Daniel Pimentel

17 papers A* 3C 1Misc 1Journal 7Unranked 5

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2024	J	`jnl`	How Cognitive Absorption Influences Responses to Immersive Narratives of Environmental Threats. Cyberpsychology Behav. Soc. Netw. Daniel Pimentel, Sriram Kalyanaraman
2023	—	`conf`	Creating and Using XR for Environmental Communication: Three Exploratory Case Studies. VR Workshops Barbara Buljat Raymond, Daniel Pimentel, Kay Poh Gek Vasey
2023	J	`jnl`	Virtual climate scientist: A VR learning experience about paleoclimatology for underrepresented students. Interact. Learn. Environ. Daniel Pimentel, Sri Kalyanaraman
2021	J	`jnl`	Copresence With Virtual Humans in Mixed Reality: The Impact of Contextual Responsiveness on Social Perceptions. Frontiers Robotics AI Daniel Pimentel, Charlotte Vinkers
2021	J	`jnl`	The Effects of VR Use on Pain Experienced During a Tattoo Procedure: A Pilot Study. Frontiers Virtual Real. Daniel Pimentel, Sri Kalyanaraman, Roger B. Fillingim, Shiva Halan
2021	—	`conf`	The Peril and Potential of XR-based Interactions with Wildlife. CHI Extended Abstracts Daniel Pimentel
2021	J	`jnl`	Virtually Real, But Not Quite There: Social and Economic Barriers to Meeting Virtual Reality's True Potential for Mental Health. Frontiers Virtual Real. Daniel Pimentel, Maxwell Foxman, Donna Z. Davis, David M. Markowitz
2021	J	`jnl`	Voices of the unsung: The role of social presence and interactivity in building empathy in 360 video. New Media Soc. Daniel Pimentel, Sri Kalyanaraman, Yu-Hao Lee, Shiva Halan
2020	—	`conf`	Learning to Teach with Phenomenon-based Lessons in the High School Science Classroom. ICLS Daniel Pimentel
2020	Misc	`conf`	Your Own Worst Enemy: Implications of the Customization, and Destruction, of Non-Player Characters. CHI PLAY Daniel Pimentel, Sri Kalyanaraman
2019	A*	`conf`	Climate Change on Your Plate: A VR Seafood Buffet Experience. VR Daniel Pimentel, Ricardo Amaya, Shiva Halan, Sri Kalyanaraman, Jeremy N. Bailenson
2019	A*	`conf`	Digital Demons: Psychological Effects of Creating, and Engaging with, Virtual Avatars Representing Undesirable Aspects of the Self. VR Daniel Pimentel
2019	A*	`conf`	VR and Volitional Pain: Testing Immersive Interventions During a Tattoo. VR Daniel Pimentel, Sri Kalyanaraman, Roger B. Fillingim, Shiva Halan
2018	—	`conf`	Bigger is Better: A VR Penguin Rehabilitation Simulation to Study Animal Conservation Behaviors. GEM Daniel Pimentel, Sri Kalyanaraman, Shiva Halan
2018	—	`conf`	States of Mind, Body, and Planet: Improving the Human Condition through Virtual Experiences. CHI PLAY (Companion) Daniel Pimentel
2015	C	`conf`	Badges and XP: An observational study about learning. FIE Ranilson Paiva, Armando Barbosa, Ezequiel Batista, Daniel Pimentel, Ig Ibert Bittencourt
2009	J	`jnl`	Non-Rigid Image Registration based on Form Transformations. Res. Comput. Sci. Daniel Pimentel, Gerardo Arrellin, José Luis Mosso, María-Elena Algorri

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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