Sami Taktak

11 papers A* 1C 2Journal 5Unranked 3

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2025	—	`conf`	An FPGA-Based LDPC Decoder for Smart-NICs. WD Hassan Chreif, Lounis Zerioul, Julio C. Pérez-García, Stefano Secci, Sami Taktak
2024	J	`jnl`	Line rate botnet detection with SmartNIC-embedded feature extraction. Comput. Networks Mario Patetta, Stefano Secci, Sami Taktak
2022	—	`conf`	A Lightweight Southbound Interface for Standalone P4-NetFPGA SmartNICs. 6GNet Mario Patetta, Stefano Secci, Sami Taktak
2022	J	`jnl`	A new approach for Bitcoin pool-hopping detection. Comput. Networks Eugenio Cortesi, Francesco Bruschi, Stefano Secci, Sami Taktak
2014	J	`jnl`	An adaptive range-free localisation protocol in wireless sensor networks. Int. J. Ad Hoc Ubiquitous Comput. Linqing Gui, Thierry Val, Anne Wei, Sami Taktak
2011	C	`conf`	Formal Modelling and Initial Validation of the Chelonia Distributed Storage System. GPC Sami Taktak, Lars Michael Kristensen
2010	C	`conf`	A Polynomial Algorithm to Prove Deadlock-Freeness of Wormhole Networks. PDP Sami Taktak, Emmanuelle Encrenaz, Jean Lou Desbarbieux
2010	J	`jnl`	Data decision diagrams for Promela systems analysis. Int. J. Softw. Tools Technol. Transf. Vincent Beaudenon, Emmanuelle Encrenaz, Sami Taktak
2008	A*	`conf`	A reconfigurable routing algorithm for a fault-tolerant 2D-Mesh Network-on-Chip. DAC Zhen Zhang, Alain Greiner, Sami Taktak
2008	J	`jnl`	A tool for automatic detection of deadlock in wormhole networks on chip. ACM Trans. Design Autom. Electr. Syst. Sami Taktak, Jean Lou Desbarbieux, Emmanuelle Encrenaz
2006	—	`conf`	A Tool for Automatic Detection of Deadlock in Wormhole Networks on Chip. HLDVT Sami Taktak, Emmanuelle Encrenaz, Jean Lou Desbarbieux

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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