Elmarie Biermann

15 papers Journal 1Unranked 13

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2014	J	`jnl`	iSemServ: a model-driven approach to developing semantic web services. South Afr. Comput. J. Jabu Mtsweni, Elmarie Biermann, Laurette Pretorius
2012	—	`conf`	iSemServ: Facilitating the Implementation of Intelligent Semantic Services. INC Jabu Mtsweni, Elmarie Biermann, Laurette Pretorius
2011	—	`conf`	Engineering RESTful semantic services on the fly. SAICSIT Jabu Mtsweni, Elmarie Biermann, Laurette Pretorius
2010	—	`conf`	Integrated security framework for low cost RFID tags. SAICSIT Mark Muwanguzi, Elmarie Biermann
2010	—	`conf`	Toward a service creation framework: a case of intelligent semantic services. SAICSIT Jabu Mtsweni, Elmarie Biermann, Laurette Pretorius
2010	—	`conf`	iSemServ: Towards the Engineering of Intelligent Semantic-Based Services. ICWE Workshops Jabu Mtsweni, Elmarie Biermann, Laurette Pretorius
2009	—	`conf`	A Denial of Service Attack Prevention model for Wireless Local Area Networks. BroadBandCom Nashon Odhiambo Ondiwa, Elmarie Biermann, Gillaume Noel
2009	—	`conf`	Context-Aware VoIP Using Dynamic Bandwidth and User Priority Allocations. SWWS Gordon Agutu, Elmarie Biermann, Karim Djouani
2009	—	`conf`	Increasing Security Awareness: Designing a Socially Engineered E-mail Worm. Security and Management Erlo Meister, Elmarie Biermann
2008	—	`ed.`	2008 Third International Conference on Broadband Communications, Information Technology & Biomedical Applications, BroadCom 2008, 23-26 November 2008, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa BroadCom Johnson I. Agbinya, Elmarie Biermann, Yskandar Hamam, Ntsibane Ntlatlapa, Keith Ferguson
2008	—	`conf`	A Roadmap to Proliferate Open Source Software Usage within SA Government Servers. BroadCom Jabu Mtsweni, Elmarie Biermann
2008	—	`conf`	An investigation into the implementation of open source software within the SA government: an emerging expansion model. SAICSIT Jabu Mtsweni, Elmarie Biermann
2008	—	`conf`	Emerging Framework for The Evaluation of Open Source Security Tools. ISSA Elmarie Biermann, Jan Mentz
2008	—	`conf`	Implementation of a Socially Engineered Worm to Increase Information Security Awareness. BroadCom Erlo Meister, Elmarie Biermann
2008	—	`conf`	Non Destructive Sensing of Food Material Using Radio Frequencies. BroadCom Gugulethu Mabuza, Johnson I. Agbinya, Elmarie Biermann

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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