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Leandro A. Villas 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 Leandro A. Villas sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 277 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Leandro A. Villas 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 Leandro A. Villas sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Leandro A. Villas is affiliated with the State University of Campinas in Brazil. Their research focuses primarily on computer science and engineering, with a particular emphasis on topics related to vehicular networks, traffic management, and edge computing technologies.

Their body of work spans several interconnected fields and subfields:

  • Computer Science
  • Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Building and Construction
  • Transportation

Key research topics they cover include:

  • Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)
  • Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques
  • IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Traffic control and management
  • Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Caching and Content Delivery

Leandro A. Villas has contributed multiple publications in various reputable venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Journal of Internet Services and Applications
  • IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Computer Communications
  • 2022 IEEE 96th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2022-Fall)

Notable recent papers include:

  • Enhancing intelligence in traffic management systems to aid in vehicle traffic congestion problems in smart cities, 2020, Ad Hoc Networks
  • Vehicular Traffic Management Based on Traffic Engineering for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks, 2020, IEEE Access
  • A traffic data clustering framework based on fog computing for VANETs, 2021, Vehicular Communications
  • Towards a distributed and infrastructure-less vehicular traffic management system, 2020, Computer Communications
  • FogJam: A Fog Service for Detecting Traffic Congestion in a Continuous Data Stream VANET, 2022, Ad Hoc Networks

Their collaborative network includes multiple frequent co-authors such as:

  • Antônio A. F. Loureiro
  • Allan M. de Souza
  • Joahannes B. D. da Costa
  • Dênis Rosário
  • Eduardo Cerqueira

Best Publications

  • Data communication in VANETs

    Felipe Cunha;Leandro Villas;Azzedine Boukerche;Guilherme Maia

  • The Internet of Things, Fog and Cloud continuum: Integration and challenges

    Luiz F. Bittencourt;Roger Immich;Rizos Sakellariou;Nelson L. S. da Fonseca

  • DRINA: A Lightweight and Reliable Routing Approach for In-Network Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks

    L. A. Villas;A. Boukerche;H. S. Ramos;H. A. B. F. de Oliveira

  • Traffic management systems: A classification, review, challenges, and future perspectives:

    Allan Mariano de Souza;Celso A. R. L. Brennand;Celso A. R. L. Brennand;Roberto Sadao Yokoyama;Erick Donato

  • The use of unmanned aerial vehicles and wireless sensor networks for spraying pesticides

    Bruno S Faiçal;Fausto G. Costa;Gustavo Pessin;Jó Ueyama

  • Data Communication in VANETs: A Survey, Challenges and Applications

    Felipe Domingos da Cunha;Azzedine Boukerche;Leandro Villas;Aline Carneiro Viana

  • A spatial correlation aware algorithm to perform efficient data collection in wireless sensor networks

    Leandro A. Villas;Azzedine Boukerche;Horacio A. B. F. De Oliveira;Regina B. De Araujo

  • DRIVE: An efficient and robust data dissemination protocol for highway and urban vehicular ad hoc networks

    Leandro Aparecido Villas;Azzedine Boukerche;Guilherme Maia;Guilherme Maia;Richard Werner Nelem Pazzi

  • Real-time path planning to prevent traffic jam through an intelligent transportation system

    Allan M. de Souza;Roberto S. Yokoyama;Guilherme Maia;Antonio Loureiro

  • Urban Computing Leveraging Location-Based Social Network Data: A Survey

    Thiago H. Silva;Aline Carneiro Viana;Fabrício Benevenuto;Leandro Villas

  • An energy-aware spatio-temporal correlation mechanism to perform efficient data collection in wireless sensor networks

    Leandro A. Villas;Azzedine Boukerche;Daniel L. Guidoni;Horacio A.B.F. de Oliveira

  • The Internet of Things, Fog and Cloud Continuum: Integration and Challenges

    Luiz F. Bittencourt;Roger Immich;Rizos Sakellariou;Nelson L. S. da Fonseca

  • Vehicular software-defined networking and fog computing: Integration and design principles

    Jéferson Campos Nobre;Allan Mariano de Souza;Allan Mariano de Souza;Denis do Rosário;Cristiano Both

  • Enhancing intelligence in traffic management systems to aid in vehicle traffic congestion problems in smart cities

    Geraldo P. Rocha Filho;Rodolfo Ipolito Meneguette;Jose Rodrigues Torres Neto;Alan Valejo

  • Energy-efficient smart home systems: Infrastructure and decision-making process

    Geraldo P.R. Filho;Geraldo P.R. Filho;Leandro A. Villas;Vinícius P. Gonçalves;Gustavo Pessin

  • A reactive role assignment for data routing in event-based wireless sensor networks

    Eduardo F. Nakamura;Heitor S. Ramos;Leandro A. Villas;Horacio A. B. F. de Oliveira

  • A scalable and dynamic data aggregation aware routing protocol for wireless sensor networks

    Leandro A. Villas;Daniel L. Guidoni;Regina B. Araújo;Azzedine Boukerche

  • Network partition-aware geographical data dissemination

    Leandro A. Villas;Azzedine Boukerche;Regina B. Araujo;Antonio A. F. Loureiro

  • An efficient and robust data dissemination protocol for vehicular ad hoc networks

    Leandro A. Villas;Heitor S. Ramos;Azzedine Boukerche;Daniel L. Guidoni

  • Vehicular Traffic Management Based on Traffic Engineering for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

    Daniel L. Guidoni;Guilherme Maia;Fernanda S. H. Souza;Leandro A. Villas

  • Highly Dynamic Routing Protocol for data aggregation in sensor networks

    Leandro Villas;Azzedine Boukerche;Regina Borges de Araujo;Antonio A. F. Loureiro

  • Increasing Intelligence in Inter-Vehicle Communications to Reduce Traffic Congestions: Experiments in Urban and Highway Environments

    Rodolfo I. Meneguette;Geraldo P. R. Filho;Daniel L. Guidoni;Gustavo Pessin

  • MobiVNDN: A distributed framework to support mobility in vehicular named-data networking

    João M. G. Duarte;João M. G. Duarte;Torsten Braun;Leandro A. Villas

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio A. F. Loureiro
Antonio A. F. Loureiro Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Azzedine Boukerche
Azzedine Boukerche University of Ottawa
Torsten Braun
Torsten Braun University of Bern
Nelson L. S. da Fonseca
Nelson L. S. da Fonseca State University of Campinas
Eduardo Cerqueira
Eduardo Cerqueira Federal University of Para
Mario Gerla
Mario Gerla University of California, Los Angeles
Thomas Engel
Thomas Engel University of Luxembourg
Omer F. Rana
Omer F. Rana Cardiff University
Rizos Sakellariou
Rizos Sakellariou University of Manchester
Bhaskar Krishnamachari
Bhaskar Krishnamachari University of Southern California

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