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Nicola Santoro

Nicola Santoro

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Computer Science

D-Index
61
Citations
12324
World Ranking
3121
National Ranking
119

Overview

Nicola Santoro is affiliated with Carleton University in Canada and is active in the fields of Computer Science and Engineering. Their research work includes a focus on subfields such as Computer Networks and Communications, Mechanical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Molecular Biology, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

The main topics of Santoro's studies encompass Optimization and Search Problems, Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence, Distributed Systems and Fault Tolerance, Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems, Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks, DNA and Biological Computing, and Mobile Agent-Based Network Management.

Among recent papers attributed to their wider research network are:

  • Designing a Streaming Algorithm for Outlier Detection in Data Mining-An Incrementa Approach (2020, Sensors)
  • Bridging the gap in obesity research: A consensus statement from the European Society for Clinical Investigation (2025, European Journal of Clinical Investigation)
  • Exploration of dynamic networks: Tight bounds on the number of agents (2021, Journal of Computer and System Sciences)
  • Tight Bounds on Distributed Exploration of Temporal Graphs (2020, Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl))
  • On Memory, Communication, and Synchronous Schedulers When Moving and Computing (2020, Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl))

Santoro frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Paola Flocchini
  • Giuseppe Prencipe
  • Giuseppe Antonio Di Luna
  • Irina Kostitsyna
  • Koichi Wada

Their research findings have been published in various venues, reflecting interdisciplinary work. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)
  • Distributed Computing
  • International Journal of Networking and Computing
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Nicola Santoro is also an author of book publications, including the title Structural Information and Communication Complexity published by Springer Science+Business Media in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Time-varying graphs and dynamic networks

    Arnaud Casteigts;Paola Flocchini;Walter Quattrociocchi;Nicola Santoro

  • Gathering of asynchronous robots with limited visibility

    Paola Flocchini;Giuseppe Prencipe;Nicola Santoro;Peter Widmayer

  • Labelling and Implicit Routing in Networks

    Nicola Santoro;Ramez Khatib

  • Design and Analysis of Distributed Algorithms

    Nicola Santoro

  • Distributed Computing by Oblivious Mobile Robots

    Paola Flocchini;Giuseppe Prencipe;Nicola Santoro

  • Arbitrary pattern formation by asynchronous, anonymous, oblivious robots

    Paola Flocchini;Giuseppe Prencipe;Nicola Santoro;Peter Widmayer

  • Distributed Computing by Mobile Robots: Gathering

    Mark Cieliebak;Paola Flocchini;Giuseppe Prencipe;Nicola Santoro

  • Min-max heaps and generalized priority queues

    M. D. Atkinson;J.-R. Sack;N. Santoro;T. Strothotte

  • Time is not a healer

    Nicola Santoro;Nicola Santoro;Peter Widmayer

  • Capture of an intruder by mobile agents

    Lali Barrière;Paola Flocchini;Pierre Fraigniaud;Nicola Santoro

  • Solving the robots gathering problem

    Mark Cieliebak;Paola Flocchini;Giuseppe Prencipe;Nicola Santoro

  • Hard Tasks for Weak Robots: The Role of Common Knowledge in Pattern Formation by Autonomous Mobile Robots

    Paola Flocchini;Giuseppe Prencipe;Nicola Santoro;Peter Widmayer

  • Computing Without Communicating: Ring Exploration by Asynchronous Oblivious Robots

    Paola Flocchini;David Ilcinkas;Andrzej Pelc;Nicola Santoro

  • Mobile Search for a Black Hole in an Anonymous Ring

    Stefan Dobrev;Paola Flocchini;Giuseppe Prencipe;Nicola Santoro

  • Autonomous mobile robots with lights

    Shantanu Das;Paola Flocchini;Giuseppe Prencipe;Nicola Santoro

  • Distributed Computing by Mobile Entities

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  • Mobile agent rendezvous in a ring

    E. Kranakis;N. Santoro;C. Sawchuk;D. Krizanc

  • Gathering of Asynchronous Oblivious Robots with Limited Visibility

    Paola Flocchini;Giuseppe Prencipe;Nicola Santoro;Peter Widmayer

  • Time-Varying Graphs and Social Network Analysis: Temporal Indicators and Metrics

    Nicola Santoro;Walter Quattrociocchi;Paola Flocchini;Arnaud Casteigts

  • Distributed algorithms for finding centers and medians in networks

    E Korach;D Rotem;N Santoro

  • Distributed coordination of a set of autonomous mobile robots

    P. Flocchini;G. Prencipe;N. Santoro;P. Widmayer

Frequent Co-Authors

Paola Flocchini
Paola Flocchini University of Ottawa
Masafumi Yamashita
Masafumi Yamashita Kyushu University
Peter Widmayer
Peter Widmayer ETH Zurich
Evangelos Kranakis
Evangelos Kranakis Carleton University
Frank Dehne
Frank Dehne Carleton University
Ivan Stojmenovic
Ivan Stojmenovic University of Ottawa
Amiya Nayak
Amiya Nayak University of Ottawa
Andrzej Pelc
Andrzej Pelc Université du Québec en Outaouais
Xu Li
Xu Li Huawei Technologies (China)
Jan van Leeuwen
Jan van Leeuwen Utrecht University

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