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Davide Balzarotti

Davide Balzarotti

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
52
Citations
10858
World Ranking
5079
National Ranking
104

Davide Balzarotti publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Davide Balzarotti sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 132 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Davide Balzarotti D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Davide Balzarotti sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

Davide Balzarotti is affiliated with EURECOM in France and has contributed extensively to the field of Computer Science, with a focus on several subfields including Signal Processing, Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications, and Software.

The scientist's work covers a wide range of topics, including:

  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Security and Verification in Computing
  • Digital and Cyber Forensics
  • Network Security and Intrusion Detection
  • Software Testing and Debugging Techniques
  • Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning
  • Software Engineering Research

Davide Balzarotti has published papers in multiple venues, frequently contributing to:

  • ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Forensic Science International Digital Investigation
  • ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
  • Annual Computer Security Applications Conference

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Balzarotti include:

  • "The Tangled Genealogy of IoT Malware" (2020), Annual Computer Security Applications Conference
  • "LibAFL" (2022), Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security
  • "Dissecting American Fuzzy Lop: A FuzzBench Evaluation" (2023), ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
  • "The Convergence of Source Code and Binary Vulnerability Discovery -- A Case Study" (2022), Proceedings of the 2022 ACM on Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security
  • "AutoProfile: Towards Automated Profile Generation for Memory Analysis" (2021), ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Luca Compagna
  • Biagio Montaruli
  • Luca Demetrio
  • Andrea Valenza
  • Davide Ariu

Best Publications

  • All your contacts are belong to us: automated identity theft attacks on social networks

    Leyla Bilge;Thorsten Strufe;Davide Balzarotti;Engin Kirda

  • Cutting the Gordian Knot: A Look Under the Hood of Ransomware Attacks

    Amin Kharraz;William Robertson;Davide Balzarotti;Leyla Bilge

  • Saner: Composing Static and Dynamic Analysis to Validate Sanitization in Web Applications

    D. Balzarotti;M. Cova;V. Felmetsger;N. Jovanovic

  • A large-scale analysis of the security of embedded firmwares

    Andrei Costin;Jonas Zaddach;Aurélien Francillon;Davide Balzarotti

  • AVATAR: A framework to support dynamic security analysis of embedded systems' firmwares

    Jonas Zaddach;Luca Bruno;Aurélien Francillon;Davide Balzarotti

  • G-Free: defeating return-oriented programming through gadget-less binaries

    Kaan Onarlioglu;Leyla Bilge;Andrea Lanzi;Davide Balzarotti

  • Exposure: A Passive DNS Analysis Service to Detect and Report Malicious Domains

    Leyla Bilge;Sevil Sen;Davide Balzarotti;Engin Kirda

  • Disclosure: detecting botnet command and control servers through large-scale NetFlow analysis

    Leyla Bilge;Davide Balzarotti;William Robertson;Engin Kirda

  • Testing network-based intrusion detection signatures using mutant exploits

    Giovanni Vigna;William Robertson;Davide Balzarotti

  • Efficient detection of split personalities in malware

    Davide Balzarotti

  • AccessMiner: using system-centric models for malware protection

    Andrea Lanzi;Davide Balzarotti;Christopher Kruegel;Mihai Christodorescu

  • Abusing social networks for automated user profiling

    Marco Balduzzi;Christian Platzer;Thorsten Holz;Engin Kirda

  • Swaddler: an approach for the anomaly-based detection of state violations in web applications

    Marco Cova;Davide Balzarotti;Viktoria Felmetsger;Giovanni Vigna

  • A view on current malware behaviors

    Ulrich Bayer;Imam Habibi;Davide Balzarotti;Engin Kirda

  • What You Corrupt Is Not What You Crash: Challenges in Fuzzing Embedded Devices.

    Marius Muench;Jan Stijohann;Frank Kargl;Aurelien Francillon

  • Understanding Linux Malware

    Emanuele Cozzi;Mariano Graziano;Yanick Fratantonio;Davide Balzarotti

  • Reverse social engineering attacks in online social networks

    Danesh Irani;Marco Balduzzi;Davide Balzarotti;Engin Kirda

  • A quantitative study of accuracy in system call-based malware detection

    Davide Canali;Andrea Lanzi;Davide Balzarotti;Christopher Kruegel

  • A security analysis of amazon's elastic compute cloud service

    Marco Balduzzi;Jonas Zaddach;Davide Balzarotti;Engin Kirda

  • SoK: Deep Packer Inspection: A Longitudinal Study of the Complexity of Run-Time Packers

    Xabier Ugarte-Pedrero;Davide Balzarotti;Igor Santos;Pablo G. Bringas

  • ClearShot: Eavesdropping on Keyboard Input from Video

    D. Balzarotti;M. Cova;G. Vigna

Frequent Co-Authors

Engin Kirda
Engin Kirda Northeastern University
Giovanni Vigna
Giovanni Vigna University of California, Santa Barbara
Christopher Kruegel
Christopher Kruegel University of California, Santa Barbara
William Robertson
William Robertson Northeastern University
Richard A. Kemmerer
Richard A. Kemmerer University of California, Santa Barbara
Carlo Ghezzi
Carlo Ghezzi Polytechnic University of Milan
Gian Pietro Picco
Gian Pietro Picco University of Trento
Paolo Costa
Paolo Costa Microsoft (United States)
Somesh Jha
Somesh Jha University of Wisconsin–Madison
Herbert Bos
Herbert Bos Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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