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Computer Science

D-Index
30
Citations
5599
World Ranking
13919
National Ranking
674

Michael Schwarz 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 Michael Schwarz sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 82 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Schwarz 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 Michael Schwarz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 30 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael Schwarz is affiliated with the Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on computer science, with a strong emphasis on security and verification in computing, advanced malware detection techniques, and hardware security.

The main fields of study for Michael Schwarz include:

  • Computer Science

Within the broader computer science field, their work covers several subfields such as:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Signal Processing
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Information Systems
  • Computer Networks and Communications

The major topics explored in their research are:

  • Security and Verification in Computing
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Cloud Data Security Solutions
  • Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security
  • Cryptographic Implementations and Security
  • Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
  • Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research

Among Michael Schwarz's recent papers are:

  • Malware Guard Extension: abusing Intel SGX to conceal cache attacks, 2020, published in Cybersecurity
  • How Trusted Execution Environments Fuel Research on Microarchitectural Attacks, 2020, published in IEEE Security & Privacy
  • Osiris: Automated Discovery of Microarchitectural Side Channels, 2021, published in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Meltdown, 2020, published in Communications of the ACM
  • Spectre attacks, 2020, published in Communications of the ACM

Michael Schwarz collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Daniel Gruss
  • Daniel Weber
  • Lukas Gerlach
  • Martin Schwarzl
  • Andreas Kogler

Their publications commonly appear in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Proceedings of the Microarchitecture Security Conference
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Cybersecurity

Best Publications

  • Spectre Attacks: Exploiting Speculative Execution

    Paul Kocher;Jann Horn;Anders Fogh;Daniel Genkin

  • Meltdown: reading kernel memory from user space

    Moritz Lipp;Michael Schwarz;Daniel Gruss;Thomas Prescher

  • Malware Guard Extension: Using SGX to Conceal Cache Attacks

    Michael Schwarz;Samuel Weiser;Daniel Gruss;Clémentine Maurice

  • ZombieLoad: Cross-Privilege-Boundary Data Sampling

    Michael Schwarz;Moritz Lipp;Daniel Moghimi;Jo Van Bulck

  • DRAMA: Exploiting DRAM Addressing for Cross-CPU Attacks

    Peter Pessl;Daniel Gruss;Clémentine Maurice;Michael Schwarz

  • Spectre Attacks: Exploiting Speculative Execution

    Paul Kocher;Daniel Genkin;Daniel Gruss;Werner Haas

  • KASLR is Dead: Long Live KASLR

    Daniel Gruss;Moritz Lipp;Michael Schwarz;Richard Fellner

  • Fallout: Leaking Data on Meltdown-resistant CPUs

    Claudio Canella;Daniel Genkin;Lukas Giner;Daniel Gruss

  • LVI: Hijacking Transient Execution through Microarchitectural Load Value Injection

    Jo Van Bulck;Daniel Moghimi;Michael Schwarz;Moritz Lippi

  • Another Flip in the Wall of Rowhammer Defenses

    Daniel Gruss;Moritz Lipp;Michael Schwarz;Daniel Genkin

  • Spectre attacks: exploiting speculative execution

    Paul Kocher;Jann Horn;Anders Fogh;Daniel Genkin

  • A Systematic Evaluation of Transient Execution Attacks and Defenses

    Claudio Canella;Jo Van Bulck;Michael Schwarz;Moritz Lipp

  • NetSpectre: Read Arbitrary Memory over Network

    Michael Schwarz;Martin Schwarzl;Moritz Lipp;Jon Masters

  • Meltdown: reading kernel memory from user space

    Moritz Lipp;Michael Schwarz;Daniel Gruss;Thomas Prescher

  • Hello from the Other Side: SSH over Robust Cache Covert Channels in the Cloud.

    Clementine Maurice;Manuel Weber;Michael Schwarz;Lukas Giner

  • PLATYPUS: Software-based Power Side-Channel Attacks on x86

    Moritz Lipp;Andreas Kogler;David Oswald;Michael Schwarz

  • Fantastic Timers and Where to Find Them: High-Resolution Microarchitectural Attacks in JavaScript

    Michael Schwarz;Clémentine Maurice;Daniel Gruss;Stefan Mangard

  • SCATTERCACHE: thwarting cache attacks via cache set randomization

    Mario Werner;Thomas Unterluggauer;Lukas Giner;Michael Schwarz

  • A Systematic Evaluation of Transient Execution Attacks and Defenses

    Claudio Canella;Jo Van Bulck;Michael Schwarz;Moritz Lipp

  • Practical Enclave Malware with Intel SGX

    Michael Schwarz;Samuel Weiser;Daniel Gruss

  • Malware Guard Extension: Using SGX to Conceal Cache Attacks

    Michael Schwarz;Samuel Weiser;Daniel Gruss;Clémentine Maurice

  • ConTExT: A Generic Approach for Mitigating Spectre

    Michael Schwarz;Moritz Lipp;Claudio Canella;Robert Schilling

  • Nethammer: Inducing Rowhammer Faults through Network Requests

    Moritz Lipp;Misiker Tadesse Aga;Michael Schwarz;Daniel Gruss

  • KeyDrown: Eliminating Software-Based Keystroke Timing Side-Channel Attacks

    Michael Schwarz;Moritz Lipp;Daniel Gruss;Samuel Weiser

  • Nethammer: Inducing Rowhammer Faults through Network Requests

    Moritz Lipp;Michael Schwarz;Lukas Raab;Lukas Lamster

  • NetSpectre: Read Arbitrary Memory over Network.

    Michael Schwarz;Martin Schwarzl;Moritz Lipp;Daniel Gruss

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Gruss
Daniel Gruss Graz University of Technology
Stefan Mangard
Stefan Mangard Graz University of Technology
Yuval Yarom
Yuval Yarom Ruhr University Bochum
Daniel Genkin
Daniel Genkin Georgia Institute of Technology
Colin J. Henderson
Colin J. Henderson University of Dundee
C. Roland Wolf
C. Roland Wolf University of Dundee
Aldert H. Piersma
Aldert H. Piersma Centre for Health Protection
Thomas Hartung
Thomas Hartung Johns Hopkins University
Richard R. Meehan
Richard R. Meehan University of Edinburgh
Jan G. Hengstler
Jan G. Hengstler TU Dortmund University

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