Yajun Xu

24 papers A* 1Journal 17Unranked 6
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Kaikai Zhao, Zhaoxiang Liu, Peng Wang, Xin Wang, Zhicheng Ma, Yajun Xu, Wenjing Zhang, Yibing Nan, Kai Wang, Shiguo Lian
2025 J jnl
Image Vis. Comput.
Kaikai Zhao, Zhaoxiang Liu, Peng Wang, Xin Wang, Zhicheng Ma, Yajun Xu, Wenjing Zhang, Yibing Nan, Kai Wang, Shiguo Lian
2025 — conf
BIBM
Buzhong Zhang, Zhaolun Yao, Yajun Xu, Lijun Quan
2025 J jnl
IEEE Access
Yajun Xu, Huan Hu, Chuwen Huang, Yibing Nan, Yuyao Liu, Kai Wang, Zhaoxiang Liu, Shiguo Lian
2024 J jnl
Entertain. Comput.
Yajun Xu
2024 J jnl
IEEE Access
Yajun Xu, Huan Hu, Xiaoya Zhu, Yibing Nan, Kai Wang, Zhaoxiang Liu, Shiguo Lian
2023 — conf
ICIEAI
Qiao Li, Feng He, Yajun Xu, Luxi Zhao
2023 J jnl
J. Field Robotics
Hongyue Chen, Hongyan Chen, Ying Ma, Yajun Xu, Desheng Zhang
2023 A* conf
ICCV
Fangzhou Lin, Yun Yue, Songlin Hou, Xuechu Yu, Yajun Xu, Kazunori D. Yamada, Ziming Zhang
2022 J jnl
Neurocomputing
Fangzhou Lin, Yajun Xu, Ziming Zhang, Chenyang Gao, Kazunori D. Yamada
2022 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Yajun Xu, Satoshi Kanai, Hiroaki Date, Tomoaki Sano
2022 J jnl
Neurocomputing
Yajun Xu, Shogo Arai, Diyi Liu, Fangzhou Lin, Kazuhiro Kosuge
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Yajun Xu, Chuwen Huang, Yibing Nan, Shiguo Lian
2021 J jnl
IEEE Access
Diyi Liu, Shogo Arai, Yajun Xu, Fuyuki Tokuda, Kazuhiro Kosuge
2020 J jnl
IEEE Access
Yajun Xu, Shogo Arai, Fuyuki Tokuda, Kazuhiro Kosuge
2020 — conf
MMM (2)
Yajun Xu, Zhendong Mao, Peng Zhang, Bin Wang
2020 J jnl
Multim. Tools Appl.
Yajun Xu, Zhendong Mao, Zhineng Chen, Xin Wen, Yangyang Li
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Yajun Xu, Shogo Arai, Diyi Liu, Fangzhou Lin, Kazuhiro Kosuge
2019 — conf
ROBIO
Diyi Liu, Shogo Arai, Fuyuki Tokuda, Yajun Xu, Jun Kinugawa, Kazuhiro Kosuge
2018 — conf
ROBIO
Diyi Liu, Shogo Arai, Zhuang Feng, Jiaqi Miao, Yajun Xu, Jun Kinugawa, Kazuhiro Kosuge
2018 J jnl
IEEE Access
Yajun Xu, Zhendong Mao, Chunxiao Liu, Bin Wang
2016 J jnl
Symmetry
Fengmei Liang, Yajun Xu, Mengxia Zhang, Liyuan Zhang
2016 J jnl
Symmetry
Yajun Xu, Fengmei Liang, Gang Zhang, Huifang Xu
2012 — conf
ICDIP
ChangHua Liu, Yajun Xu

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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