Samuel Fricker

41 papers A 5B 9C 3Journal 13Unranked 7
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 B conf
REFSQ
Giovanna Broccia, Lucio Lelii, Roberto Cirillo, Dario Di Nucci, Samuel Fricker, Fabio Palomba, Giorgio Oronzo Spagnolo, Alessio Ferrari
2025 — conf
REW
Samuel Fricker, Lauri Goldkind, Stefan Hackstein, Joshua Weber
2025 — conf
REW
Lysanne Lessard, Meira Levy, Samuel Fricker, Sofia Ouhbi
2023 — ed.
REFSQ Workshops
Alessio Ferrari, Birgit Penzenstadler, Irit Hadar, Shola Oyedeji, Sallam Abualhaija, Andreas Vogelsang, Gouri Deshpande, Alexander Rachmann, Jens Gulden, Andrea Wohlgemuth, Anne Hess, Samuel Fricker, Renata S. S. Guizzardi, Jennifer Horkoff, Anna Perini, Angelo Susi, Oliver Karras, Fabiano Dalpiaz, Ana Moreira, Daniel Amyot, Paola Spoletini
2023 J jnl
Softwaretechnik-Trends
Andreas Birk, Heinrich Dreyer, Samuel Fricker, Andrea Herrmann, Anne Hess, Dirk Janzen, Andrea Wohlgemuth
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Emerg. Top. Comput.
Yasir Saleem, Pablo Sotres, Samuel Fricker, Carmen López de la Torre, Noël Crespi, Gyu Myoung Lee, Roberto Minerva, Luis Sánchez
2021 A conf
RE
Roman Schmid, Samuel Fricker
2020 A ed.
RE
Travis D. Breaux, Andrea Zisman, Samuel Fricker, Martin Glinz
2020 — ed.
Privacy and Identity Management
Michael Friedewald, Melek Önen, Eva Lievens, Stephan Krenn, Samuel Fricker
2020 B conf
REFSQ
Xavier Franch, Norbert Seyff, Marc Oriol, Samuel Fricker, Iris Groher, Michael Vierhauser, Manuel Wimmer
2019 B conf
REFSQ
Dustin Wüest, Farnaz Fotrousi, Samuel Fricker
2019 J jnl
J. Syst. Softw.
Indira Nurdiani, Jürgen Börstler, Samuel Fricker, Kai Petersen, Panagiota Chatzipetrou
2019 J jnl
e Informatica Softw. Eng. J.
Indira Nurdiani, Jürgen Börstler, Samuel Fricker, Kai Petersen
2017 — conf
Conf. Computing Frontiers
Tim Llewellynn, Maria del Milagro Fernández-Carrobles, Oscar Déniz, Samuel Fricker, Amos J. Storkey, Nuria Pazos, Gordana Velikic, Kirsten Leufgen, Rozenn Dahyot, Sebastian Koller, Georgios I. Goumas, Peter Leitner, Ganesh Dasika, Lei Wang, Kurt Tutschku
2017 J jnl
Softwaretechnik-Trends
Melanie J. C. Stade, Norbert Seyff, Farnaz Fotrousi, Emitza Guzman, Samuel Fricker, Martin Glinz, Ronnie Schaniel
2015 J jnl
Inf. Softw. Technol.
Mahvish Khurum, Samuel Fricker, Tony Gorschek
2014 — conf
ICSOB
Andrey Maglyas, Samuel Fricker
2013 C conf
Software Engineering
Martin Glinz, Samuel Fricker
2013 B conf
XP
Deepika Badampudi, Samuel Fricker, Ana María Moreno
2013 B conf
EuroSPI
Samuel Fricker, Marie Persson, Madelene Larsson
2012 B conf
REFSQ
Samuel Fricker, Susanne Schumacher
2011 J jnl
ACM SIGSOFT Softw. Eng. Notes
Samuel Fricker, Norbert Seyff
2011 — conf
ICSOB
Samuel Fricker, Susanne Schumacher
2010 J jnl
IEEE Softw.
Tony Gorschek, Samuel Fricker, Kenneth Palm, Steven Kunsman
2010 A conf
RE
Samuel Fricker, Martin Glinz
2010 A conf
RE
Reinhard Stoiber, Samuel Fricker, Michael Jehle, Martin Glinz
2010 — ed.
IWSPM
Samuel Fricker, Aybüke Aurum
2010 J jnl
IEEE Softw.
Samuel Fricker, Tony Gorschek, Carl Byman, Armin Schmidle
2010 B conf
REFSQ
Samuel Fricker
2010 J jnl
ACM SIGSOFT Softw. Eng. Notes
Tony Gorschek, Samuel Fricker, Sjaak Brinkkemper, Christof Ebert
2009 — —
Samuel Fricker
2009 J jnl
Softwaretechnik-Trends
Danilo Beuche, Andreas Birk, Heinrich Dreier, Samuel Fricker, Eva Geisberger, Gerald Heller, Dirk Janzen, Thomas von der Maßen, Birgit Penzenstadler, Klaus Schmid
2009 — conf
IWSECO@ICSR
Samuel Fricker
2008 J jnl
ACM SIGSOFT Softw. Eng. Notes
Tony Gorschek, Samuel Fricker, Robert Feldt, Claes Wohlin, Michael Mattsson
2008 — conf
IWSPM
Samuel Fricker, Tony Gorschek, Martin Glinz
2008 B conf
REFSQ
Samuel Fricker, Paul Grünbacher
2008 C conf
Software Engineering (Workshops)
Samuel Fricker, Reinhard Stoiber
2008 J jnl
Softwaretechnik-Trends
Andreas Birk, Samuel Fricker, Eva Geisberger, Gerald Heller, Dirk Janzen, Thomas von der Maßen, Birgit Penzenstadler, Klaus Schmid
2007 C conf
ICGSE
Tony Gorschek, Samuel Fricker
2007 A conf
RE
Samuel Fricker
2007 B conf
REFSQ
Samuel Fricker, Tony Gorschek, Petri Myllyperkiö

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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