Ralph Vacca - RankMe

13 papers A* 1A 1B 1Misc 3Journal 3Unranked 4

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2024	J	`jnl`	Learning about Data, Algorithms, and Algorithmic Justice on TikTok in Personally Meaningful Ways. CoRR Luis Morales-Navarro, Yasmin B. Kafai, Ha Nguyen, Kayla DesPortes, Ralph Vacca, Camillia Matuk, Megan Silander, Anna Amato, Peter J. Woods, Francisco Castro, Mia S. Shaw, Selin Akgün, Christine Greenhow, Antero Garcia
2022	A*	`conf`	"I happen to be one of 47.8%": Social-Emotional and Data Reasoning in Middle School Students' Comics about Friendship. CHI Ralph Vacca, Kayla DesPortes, Marian Tes, Megan Silander, Camillia Matuk, Anna Amato, Peter J. Woods
2022	J	`jnl`	Tensions and synergies in arts-integrated data literacy instruction: Reflections on four classroom implementations. Br. J. Educ. Technol. Camillia Matuk, Kayla DesPortes, Anna Amato, Ralph Vacca, Megan Silander, Peter J. Woods, Marian Tes
2022	Misc	`conf`	What Do You Meme? Students Communicating their Experiences, Intuitions, and Biases Surrounding Data Through Memes. IDC Ralph Vacca, Kayla DesPortes, Marian Tes, Megan Silander, Anna Amato, Camillia Matuk, Peter J. Woods
2020	—	`conf`	Data Literacy for Social Justice. ICLS Camillia Matuk, Susan A. Yoon, Joseph L. Polman, Anna Amato, Jacob Barton, Nicole Bulalacao, Francesco Cafaro, Lina Chopra Haldar, Amanda M. Cottone, Krista Cortes, Kayla DesPortes, Tim Erickson, William Finzer, Katie Headrick Taylor, Beth Herbel-Eisenmann, Cynthia Graville, Kris D. Gutiérrez, Traci Higgins, Blanca E. Himes, Kathryn A. Lanouette, Hollylynne Lee, Vivian Lim, M. Lisette Lopez, Leilah Lyons, Dan Milz, Maria C. Olivares, Elizabeth Osche, Tapan S. Parikh, Thomas M. Philip, Laurie Rubel, Joey Shelley, Edward Rivero, Jessica Roberts, Collette Roberto, Tony Petrosino, Andee Rubin, Jooeun Shim, Megan Silander, Stephen Sommer, David Stokes, Marian Tes, Milka Trajkova, Ryan J. Urbanowicz, Ralph Vacca, Sarah Van Wart, Veena Vasudevan, Michelle Hoda Wilkerson, Peter J. Woods
2019	Misc	`conf`	Brokering Data: Co-Designing Technology with Latina Teens to Support Communication with Parents: Leveraging Cultural Practices of Latinx Youth through Co-Design. IDC Ralph Vacca
2019	A	`conf`	Exploring the Intersection of Emotional Literacy and Computational Modeling Using Scratch. Conference on Designing Interactive Systems Ralph Vacca
2018	J	`jnl`	Promises and Pitfalls of Computer-Supported Mindfulness: Exploring a Situated Mobile Approach. Comput. Ralph Vacca
2017	Misc	`conf`	Bicultural: Examining Teenage Latinas' Perspectives on Technologies for Emotional Support. IDC Ralph Vacca
2017	—	`conf`	Reconciling Cognitive Reappraisal and Body Awareness in a Digital Mindfulness Experience. HCI (9) Ralph Vacca
2016	—	`conf`	Designing for Interactive Loving and Kindness Meditation on Mobile. CHI Extended Abstracts Ralph Vacca
2016	B	`conf`	Self-Reflecting and Mindfulness: Cultivating Curiosity and Decentering Situated in Everyday Life. PERSUASIVE Ralph Vacca, Christopher Hoadley
2016	—	`conf`	Understanding the Experience of Situated Mindfulness Through a Mobile App That Prompts Self-reflection and Directs Non-reactivity. HCI (7) Ralph Vacca, Christopher Hoadley

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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