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Italy
2026

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Computer Science

D-Index
83
Citations
29523
World Ranking
898
National Ranking
8

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

Mauro Conti is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy. Their research spans across various fields within computer science and engineering, with a strong focus on cybersecurity and network communications.

The main fields of study for Mauro Conti include:

  • Computer Science
  • Engineering

Their work further specializes in several subfields, notably:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Information Systems
  • Signal Processing
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Mauro Conti's research covers a broad range of topics, including:

  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Network Security and Intrusion Detection
  • Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning
  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
  • Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)
  • Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting

Their most recent papers illustrate their active engagement with emerging security challenges and technologies. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Security issues and challenges in V2X: A Survey," 2020, published in Computer Networks
  • "Virtual Influencers in Online Social Media," 2022, published in IEEE Communications Magazine
  • "Blockchain-Enabled Secure Energy Trading With Verifiable Fairness in Industrial Internet of Things," 2020, published in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
  • "A survey on security and privacy issues of UAVs," 2023, published in Computer Networks
  • Research published in the Surrey Open Research repository (University of Surrey), 2020

Mauro Conti collaborates extensively with several co-authors, reflecting a broad professional network. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Alessandro Brighente
  • Chhagan Lal
  • Rahul Saha
  • Gulshan Kumar
  • Luca Pajola

Their work is published in a number of venues, indicating the multidisciplinary range of their research outputs. Frequent publication venues comprise:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
  • Computer Networks
  • IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
  • Computer Communications

Mauro Conti has also contributed to several book publications, particularly with Springer Science+Business Media and FAO eBooks. Books include:

  • Applied Cryptography and Network Security (2020)
  • Applied Cryptography and Network Security Workshops (2020)
  • Cryptology and Network Security (2021)
  • Labelling and certification schemes for Indigenous Peoples' foods (2022)

Best Publications

  • A Survey on Homomorphic Encryption Schemes: Theory and Implementation

    Abbas Acar;Hidayet Aksu;A. Selcuk Uluagac;Mauro Conti

  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networking

    M. Conti;S. Giordano

  • A Survey on Security and Privacy Issues of Bitcoin

    Mauro Conti;E. Sandeep Kumar;Chhagan Lal;Sushmita Ruj

  • A Survey of Man In The Middle Attacks

    Mauro Conti;Nicola Dragoni;Viktor Lesyk

  • Smart health: A context-aware health paradigm within smart cities

    Agusti Solanas;Constantinos Patsakis;Mauro Conti;Ioannis S. Vlachos

  • Internet of Things security and forensics: Challenges and opportunities

    Mauro Conti;Ali Dehghantanha;Katrin Franke;Steve Watson

  • Android Security: A Survey of Issues, Malware Penetration, and Defenses

    Parvez Faruki;Ammar Bharmal;Vijay Laxmi;Vijay Ganmoor

  • A Survey on Security and Privacy Issues of Bitcoin

    Mauro Conti;Sandeep Kumar E;Chhagan Lal;Sushmita Ruj

  • Design of Secure User Authenticated Key Management Protocol for Generic IoT Networks

    Mohammad Wazid;Ashok Kumar Das;Vanga Odelu;Neeraj Kumar

  • AppScanner: Automatic Fingerprinting of Smartphone Apps from Encrypted Network Traffic

    Vincent F. Taylor;Riccardo Spolaor;Mauro Conti;Ivan Martinovic

  • CRePE: context-related policy enforcement for android

    Mauro Conti;Vu Thien Nga Nguyen;Bruno Crispo

  • Poseidon: Mitigating interest flooding DDoS attacks in Named Data Networking

    Alberto Compagno;Mauro Conti;Paolo Gasti;Gene Tsudik

  • Robust Smartphone App Identification via Encrypted Network Traffic Analysis

    Vincent F. Taylor;Riccardo Spolaor;Mauro Conti;Ivan Martinovic

  • Provably Secure Authenticated Key Agreement Scheme for Smart Grid

    Vanga Odelu;Ashok Kumar Das;Mohammad Wazid;Mauro Conti

  • DDoS attacks in cloud computing

    Gaurav Somani;Manoj Singh Gaur;Dheeraj Sanghi;Mauro Conti

  • A randomized, efficient, and distributed protocol for the detection of node replication attacks in wireless sensor networks

    Mauro Conti;Roberto Di Pietro;Luigi Vincenzo Mancini;Alessandro Mei

  • Detecting crypto-ransomware in IoT networks based on energy consumption footprint

    Amin Azmoodeh;Ali Dehghantanha;Mauro Conti;Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo

  • Analyzing Android Encrypted Network Traffic to Identify User Actions

    Mauro Conti;Luigi Vincenzo Mancini;Riccardo Spolaor;Nino Vincenzo Verde

  • FlowFence: practical data protection for emerging IoT application frameworks

    Earlence Fernandes;Justin Paupore;Amir Rahmati;Daniel Simionato

  • Computational Intelligence Approaches for Energy Load Forecasting in Smart Energy Management Grids: State of the Art, Future Challenges, and Research Directions

    Seyedeh Narjes Fallah;Ravinesh Chand Deo;Mohammad Shojafar;Mauro Conti

  • All You Need is "Love": Evading Hate Speech Detection

    Tommi Gröndahl;Luca Pajola;Mika Juuti;Mauro Conti

  • Distributed Detection of Clone Attacks in Wireless Sensor Networks

    Mauro Conti;Roberto Di Pietro;Luigi Vincenzo Mancini;Alessandro Mei

  • Key Management Systems for Smart Grid Advanced Metering Infrastructure: A Survey

    Amrita Ghosal;Mauro Conti

  • Peek-a-boo: i see your smart home activities, even encrypted!

    Abbas Acar;Hossein Fereidooni;Tigist Abera;Amit Kumar Sikder

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Di Pietro
Roberto Di Pietro King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Bruno Crispo
Bruno Crispo University of Trento
Mohammad Shojafar
Mohammad Shojafar University of Surrey
Gene Tsudik
Gene Tsudik University of California, Irvine
Radha Poovendran
Radha Poovendran University of Washington
Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi
Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi Technical University of Darmstadt
Muttukrishnan Rajarajan
Muttukrishnan Rajarajan City, University of London
Ali Dehghantanha
Ali Dehghantanha University of Guelph
Sajal K. Das
Sajal K. Das Missouri University of Science and Technology
Claudio E. Palazzi
Claudio E. Palazzi University of Padua

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