Seny Kamara

9.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
35 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Seny Kamara is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Seny Kamara has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 10 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 10 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Seny Kamara's work include Cryptography and Data Security (22 papers), Cryptographic Implementations and Security (7 papers) and Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (7 papers). Seny Kamara is often cited by papers focused on Cryptography and Data Security (22 papers), Cryptographic Implementations and Security (7 papers) and Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (7 papers). Seny Kamara collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Israel. Seny Kamara's co-authors include Reza Curtmola, Rafail Ostrovsky, Juan A. Garay, Charalampos Papamanthou, Tom Roeder, Charles V. Wright, Muhammad Naveed, Michael K. Reiter, Lucas Ballard and Tarik Moataz and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computers & Security and IEEE Multimedia.

In The Last Decade

Seny Kamara

32 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Searchable symmetric encryption

2006 965 citations Reza Curtmola, Juan A. Garay et al. profile →
Dynamic searchable symmetric encryption

2012 654 citations Seny Kamara, Charalampos Papamanthou et al. profile →
Searchable symmetric encryption: Improved definitions and efficient constructions

2011 585 citations Reza Curtmola, Juan A. Garay et al. Journal of Computer Security profile →
Inference Attacks on Property-Preserving Encrypted Databases

2015 281 citations Muhammad Naveed, Seny Kamara et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Seny Kamara United States	17	2.8k	1.5k	671	624	477	35	3.2k
Emil Stefanov United States	18	1.9k 0.7×	955 0.6×	355 0.5×	201 0.3×	404 0.8×	26	2.2k
Jianting Ning China	24	1.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	211 0.3×	216 0.3×	481 1.0×	137	2.3k
Mariana Raykova United States	15	1.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	312 0.5×	144 0.2×	649 1.4×	38	2.0k
Jinguang Han China	22	2.0k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	342 0.5×	182 0.3×	570 1.2×	68	2.6k
John Bethencourt United States	8	3.5k 1.2×	2.0k 1.3×	636 0.9×	242 0.4×	659 1.4×	10	3.8k
Xingliang Yuan Australia	27	1.6k 0.5×	777 0.5×	130 0.2×	310 0.5×	415 0.9×	102	1.9k
Xavier Boyen Australia	17	908 0.3×	533 0.4×	271 0.4×	199 0.3×	280 0.6×	40	1.3k
Radu Sion United States	22	1.2k 0.4×	963 0.6×	112 0.2×	387 0.6×	690 1.4×	92	1.9k
Jon Howell United States	23	1.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	186 0.3×	227 0.4×	1.6k 3.3×	57	2.9k
Ralf Lämmel Germany	24	1.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	312 0.5×	89 0.1×	557 1.2×	115	2.2k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Kamara, Seny, et al.. (2026). Updatable Private Set Intersection from Structured Encryption. 2(4).

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Kamara, Seny, et al.. (2025). Bayesian Leakage Analysis. 2(1).

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Kamara, Seny, et al.. (2024). Synq: Public Policy Analytics Over Encrypted Data. 146–165. 2 indexed citations

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Kamara, Seny, et al.. (2023). MAPLE: MArkov Process Leakage attacks on Encrypted Search. Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies. 2024(1). 430–446. 4 indexed citations

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Kamara, Seny, et al.. (2022). Adversarial Level Agreements for Two-Party Protocols. 816–830. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zheguang, Seny Kamara, Tarik Moataz, & Stan Zdonik. (2021). Encrypted Databases: From Theory to Systems.. Conference on Innovative Data Systems Research. 3 indexed citations

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Ghosh, Esha, Seny Kamara, & Roberto Tamassia. (2021). Efficient Graph Encryption Scheme for Shortest Path Queries. 516–525. 18 indexed citations

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Herlihy, Maurice, et al.. (2019). Encrypted Databases for Differential Privacy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 19 indexed citations

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Kamara, Seny, et al.. (2019). Forward and Backward Private Searchable Encryption with SGX. 1–6. 32 indexed citations

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Kamara, Seny. (2015). Encrypted Search. XRDS Crossroads The ACM Magazine for Students. 21(3). 30–34. 12 indexed citations

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Naveed, Muhammad, Seny Kamara, & Charles V. Wright. (2015). Inference Attacks on Property-Preserving Encrypted Databases. 644–655. 281 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kamara, Seny, et al.. (2015). GRECS. 504–517. 88 indexed citations

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Kamara, Seny, Charalampos Papamanthou, & Tom Roeder. (2012). Dynamic searchable symmetric encryption. 965–976. 654 indexed citations breakdown →

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Valamehr, Jonathan, Melissa Chase, Seny Kamara, et al.. (2012). Inspection resistant memory: Architectural support for security from physical examination. 35. 130–141. 2 indexed citations

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Curtmola, Reza, Juan A. Garay, Seny Kamara, & Rafail Ostrovsky. (2011). Searchable symmetric encryption: Improved definitions and efficient constructions. Journal of Computer Security. 19(5). 895–934. 585 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ballard, Lucas, Seny Kamara, & Michael K. Reiter. (2008). The practical subtleties of biometric key generation. USENIX Security Symposium. 61–74. 67 indexed citations

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Curtmola, Reza, Juan A. Garay, Seny Kamara, & Rafail Ostrovsky. (2006). Searchable symmetric encryption. 79–88. 965 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fu, Kevin, Seny Kamara, & Tadayoshi Kohno. (2005). Key Regression: Enabling Efficient Key Distribution for Secure Distributed Storage.. ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 2005. 303. 39 indexed citations

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Kamara, Seny, et al.. (2005). An Extensible Platform for Evaluating Security Protocols. 1058. 204–213. 2 indexed citations

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Kamara, Seny, et al.. (2003). Analysis of vulnerabilities in Internet firewalls. Computers & Security. 22(3). 214–232. 74 indexed citations

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