Samuel Kernan Freire

16 papers A 1B 2Journal 9Unranked 4

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2025	J	`jnl`	Safeguarding Crowdsourcing Surveys from ChatGPT through Prompt Injection. Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact. Chaofan Wang, Samuel Kernan Freire, Mo Zhang, Jing Wei, Jorge Gonçalves, Vassilis Kostakos, Alessandro Bozzon, Evangelos Niforatos
2025	J	`jnl`	Understanding Mental Models of Generative Conversational Search and The Effect of Interface Transparency. CoRR Chadha Degachi, Samuel Kernan Freire, Evangelos Niforatos, Gerd Kortuem
2024	J	`jnl`	Chatbots in Knowledge-Intensive Contexts: Comparing Intent and LLM-Based Systems. CoRR Samuel Kernan Freire, Chaofan Wang, Evangelos Niforatos
2024	J	`jnl`	Enhancing ICU Patient Recovery: Using LLMs to Assist Nurses in Diary Writing. CoRR Samuel Kernan Freire, Margo M. C. van Mol, Carola Schol, Elif Özcan Vieira
2024	J	`jnl`	Factory Operators' Perspectives on Cognitive Assistants for Knowledge Sharing: Challenges, Risks, and Impact on Work. CoRR Samuel Kernan Freire, Tianhao He, Chaofan Wang, Evangelos Niforatos, Alessandro Bozzon
2024	J	`jnl`	Knowledge Sharing in Manufacturing using Large Language Models: User Evaluation and Model Benchmarking. CoRR Samuel Kernan Freire, Chaofan Wang, Mina Foosherian, Stefan Wellsandt, Santiago Ruiz-Arenas, Evangelos Niforatos
2024	J	`jnl`	Knowledge sharing in manufacturing using LLM-powered tools: user study and model benchmarking. Frontiers Artif. Intell. Samuel Kernan Freire, Chaofan Wang, Mina Foosherian, Stefan Wellsandt, Santiago Ruiz-Arenas, Evangelos Niforatos
2023	J	`jnl`	A Cognitive Assistant for Operators: AI-Powered Knowledge Sharing on Complex Systems. IEEE Pervasive Comput. Samuel Kernan Freire, Sarath Surendranadha Panicker, Santiago Ruiz-Arenas, Zoltán Rusák, Evangelos Niforatos
2023	—	`conf`	Harnessing Large Language Models for Cognitive Assistants in Factories. CUI Samuel Kernan Freire, Mina Foosherian, Chaofan Wang, Evangelos Niforatos
2023	B	`conf`	How Emoji and Explanations Influence Adherence to AI Recommendations. IVA Samuel Kernan Freire, Ji-Youn Jung, Chaofan Wang, Evangelos Niforatos, Alessandro Bozzon
2023	A	`conf`	Lessons Learned from Designing and Evaluating CLAICA: A Continuously Learning AI Cognitive Assistant. IUI Samuel Kernan Freire, Evangelos Niforatos, Chaofan Wang, Santiago Ruiz-Arenas, Mina Foosherian, Stefan Wellsandt, Alessandro Bozzon
2023	J	`jnl`	Safeguarding Crowdsourcing Surveys from ChatGPT with Prompt Injection. CoRR Chaofan Wang, Samuel Kernan Freire, Mo Zhang, Jing Wei, Jorge Gonçalves, Vassilis Kostakos, Zhanna Sarsenbayeva, Christina Schneegass, Alessandro Bozzon, Evangelos Niforatos
2023	—	`conf`	Tacit Knowledge Elicitation for Shop-floor Workers with an Intelligent Assistant. CHI Extended Abstracts Samuel Kernan Freire, Chaofan Wang, Santiago Ruiz-Arenas, Evangelos Niforatos
2023	—	`conf`	The Human Factors of AI-Empowered Knowledge Sharing. CHI Extended Abstracts Samuel Kernan Freire
2022	—	`conf`	A Conversational User Interface for Instructional Maintenance Reports. CUI Samuel Kernan Freire, Evangelos Niforatos, Zoltán Rusák, Doris Aschenbrenner, Alessandro Bozzon
2022	B	`conf`	Break, Repair, Learn, Break Less: Investigating User Preferences for Assignment of Divergent Phrasing Learning Burden in Human-Agent Interaction to Minimize Conversational Breakdowns. MUM Mina Foosherian, Samuel Kernan Freire, Evangelos Niforatos, Karl A. Hribernik, Klaus-Dieter Thoben

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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