Qi Zhao

13 papers A* 1A 2Journal 2Unranked 8
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2014 J jnl
Sci. China Inf. Sci.
Xuanzhe Liu, Gang Huang, Qi Zhao, Hong Mei, M. Brian Blake
2012 J jnl
Serv. Oriented Comput. Appl.
Qi Zhao, Xuanzhe Liu, Xingrun Chen, Jiyu Huang, Gang Huang, Hong Mei
2011 A conf
ICWS
Xuanzhe Liu, Qi Zhao, Gang Huang, Hong Mei, Teng Teng
2011 — conf
SOCA
Xuanzhe Liu, Ning Jiang, Qi Zhao, Gang Huang
2010 — conf
ICSS
Qi Zhao, Xuanzhe Liu, Gang Huang, Jiyu Huang, Hong Mei
2010 — conf
SOCA
Jiyu Huang, Xuanzhe Liu, Qi Zhao, Jianzhu Ma, Gang Huang
2010 A conf
ICWS
Qi Zhao, Xuanzhe Liu, Dawei Sun, Tiancheng Liu, Ying Li, Gang Huang
2010 — conf
SOCA
Qi Zhao, Xuanzhe Liu, Xingrun Chen, Jiyu Huang, Teng Teng, Yong Zhang
2010 A* conf
ASE
Xuanzhe Liu, Qi Zhao, Gang Huang, Zhi Jin, Hong Mei
2009 — conf
ICFI
Qi Zhao, Jiyu Huang, Xiangping Chen, Gang Huang
2009 — conf
Internetware
Qi Zhao, Gang Huang, Hong Mei
2008 — conf
SOSE
Qi Zhao, Gang Huang, Jiyu Huang, Xuanzhe Liu, Hong Mei
2008 — conf
SERVICES II
Qi Zhao, Gang Huang, Jiyu Huang, Xuanzhe Liu, Hong Mei, Ying Li, Ying Chen

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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