2026 Michael Schwarz: 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	30	13922	13497	673	658	82	5599

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

2255
Citations
Meltdown: reading kernel memory from user space

Moritz Lipp;Michael Schwarz;Daniel Gruss;Thomas Prescher

972
Citations
Malware Guard Extension: Using SGX to Conceal Cache Attacks

Michael Schwarz;Samuel Weiser;Daniel Gruss;Clémentine Maurice

457
Citations
ZombieLoad: Cross-Privilege-Boundary Data Sampling

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

427
Citations
DRAMA: Exploiting DRAM Addressing for Cross-CPU Attacks

Peter Pessl;Daniel Gruss;Clémentine Maurice;Michael Schwarz

295
Citations
Spectre Attacks: Exploiting Speculative Execution

Paul Kocher;Daniel Genkin;Daniel Gruss;Werner Haas

277
Citations
KASLR is Dead: Long Live KASLR

Daniel Gruss;Moritz Lipp;Michael Schwarz;Richard Fellner

263
Citations
Fallout: Leaking Data on Meltdown-resistant CPUs

Claudio Canella;Daniel Genkin;Lukas Giner;Daniel Gruss

230
Citations
LVI: Hijacking Transient Execution through Microarchitectural Load Value Injection

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

227
Citations
Another Flip in the Wall of Rowhammer Defenses

Daniel Gruss;Moritz Lipp;Michael Schwarz;Daniel Genkin

218
Citations
Spectre attacks: exploiting speculative execution

Paul Kocher;Jann Horn;Anders Fogh;Daniel Genkin

211
Citations
A Systematic Evaluation of Transient Execution Attacks and Defenses

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

204
Citations
NetSpectre: Read Arbitrary Memory over Network

Michael Schwarz;Martin Schwarzl;Moritz Lipp;Jon Masters

196
Citations
Meltdown: reading kernel memory from user space

Moritz Lipp;Michael Schwarz;Daniel Gruss;Thomas Prescher

186
Citations
Hello from the Other Side: SSH over Robust Cache Covert Channels in the Cloud.

Clementine Maurice;Manuel Weber;Michael Schwarz;Lukas Giner

183
Citations
PLATYPUS: Software-based Power Side-Channel Attacks on x86

Moritz Lipp;Andreas Kogler;David Oswald;Michael Schwarz

177
Citations
Fantastic Timers and Where to Find Them: High-Resolution Microarchitectural Attacks in JavaScript

Michael Schwarz;Clémentine Maurice;Daniel Gruss;Stefan Mangard

157
Citations
SCATTERCACHE: thwarting cache attacks via cache set randomization

Mario Werner;Thomas Unterluggauer;Lukas Giner;Michael Schwarz

123
Citations
A Systematic Evaluation of Transient Execution Attacks and Defenses

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

106
Citations
Practical Enclave Malware with Intel SGX

Michael Schwarz;Samuel Weiser;Daniel Gruss

102
Citations
Malware Guard Extension: Using SGX to Conceal Cache Attacks

Michael Schwarz;Samuel Weiser;Daniel Gruss;Clémentine Maurice

77
Citations
ConTExT: A Generic Approach for Mitigating Spectre

Michael Schwarz;Moritz Lipp;Claudio Canella;Robert Schilling

68
Citations
Nethammer: Inducing Rowhammer Faults through Network Requests

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

63
Citations
KeyDrown: Eliminating Software-Based Keystroke Timing Side-Channel Attacks

Michael Schwarz;Moritz Lipp;Daniel Gruss;Samuel Weiser

48
Citations
Nethammer: Inducing Rowhammer Faults through Network Requests

Moritz Lipp;Michael Schwarz;Lukas Raab;Lukas Lamster

47
Citations
NetSpectre: Read Arbitrary Memory over Network.

Michael Schwarz;Martin Schwarzl;Moritz Lipp;Daniel Gruss

21
Citations