Benjamin J. Ford

13 papers A 4Misc 2Journal 2Unranked 5

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2018	—	`conf`	Evaluation of Predictive Models for Wildlife Poaching Activity through Controlled Field Test in Uganda. AAAI Workshops Shahrzad Gholami, Benjamin J. Ford, Debarun Kar, Fei Fang, Milind Tambe, Andrew J. Plumptre, Margaret Driciru, Fred Wanyama, Aggrey Rwetsiba, Mustapha Nsubaga, Joshua Mabonga
2017	A	`conf`	Cloudy with a Chance of Poaching: Adversary Behavior Modeling and Forecasting with Real-World Poaching Data. AAMAS Debarun Kar, Benjamin J. Ford, Shahrzad Gholami, Fei Fang, Andrew J. Plumptre, Milind Tambe, Margaret Driciru, Fred Wanyama, Aggrey Rwetsiba, Mustapha Nsubaga, Joshua Mabonga
2017	—	`conf`	Optimal Patrol Planning for Green Security Games with Black-Box Attackers. GameSec Haifeng Xu, Benjamin J. Ford, Fei Fang, Bistra Dilkina, Andrew J. Plumptre, Milind Tambe, Margaret Driciru, Fred Wanyama, Aggrey Rwetsiba, Mustapha Nsubaga, Joshua Mabonga
2017	A	`conf`	Real-World Evaluation and Deployment of Adversary Attack Prediction Models. AAMAS Benjamin J. Ford
2017	—	`conf`	Taking It for a Test Drive: A Hybrid Spatio-Temporal Model for Wildlife Poaching Prediction Evaluated Through a Controlled Field Test. ECML/PKDD (3) Shahrzad Gholami, Benjamin J. Ford, Fei Fang, Andrew J. Plumptre, Milind Tambe, Margaret Driciru, Fred Wanyama, Aggrey Rwetsiba, Mustapha Nsubaga, Joshua Mabonga
2016	Misc	`conf`	Protecting the NECTAR of the Ganga River Through Game-Theoretic Factory Inspections. PAAMS Benjamin J. Ford, Matthew Brown, Amulya Yadav, Amandeep Singh, Arunesh Sinha, Biplav Srivastava, Christopher Kiekintveld, Milind Tambe
2015	—	`conf`	Beware the Soothsayer: From Attack Prediction Accuracy to Predictive Reliability in Security Games. GameSec Benjamin J. Ford, Thanh Hong Nguyen, Milind Tambe, Nicole D. Sintov, Francesco Maria Delle Fave
2014	A	`conf`	Adaptive resource allocation for wildlife protection against illegal poachers. AAMAS Rong Yang, Benjamin J. Ford, Milind Tambe, Andrew Lemieux
2014	A	`conf`	PAWS: adaptive game-theoretic patrolling for wildlife protection. AAMAS Benjamin J. Ford, Debarun Kar, Francesco Maria Delle Fave, Rong Yang, Milind Tambe
2013	J	`jnl`	A Real-Time Self-Adaptive Classifier for Identifying Suspicious Bidders in Online Auctions. Comput. J. Benjamin J. Ford, Haiping Xu, Iren Valova
2010	Misc	`conf`	Identifying Suspicious Bidders Utilizing Hierarchical Clustering and Decision Trees. IC-AI Benjamin J. Ford, Haiping Xu, Iren Valova
2010	J	`jnl`	Visual Specification of Layered Bidding Strategies for Autonomous Bidding Agents. J. Comput. Benjamin J. Ford, Haiping Xu, Christopher K. Bates, Sol M. Shatz
2009	—	`conf`	Model-Based Specification of Flexible and Complex Bidding Strategies in Agent-Based Online Auctions. ITNG Benjamin J. Ford, Haiping Xu, Christopher K. Bates, Sol M. Shatz

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.

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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