Yakun Zhu

25 papers A* 1Journal 21Unranked 3
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol.
Yakun Zhu, Yaosen Li, Zhiming Li, Zexi Li, Ge Guo
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Yakun Zhu, Yutong Huang, Shengqian Qin, Zhongzhen Huang, Shaoting Zhang, Xiaofan Zhang
2025 A* conf
ICML
Hongtu Zhou, Ruiling Yang, Yakun Zhu, Haoqi Zhao, Hai Zhang, Di Zhang, Junqiao Zhao, Chen Ye, Changjun Jiang
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Yakun Zhu, Zhongzhen Huang, Qianhan Feng, Linjie Mu, Yannian Gu, Shaoting Zhang, Qi Dou, Xiaofan Zhang
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Yakun Zhu, Zhongzhen Huang, Linjie Mu, Yutong Huang, Wei Nie, Jiaji Liu, Shaoting Zhang, Pengfei Liu, Xiaofan Zhang
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Linjie Mu, Zhongzhen Huang, Yakun Zhu, Xiangyu Zhao, Shaoting Zhang, Xiaofan Zhang
2025 — conf
ACL (Findings)
Linjie Mu, Zhongzhen Huang, Shengqian Qin, Yakun Zhu, Shaoting Zhang, Xiaofan Zhang
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Linjie Mu, Zhongzhen Huang, Shengqian Qin, Yakun Zhu, Shaoting Zhang, Xiaofan Zhang
2025 — conf
NAACL (Long Papers)
Yakun Zhu, Shaohang Wei, Xu Wang, Kui Xue, Shaoting Zhang, Xiaofan Zhang
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Linjie Mu, Yannian Gu, Zhongzhen Huang, Yakun Zhu, Shaoting Zhang, Xiaofan Zhang
2025 — conf
ACL (1)
Shengqian Qin, Yakun Zhu, Linjie Mu, Shaoting Zhang, Xiaofan Zhang
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Intell. Transp. Syst.
Shilong Li, Yakun Zhu, Zhiming Li, Yaosen Li, Ge Guo
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Intell. Veh.
Shilong Li, Yakun Zhu, Pengfei Yuan, Ge Guo
2025 J jnl
Int. J. Syst. Sci.
JianGuo Bai, Yakun Zhu, Ge Guo
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Qianhan Feng, Zhongzhen Huang, Yakun Zhu, Xiaofan Zhang, Qi Dou
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Intell. Veh.
Shilong Li, Yakun Zhu, Ge Guo, Pengfei Yuan, JianGuo Bai
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Yakun Zhu, Shaohang Wei, Xu Wang, Kui Xue, Xiaofan Zhang, Shaoting Zhang
2023 J jnl
J. Intell. Fuzzy Syst.
Yakun Zhu, Weiqiang Gong, Xuesong Lu, Haixian Wang
2023 J jnl
Int. J. Syst. Sci.
Yakun Zhu, Jing Lu, Xiaoyu Du, Ge Guo
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II Express Briefs
Xiang Li, Yakun Zhu, Xiong Zhao, Jing Lu
2020 J jnl
IEEE Access
Yakun Zhu, Haoran Li, Hongjun Duan, Xinping Guan
2019 J jnl
J. Frankl. Inst.
Xiaolei Li, Xiaoyuan Luo, Jiange Wang, Yakun Zhu, Xinping Guan
2019 J jnl
IEEE Access
Yakun Zhu, Haoran Li, Hongjun Duan, Xinping Guan
2018 J jnl
Neurocomputing
Xiaolei Li, Xiaoyuan Luo, Jiange Wang, Yakun Zhu, Xinping Guan
2013 J jnl
Int. J. Autom. Comput.
Yakun Zhu, Xin-Ping Guan, Xiaoyuan Luo

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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