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Giovanni Vigna 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 Giovanni Vigna sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 297 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Giovanni Vigna 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 Giovanni Vigna sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 97 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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

  • 2019 - ACM Fellow For contributions to improving the security of the Internet and combating cybercrime
  • 2009 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Giovanni Vigna is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily spans the domain of Computer Science, with 59 publications focused on this main field. Within this broad area, their work engages with several subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems, Signal Processing, Computer Networks and Communications, and Finance.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to security and computing technologies. These include:

  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
  • Security and Verification in Computing
  • Network Security and Intrusion Detection
  • Digital and Cyber Forensics
  • Software Testing and Debugging Techniques
  • Art History and Market Analysis

Giovanni Vigna has contributed to multiple publication venues, frequently appearing in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • 2022 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security
  • ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security

Some recent papers include:

  • "Understanding Security Issues in the NFT Ecosystem" (2022), Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security
  • "SAILFISH: Vetting Smart Contract State-Inconsistency Bugs in Seconds" (2022), 2022 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP)
  • "DEEPCASE: Semi-Supervised Contextual Analysis of Security Events" (2022), 2022 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP)
  • "SYMBEXCEL: Automated Analysis and Understanding of Malicious Excel 4.0 Macros" (2022), 2022 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP)
  • "One Size Does Not Fit All" (2021), ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security

They have collaborated extensively with several coauthors including:

  • Christopher Kruegel (26 publications)
  • Dipanjan Das (12 publications)
  • Priyanka Bose (12 publications)
  • Nicola Ruaro (8 publications)
  • Hojjat Aghakhani (5 publications)

Giovanni Vigna's contributions to their field have been recognized by professional organizations. They were made an ACM Senior Member in 2009 and later designated as an ACM Fellow in 2019 for work related to improving Internet security and combating cybercrime.

Best Publications

  • Understanding code mobility

    A. Fuggetta;G.P. Picco;G. Vigna

  • SOK: (State of) The Art of War: Offensive Techniques in Binary Analysis

    Yan Shoshitaishvili;Ruoyu Wang;Christopher Salls;Nick Stephens

  • Detecting spammers on social networks

    Gianluca Stringhini;Christopher Kruegel;Giovanni Vigna

  • Driller: Augmenting Fuzzing Through Selective Symbolic Execution.

    Nick Stephens;John Grosen;Christopher Salls;Andrew Dutcher

  • Anomaly detection of web-based attacks

    Christopher Kruegel;Giovanni Vigna

  • Your botnet is my botnet: analysis of a botnet takeover

    Brett Stone-Gross;Marco Cova;Lorenzo Cavallaro;Bob Gilbert

  • Detection and analysis of drive-by-download attacks and malicious JavaScript code

    Marco Cova;Christopher Kruegel;Giovanni Vigna

  • Polymorphic worm detection using structural information of executables

    Christopher Kruegel;Engin Kirda;Darren Mutz;William Robertson

  • Comprehensive approach to intrusion detection alert correlation

    F. Valeur;G. Vigna;C. Kruegel;R.A. Kemmerer

  • Cross Site Scripting Prevention with Dynamic Data Tainting and Static Analysis.

    Philipp Vogt;Florian Nentwich;Nenad Jovanovic;Engin Kirda

  • Intrusion detection: a brief history and overview

    R.A. Kemmerer;G. Vigna

  • Cookieless Monster: Exploring the Ecosystem of Web-Based Device Fingerprinting

    N. Nikiforakis;A. Kapravelos;W. Joosen;C. Kruegel

  • STATL: an attack language for state-based intrusion detection

    Steven T. Eckmann;Giovanni Vigna;Richard A. Kemmerer

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

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

  • Designing distributed applications with mobile code paradigms

    Antonio Carzaniga;Gian Pietro Picco;Giovanni Vigna

  • Prophiler: a fast filter for the large-scale detection of malicious web pages

    Davide Canali;Marco Cova;Giovanni Vigna;Christopher Kruegel

  • Noxes: a client-side solution for mitigating cross-site scripting attacks

    Engin Kirda;Christopher Kruegel;Giovanni Vigna;Nenad Jovanovic

  • NetSTAT: a network-based intrusion detection approach

    G. Vigna;R.A. Kemmerer

  • Static disassembly of obfuscated binaries

    Christopher Kruegel;William Robertson;Fredrik Valeur;Giovanni Vigna

  • A learning-based approach to the detection of SQL attacks

    Fredrik Valeur;Darren Mutz;Giovanni Vigna

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher Kruegel
Christopher Kruegel University of California, Santa Barbara
Richard A. Kemmerer
Richard A. Kemmerer University of California, Santa Barbara
Gianluca Stringhini
Gianluca Stringhini Boston University
William Robertson
William Robertson Northeastern University
Engin Kirda
Engin Kirda Northeastern University
Manuel Egele
Manuel Egele Boston University
Gian Pietro Picco
Gian Pietro Picco University of Trento
Federico Maggi
Federico Maggi University of Sydney
Carlo Ghezzi
Carlo Ghezzi Polytechnic University of Milan

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