Octavian Machidon

11 papers C 1Journal 6Unranked 4

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2026	J	`jnl`	A Review of the Negative Effects of Digital Technology on Cognition. CoRR Urska Znidaric, Erik Strumbelj, Octavian Machidon
2025	—	`conf`	SELLMA: Semantic Location through On-Device LLMs and WiFi Sensing. EdgeSys@EuroSys Martin Korelic, Octavian Machidon, Veljko Pejovic
2024	J	`jnl`	Mobiprox: Supporting Dynamic Approximate Computing on Mobiles. IEEE Internet Things J. Matevz Fabjancic, Octavian Machidon, Hashim Sharif, Yifan Zhao, Sasa Misailovic, Veljko Pejovic
2023	J	`jnl`	Context-aware adaptation of mobile video decoding resolution. Multim. Tools Appl. Octavian Machidon, Jani Asprov, Tine Fajfar, Veljko Pejovic
2023	J	`jnl`	In Search of an Accuracy-Tuneable Accelerator Platform for Ubiquitous Computing. GetMobile Mob. Comput. Commun. Ratko Pilipovic, Veljko Pejovic, Octavian Machidon
2023	J	`jnl`	Mobiprox: Supporting Dynamic Approximate Computing on Mobiles. CoRR Matevz Fabjancic, Octavian Machidon, Hashim Sharif, Yifan Zhao, Sasa Misailovic, Veljko Pejovic
2022	J	`jnl`	Context-aware adaptation of mobile video decoding resolution. CoRR Octavian Machidon, Jani Asprov, Tine Fajfar, Veljko Pejovic
2021	—	`conf`	Queen Jane Approximately: Enabling Efficient Neural Network Inference with Context-Adaptivity. EuroMLSys@EuroSys Octavian Machidon, Davor Sluga, Veljko Pejovic
2020	C	`conf`	Watching the Watchers: Resource-Efficient Mobile Video Decoding through Context-Aware Resolution Adaptation. MobiQuitous Octavian Machidon, Tine Fajfar, Veljko Pejovic
2018	—	`conf`	Exploring European Cultural Heritage Using Conversational Agents. VRTCH Octavian Machidon, Ales Tavcar
2018	—	`conf`	Maximum Distance-based PCA Approximation for Hyperspectral Image Analysis and Visualization. TSP Alina Machidon, Radu-Mihai Coliban, Octavian Machidon, Mihai Ivanovici

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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