2026 Kevin Curran: 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	41	8637	8392	523	516	528	11119

Overview

Kevin Curran is affiliated with the University of Ulster in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Computer Science, with a concentration on subfields such as Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems, Signal Processing, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including:

Network Security and Intrusion Detection
Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting
Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
Muscle Activation and Electromyography Studies
Hand Gesture Recognition Systems
IoT and Edge/Fog Computing

Kevin Curran has published papers in the following venues frequently:

International Journal of Wireless Networks and Broadband Technologies
Semiconductor Science and Information Devices
Sensors
International Journal of Digital Crime and Forensics
Metaverse

Frequent collaborators of Kevin Curran include:

Ewan Fernie
Julia Reinhard Lupton
Madhavi Menon
Simon Palfrey
Michael Witmore

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Kevin Curran include:

"Cyber security and the remote workforce", 2020, Computer Fraud & Security
"Review of Wearable Sensor-Based Health Monitoring Glove Devices for Rheumatoid Arthritis", 2021, Sensors
"A Novel AI-enabled Framework to Diagnose Coronavirus COVID 19 using Smartphone Embedded Sensors: Design Study", 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
"BZKP: Blockchain-based zero-knowledge proof model for enhancing healthcare security in Bahrain IoT smart cities and COVID-19 risk mitigation", 2021, Arab Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences
"Detection of Virtual Private Network Traffic Using Machine Learning", 2020, International Journal of Wireless Networks and Broadband Technologies

The scientist has contributed to book publications with the following publishers and titles:

Edinburgh University Press: "Renaissance Personhood" (2020), "Shakespeare's Theater of Judgment" (2024)
Springer Science+Business Media: "Cybersecurity in Emerging Digital Era" (2021)

Best Publications

Review: Digital image steganography: Survey and analysis of current methods

Abbas Cheddad;Joan Condell;Kevin Curran;Paul Mc Kevitt

2246
Citations
An evaluation of image based steganography methods

Karen Bailey;Kevin Curran

534
Citations
Review: A survey of active and passive indoor localisation systems

Gabriel Deak;Kevin Curran;Joan Condell

518
Citations
A Survey of Geographical Routing in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks

Fraser Cadger;Kevin Curran;Jose Santos;Sandra Moffett

293
Citations
An evaluation of indoor location determination technologies

Kevin Curran;Eoghan Furey;Tom Lunney;Jose Santos

289
Citations
A Novel AI-enabled Framework to Diagnose Coronavirus COVID-19 using Smartphone Embedded Sensors: Design Study

Halgurd S. Maghded;Kayhan Zrar Ghafoor;Ali Safaa Sadiq;Kevin Curran

279
Citations
Context-aware intelligent recommendation system for tourism

Kevin Meehan;Tom Lunney;Kevin Curran;Aiden McCaughey

206
Citations
Advertising on Facebook

Kevin Curran;Sarah Graham;Christopher Temple

199
Citations
A skin tone detection algorithm for an adaptive approach to steganography

Abbas Cheddad;Joan Condell;Kevin Curran;Paul Mc Kevitt

187
Citations
A Novel AI-enabled Framework to Diagnose Coronavirus COVID 19 using Smartphone Embedded Sensors: Design Study

Halgurd S. Maghdid;Kayhan Zrar Ghafoor;Ali Safaa Sadiq;Kevin Curran

170
Citations
Near Field Communication

Kevin Curran;Amanda Millar;Conor Mc Garvey

154
Citations
An overview of steganography techniques applied to the protection of biometric data

Mandy Douglas;Karen Bailey;Mark Leeney;Kevin Curran

132
Citations
Cloud Computing Security

Kevin Curran;Sean Carlin

129
Citations
An Evaluation of Image Based Steganography Methods.

Karen Bailey;Kevin Curran

113
Citations
Taking the information to the public through Library 2.0

Kevin Curran;Michelle Murray;Martin Christian

112
Citations
A hash-based image encryption algorithm

Abbas Cheddad;Joan Condell;Kevin Curran;Paul McKevitt

111
Citations
A dynamic threshold approach for skin segmentation in color images

Pratheepan Yogarajah;Joan Condell;Kevin Curran;Abbas Cheddad

111
Citations
Cloud Computing Technologies

Sean Carlin;Kevin Curran

109
Citations
Biometric Inspired Digital Image Steganography

A. Cheddad;J. Condell;K. Curran;P. McKevitt

105
Citations
25 – Digital watermarking and steganography

Kevin Curran;Xuelong Xi;Roisin Clarke

35
Citations
Knowledge networks

Maurice Mulvenna;Franco Zambonelli;Kevin Curran;Chris Nugent

14
Citations
Security issues in Cloud Computing

Kevin Curran;Sean Carlin;Mervyn Adams

14
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Maurice Mulvenna University of Ulster

Chris D. Nugent University of Ulster

Brendan Bunting University of Ulster

Brendan O'Flynn Tyndall National Institute

David A. Robinson UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Franco Zambonelli University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Girijesh Prasad University of Ulster

Xuelong Li China Telecom (China)

Dermot Diamond Dublin City University

Marco Mamei University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

External Links

Personal website of Kevin Curran Google Scholar page

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