2026 Massimo Tornatore: 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	58	3641	3539	72	70	496	13050

Research.com Recognitions

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

Massimo Tornatore is affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Milan in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with a focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their recent publications demonstrate a concentration on networking technologies and advanced communication systems. Selected papers include:

Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted Anti-Jamming Communications: A Fast Reinforcement Learning Approach (2020) published in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Machine-Learning-Enabled DDoS Attacks Detection in P4 Programmable Networks (2021) published in Journal of Network and Systems Management
Cost-Efficient VNF Placement and Scheduling in Public Cloud Networks (2020) published in IEEE Transactions on Communications
Disaster resilience of optical networks: State of the art, challenges, and opportunities (2021) published in Optical Switching and Networking
Machine learning regression for QoT estimation of unestablished lightpaths (2021) published in Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

The frequent co-authors associated with Massimo Tornatore include:

Francesco Musumeci
Biswanath Mukherjee
Mëmëdhe Ibrahimi
Omran Ayoub
Sifat Ferdousi

The primary venues where Tornatore publishes research are:

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of Lightwave Technology
IEEE Communications Magazine

Their work addresses a range of topics with a concentration on network technologies and communications, including:

Advanced Optical Network Technologies
Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
Optical Network Technologies
Software-Defined Networks and 5G
Cloud Computing and Resource Management
Network Security and Intrusion Detection
Software System Performance and Reliability

Massimo Tornatore's research contributes across theoretical and applied domains within network design, security, and performance, emphasizing optical communications, resource management in cloud infrastructures, and the integration of machine learning for network optimization.

Best Publications

An Overview on Application of Machine Learning Techniques in Optical Networks

Francesco Musumeci;Cristina Rottondi;Avishek Nag;Irene Macaluso

636
Citations
Energy Efficiency in Telecom Optical Networks

Yi Zhang;Pulak Chowdhury;Massimo Tornatore;Biswanath Mukherjee

518
Citations
Optical Network Design With Mixed Line Rates and Multiple Modulation Formats

A. Nag;M. Tornatore;B. Mukherjee

307
Citations
Machine-learning method for quality of transmission prediction of unestablished lightpaths

Cristina Rottondi;Luca Barletta;Alessandro Giusti;Massimo Tornatore

228
Citations
Design of Disaster-Resilient Optical Datacenter Networks

M. F. Habib;M. Tornatore;M. De Leenheer;F. Dikbiyik

227
Citations
Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted Anti-Jamming Communications: A Fast Reinforcement Learning Approach

Helin Yang;Zehui Xiong;Jun Zhao;Dusit Niyato

227
Citations
Disaster survivability in optical communication networks

M. Farhan Habib;Massimo Tornatore;Ferhat Dikbiyik;Biswanath Mukherjee

210
Citations
Building a Green Wireless-Optical Broadband Access Network (WOBAN)

Pulak Chowdhury;Massimo Tornatore;Suman Sarkar;Biswanath Mukherjee

194
Citations
A Survey on Resiliency Techniques in Cloud Computing Infrastructures and Applications

Carlos Colman-Meixner;Chris Develder;Massimo Tornatore;Biswanath Mukherjee

183
Citations
Optimal BBU Placement for 5G C-RAN Deployment Over WDM Aggregation Networks

Francesco Musumeci;Camilla Bellanzon;Nicola Carapellese;Massimo Tornatore

174
Citations
Minimizing the Risk From Disaster Failures in Optical Backbone Networks

Ferhat Dikbiyik;Massimo Tornatore;Biswanath Mukherjee

165
Citations
A survey of strategies for communication networks to protect against large-scale natural disasters

Teresa Gomes;Janos Tapolcai;Christian Esposito;David Hutchison

156
Citations
5G fronthaul-latency and jitter studies of CPRI over ethernet

Divya Chitimalla;Koteswararao Kondepu;Luca Valcarenghi;Massimo Tornatore

149
Citations
Availability design of optical transport networks

M. Tornatore;G. Maier;A. Pattavina

140
Citations
A Tutorial on Machine Learning for Failure Management in Optical Networks

Francesco Musumeci;Cristina Rottondi;Giorgio Corani;Shahin Shahkarami

137
Citations
Machine-Learning-Based Soft-Failure Detection and Identification in Optical Networks

Shahin Shahkarami;Francesco Musumeci;Filippo Cugini;Massimo Tornatore

126
Citations
Survivable Traffic Grooming in Elastic Optical Networks—Shared Protection

Menglin Liu;M. Tornatore;B. Mukherjee

126
Citations
QoT estimation for unestablished lighpaths using machine learning

Luca Barletta;Alessandro Giusti;Cristina Rottondi;Massimo Tornatore

120
Citations
Energy-Efficient Virtual Base Station Formation in Optical-Access-Enabled Cloud-RAN

Xinbo Wang;Saigopal Thota;Massimo Tornatore;Hwan Seok Chung

120
Citations
Virtual Network Function placement for resilient Service Chain provisioning

Ali Hmaity;Marco Savi;Francesco Musumeci;Massimo Tornatore

116
Citations
Impact of processing costs on service chain placement in network functions virtualization

Marco Savi;Massimo Tornatore;Giacomo Verticale

109
Citations
Network Traffic Prediction based on Diffusion Convolutional Recurrent Neural Networks

Davide Andreoletti;Sebastian Troia;Francesco Musumeci;Silvia Giordano

108
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Biswanath Mukherjee University of California, Davis

Achille Pattavina Polytechnic University of Milan

Charles U. Martel University of California, Davis

Silvia Giordano University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland

Yoshinari Awaji National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

Raouf Boutaba University of Waterloo

Lena Wosinska Chalmers University of Technology

Dipak Ghosal University of California, Davis

Yuefeng Ji Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Darko Zibar Technical University of Denmark

External Links

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