Taihua Shao

13 papers A* 1B 1Journal 11
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
Big Data Cogn. Comput.
Yanying Mao, Yijia Zhang, Taihua Shao, Honghui Chen
2024 J jnl
Complex Intell. Syst.
Yupu Guo, Fei Cai, Zhiqiang Pan, Taihua Shao, Honghui Chen, Xin Zhang
2024 J jnl
Appl. Intell.
Peihong Li, Shengze Hu, Jianming Zheng, Taihua Shao, Mengru Wang, Fei Cai
2024 J jnl
Inf. Sci.
Zhiqiang Pan, Fei Cai, Wanyu Chen, Taihua Shao, Yupu Guo, Honghui Chen
2023 J jnl
Inf. Process. Manag.
Chengyu Song, Fei Cai, Jianming Zheng, Xiang Zhao, Taihua Shao
2023 J jnl
Int. J. Intell. Syst.
Taihua Shao, Chengyu Song, Jianming Zheng, Fei Cai, Honghui Chen
2023 J jnl
Knowl. Based Syst.
Taihua Shao, Fei Cai, Jianming Zheng, Mengru Wang, Honghui Chen
2023 J jnl
Knowl. Based Syst.
Chengyu Song, Fei Cai, Mengru Wang, Jianming Zheng, Taihua Shao
2022 B conf
COLING
Mengru Wang, Jianming Zheng, Fei Cai, Taihua Shao, Honghui Chen
2022 J jnl
Inf. Sci.
Taihua Shao, Fei Cai, Wanyu Chen, Honghui Chen
2019 J jnl
IEEE Access
Taihua Shao, Xiaoyan Kui, Pengfei Zhang, Honghui Chen
2019 A* conf
SIGIR
Taihua Shao, Fei Cai, Honghui Chen, Maarten de Rijke
2019 J jnl
IEEE Access
Taihua Shao, Yupu Guo, Honghui Chen, Zepeng Hao

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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