Oliver Kosak

24 papers C 1Journal 3Unranked 18
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 — conf
Go Where the Bugs Are
Dominik Haneberg, Alexander Knapp, Oliver Kosak, Florian Nafz, Hella Ponsar, Gerhard Schellhorn, Martin Wirsing
2025 — conf
Go Where the Bugs Are
Gidon Ernst, Dominik Haneberg, Matthias Güdemann, Oliver Kosak, Florian Nafz, Hella Ponsar, Gerhard Schellhorn
2025 J jnl
Int. J. Softw. Tools Technol. Transf.
Oliver Kosak, Philipp Kastenmüller, Wolfgang Reif
2024 — conf
ISoLA (2)
Oliver Kosak, Philipp Kastenmüller, Constantin Wanninger, Wolfgang Reif
2024 C conf
ISM
Christian Lehner, Oliver Kosak, Hella Ponsar, Wolfgang Reif
2021 — conf
ACSOS-C
Jonas Wilfert, Niklas Paprotta, Oliver Kosak, Simon Stieber, Alexander Schiendorfer, Wolfgang Reif
2021 — conf
RoSE@ICSE
Martin Schörner, Constantin Wanninger, Alwin Hoffmann, Oliver Kosak, Wolfgang Reif
2021 — conf
ACSOS-C
Joseph Hirsch, Martin Neumayer, Hella Ponsar, Oliver Kosak, Wolfgang Reif
2021 — —
Oliver Kosak
2021 — conf
ICSC
Constantin Wanninger, Luca Alfano, Martin Schörner, Alwin Hoffmann, Oliver Kosak, Wolfgang Reif
2020 — conf
ACSOS
Joseph Hirsch, Martin Neumayer, Hella Ponsar, Oliver Kosak, Wolfgang Reif
2020 — conf
ISoLA (2)
Oliver Kosak, Lukas Huhn, Felix Bohn, Constantin Wanninger, Alwin Hoffmann, Wolfgang Reif
2020 — conf
IRC
Martin Schörner, Constantin Wanninger, Alwin Hoffmann, Oliver Kosak, Hella Ponsar, Wolfgang Reif
2020 — conf
ISoLA (2)
Oliver Kosak, Felix Bohn, Lennart Eing, Dennis Rall, Constantin Wanninger, Alwin Hoffmann, Wolfgang Reif
2019 — conf
FAS*W@SASO/ICAC
Oliver Kosak, Felix Bohn, Felix Keller, Hella Ponsar, Wolfgang Reif
2019 J jnl
Sensors
Oliver Kosak, Constantin Wanninger, Alwin Hoffmann, Hella Ponsar, Wolfgang Reif
2018 — conf
SASO
Julian Hanke, Oliver Kosak, Alexander Schiendorfer, Wolfgang Reif
2018 — conf
ISoLA (3)
Constantin Wanninger, Christian Eymüller, Alwin Hoffmann, Oliver Kosak, Wolfgang Reif
2017 — conf
FAS*W@SASO/ICCAC
Oliver Kosak
2016 — conf
FAS*W@SASO/ICCAC
Oliver Kosak, Constantin Wanninger, Andreas Angerer, Alwin Hoffmann, Andreas Schierl, Hella Seebach
2016 J jnl
Frontiers Robotics AI
Heiko Hamann, Yara Khaluf, Jean Botev, Mohammad Divband Soorati, Eliseo Ferrante, Oliver Kosak, Jean-Marc Montanier, Sanaz Mostaghim, Richard Redpath, Jon Timmis, Frank Veenstra, Mostafa Wahby, Ales Zamuda
2016 — ch.
Trustworthy Open Self-Organising Systems
Gerrit Anders, Florian Siefert, Alexander Schiendorfer, Hella Seebach, Jan-Philipp Steghöfer, Benedikt Eberhardinger, Oliver Kosak, Wolfgang Reif
2016 — conf
FAS*W@SASO/ICCAC
Oliver Kosak, Constantin Wanninger, Andreas Angerer, Alwin Hoffmann, Alexander Schiendorfer, Hella Seebach
2015 — conf
SASO
Oliver Kosak, Gerrit Anders, Florian Siefert, Wolfgang Reif

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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