Leena Hilakivi-Clarke

16 papers C 1Journal 11Unranked 4
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2021 J jnl
BMC Bioinform.
Xi Chen, Xu Shi, Andrew F. Neuwald, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Robert Clarke, Jianhua Xuan
2021 J jnl
PLoS Comput. Biol.
Xi Chen, Andrew F. Neuwald, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Robert Clarke, Jianhua Xuan
2021 J jnl
Bioinform.
Xu Shi, Andrew F. Neuwald, Xiao Wang, Tian-Li Wang, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Robert Clarke, Jianhua Xuan
2018 J jnl
Bioinform.
Xi Chen, Jinghua Gu, Xiao Wang, Jin-Gyoung Jung, Tian-Li Wang, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Robert Clarke, Jianhua Xuan
2018 J jnl
Bioinform.
Xu Shi, Xiao Wang, Tian-Li Wang, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Robert Clarke, Jianhua Xuan
2017 J jnl
Bioinform.
Xiao Wang, Jinghua Gu, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Robert Clarke, Jianhua Xuan
2017 J jnl
Bioinform.
Xi Chen, Xu Shi, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Ayesha N. Shajahan-Haq, Robert Clarke, Jianhua Xuan
2015 J jnl
Bioinform.
Xu Shi, Robert O. Barnes, Li Chen, Ayesha N. Shajahan-Haq, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Robert Clarke, Yue Joseph Wang, Jianhua Xuan
2014 C conf
CIBCB
Xiao Wang, Jinghua Gu, Jianhua Xuan, Robert Clarke, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke
2014 J jnl
BMC Bioinform.
Jinghua Gu, Xiao Wang, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Robert Clarke, Jianhua Xuan
2014 — conf
EMBC
Xi Chen, Xu Shi, Ayesha N. Shajahan, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Robert Clarke, Jianhua Xuan
2014 — conf
BIOINFORMATICS
Xi Chen, Xu Shi, Ayesha N. Shajahan-Haq, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Robert Clarke, Jianhua Xuan
2013 — conf
BIBM
Xi Chen, Jianhua Xuan, Xu Shi, Ayesha N. Shajahan-Haq, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Robert Clarke
2013 — conf
BCB
Jinghua Gu, Jianhua Xuan, Xiao Wang, Ayesha N. Shajahan, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Robert Clarke
2013 J jnl
BMC Syst. Biol.
Xu Shi, Jinghua Gu, Xi Chen, Ayesha N. Shajahan, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Robert Clarke, Jianhua Xuan
2011 J jnl
Bioinform.
Bai Zhang, Ye Tian, Lu Jin, Huai Li, Ie-Ming Shih, Subha Madhavan, Robert Clarke, Eric P. Hoffman, Jianhua Xuan, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Yue Joseph Wang

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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