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Wouter Joosen

Wouter Joosen

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
61
Citations
15915
World Ranking
3054
National Ranking
28

Wouter Joosen 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 Wouter Joosen sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 835 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wouter Joosen 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 Wouter Joosen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 61 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wouter Joosen is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has a substantial body of research primarily in the field of Computer Science. Their work spans domains such as Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems, and Computer Networks and Communications, with notable contributions also touching on Sociology and Political Science as well as Signal Processing.

The main topics addressed in Joosen's publications include:

  • Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Information and Cyber Security
  • Network Security and Intrusion Detection
  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting
  • Cloud Computing and Resource Management

Joosen has authored or coauthored several research papers, among which the recent notable ones are:

  • "Sharing Machine Learning Models as Indicators of Compromise for Cyber Threat Intelligence," 2021, Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy
  • "Resource Usage and Performance Trade-offs for Machine Learning Models in Smart Environments," 2020, Sensors
  • "CryptDICE: Distributed data protection system for secure cloud data storage and computation," 2020, Information Systems
  • "Distributed Security Framework for Reliable Threat Intelligence Sharing," 2020, Security and Communication Networks
  • "A descriptive study of assumptions in STRIDE security threat modeling," 2021, Software & Systems Modeling

Frequent publication venues for Joosen's work include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Software & Systems Modeling
  • ACM Transactions on Internet of Things
  • Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
  • Computers & Security

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Davy Preuveneers
  • Dimitri Van Landuyt
  • Laurens Sion
  • Bert Lagaisse
  • Danny Hughes

Best Publications

  • Tranco: A Research-Oriented Top Sites Ranking Hardened Against Manipulation.

    Victor Le Pochat;Tom Van Goethem;Samaneh Tajalizadehkhoob;Maciej Korczyński

  • A privacy threat analysis framework: supporting the elicitation and fulfillment of privacy requirements

    Mina Deng;Kim Wuyts;Riccardo Scandariato;Bart Preneel

  • Cookieless Monster: Exploring the Ecosystem of Web-Based Device Fingerprinting

    N. Nikiforakis;A. Kapravelos;W. Joosen;C. Kruegel

  • Automated Website Fingerprinting through Deep Learning.

    Vera Rimmer;Davy Preuveneers;Marc Juarez;Tom Van Goethem

  • Predicting Vulnerable Software Components via Text Mining

    Riccardo Scandariato;James Walden;Aram Hovsepyan;Wouter Joosen

  • You are what you include: large-scale evaluation of remote javascript inclusions

    Nick Nikiforakis;Luca Invernizzi;Alexandros Kapravelos;Steven Van Acker

  • Chained Anomaly Detection Models for Federated Learning: An Intrusion Detection Case Study

    Davy Preuveneers;Vera Rimmer;Ilias Tsingenopoulos;Jan Spooren

  • PriVaricator: Deceiving Fingerprinters with Little White Lies

    Nick Nikiforakis;Wouter Joosen;Benjamin Livshits

  • Portable Support for Transparent Thread Migration in Java

    Eddy Truyen;Bert Robben;Bart Vanhaute;Tim Coninx

  • A descriptive study of Microsoft's threat modeling technique

    Riccardo Scandariato;Kim Wuyts;Wouter Joosen

  • Seven Months' Worth of Mistakes: A Longitudinal Study of Typosquatting Abuse

    Pieter Agten;Wouter Joosen;Frank Piessens;Nick Nikiforakis

  • On the secure software development process: CLASP, SDL and Touchpoints compared

    Bart De Win;Riccardo Scandariato;Koen Buyens;Johan Grégoire

  • RIPE: runtime intrusion prevention evaluator

    John Wilander;Nick Nikiforakis;Yves Younan;Mariam Kamkar

  • Software vulnerability prediction using text analysis techniques

    Aram Hovsepyan;Riccardo Scandariato;Wouter Joosen;James Walden

  • LooCI: a loosely-coupled component infrastructure for networked embedded systems

    Danny Hughes;Klaas Thoelen;Wouter Horré;Nelson Matthys

  • Troubleshooting an Intrusion Detection Dataset: the CICIDS2017 Case Study

    Gints Engelen;Vera Rimmer;Wouter Joosen

  • Dynamic and selective combination of extensions in component-based applications

    Eddy Truyen;Bart Vanhaute;Bo Nørregaard Jørgensen;Wouter Joosen

  • Extending sensor networks into the Cloud using Amazon Web Services

    Kevin Lee;David Murray;Danny Hughes;Wouter Joosen

  • PAriCheck: an efficient pointer arithmetic checker for C programs

    Yves Younan;Pieter Philippaerts;Lorenzo Cavallaro;R. Sekar

  • SessionShield: lightweight protection against session hijacking

    Nick Nikiforakis;Wannes Meert;Yves Younan;Martin Johns

  • Automated Feature Extraction for Website Fingerprinting through Deep Learning.

    Vera Rimmer;Davy Preuveneers;Marc Juárez;Tom van Goethem

Frequent Co-Authors

Nick Nikiforakis
Nick Nikiforakis Stony Brook University
Tom Holvoet
Tom Holvoet KU Leuven
Bart Jacobs
Bart Jacobs Radboud University
Danny Weyns
Danny Weyns KU Leuven
Fabio Massacci
Fabio Massacci Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Filip De Turck
Filip De Turck Ghent University
Bruno Crispo
Bruno Crispo University of Trento
Bart Dhoedt
Bart Dhoedt Ghent University
Awais Rashid
Awais Rashid University of Bristol

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