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Paola Flocchini

Paola Flocchini

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
55
Citations
9316
World Ranking
4399
National Ranking
174

Paola Flocchini 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 Paola Flocchini sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 241 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paola Flocchini 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 Paola Flocchini sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 55 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Paola Flocchini is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada. Their research spans across multiple areas within Computer Science and Engineering, with a significant focus on Computer Networks and Communications as well as aspects of Mechanical Engineering. The scientist's work engages with topics such as 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.

The following are some of the recent research papers authored or co-authored by Paola Flocchini:

  • "RTEAM: Risk-Based Trust Evaluation Advanced Model for VANETs," 2021, IEEE Access
  • "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)
  • "Forming Sequences of Patterns With Luminous Robots," 2020, IEEE Access

Paola Flocchini has collaborated frequently with certain coauthors. These include Nicola Santoro, Giuseppe Antonio Di Luna, Koichi Wada, Giovanni Viglietta, and Giuseppe Prencipe, with collaboration counts ranging from 6 to 38 publications.

The scientist's publications have appeared in several venues with repeated contributions to:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)
  • International Journal of Networking and Computing
  • Journal of Computer and System Sciences
  • IEEE Access

In addition to articles, Paola Flocchini has authored a book published by Springer Science+Business Media titled Structural Information and Communication Complexity, released 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

  • 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

  • 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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  • 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

  • Remembering without memory: Tree exploration by asynchronous oblivious robots

    Paola Flocchini;David Ilcinkas;Andrzej Pelc;Nicola Santoro

  • Cellular automata in fuzzy backgrounds

    G. Cattaneo;P. Flocchini;G. Mauri;C. Quaranta Vogliotti

  • Distributed coordination of a set of autonomous mobile robots

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

  • UNIFORM SCATTERING OF AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS IN A GRID

    Lali Barrière;Paola Flocchini;Eduardo Mesa-Barrameda;Nicola Santoro

  • Mutual visibility by luminous robots without collisions

    G.A. Di Luna;P. Flocchini;S. Gan Chaudhuri;F. Poloni

  • Self-deployment of mobile sensors on a ring

    Paola Flocchini;Giuseppe Prencipe;Nicola Santoro

  • Multiple Mobile Agent Rendezvous in a Ring

    Paola Flocchini;Evangelos Kranakis;Danny Krizanc;Nicola Santoro

  • On time versus size for monotone dynamic monopolies in regular topologies

    Paola Flocchini;Rastislav Královič;Peter Ružička;Alessandro Roncato

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicola Santoro
Nicola Santoro Carleton University
Masafumi Yamashita
Masafumi Yamashita Kyushu University
Amiya Nayak
Amiya Nayak University of Ottawa
Peter Widmayer
Peter Widmayer ETH Zurich
Evangelos Kranakis
Evangelos Kranakis Carleton University
Andrzej Pelc
Andrzej Pelc Université du Québec en Outaouais
Danny Krizanc
Danny Krizanc Wesleyan University
Giancarlo Mauri
Giancarlo Mauri University of Milano-Bicocca
Pierre Fraigniaud
Pierre Fraigniaud Université Paris Cité
Ali Miri
Ali Miri Toronto Metropolitan University

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