Rai Kou

11 papers Journal 4Unranked 7
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 — conf
ECOC
Yuriko Maegami, Guangwei Cong, Rai Kou, Toshihiro Narushima, Tai Tsuchizawa, Hitoshi Kawashima, Noritsugu Yamamoto, Koji Yamada
2024 J jnl
IEICE Trans. Fundam. Electron. Commun. Comput. Sci.
Guangwei Cong, Noritsugu Yamamoto, Takashi Inoue, Yuriko Maegami, Morifumi Ohno, Shota Kita, Rai Kou, Shu Namiki, Koji Yamada
2024 — conf
OFC
Guangwei Cong, Ryotaro Konoike, Keijiro Suzuki, Noritsugu Yamamoto, Rai Kou, Yuriko Maegami, Morifumi Ohno, Kazuhiro Ikeda, Shu Namiki, Koji Yamada
2023 — conf
OFC
Guangwei Cong, Noritsugu Yamamoto, Rai Kou, Yuriko Maegami, Morifumi Ohno, Koji Yamada
2022 — conf
OECC/PSC
Chih-Hsien Chen, Tzu-Hsiang Yen, Yuriko Maegami, Rai Kou, Koji Yamada, Yung-Jr Hung
2019 — conf
OECC/PSC
Guangwei Cong, Makoto Okano, Yuriko Maegami, Rai Kou, Morifumi Ohno, Koji Yamada
2014 — conf
OFC
Tatsurou Hiraki, Hiroshi Fukuda, Tai Tsuchizawa, Rai Kou, Hidetaka Nishi, Kotaro Takeda, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Yasuhiko Ishikawa, Kazumi Wada, Koji Yamada
2014 J jnl
IEICE Trans. Electron.
Kaori Warabi, Rai Kou, Shinichi Tanabe, Tai Tsuchizawa, Satoru Suzuki, Hiroki Hibino, Hirochika Nakajima, Koji Yamada
2013 — conf
OFC/NFOEC
Hidetaka Nishi, Rai Kou, Tatsurou Hiraki, Tai Tsuchizawa, Hiroshi Fukuda, Yasuhiko Ishikawa, Kazumi Wada, Koji Yamada
2012 J jnl
IEICE Trans. Electron.
Seiichi Itabashi, Hidetaka Nishi, Tai Tsuchizawa, Toshifumi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Shinojima, Rai Kou, Koji Yamada
2012 J jnl
IEICE Trans. Electron.
Rai Kou, Sungbong Park, Tai Tsuchizawa, Hiroshi Fukuda, Hidetaka Nishi, Hiroyuki Shinojima, Koji Yamada

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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