Victor Costan

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 285 citations indexed

About

Victor Costan is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems and Signal Processing. According to data from OpenAlex, Victor Costan has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 285 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 3 papers in Information Systems and 3 papers in Signal Processing. Recurrent topics in Victor Costan's work include Security and Verification in Computing (6 papers), Cloud Data Security Solutions (3 papers) and Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (3 papers). Victor Costan is often cited by papers focused on Security and Verification in Computing (6 papers), Cloud Data Security Solutions (3 papers) and Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (3 papers). Victor Costan collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Victor Costan's co-authors include Srinivas Devadas, Ilia A. Lebedev, Ilya Lebedev and Nickolai Zeldovich and has published in prestigious journals such as now publishers, Inc. eBooks and DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

In The Last Decade

Victor Costan

6 papers receiving 276 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.

Sanctum: Minimal Hardware Extensions for Strong Software Isolation

2016 220 citations Victor Costan, Ilia A. Lebedev et al. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Victor Costan United States	5	265	121	114	107	60	6	285
Mona Vij United States	6	247 0.9×	150 1.2×	102 0.9×	76 0.7×	91 1.5×	15	288
Ilia A. Lebedev United States	5	220 0.8×	89 0.7×	94 0.8×	159 1.5×	99 1.6×	5	297
Alyssa Milburn Netherlands	6	239 0.9×	63 0.5×	145 1.3×	107 1.0×	69 1.1×	10	280
Pieter Maene Belgium	6	193 0.7×	74 0.6×	128 1.1×	84 0.8×	77 1.3×	10	242
Yeoul Na United States	8	168 0.6×	64 0.5×	129 1.1×	68 0.6×	76 1.3×	12	248
Sanchuan Chen United States	6	222 0.8×	85 0.7×	114 1.0×	59 0.6×	61 1.0×	6	241
Sebastian Österlund Netherlands	6	194 0.7×	76 0.6×	154 1.4×	83 0.8×	61 1.0×	7	284
Pietro Frigo Netherlands	5	299 1.1×	73 0.6×	175 1.5×	141 1.3×	83 1.4×	5	378
Nico Weichbrodt Germany	8	283 1.1×	159 1.3×	115 1.0×	49 0.5×	120 2.0×	10	318
Anil Kurmus Switzerland	11	227 0.9×	109 0.9×	139 1.2×	86 0.8×	90 1.5×	15	289

Countries citing papers authored by Victor Costan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Victor Costan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Victor Costan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Victor Costan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Victor Costan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Victor Costan. Victor Costan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Costan, Victor, Ilya Lebedev, & Srinivas Devadas. (2017). Secure Processors Part II: Intel SGX Security Analysis and MIT Sanctum Architecture. 11(3). 249–361. 16 indexed citations

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Costan, Victor, Ilya Lebedev, & Srinivas Devadas. (2017). Secure Processors Part I: Background, Taxonomy for Secure Enclaves and Intel SGX Architecture. 11(1-2). 1–248. 20 indexed citations

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Costan, Victor, Ilya Lebedev, & Srinivas Devadas. (2017). Secure Processors Part I: Background, Taxonomy for Secure Enclaves and Intel SGX Architecture. now publishers, Inc. eBooks. 14 indexed citations

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Costan, Victor, Ilia A. Lebedev, & Srinivas Devadas. (2016). Sanctum: Minimal Hardware Extensions for Strong Software Isolation. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 857–874. 220 indexed citations breakdown →

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Costan, Victor, et al.. (2013). Authenticated storage using small trusted hardware. 35–46. 11 indexed citations

6.

Costan, Victor & Srinivas Devadas. (2011). Security challenges and opportunities in adaptive and reconfigurable hardware. 96. 1–5. 4 indexed citations

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