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Ghassan O. Karame

Ghassan O. Karame

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
34
Citations
8674
World Ranking
11922
National Ranking
590

Ghassan O. Karame 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 Ghassan O. Karame sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 141 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ghassan O. Karame 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 Ghassan O. Karame sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 34 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ghassan O. Karame is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on fields within Computer Science, contributing significantly across various subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems, Signal Processing, Computer Networks and Communications, and Control and Systems Engineering.

Their notable recent publications highlight a strong engagement with blockchain technology and security. Some of the recent papers include:

  • EVMPatch: Timely and Automated Patching of Ethereum Smart Contracts, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • PoTS: A Secure Proof of TEE-Stake for Permissionless Blockchains, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
  • HCC: A Language-Independent Hardening Contract Compiler for Smart Contracts, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • No Forking Way: Detecting Cloning Attacks on Intel SGX Applications, 2023, Annual Computer Security Applications Conference
  • An overview of blockchain science and engineering, 2020, Royal Society Open Science

These publications reflect a concentration on blockchain technology applications and security, advanced malware detection techniques, and security and verification in computing. Other key research topics covered by Karame include adversarial robustness in machine learning, distributed systems and fault tolerance, spam and phishing detection, and cryptography and data security.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Karame are:

  • Sébastien Andreina
  • P. Zimmer
  • Giorgia Azzurra Marson
  • Lucas Davi
  • Claudio Soriente

Publication venues where Karame has frequently contributed include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Annual Computer Security Applications Conference
  • Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
  • Royal Society Open Science

The concentration of their work within these venues and topics demonstrates a consistent focus on exploring both theoretical and practical aspects of security and blockchain-related technologies.

In total, Karame has contributed to over 50 publications in computer science with a significant emphasis on blockchain technology applications and security, as well as advanced malware detection and verification in computing systems.

Best Publications

  • On the Security and Performance of Proof of Work Blockchains

    Arthur Gervais;Ghassan O. Karame;Karl Wüst;Vasileios Glykantzis

  • Evaluating User Privacy in Bitcoin

    Elli Androulaki;Ghassan O. Karame;Marc Roeschlin;Tobias Scherer

  • Double-spending fast payments in bitcoin

    Ghassan O. Karame;Elli Androulaki;Srdjan Capkun

  • Is Bitcoin a Decentralized Currency

    Arthur Gervais;Ghassan O. Karame;Vedran Capkun;Srdjan Capkun

  • Scalable Byzantine Consensus via Hardware-Assisted Secret Sharing

    Jian Liu;Wenting Li;Ghassan O. Karame;N. Asokan

  • Misbehavior in Bitcoin: A Study of Double-Spending and Accountability

    Ghassan O. Karame;Elli Androulaki;Marc Roeschlin;Arthur Gervais

  • Securing Proof-of-Stake Blockchain Protocols

    Wenting Li;Sébastien Andreina;Jens Matthias Bohli;Ghassan Karame

  • Two Bitcoins at the Price of One? Double-Spending Attacks on Fast Payments in Bitcoin.

    Ghassan Karame;Elli Androulaki;Srdjan Capkun

  • Ripple: Overview and Outlook

    Frederik Armknecht;Ghassan O. Karame;Avikarsha Mandal;Franck Youssef

  • Tampering with the Delivery of Blocks and Transactions in Bitcoin.

    Arthur Gervais;Hubert Ritzdorf;Ghassan O. Karame;Srdjan Capkun

  • Sereum: Protecting Existing Smart Contracts Against Re-Entrancy Attacks

    Michael Rodler;Wenting Li;Ghassan O. Karame;Lucas Davi

  • On the Security and Scalability of Bitcoin's Blockchain

    Ghassan Karame

  • Outsourced Proofs of Retrievability

    Frederik Armknecht;Jens-Matthias Bohli;Ghassan O. Karame;Zongren Liu

  • On the privacy provisions of Bloom filters in lightweight bitcoin clients

    Arthur Gervais;Srdjan Capkun;Ghassan O. Karame;Damian Gruber

  • Towards Scalable and Private Industrial Blockchains

    Wenting Li;Alessandro Sforzin;Sergey Fedorov;Ghassan O. Karame

  • Enabling secure VM-vTPM migration in private clouds

    Boris Danev;Ramya Jayaram Masti;Ghassan O. Karame;Srdjan Capkun

  • BaFFLe: Backdoor Detection via Feedback-based Federated Learning

    Sebastien Andreina;Giorgia Azzurra Marson;Helen Mollering;Ghassan Karame

  • Transparent Data Deduplication in the Cloud

    Frederik Armknecht;Jens-Matthias Bohli;Ghassan O. Karame;Franck Youssef

  • Bitcoin and Blockchain Security

    Ghassan Karame;Elli Audroulaki

  • Integrity Regions: Authentication through Presence in Wireless Networks

    Srdjan Čapkun;Mario Čagalj;Ghassan Karame;Nils Ole Tippenhauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Srdjan Capkun
Srdjan Capkun ETH Zurich
Lucas Davi
Lucas Davi University of Duisburg-Essen
Nadarajah Asokan
Nadarajah Asokan University of Waterloo
Ueli Maurer
Ueli Maurer ETH Zurich
Angelos Stavrou
Angelos Stavrou Virginia Tech
Bhavani Thuraisingham
Bhavani Thuraisingham The University of Texas at Dallas
Nils Ole Tippenhauer
Nils Ole Tippenhauer Saarland University
Julien Bringer
Julien Bringer Morpho (United States)

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