Yankun Zhen

19 papers A* 2A 1Journal 11Unranked 5
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2024 A* conf
ICSE
Liuqing Chen, Yunnong Chen, Shuhong Xiao, Yaxuan Song, Lingyun Sun, Yankun Zhen, Tingting Zhou, Yanfang Chang
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Yunnong Chen, Shuhong Xiao, Jiazhi Li, Tingting Zhou, Yanfang Chang, Yankun Zhen, Lingyun Sun, Liuqing Chen
2024 J jnl
J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng.
Liuqing Chen, Kaitong Qin, Jiaxiang You, Ting Zhang, Yumou Zhang, Tingting Zhou, Yankun Zhen
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Shuhong Xiao, Yunnong Chen, Yaxuan Song, Liuqing Chen, Lingyun Sun, Yankun Zhen, Yanfang Chang
2024 J jnl
Displays
Shuhong Xiao, Yunnong Chen, Yaxuan Song, Liuqing Chen, Lingyun Sun, Yankun Zhen, Yanfang Chang, Tingting Zhou
2023 — conf
VR Workshops
Kaitong Qin, Yankun Zhen, Tianshu Dong, Liuqing Chen, Lingyun Sun, Yumou Zhang, Tingting Zhou
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Liuqing Chen, Yunnong Chen, Shuhong Xiao, Yaxuan Song, Lingyun Sun, Yankun Zhen, Tingting Zhou, Yan-fang Chang
2023 A* conf
CHI
Qianzhi Jing, Tingting Zhou, Yixin Tsang, Liuqing Chen, Lingyun Sun, Yankun Zhen, Yichun Du
2023 J jnl
Frontiers Inf. Technol. Electron. Eng.
Yunnong Chen, Yankun Zhen, Chu-ning Shi, Jiazhi Li, Liuqing Chen, Zejian Li, Lingyun Sun, Tingting Zhou, Yan-fang Chang
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Sidong Feng, Minmin Jiang, Tingting Zhou, Yankun Zhen, Chunyang Chen
2022 J jnl
ACM Trans. Interact. Intell. Syst.
Sidong Feng, Minmin Jiang, Tingting Zhou, Yankun Zhen, Chunyang Chen
2022 — conf
CICAI (2)
Zebin Cai, Yankun Zhen, Mingrui He, Liuqing Chen, Lingyun Sun, Tingting Zhou, Yichun Du
2022 — conf
eLEOT (1)
Haolin Song, Dawei Song, Yankun Zhen
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Sijie Shen, Xiang Zhu, Yihong Dong, Qizhi Guo, Yankun Zhen, Ge Li
2022 — conf
ESEC/SIGSOFT FSE
Sijie Shen, Xiang Zhu, Yihong Dong, Qizhi Guo, Yankun Zhen, Ge Li
2022 — conf
eLEOT (1)
Yankun Zhen, Haolin Song
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Yunnong Chen, Yankun Zhen, Chu-ning Shi, Jiazhi Li, Tingting Zhou, Yan-fang Chang, Lingyun Sun, Liuqing Chen
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Jiazhi Li, Tingting Zhou, Yunnong Chen, Yan-fang Chang, Yankun Zhen, Lingyun Sun, Liuqing Chen
2021 A conf
IUI
Sidong Feng, Suyu Ma, Jinzhong Yu, Chunyang Chen, Tingting Zhou, Yankun Zhen

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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