Yakun Gao

13 papers Journal 12Unranked 1
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Fuzzy Syst.
Yuexuan Xu, Shuzhen Diao, Tong Yang, Xinlin Zhang, Ming Li, Yakun Gao, David Navarro-Alarcon, Ning Sun
2025 J jnl
Int. J. Mach. Learn. Cybern.
Chao Wu, Yakun Gao, Jianwen Guo
2025 J jnl
Comput. Biol. Medicine
Zhe Liu, Meiqing Sun, Lu Lu, Xuemei Wu, Hui Wang, Yakun Gao, Antang Liu, Yuxin Qian, Hao Hu, Hua Jiang
2024 J jnl
Multim. Tools Appl.
Chao Wu, Yakun Gao, Guang Li, Chunfeng Shi
2024 J jnl
Comput. Commun.
Yakun Gao, Keren Ji, Tian Gao
2023 J jnl
Neural Process. Lett.
Chao Wu, Yu Sang, Yakun Gao
2021 J jnl
Multim. Tools Appl.
Yakun Gao, Yanbo Zhang, Haibin Li, Wenming Zhang
2020 J jnl
Circuits Syst. Signal Process.
Lei Feng, Haibin Li, Yakun Gao, Yakun Zhang
2020 J jnl
J. Electronic Imaging
Haibin Li, Yakun Zhang, Yakun Gao
2020 J jnl
Intell. Autom. Soft Comput.
Lei Feng, Haibin Li, Yakun Gao, Yakun Zhang
2019 J jnl
J. Electronic Imaging
Yakun Gao, Jing Wang, Haibin Li, Lei Feng
2018 — conf
ICMIP
Zhenyu Liu, Yakun Gao, Sicheng Zhu
2018 J jnl
IET Image Process.
Yakun Gao, Haiyan Chen, Haibin Li, Wenming Zhang

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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