2026 Walter Didimo: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Overview

Walter Didimo is affiliated with the University of Perugia in Italy. Their academic work predominantly focuses on computer science and engineering, with a strong emphasis on subfields including computer graphics and computer-aided design, computational theory and mathematics, computer vision and pattern recognition, statistical and nonlinear physics, and computer networks and communications.

The scope of research embraces various topics that include computational geometry and mesh generation, advanced graph theory research, data visualization and analytics, complex network analysis techniques, digital image processing techniques, 3D modeling in geospatial applications, and model-driven software engineering techniques.

Walter Didimo has published extensively, with a total of 111 works related to computer science and 25 in engineering. Their frequent publication venues include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications
Algorithmica
IEEE Access

Their recent papers reflect interests in graph visualization, data mining, and visual analytics. Notable publications are:

"Combining Network Visualization and Data Mining for Tax Risk Assessment," 2020, IEEE Access
"Hybrid Graph Visualizations With ChordLink: Algorithms, Experiments, and Applications," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
"Comparative Study and Evaluation of Hybrid Visualizations of Graphs," 2023, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
"Influence Maximization With Visual Analytics," 2022, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
"BrowVis: Visualizing Large Graphs in the Browser," 2022, IEEE Access

Walter Didimo collaborates frequently with several researchers, resulting in numerous coauthored works. Frequent collaborators include:

Giuseppe Liotta
Fabrizio Montecchiani
Emilio Di Giacomo
Michael Kaufmann
Giacomo Ortali

Best Publications

Orthogonal and Quasi-upward Drawings with Vertices of Prescribed Size

Giuseppe Di Battista;Walter Didimo;Maurizio Patrignani;Maurizio Pizzonia

586
Citations
Drawing Graphs with Right Angle Crossings

Walter Didimo;Peter Eades;Giuseppe Liotta

158
Citations
A Survey on Graph Drawing Beyond Planarity

Walter Didimo;Giuseppe Liotta;Fabrizio Montecchiani

110
Citations
Graph Visualization Techniques for Web Clustering Engines

E. Di Giacomo;W. Didimo;L. Grilli;G. Liotta

106
Citations
Visual analysis of large graphs using (X,Y)-clustering and hybrid visualizations

V. Batagelj;F. J. Brandenburg;W. Didimo;G. Liotta

97
Citations
Computing orthogonal drawings with the minimum number of bends

P. Bertolazzi;G. Di Battista;W. Didimo

94
Citations
Upward Spirality and Upward Planarity Testing

Walter Didimo;Francesco Giordano;Giuseppe Liotta

76
Citations
Curve-constrained drawings of planar graphs

Emilio Di Giacomo;Walter Didimo;Giuseppe Liotta;Stephen K. Wismath

75
Citations
Density of straight-line 1-planar graph drawings

Walter Didimo

64
Citations
Recognizing and drawing IC-planar graphs☆

Franz J. Brandenburg;Walter Didimo;William S. Evans;Philipp Kindermann

61
Citations
The Crossing-Angle Resolution in Graph Drawing

Walter Didimo;Giuseppe Liotta

60
Citations
Turn-regularity and optimal area drawings of orthogonal representations

Stina S. Bridgeman;Giuseppe Di Battista;Walter Didimo;Giuseppe Liotta

59
Citations
An advanced network visualization system for financial crime detection

Walter Didimo;Giuseppe Liotta;Fabrizio Montecchiani;Pietro Palladino

59
Citations
On the Perspectives Opened by Right Angle Crossing Drawings

Patrizio Angelini;Luca Cittadini;Walter Didimo;Fabrizio Frati

57
Citations
Planarization of Clustered Graphs

Giuseppe Di Battista;Walter Didimo;A. Marcandalli

57
Citations
Combining Network Visualization and Data Mining for Tax Risk Assessment

Walter Didimo;Luca Grilli;Giuseppe Liotta;Lorenzo Menconi

46
Citations
Book Embeddability of Series–Parallel Digraphs

Emilio Di Giacomo;Walter Didimo;Giuseppe Liotta;Stephen K. Wismath

45
Citations
Area, Curve Complexity, and Crossing Resolution of Non-Planar Graph Drawings

Emilio Di Giacomo;Walter Didimo;Giuseppe Liotta;Henk Meijer

45
Citations
Fan-planarity

Carla Binucci;Emilio Di Giacomo;Walter Didimo;Fabrizio Montecchiani

35
Citations
GRID: An Interactive Tool for Computing Orthogonal Drawings With the Minimum Number of Bends

Walter Didimo;Antonio Leonforte

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuseppe Liotta University of Perugia

Giuseppe Di Battista Roma Tre University

Ioannis G. Tollis University of Crete

Stephen G. Kobourov University of Arizona

Michael Kaufmann University of Tübingen

Peter Eades University of Sydney

Vladimir Batagelj University of Ljubljana

Jan Kratochvíl Charles University

Silvia Miksch TU Wien

Matthew Suderman University of Bristol

External Links

Personal website of Walter Didimo

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