Quan Xu

11 papers Journal 10Unranked 1
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ.
Lei Ma, Xin Wang, Dehang Chen, Junjie Xiong, Luochao Ji, Zhaoxin Yan, Quan Xu, Junlan Zhang, Zhonghui Yin
2025 — conf
ICSI (1)
Haonan Xu, Zhixin Wang, Quan Xu, Jianhao Liang
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Reliab.
Tao Liu, Guanghan Bai, Junfu Zhang, Quan Xu
2023 J jnl
Entropy
Bin Du, Quan Xu, Junfu Zhang, Yi Tang, Lei Wang, Ruihao Yuan, Yu Yuan, Jiaju An
2020 J jnl
Neurocomputing
Xiaohui Xu, Quan Xu, Jibin Yang, Huanbin Xue, Yanhai Xu
2018 J jnl
Appl. Math. Comput.
Quan Xu, Xiaohui Xu, Shengxian Zhuang, Jixue Xiao, Chunhua Song, Chang Che
2018 J jnl
Complex.
Xiaohui Xu, Huanbin Xue, Yiqiang Peng, Quan Xu, Jibin Yang
2018 J jnl
IEEE Access
Xiaohui Xu, Quan Xu, Yiqiang Peng, Jiye Zhang, Yanhai Xu
2017 J jnl
IEEE CAA J. Autom. Sinica
Quan Xu, Shengxian Zhuang, Yingfeng Zeng, Jian Xiao
2017 J jnl
Complex.
Xiaohui Xu, Jiye Zhang, Quan Xu, Zilong Chen, Weifan Zheng
2016 J jnl
Neurocomputing
Quan Xu, Shengxian Zhuang, Sijia Liu, Jian Xiao

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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