2026 Barbara Carminati: 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	31	13551	13139	487	483	197	4840

Research.com Recognitions

2016 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Barbara Carminati is affiliated with the University of Insubria in Italy and has a research profile predominantly in Computer Science. Their work encompasses several subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications, Signal Processing, Sociology and Political Science, and Information Systems.

Their research topics cover a range of areas with a focus on security and privacy, including:

Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
Network Security and Intrusion Detection
IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
Spam and Phishing Detection

Barbara Carminati has contributed to various publication venues, frequently appearing in:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
arXiv (Cornell University)
Online Social Networks and Media
Data Science and Engineering

They have coauthored works with several frequent collaborators, including:

Elena Ferrari
Ahmed Lekssays
Anh-Tu Hoang
Šarūnas Girdzijauskas
Ha Xuan Son

Among recent papers are publications such as:

"A deep learning model for Twitter spam detection," 2020, Online Social Networks and Media
"Blockchain-Based Privacy Enforcement in the IoT Domain," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
"A Risk Estimation Mechanism for Android Apps based on Hybrid Analysis," 2022, Data Science and Engineering
"MalCon: A blockchain-based malware containment framework for Internet of Things," 2023, Computer Networks
"A comprehensive survey on stegomalware detection in digital media, research challenges and future directions," 2025, Signal Processing

Barbara Carminati has also published a book titled Mathematics and Computing in 2022, under Springer International Publishing, which has received citations.

In recognition of their professional standing, they were awarded the ACM Senior Member distinction in 2016.

Best Publications

Enforcing access control in Web-based social networks

Barbara Carminati;Elena Ferrari;Andrea Perego

408
Citations
Rule-Based access control for social networks

Barbara Carminati;Elena Ferrari;Andrea Perego

360
Citations
A semantic web based framework for social network access control

Barbara Carminati;Elena Ferrari;Raymond Heatherly;Murat Kantarcioglu

235
Citations
Selective and authentic third-party distribution of XML documents

E. Bertino;B. Carminati;E. Ferrari;B. Thuraisingham

188
Citations
CASTLE: Continuously Anonymizing Data Streams

Jianneng Cao;B Carminati;E Ferrari;Kian-Lee Tan

178
Citations
Content-based filtering in on-line social networks

Marco Vanetti;Elisabetta Binaghi;Barbara Carminati;Moreno Carullo

169
Citations
Semantic web-based social network access control

Barbara Carminati;Elena Ferrari;Raymond Heatherly;Murat Kantarcioglu

162
Citations
Hybrid-IoT: Hybrid Blockchain Architecture for Internet of Things - PoW Sub-Blockchains

Gokhan Sagirlar;Barbara Carminati;Elena Ferrari;John D. Sheehan

135
Citations
Security Conscious Web Service Composition

Barbara Carminati;Elena Ferrari;Patrick K. Hung

129
Citations
Privacy-Aware Collaborative Access Control in Web-Based Social Networks

Barbara Carminati;Elena Ferrari

125
Citations
A System to Filter Unwanted Messages from OSN User Walls

Marco Vanetti;E. Binaghi;E. Ferrari;B. Carminati

114
Citations
User similarities on social networks

Cuneyt Gurcan Akcora;Barbara Carminati;Elena Ferrari

113
Citations
Private Relationships in Social Networks

B. Carminati;E. Ferrari;A. Perego

106
Citations
A deep learning model for Twitter spam detection

Zulfikar Alom;Barbara Carminati;Elena Ferrari

104
Citations
Network and profile based measures for user similarities on social networks

Cuneyt Gurcan Akcora;Barbara Carminati;Elena Ferrari

101
Citations
Collaborative access control in on-line social networks

Barbara Carminati;Elena Ferrari

99
Citations
Enforcing access control over data streams

Barbara Carminati;Elena Ferrari;Kian Lee Tan

93
Citations
Privacy in Social Networks: How Risky is Your Social Graph?

Cuneyt Akcora;Barbara Carminati;Elena Ferrari

90
Citations
A framework to enforce access control over data streams

Barbara Carminati;Elena Ferrari;Jianneng Cao;Kian Lee Tan

83
Citations
A temporal key management scheme for secure broadcasting of XML documents

Elisa Bertino;Barbara Carminati;Elena Ferrari

77
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Elena Ferrari University of Insubria

Elisa Bertino Purdue University West Lafayette

Bhavani Thuraisingham The University of Texas at Dallas

Anna Cinzia Squicciarini Pennsylvania State University

Kian-Lee Tan National University of Singapore

Patrick C. K. Hung University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Murat Kantarcioglu The University of Texas at Dallas

James Joshi University of Pittsburgh

James Caverlee Texas A&M University

C.-C. Jay Kuo University of Southern California

External Links

Personal website of Barbara Carminati

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