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Overview

Ugo Vaccaro is affiliated with the University of Salerno in Italy and has conducted research primarily in the fields of Computer Science, Engineering, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans a range of topics including Artificial Intelligence, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Computer Networks and Communications.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Coding theory and cryptography
  • Algorithms and Data Compression
  • Graph theory and CDMA systems
  • Error Correcting Code Techniques
  • Machine Learning and Algorithms

Vaccaro's recent publications reflect active contributions to coding theory, algorithms, and network design. Key papers include:

  • "Bounds and Algorithms for Alphabetic Codes and Binary Search Trees," 2024, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
  • "Exact and Heuristic Solution Approaches for the Cluster Deletion Problem on General Graphs," 2025, Networks
  • "Bounds and Algorithms for Generalized Superimposed Codes," 2023, Information Processing Letters
  • "Improved Algorithms and Bounds for List Union-Free Families," 2023, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
  • "Achievable Rates and Algorithms for Group Testing with Runlength Constraints," 2022, 2022 IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW)

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Information Processing Letters, 2022 IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), and Networks.

Collaborations have involved multiple coauthors, with repeated partnerships including:

  • Adele A. Rescigno
  • Stefano Della Fiore
  • Marco Dalai
  • Roberto Bruno
  • Roberto De Prisco

Best Publications

  • Perfectly-Secure Key Distribution for Dynamic Conferences

    Carlo Blundo;Alfredo De Santis;Amir Herzberg;Shay Kutten

  • On the size of shares for secret sharing schemes

    R. M. Capocelli;A. Santis;L. Gargano;U. Vaccaro

  • Perfectly secure key distribution for dynamic conferences

    Carlo Blundo;Alfredo De Santis;Ugo Vaccaro;Amir Herzberg

  • Graph decompositions and secret sharing schemes

    C. Blundo;A. Santis;D. R. Stinson;U. Vaccaro

  • Graph Problems Arising from Wavelength-Routing in All-Optical Networks

    Bruno Beauquier;Jean-Claude Bermond;Luisa Gargano;Pavol Hell

  • Efficient collective communication in optical networks

    Jean-Claude Bermond;Luisa Gargano;Stephan Perennes;Adele A. Rescigno

  • Optimal Two-Stage Algorithms for Group Testing Problems

    Annalisa De Bonis;Leszek Gasieniec;Ugo Vaccaro

  • Asynchronous deterministic rendezvous in graphs

    Gianluca De Marco;Luisa Gargano;Evangelos Kranakis;Danny Krizanc

  • Fully dynamic secret sharing schemes

    Carlo Blundo;Antonella Cresti;Alfredo De Santis;Ugo Vaccaro

  • Tight Bounds on the Information Rate of Secret SharingSchemes

    Carlo Blundo;Alfredo De Santis;Roberto De Simone;Ugo Vaccaro

  • Multi-Secret Sharing Schemes

    Carlo Blundo;Alfredo De Santis;Giovanni Di Crescenzo;Antonio Giorgio Gaggia

  • Size of shares and probability of cheating in threshold schemes

    Marco Carpentieri;Alfredo De Santis;Ugo Vaccaro

  • Sperner capacities

    L. Gargano;J. Körner;U. Vaccaro

  • Capacities: from information theory to extremal set theory

    L. Gargano;J. Körner;U. Vaccaro

  • On the information rate of secret sharing schemes

    C. Blundo;A. De Santis;L. Gargano;U. Vaccaro

  • Constructions of generalized superimposed codes with applications to group testing and conflict resolution in multiple access channels

    Annalisa De Bonis;Ugo Vaccaro

  • Efficient Sharing of Many Secrets

    Carlo Blundo;Alfredo De Santis;Ugo Vaccaro

  • Latency-bounded target set selection in social networks ☆

    Ferdinando Cicalese;Gennaro Cordasco;Luisa Gargano;Martin Milanič

  • Spanning Trees with Bounded Number of Branch Vertices

    Luisa Gargano;Pavol Hell;Ladislav Stacho;Ugo Vaccaro

  • Randomness in Distribution Protocols

    Carlo Blundo;Alfredo De Santis;Ugo Vaccaro

  • Graph decompositions and secret sharing schemes

    C. Blundo;A. De Santis;D. R. Stinson;U. Vaccaro

  • On the information rate of secret sharing schemes

    Carlo Blundo;Alfredo De Santis;Luisa Gargano;Ugo Vaccaro

  • On the Information Rate of Secret Sharing Schemes (Extended Abstract)

    Carlo Blundo;Alfredo De Santis;Luisa Gargano;Ugo Vaccaro

  • Randomness in Distributed Protocols

    Carlo Blundo;Alfredo De Santis;Ugo Vaccaro

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlo Blundo
Carlo Blundo University of Salerno
Alfredo De Santis
Alfredo De Santis University of Salerno
János Körner
János Körner Sapienza University of Rome
Jean-Claude Bermond
Jean-Claude Bermond French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Pavol Hell
Pavol Hell Simon Fraser University
Andrzej Pelc
Andrzej Pelc Université du Québec en Outaouais
Evangelos Kranakis
Evangelos Kranakis Carleton University
Ely Porat
Ely Porat Bar-Ilan University
Charles J. Colbourn
Charles J. Colbourn Arizona State University
Danny Krizanc
Danny Krizanc Wesleyan University

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