2026 Silvana Castano: 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	37	10604	10306	326	324	207	7092

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Computer Science

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Overview

Silvana Castano is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy. The primary focus of their research lies within the broad area of computer science, with significant contributions to artificial intelligence and social sciences. Their work encompasses a range of subfields including artificial intelligence, political science and international relations, molecular biology, information systems, and industrial and manufacturing engineering.

Their research topics are centered on:

Artificial Intelligence in Law
Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation
Topic Modeling
Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
Digital and Cyber Forensics
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
Digital Humanities and Scholarship

Silvana Castano has published in various venues, notably:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Information Systems
Computer Law & Security Review
arXiv (Cornell University)
SN Computer Science

Key recent papers include:

"A knowledge-centered framework for exploration and retrieval of legal documents," 2021, Information Systems
"Enforcing legal information extraction through context-aware techniques: The ASKE approach," 2023, Computer Law & Security Review
"Incremental Affinity Propagation based on Cluster Consolidation and Stratification," 2024, arXiv (Cornell University)
"From Digital to Computational Humanities: The VAST Project Vision," 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
"A Computational History Approach to Interpretation and Analysis of Moral European Values: the VAST Research Project," 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent collaborators in Castano's research network include:

Stefano Montanelli
Alfio Ferrara
Francesco Periti
Davide Riva
Valerio Bellandi

Best Publications

Database Security

Silvana Castano;Maria Grazia Fugini;Giancarlo Martella;Pierangela Samarati

798
Citations
Semantic integration of semistructured and structured data sources

S. Bergamaschi;S. Castano;M. Vincini

584
Citations
Semantic integration of heterogeneous information sources

Sonia Bergamaschi;Silvana Castano;Maurizio Vincini;Domenico Beneventano

477
Citations
Global viewing of heterogeneous data sources

S. Castano;V. De Antonellis

457
Citations
Securing XML documents with Author-X

E. Bertino;S. Castano;E. Ferrari

315
Citations
Specifying and enforcing access control policies for XML document sources

Elisa Bertino;Silvana Castano;Elena Ferrari;Marco Mesiti

306
Citations
Matching ontologies in open networked systems: techniques and applications

Silvana Castano;Alfio Ferrara;Stefano Montanelli

222
Citations
Conceptual schema analysis: techniques and applications

S. Castano;V. De Antonellis;M. G. Fugini;B. Pernici

205
Citations
H-match: an algorithm for dynamically matching ontologies in peer-based systems

S. Castano;A. Ferrara;S. Montanelli

188
Citations
On specifying security policies for web documents with an XML-based language

Elisa Bertino;Silvana Castano;Elena Ferrari

180
Citations
Information Integration: The MOMIS Project Demonstration

Domenico Beneventano;Sonia Bergamaschi;Silvana Castano;Alberto Corni

176
Citations
An intelligent approach to information integration

Sonia Bergamaschi;Silvana Castano;S. De Capitani Di Vimercati;S. Montanari

170
Citations
Dynamic task assignment in workflows

Fabio Casati;Silvana Castano;Mariagrazia Fugini

159
Citations
Controlled access and dissemination of XML documents

Elisa Bertino;Silvana Castano;Elena Ferrari;Marco Mesiti

126
Citations
Conceptual Modeling - ER 2009

Alberto H. F. Laender;Silvana Castano;Umeshwar Dayal;Fabio Casati

123
Citations
Using patterns to design rules in workflows

F. Casati;S. Castano;M. Fugini;I. Mirbel

119
Citations
A schema analysis and reconciliation tool environment for heterogeneous databases

S. Castano;V. De Antonellis

112
Citations
Managing Workflow Authorization Constraints through Active Database Technology

Fabio Casati;Silvana Castano;Mariagrazia Fugini

109
Citations
Author-X: A Java-Based System for XML Data Protection

Elisa Bertino;M. Braun;Silvana Castano;Elena Ferrari

106
Citations
Semantic dictionary design for database interoperability

S. Castano;V. De Antonellis

98
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara Pernici Polytechnic University of Milan

Fabio Casati University of Trento

Elena Ferrari University of Insubria

Elisa Bertino Purdue University West Lafayette

Pierangela Samarati University of Milan

Umeshwar Dayal Hitachi (Japan)

Alberto H. F. Laender Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Mong Li Lee National University of Singapore

Tiziana Catarci Sapienza University of Rome

Luciano Baresi Polytechnic University of Milan

External Links

Personal website of Silvana Castano Google Scholar page

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