"Experiencing with electronic image stabilization and PRNU through scene content image registration," 2021, Pattern Recognition Letters
"Social Network Identification of Laundered Videos Based on DCT Coefficient Analysis," 2022, IEEE Signal Processing Letters

Alessandro Piva has also contributed to scholarly literature through book publications with Springer Science+Business Media. They have two editions of "Digital Forensics and Watermarking," published in 2020 and 2022.

In recognition of their contributions to multimedia security, Alessandro Piva was named an IEEE Fellow in 2019.

Best Publications

Improved wavelet-based watermarking through pixel-wise masking

M. Barni;F. Bartolini;A. Piva

1452
Citations
A DCT-domain system for robust image watermarking

Mauro Barni;Franco Bartolini;Vito Cappellini;Alessandro Piva

1241
Citations
DCT-based watermark recovering without resorting to the uncorrupted original image

A. Piva;M. Barni;F. Bartolini;V. Cappellini

725
Citations
Image Forgery Localization via Fine-Grained Analysis of CFA Artifacts

P. Ferrara;T. Bianchi;A. De Rosa;A. Piva

557
Citations
Image Forgery Localization via Block-Grained Analysis of JPEG Artifacts

T. Bianchi;A. Piva

547
Citations
An Overview on Image Forensics

Alessandro Piva

505
Citations
An overview on video forensics

P. Bestagini;K. M. Fontani;S. Milani;M. Barni

340
Citations
VISION: a video and image dataset for source identification

Dasara Shullani;Marco Fontani;Massimo Iuliani;Omar Al Shaya;Omar Al Shaya

303
Citations
On the Implementation of the Discrete Fourier Transform in the Encrypted Domain

T. Bianchi;A. Piva;M. Barni

285
Citations
A new decoder for the optimum recovery of nonadditive watermarks

M. Barni;F. Bartolini;A. De Rosa;A. Piva

276
Citations
Privacy-preserving fingercode authentication

Mauro Barni;Tiziano Bianchi;Dario Catalano;Mario Di Raimondo

267
Citations
Improved DCT coefficient analysis for forgery localization in JPEG images

Tiziano Bianchi;Alessia De Rosa;Alessandro Piva

244
Citations
Detection of Nonaligned Double JPEG Compression Based on Integer Periodicity Maps

T. Bianchi;A. Piva

239
Citations
DWT-based technique for spatio-frequency masking of digital signatures

Mauro Barni;Franco Bartolini;Vito Cappellini;Alessandro Lippi

226
Citations
Protection and retrieval of encrypted multimedia content: when cryptography meets signal processing

Zekeriya Erkin;Alessandro Piva;Stefan Katzenbeisser;R. L. Lagendijk

220
Citations
Composite Signal Representation for Fast and Storage-Efficient Processing of Encrypted Signals

T. Bianchi;A. Piva;M. Barni

217
Citations
Multichannel watermarking of color images

M. Barni;F. Bartolini;A. Piva

217
Citations
Managing copyright in open networks

A. Piva;F. Bartolini;M. Barni

189
Citations
Multispectral imaging of paintings

A. Pelagotti;A. Del Mastio;A. De Rosa;A. Piva

186
Citations
Secure Watermarking for Multimedia Content Protection: A Review of its Benefits and Open Issues

T. Bianchi;A. Piva

169
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mauro Barni University of Siena

Franco Bartolini University of Florence

Tiziano Bianchi Polytechnic University of Turin

Stefan Katzenbeisser University of Passau

Bart Preneel KU Leuven

Vincenzo Piuri University of Milan

Yao Zhao Beijing Jiaotong University

Anderson Rocha State University of Campinas

Dario Fiore Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies

Fabio Scotti University of Milan

External Links

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