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Giancarlo Fortino

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Computer Science
Italy
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
84
Citations
27343
World Ranking
856
National Ranking
6

Giancarlo Fortino 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 Giancarlo Fortino sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 731 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Giancarlo Fortino 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 Giancarlo Fortino sits on this spectrum.

30–31 D-Index: 879 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 983 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 918 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 990 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 968 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 907 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 821 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 763 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 689 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 543 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 543 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 518 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 500 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 458 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 400 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 337 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 308 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 292 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 249 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 213 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 192 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 189 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 165 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 139 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 119 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 121 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 113 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 88 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 87 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 75 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 69 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 57 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 46 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 34 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 36 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 27 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 37 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 31 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 19 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 16 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 20 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 15 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 5 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 20 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 8 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 5 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130 D-Index: 3 scientists 131+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 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

Overview

Giancarlo Fortino is affiliated with the University of Calabria in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of computer science and engineering. Their research work spans various subfields, with a particular focus on computer networks and communications, artificial intelligence, computer vision and pattern recognition, information systems, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The main topics addressed in Fortino's research include Internet of Things (IoT) and edge/fog computing, blockchain technology applications and security, context-aware activity recognition systems, privacy-preserving technologies in data, mobile crowdsensing and crowdsourcing, anomaly detection techniques and applications, and traffic prediction and management techniques.

Fortino has published numerous papers in several prominent venues, including:

  • "Multi-sensor information fusion based on machine learning for real applications in human activity recognition: State-of-the-art and research challenges" (2021, Information Fusion)
  • "A survey on deep learning in medicine: Why, how and when?" (2020, Information Fusion)
  • "Task Offloading and Resource Allocation for Mobile Edge Computing by Deep Reinforcement Learning Based on SARSA" (2020, IEEE Access)
  • "Model aggregation techniques in federated learning: A comprehensive survey" (2023, Future Generation Computer Systems)
  • "Internet of Things as System of Systems: A Review of Methodologies, Frameworks, Platforms, and Tools" (2020, IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems)

The publication venues where Fortino's work frequently appears include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems
  • IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems
  • Information Fusion
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics

Fortino has collaborated frequently with several researchers including Enrique Herrera-Viedma, Róbert Kozma, Karen Panetta, Mariagrazia Dotoli, and Tiago H. Falk.

In addition to papers, Fortino has published books with Springer Science+Business Media and Springer International Publishing. Titles include:

  • Interoperability of Heterogeneous IoT Platforms (2021)
  • New Frontiers in Cloud Computing and Internet of Things (2022)
  • Data Science and Internet of Things (2021)
  • Proceedings of Fourth Doctoral Symposium on Computational Intelligence (2023)

Best Publications

  • Multi-sensor fusion in body sensor networks: State-of-the-art and research challenges

    Raffaele Gravina;Parastoo Alinia;Hassan Ghasemzadeh;Giancarlo Fortino

  • Evaluating Critical Security Issues of the IoT World: Present and Future Challenges

    Mario Frustaci;Pasquale Pace;Gianluca Aloi;Giancarlo Fortino

  • Multi-sensor information fusion based on machine learning for real applications in human activity recognition: State-of-the-art and research challenges

    Sen Qiu;Hongkai Zhao;Nan Jiang;Zhelong Wang

  • Enabling Effective Programming and Flexible Management of Efficient Body Sensor Network Applications

    G. Fortino;R. Giannantonio;R. Gravina;P. Kuryloski

  • A Hybrid Feature Extraction Method With Regularized Extreme Learning Machine for Brain Tumor Classification

    Abdu Gumaei;Mohammad Mehedi Hassan;Rafiul Hassan;Abdulhameed Alelaiwi

  • An Edge-Based Architecture to Support Efficient Applications for Healthcare Industry 4.0

    Pasquale Pace;Gianluca Aloi;Raffaele Gravina;Giuseppe Caliciuri

  • Security and trust issues in Fog computing: A survey

    PeiYun Zhang;MengChu Zhou;MengChu Zhou;Giancarlo Fortino

  • A hybrid deep learning model for efficient intrusion detection in big data environment

    Mohammad Mehedi Hassan;Abdu Gumaei;Ahmed Alsanad;Majed A. AlRubaian

  • Enabling IoT interoperability through opportunistic smartphone-based mobile gateways

    G. Aloi;G. Caliciuri;G. Fortino;R. Gravina

  • Model aggregation techniques in federated learning: A comprehensive survey

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  • Wireless MEMS-Based Accelerometer Sensor Boards for Structural Vibration Monitoring: A Review

    Alessandro Sabato;Christopher Niezrecki;Giancarlo Fortino

  • A survey on deep learning in medicine: Why, how and when?

    Francesco Piccialli;Vittorio Di Somma;Fabio Giampaolo;Salvatore Cuomo

  • A framework for collaborative computing and multi-sensor data fusion in body sensor networks

    Giancarlo Fortino;Stefano Galzarano;Raffaele Gravina;Wenfeng Li

  • BodyCloud: A SaaS approach for community Body Sensor Networks

    Giancarlo Fortino;Daniele Parisi;Vincenzo Pirrone;Giuseppe Di Fatta

  • Task Offloading and Resource Allocation for Mobile Edge Computing by Deep Reinforcement Learning Based on SARSA

    Taha Alfakih;Mohammad Mehedi Hassan;Abdu Gumaei;Claudio Savaglio

  • Human emotion recognition using deep belief network architecture

    Mohammad Mehedi Hassan;Md. Golam Rabiul Alam;Md. Zia Uddin;Shamsul Huda

  • Internet of Things Based on Smart Objects: Technology, Middleware and Applications

    Giancarlo Fortino;Paolo Trunfio

  • An Experimental-Based Review of Image Enhancement and Image Restoration Methods for Underwater Imaging

    Yan Wang;Wei Song;Giancarlo Fortino;Li-Zhe Qi

  • Enhanced Fingerprinting and Trajectory Prediction for IoT Localization in Smart Buildings

    Kai Lin;Min Chen;Jing Deng;Mohammad Mehedi Hassan

  • Agent-Oriented Cooperative Smart Objects: From IoT System Design to Implementation

    Giancarlo Fortino;Wilma Russo;Claudio Savaglio;Weiming Shen

  • Internet of Things as System of Systems: A Review of Methodologies, Frameworks, Platforms, and Tools

    Giancarlo Fortino;Claudio Savaglio;Giandomenico Spezzano;MengChu Zhou

  • Cognitive Internet of Vehicles

    Min Chen;Yuanwen Tian;Giancarlo Fortino;Jing Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Raffaele Gravina
Raffaele Gravina University of Calabria
Antonio Guerrieri
Antonio Guerrieri National Research Council (CNR)
Mohammad Mehedi Hassan
Mohammad Mehedi Hassan King Saud University
Antonio Liotta
Antonio Liotta Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
MengChu Zhou
MengChu Zhou New Jersey Institute of Technology
Min Chen
Min Chen South China University of Technology
Marcello La Rosa
Marcello La Rosa University of Melbourne
Atif Alamri
Atif Alamri King Saud University
Mirko Viroli
Mirko Viroli University of Bologna
Roozbeh Jafari
Roozbeh Jafari Texas A&M University

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