2026 Davide Maltoni: 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	54	4434	4309	94	92	192	24325

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
2010 - Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) For contributions to Biometrics and Fingerprint Recognition

Overview

Davide Maltoni is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of computer science, with a particular focus on computer vision and pattern recognition. Their research spans multiple subfields and topics, reflecting a diverse and comprehensive engagement with artificial intelligence and machine learning applications.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics, including:

Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning
Multimodal Machine Learning Applications
Face Recognition and Analysis
Advanced Neural Network Applications
Biometric Identification and Security
Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis
Machine Learning and Extreme Learning Machines (ELM)

Maltoni's publications feature prominently in venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Pisa)
Sensors
IEEE Access
Neural Networks

A selection of recent papers includes:

"Latent replay for real-time continual learning" (2020), CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Pisa)
"Avalanche: An end-to-end library for continual learning" (2021), CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Pisa)
"Morphing Attack Detection -- Database, Evaluation Platform and Benchmarking" (2020), arXiv (Cornell University)
"Rehearsal-free continual learning over small Non-I.I.D. batches" (2020), CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Pisa)
"CVPR 2020 continual learning in computer vision competition: Approaches, results, current challenges and future directions" (2022), CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Pisa)

Davide Maltoni has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

Lorenzo Pellegrini
Vincenzo Lomonaco
Guido Borghi
Gabriele Graffieti
Annalisa Franco

Maltoni's contributions in biometrics and fingerprint recognition were recognized with the award of Fellow by the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) in 2010.

Best Publications

Handbook of Fingerprint Recognition

Davide Maltoni;Dario Maio;Anil K. Jain;Salil Prabhakar

6263
Citations
Direct gray-scale minutiae detection in fingerprints

D. Maio;D. Maltoni

1105
Citations
FVC2002: Second Fingerprint Verification Competition

D. Maio;D. Maltoni;R. Cappelli;J.L. Wayman

998
Citations
FVC2000: fingerprint verification competition

D. Maio;D. Maltoni;R. Cappelli;J.L. Wayman

932
Citations
Minutia Cylinder-Code: A New Representation and Matching Technique for Fingerprint Recognition

Raffaele Cappelli;Matteo Ferrara;Davide Maltoni

779
Citations
Biometric Systems Technology Design And Performance Evaluation

James L. Wayman;Anil K. Jain;Davide Maltoni;Davide Maio

776
Citations
FVC2004: Third Fingerprint Verification Competition

Dario Maio;Davide Maltoni;Raffaele Cappelli;James L. Wayman

636
Citations
Performance evaluation of fingerprint verification systems

R. Cappelli;D. Maio;D. Maltoni;J.L. Wayman

521
Citations
Fingerprint classification by directional image partitioning

R. Cappelli;A. Lumini;D. Maio;D. Maltoni

518
Citations
Continual learning for robotics: Definition, framework, learning strategies, opportunities and challenges

Timothée Lesort;Vincenzo Lomonaco;Andrei Stoian;Davide Maltoni

484
Citations
Fingerprint Image Reconstruction from Standard Templates

R. Cappelli;A. Lumini;D. Maio;D. Maltoni

463
Citations
An on-line signature verification system based on fusion of local and global information

Julian Fierrez-Aguilar;Loris Nanni;Jaime Lopez-Peñalba;Javier Ortega-Garcia

355
Citations
Fake finger detection by skin distortion analysis

A. Antonelli;R. Cappelli;D. Maio;D. Maltoni

337
Citations
Continuous learning in single-incremental-task scenarios.

Davide Maltoni;Vincenzo Lomonaco

331
Citations
An Introduction to Biometric Authentication Systems

James Wayman;Anil Jain;Davide Maltoni;Dario Maio

321
Citations
On the error-reject trade-off in biometric verification systems

M. Golfarelli;D. Maio;D. Malton

313
Citations
The magic passport

Matteo Ferrara;Annalisa Franco;Davide Maltoni

292
Citations
Real-time face location on gray-scale static images

Dario Maio;Davide Maltoni

248
Citations
Fingerprint Indexing Based on Minutia Cylinder-Code

Raffaele Cappelli;Matteo Ferrara;Davide Maltoni

241
Citations
Synthetic fingerprint-image generation

R. Cappelli;A. Erol;D. Maio;D. Maltoni

234
Citations
CORe50: a New Dataset and Benchmark for Continuous Object Recognition

Vincenzo Lomonaco;Davide Maltoni

234
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Dario Maio University of Bologna

Raffaele Cappelli University of Bologna

Anil K. Jain Michigan State University

Alessandra Lumini University of Bologna

Loris Nanni University of Padua

Javier Ortega-Garcia Autonomous University of Madrid

Christoph Busch Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Julian Fierrez Autonomous University of Madrid

Raymond N.J. Veldhuis University of Twente

Kiran B. Raja Norwegian University of Science and Technology

External Links

Personal website of Davide Maltoni Google Scholar page

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