Achilleas Zapranis

11 papers C 1Misc 1Journal 6Unranked 3

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2013	J	`jnl`	Wavelet neural networks: A practical guide. Neural Networks Antonis Alexandridis, Achilleas Zapranis
2012	J	`jnl`	A novel, rule-based technical pattern identification mechanism: Identifying and evaluating saucers and resistant levels in the US stock market. Expert Syst. Appl. Achilleas Zapranis, Prodromos Tsinaslanidis
2011	J	`jnl`	Modeling and forecasting cumulative average temperature and heating degree day indices for weather derivative pricing. Neural Comput. Appl. Achilleas Zapranis, Antonis Alexandridis
2010	—	`conf`	Identification of the Head-and-Shoulders Technical Analysis Pattern with Neural Networks. ICANN (3) Achilleas Zapranis, Prodromos Tsinaslanidis
2009	Misc	`conf`	Model Identification in Wavelet Neural Networks Framework. AIAI Achilleas Zapranis, Antonis Alexandridis
2009	C	`conf`	Modeling and Forecasting CAT and HDD Indices for Weather Derivative Pricing. EANN Achilleas Zapranis, Antonis Alexandridis
2009	J	`jnl`	Weather derivatives pricing: Modeling the seasonal residual variance of an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck temperature process with neural networks. Neurocomputing Achilleas Zapranis, Antonis Alexandridis
2007	—	`conf`	Can Neural Networks Learn the "Head and Shoulders" Technical Analysis Price Pattern? Towards a Methodology for Testing the Efficient Market Hypothesis. ICANN (2) Achilleas Zapranis, Evi Samolada
2006	—	`conf`	Testing the Random Walk Hypothesis with Neural Networks. ICANN (2) Achilleas Zapranis
1997	J	`jnl`	Financial time series modelling with discounted least squares backpropagation. Neurocomputing Apostolos-Paul Nicholas Refenes, Yves Bentz, Derek W. Bunn, A. Neil Burgess, Achilleas Zapranis
1994	J	`jnl`	Stock performance modeling using neural networks: A comparative study with regression models. Neural Networks Apostolos-Paul Nicholas Refenes, Achilleas Zapranis, Gavin Francis

Nicolò Altamura is a security engineer and computer science researcher specializing in software protection, reverse engineering, program analysis, and binary deobfuscation. He holds a master's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Verona, graduating with honors, and works at emproof, focusing on software protection and the challenges of analyzing and understanding compiled software.

His research explores the relationship between program analysis and code obfuscation, with particular emphasis on how software transformations affect the ability of automated tools to recover program behavior. His interests span static analysis, binary analysis, decompilation, reverse engineering, and techniques for analyzing and simplifying obfuscated code.

In 2025, he co-authored Assessing the Effectiveness of the Tigress Obfuscator Against MOPSA and BinaryNinja, published at CheckMATE. The paper evaluates the effectiveness of obfuscation techniques and their impact on source-level static analysis and binary-level decompilation.

Beyond academic research, Nicolò develops and contributes to tools for reverse engineering and software analysis. His projects include obfuscation_analysis, a Binary Ninja plugin for analyzing and simplifying obfuscated code; Pocket, an obfuscator for mixed Boolean-arithmetic expressions; and ptxNinja, a tool for reverse engineering NVIDIA GPU code represented in the PTX virtual instruction set.

His research also extends to binary datasets and software evolution. In 2026, he co-authored ASSEMBLAGE-DEEPHISTORY: A Cross-Build Binary Dataset with Temporal Coverage, a research work addressing the availability of binary data across multiple software builds and points in time, supporting research into binary analysis and changes between program versions.

Across his research, engineering work, and open-source contributions, Nicolò focuses on advancing the understanding, analysis, and protection of software against increasingly sophisticated obfuscation and reverse-engineering challenges.

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