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Urs Hengartner 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 Urs Hengartner sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 80 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Urs Hengartner 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 Urs Hengartner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Urs Hengartner is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada, with a primary research focus in Computer Science. Their work spans several subfields including Signal Processing, Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications, and Social Psychology.

Their recent research contributions include publications in various venues such as ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security, Digital Threats Research and Practice, Computers & Security, and arXiv (Cornell University). Notable recent papers are:

  • Mimicry Attacks on Smartphone Keystroke Authentication, 2020, ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security
  • Securing Applications against Side-channel Attacks through Resource Access Veto, 2020, Digital Threats Research and Practice
  • Revisiting the Security of Biometric Authentication Systems Against Statistical Attacks, 2022, ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security
  • SHRIMPS: A framework for evaluating multi-user, multi-modal implicit authentication systems, 2023, Computers & Security
  • Investigating Membership Inference Attacks under Data Dependencies, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)

Urs Hengartner's research covers several main topics, including:

  • User Authentication and Security Systems
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting
  • Network Security and Intrusion Detection
  • Deception detection and forensic psychology
  • Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
  • Interactive and Immersive Displays

Frequent coauthors in Urs Hengartner's publications include Hassan Khan, Andre Kassis, Cheng Tang, Diogo Barradas, and Yue Hu.

The primary venues for publishing their research have been arXiv (Cornell University) with five publications, ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security with three publications, as well as single publications in Digital Threats Research and Practice and Computers & Security.

In recognition of their contributions, Urs Hengartner was awarded the ACM Senior Member distinction in 2016.

Best Publications

  • FaceCloak: An Architecture for User Privacy on Social Networking Sites

    Wanying Luo;Qi Xie;Urs Hengartner

  • Louis, Lester and Pierre: three protocols for location privacy

    Ge Zhong;Ian Goldberg;Urs Hengartner

  • TCP Vegas revisited

    U. Hengartner;J. Bolliger;T. Gross

  • Anonymity and security in delay tolerant networks

    Aniket Kate;Gregory M. Zaverucha;Urs Hengartner

  • Detection and analysis of routing loops in packet traces

    Urs Hengartner;Sue Moon;Richard Mortier;Christophe Diot

  • VeriPlace: a privacy-aware location proof architecture

    Wanying Luo;Urs Hengartner

  • Achieving efficient query privacy for location based services

    Femi Olumofin;Piotr K. Tysowski;Ian Goldberg;Urs Hengartner

  • Protecting Access to People Location Information

    Urs Hengartner;Peter Steenkiste

  • A distributed k-anonymity protocol for location privacy

    Ge Zhong;Urs Hengartner

  • Privacy-Preserving Processing of Raw Genomic Data

    Erman Ayday;Jean Louis Raisaro;Urs Hengartner;Adam Molyneaux

  • Itus: an implicit authentication framework for android

    Hassan Khan;Aaron Atwater;Urs Hengartner

  • PrivacyGuard: A VPN-based Platform to Detect Information Leakage on Android Devices

    Yihang Song;Urs Hengartner

  • Implementing access control to people location information

    Urs Hengartner;Peter Steenkiste

  • Selections: Internet Voting with Over-the-Shoulder Coercion-Resistance.

    Jeremy Clark;Urs Hengartner

  • Proving your location without giving up your privacy

    Wanying Luo;Urs Hengartner

  • Towards application-centric implicit authentication on smartphones

    Hassan Khan;Urs Hengartner

  • Bandwidth modelling for network-aware applications

    J. Bolliger;Th. Gross;U. Hengartner

  • Privacy-preserving matchmaking For mobile social networking secure against malicious users

    Qi Xie;Urs Hengartner

  • Exploiting Hierarchical Identity-Based Encryption for Access Control to Pervasive Computing Information

    U. Hengartner;P. Steenkiste

  • Secure crash reporting in vehicular Ad hoc networks

    Sumair Ur Rahman;Urs Hengartner

  • IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, PerCom 2014

    George Roussos;Urs Hengartner;Shin'ichi Konomi;Kay Uwe Römer

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Steenkiste
Peter Steenkiste Carnegie Mellon University
Daniel Vogel
Daniel Vogel University of Waterloo
Ian Goldberg
Ian Goldberg University of Waterloo
Jean-Pierre Hubaux
Jean-Pierre Hubaux École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Kay Römer
Kay Römer Graz University of Technology
Srinivasan Keshav
Srinivasan Keshav University of Cambridge
George Roussos
George Roussos Birkbeck, University of London
Amr M. Youssef
Amr M. Youssef Concordia University
Christophe Diot
Christophe Diot Google (United States)

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