Elsa Mentz

11 papers Journal 7Unranked 4

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2022	—	`conf`	Developing deeper self-directed learning in database design: Factors that influence knowledge transfer. WiPSCE Sukie Van Zyl, Elsa Mentz
2019	J	`jnl`	Integrating Cooperative Learning into the Combined Blended Learning Design Model: Implications for Students' Intrinsic Motivation. Int. J. Mob. Blended Learn. Chantelle Bosch, Elsa Mentz, Gerda Marie Reitsma
2015	J	`jnl`	The Relevance of Software Development Education for Students. IEEE Trans. Educ. Janet Liebenberg, Magda Huisman, Elsa Mentz
2013	—	`conf`	Empowering information technology teachers through professional development: an evaluation. WiPSCE Elsa Mentz, Roxanne Bailey, Betty Breed, Marietjie Havenga
2012	J	`jnl`	Pair programming and secondary school girls' enjoyment of programming and the subject Information Technology (IT). Comput. Sci. Educ. Janet Liebenberg, Elsa Mentz, Betty Breed
2009	J	`jnl`	Assessment Strategies for Pair Programming. J. Inf. Technol. Educ. Jan Hendrik Hahn, Elsa Mentz, Lukas Meyer
2008	—	`conf`	Eeney, Meeney, Miney, Mo? Selecting a First Programming Language. Learning to Live in the Knowledge Society Leila Goosen, Elsa Mentz, Hercules Nieuwoudt
2008	—	`conf`	Groups can do IT. Learning to Live in the Knowledge Society Leila Goosen, Elsa Mentz
2008	J	`jnl`	How to do IT together: modeling group work for Information Technology. South Afr. Comput. J. Leila Goosen, Elsa Mentz
2008	J	`jnl`	Knowledge, skills and strategies for successful object-oriented programming: a proposed learning repertoire. South Afr. Comput. J. Marietjie Havenga, Elsa Mentz, Ruth de Villiers
2008	J	`jnl`	The effect of incorporating cooperative learning principles in pair programming for student teachers. Comput. Sci. Educ. Elsa Mentz, J. L. van der Walt, Leila Goosen

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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