Ornela Dardha

57 papers A 3B 4C 13Journal 26Unranked 7
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Sci. Comput. Program.
Arwa Hameed Alsubhi, Ornela Dardha, Simon J. Gay
2025 — conf
ESOP (2)
Matthew Alan Le Brun, Simon Fowler, Ornela Dardha
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Matthew Alan Le Brun, Simon Fowler, Ornela Dardha
2025 J jnl
Inf. Comput.
Ornela Dardha, Jorge A. Pérez, Jurriaan Rot
2025 J jnl
Inf. Comput.
Valentina Castiglioni, Ornela Dardha, Claudio Antares Mezzina
2024 C conf
COORDINATION
Arwa Hameed Alsubhi, Ornela Dardha
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Matthew Alan Le Brun, Ornela Dardha
2024 C conf
FORTE
Matthew Alan Le Brun, Ornela Dardha
2024 — conf
PLACES@ETAPS
Samuel Cavoj, Ivan Nikitin, Colin Perkins, Ornela Dardha
2023 — conf
EXPRESS/SOS
Ilaria Castellani, Ornela Dardha, Luca Padovani, Davide Sangiorgi
2023 A conf
ESOP
Matthew Alan Le Brun, Ornela Dardha
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Matthew Alan Le Brun, Ornela Dardha
2023 J jnl
Log. Methods Comput. Sci.
Wen Kokke, Ornela Dardha
2023 J jnl
Log. Methods Comput. Sci.
Simon Fowler, Wen Kokke, Ornela Dardha, Sam Lindley, J. Garrett Morris
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Wenhao Tang, Daniel Hillerström, James McKinna, Michel Steuwer, Ornela Dardha, Rongxiao Fu, Sam Lindley
2023 J jnl
Proc. ACM Program. Lang.
Wenhao Tang, Daniel Hillerström, James McKinna, Michel Steuwer, Ornela Dardha, Rongxiao Fu, Sam Lindley
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Rongxiao Fu, Ornela Dardha, Michel Steuwer
2022 J jnl
J. Log. Algebraic Methods Program.
Ornela Dardha, Jorge A. Pérez
2022 C conf
PPDP
Ornela Dardha, Elena Giachino, Davide Sangiorgi
2021 C ed.
COORDINATION
Ferruccio Damiani, Ornela Dardha
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Wen Kokke, Ornela Dardha
2021 C conf
Haskell
Wen Kokke, Ornela Dardha
2021 J jnl
Dagstuhl Artifacts Ser.
Paul Harvey, Simon Fowler, Ornela Dardha, Simon J. Gay
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Paul Harvey, Simon Fowler, Ornela Dardha, Simon J. Gay
2021 A conf
ECOOP
Paul Harvey, Simon Fowler, Ornela Dardha, Simon J. Gay
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Mathias Jakobsen, Alice Ravier, Ornela Dardha
2021 C conf
PPDP
Mathias Jakobsen, Alice Ravier, Ornela Dardha
2021 C conf
FORTE
Wen Kokke, Ornela Dardha
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Wen Kokke, Ornela Dardha
2021 — ed.
EXPRESS/SOS
Ornela Dardha, Valentina Castiglioni
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Rongxiao Fu, Xueying Qin, Ornela Dardha, Michel Steuwer
2021 B conf
CONCUR
Simon Fowler, Wen Kokke, Ornela Dardha, Sam Lindley, J. Garrett Morris
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Simon Fowler, Wen Kokke, Ornela Dardha, Sam Lindley, J. Garrett Morris
2021 C conf
FORTE
Uma Zalakain, Ornela Dardha
2020 — ed.
EXPRESS/SOS
Ornela Dardha, Jurriaan Rot
2020 C conf
COORDINATION
Artem Usov, Ornela Dardha
2020 C conf
FORTE
Adriana Laura Voinea, Ornela Dardha, Simon J. Gay
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Uma Zalakain, Ornela Dardha
2019 B conf
IFM
Adriana Laura Voinea, Ornela Dardha, Simon J. Gay
2018 B conf
FoSSaCS
Ornela Dardha, Simon J. Gay
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Ornela Dardha, Jorge A. Pérez
2018 J jnl
Sci. Comput. Program.
Dimitrios Kouzapas, Ornela Dardha, Roly Perera, Simon J. Gay
2017 J jnl
Dagstuhl Artifacts Ser.
Alceste Scalas, Ornela Dardha, Raymond Hu, Nobuko Yoshida
2017 A conf
ECOOP
Alceste Scalas, Ornela Dardha, Raymond Hu, Nobuko Yoshida
2017 J jnl
Comput. J.
Ornela Dardha, Daniele Gorla, Daniele Varacca
2017 J jnl
Inf. Comput.
Ornela Dardha, Elena Giachino, Davide Sangiorgi
2016 — book
Ornela Dardha
2016 C conf
PPDP
Dimitrios Kouzapas, Ornela Dardha, Roly Perera, Simon J. Gay
2015 — conf
EXPRESS/SOS
Ornela Dardha, Jorge A. Pérez
2015 J jnl
Bull. EATCS
Ornela Dardha
2014 — conf
TGC
Giovanni Bernardi, Ornela Dardha, Simon J. Gay, Dimitrios Kouzapas
2014 C conf
COORDINATION
Marco Carbone, Ornela Dardha, Fabrizio Montesi
2014 — conf
BEAT
Ornela Dardha
2014 — —
Ornela Dardha
2013 B conf
SEFM
Ornela Dardha, Elena Giachino, Michael Lienhardt
2013 — conf
FMOODS/FORTE
Ornela Dardha, Daniele Gorla, Daniele Varacca
2012 C conf
PPDP
Ornela Dardha, Elena Giachino, Davide Sangiorgi

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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