Benjamin J. Blalock

20 papers C 2Journal 8Unranked 10
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2020 — conf
MWSCAS
Alec Yen, Benjamin J. Blalock
2020 — conf
ICECS
Gavin B. Long, M. Nance Ericson, Charles L. Britton Jr., Benjamin D. Roehrs, Ethan D. Farquhar, S. Shane Frank, Alec Yen, Benjamin J. Blalock
2019 — conf
MWSCAS
Will Norton, Ziming Wang, Benjamin J. Blalock, Jean Yang-Scharlotta, Miryeong Song, Mohammad Ashtijou, Mohammad M. Mojarradi
2018 J jnl
Microelectron. J.
Md Sakib Hasan, Syed K. Islam, Benjamin J. Blalock
2014 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.
Zhiqiang Wang, Xiaojie Shi, Yang Xue, Leon M. Tolbert, Fei Wang, Benjamin J. Blalock
2012 — conf
MWSCAS
Chandradevi Ulaganathan, Benjamin J. Blalock, Jeremy Holleman, Charles L. Britton Jr.
2011 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Sazia A. Eliza, Syed Kamrul Islam, Touhidur Rahman, Nora D. Bull, Benjamin J. Blalock, L. R. Baylor, M. Nance Ericson, W. L. Gardner
2010 J jnl
VLSI Design
Chandradevi Ulaganathan, Neena Nambiar, Kimberly Cornett, Robert L. Greenwell, Jeremy A. Yager, Benjamin S. Prothro, Kevin Tham, Suheng Chen, Richard S. Broughton, Guoyuan Fu, Benjamin J. Blalock, Charles L. Britton Jr., M. Nance Ericson, H. Alan Mantooth, Mohammad M. Mojarradi, Richard W. Berger, John D. Cressler
2010 J jnl
VLSI Design
Gregory D. Peterson, Ethan D. Farquhar, Benjamin J. Blalock
2008 C conf
ISCAS
Nora D. Bull, Syed Kamrul Islam, Benjamin J. Blalock, Steven Ripp, Scott Moser, Gary S. Sayler
2007 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. I Regul. Pap.
Syed Kamrul Islam, Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal, Mo Zhang, Steven Ripp, Sam D. Caylor, Brandon Weathers, Scott Moser, Stephen C. Terry, Benjamin J. Blalock, Gary S. Sayler
2006 — conf
ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI
Hung D. Nguyen, Benjamin J. Blalock, Suheng Chen
2006 J jnl
IEICE Electron. Express
Suheng Chen, Benjamin J. Blalock
2005 — conf
ESSCIRC
Kerem Akarvardar, Suheng Chen, Benjamin J. Blalock, Sorin Cristoloveanu, Pierre Gentil, Mohammad M. Mojarradi
2005 — conf
ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI
Stephen C. Terry, Mohammad M. Mojarradi, Benjamin J. Blalock, Jesse A. Richmond
2005 — conf
ESSCIRC
Suheng Chen, James Vandersand, Benjamin J. Blalock, Kerem Akarvardar, Sorin Cristoloveanu, Mohammad M. Mojarradi
2005 — conf
ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI
Amir Fijany, Farrokh Vatan, Mohammad M. Mojarradi, Nikzad Benny Toomarian, Benjamin J. Blalock, Kerem Akarvardar, Sorin Cristoloveanu, Pierre Gentil
2004 J jnl
IEEE J. Solid State Circuits
Brian K. Swann, Benjamin J. Blalock, Lloyd G. Clonts, David M. Binkley, James M. Rochelle, Eric Breeding, K. Michelle Baldwin
1995 C conf
ISCAS
Benjamin J. Blalock, Phillip E. Allen
1995 — conf
ISLPD
Phillip E. Allen, Benjamin J. Blalock, Gabriel A. Rincon

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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