Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang

21 papers A* 2Misc 1Journal 18
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Weining Fu, Kai Shu, Kui Xu, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Fuyao Huang, Xiaozhu Yu, Kui Xu, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang
2025 A* conf
AAAI
Muzhi Dai, Zhuoer Dong, Weining Fu, Kui Xu, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang
2023 J jnl
Nucleic Acids Res.
Yiran Xu, Jianghui Zhu, Wenze Huang, Kui Xu, Rui Yang, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang, Lei Sun
2023 J jnl
Genom. Proteom. Bioinform.
Boyang Shi, Ke An, Yueqin Wang, Yuhan Fei, Caixia Guo, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang, Yun-Gui Yang, Xin Tian, Quancheng Kan
2021 J jnl
Nat. Mach. Intell.
Jing Gong, Kui Xu, Ziyuan Ma, Zhi John Lu, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang
2021 J jnl
Nucleic Acids Res.
Pan Li, Xiaolin Zhou, Kui Xu, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang
2021 J jnl
Bioinform.
Kui Xu, Nan Liu, Jingle Xu, Chunlong Guo, Lingyun Zhao, Hongwei Wang, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang
2020 J jnl
Quant. Biol.
Jianyu Zhou, Pan Li, Wanwen Zeng, Wenxiu Ma, Zhipeng Lu, Rui Jiang, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang, Tao Jiang
2020 J jnl
Quant. Biol.
Bo Yuan, Yao Lu, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang, Lin Hou
2019 A* conf
AAAI
Kui Xu, Zhe Wang, Jianping Shi, Hongsheng Li, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Kui Xu, Zhe Wang, Jianping Shi, Hongsheng Li, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang
2018 J jnl
Quant. Biol.
Jing Gong, Yanyan Ju, Di Shao, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang
2018 J jnl
Nucleic Acids Res.
Jing Gong, Di Shao, Kui Xu, Zhipeng Lu, Zhi John Lu, Yu-Cheng T. Yang, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang
2017 Misc conf
PSB
Kun-Hsing Yu, Steven N. Hart, Rachel L. Goldfeder, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang, Stephen C. J. Parker, Michael Snyder
2017 J jnl
Genom. Proteom. Bioinform.
Meiling Piao, Lei Sun, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang
2014 J jnl
Nucleic Acids Res.
Lei Deng, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang, Zhigang Chen, Yang Meng, Jihong Guan, Shuigeng Zhou
2013 J jnl
J. Comput. Biol.
Lei Deng, Jihong Guan, Xiaoming Wei, Yuan Yi, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang, Shuigeng Zhou
2013 J jnl
Nucleic Acids Res.
Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang, Donald Petrey, José Ignacio Garzón, Lei Deng, Barry Honig
2011 J jnl
Nucleic Acids Res.
Markus Fischer, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang, Fabian Dey, Brian Y. Chen, Barry Honig, Donald Petrey
2011 J jnl
Nucleic Acids Res.
Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang, Lei Deng, Markus Fisher, Jihong Guan, Barry Honig, Donald Petrey

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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