Patrick T. Hester

24 papers Misc 4Journal 12Unranked 8

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2019	J	`jnl`	Systemic analysis of a drug trafficking mess. Int. J. Syst. Syst. Eng. Nicholas J. Sapiano, Patrick T. Hester
2016	J	`jnl`	A framework to choose alternative analysis and selection methods. Int. J. Syst. Syst. Eng. James P. L. Holzgrefe, Patrick T. Hester
2015	—	`conf`	Analyzing Stakeholders Using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping. Complex Adaptive Systems Patrick T. Hester
2015	—	`conf`	How System Errors Affect Aircrew Resource Management (CRM). Complex Adaptive Systems Justin Y. Adkins, Kevin MacG. Adams, Patrick T. Hester
2015	Misc	`conf`	Towards a theory of multi-method m&s approach: part III. WSC Mariusz Balaban, Patrick T. Hester, Saikou Y. Diallo
2014	J	`jnl`	Interdependency-induced risk with applications to healthcare. Int. J. Crit. Infrastructure Prot. Polinpapilinho F. Katina, C. Ariel Pinto, Joseph M. Bradley, Patrick T. Hester
2014	J	`jnl`	Systems Theory as the Foundation for Understanding Systems. Syst. Eng. Kevin MacG. Adams, Patrick T. Hester, Joseph M. Bradley, Thomas J. Meyers, Charles B. Keating
2014	Misc	`conf`	Towards a theory of multi-method M&S approach: part I. WSC Mariusz Balaban, Patrick T. Hester, Saikou Y. Diallo
2013	—	`conf`	Accounting for Errors When Using Systems Approaches. Complex Adaptive Systems Kevin MacG. Adams, Patrick T. Hester
2013	—	`conf`	Determining Stakeholder Influence Using Input-output Modeling. Complex Adaptive Systems Patrick T. Hester, Kevin MacG. Adams
2013	Misc	`conf`	Exploration of purpose for multi-method simulation in the context of social phenomena representation. WSC Mariusz Balaban, Patrick T. Hester
2013	J	`jnl`	Systemic determination of infrastructure criticality. Int. J. Crit. Infrastructures Polinpapilinho F. Katina, Patrick T. Hester
2013	—	`conf`	The Enterprise AID Methodology: Application. CSER Patrick T. Hester, Thomas J. Meyers
2013	—	`conf`	The Enterprise AID methodology: Concepts. CSER Thomas J. Meyers, Patrick T. Hester
2013	—	`conf`	Thinking Systemically About Complex Systems. Complex Adaptive Systems Patrick T. Hester, Kevin MacG. Adams
2012	J	`jnl`	Errors in systems approaches. Int. J. Syst. Syst. Eng. Kevin MacG. Adams, Patrick T. Hester
2012	J	`jnl`	Integrated condition assessment for Navy system of systems. Int. J. Syst. Syst. Eng. Patrick T. Hester, Kevin MacG. Adams, David J. Kern
2012	J	`jnl`	Measuring system of systems performance. Int. J. Syst. Syst. Eng. Thomas J. Meyers, Patrick T. Hester
2012	J	`jnl`	Stakeholders in systems problems. Int. J. Syst. Syst. Eng. Patrick T. Hester, Joseph M. Bradley, Kevin MacG. Adams
2012	J	`jnl`	Why optimisation of a system of systems is both unattainable and unnecessary. Int. J. Syst. Syst. Eng. Patrick T. Hester
2010	—	`conf`	Applying methods of the M&S spectrum for complex systems engineering. SpringSim Patrick T. Hester, Andreas Tolk
2010	J	`jnl`	Examining metrics and methods for determining critical facility system effectiveness. Int. J. Crit. Infrastructures Patrick T. Hester, Kevin MacG. Adams, Sankaran Mahadevan
2009	J	`jnl`	Using Lanchester equations for sequential battle prediction enabling better military decision support. Int. J. Intell. Def. Support Syst. Patrick T. Hester, Andreas Tolk
2008	Misc	`conf`	Using agent technology to move from intention-based to effect-based models. WSC Andreas Tolk, Robert J. Bowen, Patrick T. Hester

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.

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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