Samin Aref - RankMe

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Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2026	—	`conf`	Sliced-Wasserstein Distribution Alignment Loss Improves the Ultra-Low-Bit Quantization of Large Language Models. ICAART (2) Deyu Cao, Yixin Yin, Samin Aref
2026	J	`jnl`	Sliced-Wasserstein Distribution Alignment Loss Improves the Ultra-Low-Bit Quantization of Large Language Models. CoRR Deyu Cao, Yixin Yin, Samin Aref
2025	J	`jnl`	Discrete Optimization of Min-Max Violation and its Applications Across Computational Sciences. CoRR Cheikh Ahmed, Mahdi Mostajabdaveh, Samin Aref, Zirui Zhou
2025	B	`conf`	Enhancing Ultra-Low-Bit Quantization of Large Language Models Through Saliency-Aware Partial Retraining. MDAI Deyu Cao, Samin Aref
2025	J	`jnl`	Enhancing Ultra-Low-Bit Quantization of Large Language Models Through Saliency-Aware Partial Retraining. CoRR Deyu Cao, Samin Aref
2025	J	`jnl`	Evaluating Global Measures of Network Centralization: Axiomatic and Numerical Assessments. CoRR Majid Saberi, Samin Aref
2025	J	`jnl`	EvoCut: Strengthening Integer Programs via Evolution-Guided Language Models. CoRR Milad Yazdani, Mahdi Mostajabdaveh, Samin Aref, Zirui Zhou
2025	J	`jnl`	Robust Markov Stability for Community Detection at the Scale Learned based on the Structure. Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact. Samin Aref, Sanchaai Mathiyarasan
2025	J	`jnl`	Robust Markov stability for community detection at a scale learned based on the structure. CoRR Samin Aref, Sanchaai Mathiyarasan
2025	J	`jnl`	Troika algorithm: approximate optimization for accurate clique partitioning and clustering of weighted networks. CoRR Samin Aref, Boris Ng
2024	J	`jnl`	Analyzing modularity maximization in approximation, heuristic, and graph neural network algorithms for community detection. J. Comput. Sci. Samin Aref, Mahdi Mostajabdaveh
2023	J	`jnl`	Analyzing Modularity Maximization in Approximation, Heuristic, and Graph Neural Network Algorithms for Community Detection. CoRR Samin Aref, Mahdi Mostajabdaveh
2023	—	`conf`	Heuristic Modularity Maximization Algorithms for Community Detection Rarely Return an Optimal Partition or Anything Similar. ICCS (4) Samin Aref, Mahdi Mostajabdaveh, Hriday Chheda
2023	J	`jnl`	Heuristic Modularity Maximization Algorithms for Community Detection Rarely Return an Optimal Partition or Anything Similar. CoRR Samin Aref, Mahdi Mostajabdaveh, Hriday Chheda
2022	J	`jnl`	Evaluating the Security and Economic Effects of Moving Target Defense Techniques on the Cloud. IEEE Trans. Emerg. Top. Comput. Hooman Alavizadeh, Samin Aref, Dong Seong Kim, Julian Jang-Jaccard
2022	J	`jnl`	Return migration of German-affiliated researchers: analyzing departure and return by gender, cohort, and discipline using Scopus bibliometric data 1996-2020. Scientometrics Xinyi Zhao, Samin Aref, Emilio Zagheni, Guy Stecklov
2022	J	`jnl`	The Bayan Algorithm: Detecting Communities in Networks Through Exact and Approximate Optimization of Modularity. CoRR Samin Aref, Hriday Chheda, Mahdi Mostajabdaveh
2021	J	`jnl`	Brain drain and brain gain in Russia: Analyzing international migration of researchers by discipline using Scopus bibliometric data 1996-2020. Scientometrics Alexander Subbotin, Samin Aref
2021	J	`jnl`	International Migration in Academia and Citation Performance: An Analysis of German-Affiliated Researchers by Gender and Discipline Using Scopus Publications 1996-2020. CoRR Xinyi Zhao, Samin Aref, Emilio Zagheni, Guy Stecklov
2021	J	`jnl`	Optimally partitioning signed networks based on generalized balance. CoRR Samin Aref, Zachary P. Neal
2021	J	`jnl`	Return migration of German-affiliated researchers: Analyzing departure and return by gender, cohort, and discipline using Scopus bibliometric data 1996-2020. CoRR Xinyi Zhao, Samin Aref, Emilio Zagheni, Guy Stecklov
2020	J	`jnl`	A modeling and computational study of the frustration index in signed networks. Networks Samin Aref, Andrew J. Mason, Mark C. Wilson
2020	J	`jnl`	Brain Drain and Brain Gain in Russia: Analyzing International Migration of Researchers by Discipline using Scopus Bibliometric Data 1996-2020. CoRR Alexander Subbotin, Samin Aref
2020	J	`jnl`	Evaluating the Security and Economic Effects of Moving Target Defense Techniques on the Cloud. CoRR Hooman Alavizadeh, Samin Aref, Dong Seong Kim, Julian Jang-Jaccard
2020	J	`jnl`	Scholarly migration within Mexico: Analyzing internal migration among researchers using Scopus longitudinal bibliometric data. CoRR Andrea Miranda González, Samin Aref, Tom Theile, Emilio Zagheni
2020	J	`jnl`	Scholarly migration within Mexico: analyzing internal migration among researchers using Scopus longitudinal bibliometric data. EPJ Data Sci. Andrea Miranda González, Samin Aref, Tom Theile, Emilio Zagheni
2020	—	`ed.`	Social Informatics - 12th International Conference, SocInfo 2020, Pisa, Italy, October 6-9, 2020, Proceedings SocInfo Samin Aref, Kalina Bontcheva, Marco Braghieri, Frank Dignum, Fosca Giannotti, Francesco Grisolia, Dino Pedreschi
2020	J	`jnl`	The Many Faces of Balance: Multilevel Structural Evaluation of Signed Directed Social Networks. CoRR Samin Aref, Ly Dinh, Rezvaneh Rezapour, Jana Diesner
2019	J	`jnl`	Balance and frustration in signed networks. J. Complex Networks Samin Aref, Mark C. Wilson
2019	J	`jnl`	Legislative effectiveness hangs in the balance: Studying balance and polarization through partitioning signed networks. CoRR Samin Aref, Zachary P. Neal
2019	J	`jnl`	Signed Network Structural Analysis and Applications with a Focus on Balance Theory. CoRR Samin Aref
2019	—	`ed.`	Social Informatics - 11th International Conference, SocInfo 2019, Doha, Qatar, November 18-21, 2019, Proceedings SocInfo Ingmar Weber, Kareem Darwish, Claudia Wagner, Emilio Zagheni, Laura Nelson, Samin Aref, Fabian Flöck
2019	—	`conf`	The Demography of the Peripatetic Researcher: Evidence on Highly Mobile Scholars from the Web of Science. SocInfo Samin Aref, Emilio Zagheni, Jevin West
2019	J	`jnl`	The demography of the peripatetic researcher: Evidence on highly mobile scholars from the Web of Science. CoRR Samin Aref, Emilio Zagheni, Jevin West
2018	—	`conf`	Analysing scientific collaborations of new zealand institutions using scopus bibliometric data. ACSW Samin Aref, David Friggens, Shaun Hendy
2018	J	`jnl`	Measuring partial balance in signed networks. J. Complex Networks Samin Aref, Mark C. Wilson
2017	J	`jnl`	Analysing Scientific Collaborations of New Zealand Institutions using Scopus Bibliometric Data. CoRR Samin Aref, David Friggens, Shaun Hendy
2017	J	`jnl`	Balance and Frustration in Signed Networks under Different Contexts. CoRR Samin Aref
2017	J	`jnl`	Computing the Line Index of Balance Using Integer Programming Optimisation. CoRR Samin Aref, Andrew J. Mason, Mark C. Wilson
2016	J	`jnl`	An exact method for computing the frustration index in signed networks using binary programming. CoRR Samin Aref, Andrew J. Mason, Mark C. Wilson
2016	J	`jnl`	The use of a GERT based method to model concurrent product development processes. Eur. J. Oper. Res. Richard Graham Nelson, Amir Azaron, Samin Aref
2015	J	`jnl`	A Minimax Regret Model for Hub Location under Uncertain Demand and Cost. CoRR Iman Kazemian, Samin Aref
2015	J	`jnl`	A green perspective on capacitated time-dependent vehicle routing problem with time windows. CoRR Iman Kazemian, Samin Aref
2015	J	`jnl`	Measuring Partial Balance in Signed Networks. CoRR Samin Aref, Mark C. Wilson

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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