Zachary McKendrick

11 papers A* 3B 2C 1Journal 2Unranked 3

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2026	—	`conf`	Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: Guiding Acting Practice through Negative Robot Behaviour and Contextual Intentions. MOCO Zachary McKendrick, Yichen Lian, Ori Fartook, Ehud Sharlin
2026	—	`conf`	Mask Work and Performance Techniques for VR Embodiment. MOCO Zachary McKendrick
2026	A*	`conf`	Stories for I, They and You: Exploring In-situ Virtual Camera Setups for Live Streaming in Virtual Reality. CHI Liwei Wu, Zachary McKendrick, Jian Zhao
2025	B	`conf`	A Bibliometric Analysis of Human-Robot Interaction Behaviour Research. HAI Yichen Lian, Zachary McKendrick, Ori Fartook, Ehud Sharlin
2025	J	`jnl`	Enhancing emotional support in human-robot interaction: Implementing emotion regulation mechanisms in a personal drone. Comput. Hum. Behav. Artif. Humans Ori Fartook, Zachary McKendrick, Tal Oron-Gilad, Jessica R. Cauchard
2025	J	`jnl`	PantographHaptics: A Technique for Large-Surface Passive Haptic Interactions using Pantograph Mechanisms. IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph. Marcus Friedel, Zachary McKendrick, Ehud Sharlin, Ryo Suzuki
2025	A*	`conf`	Playing with Robots: Performing Arts Techniques for Designing and Understanding Robot Group Movement. CHI Philippa Madill, Matthew James Newton, Huanjun Zhao, Yichen Lian, Zachary McKendrick, Patrick Finn, Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Ehud Sharlin
2023	C	`conf`	Virtual Rehearsal Suite: An Environment and Framework for Virtual Performance Practice. IMX Zachary McKendrick, Lior Somin, Patrick Finn, Ehud Sharlin
2022	—	`conf`	A Protocol for Improving XR and Game Performance. MobileHCI (Adjunct) Owen Brierley, Zachary McKendrick, Loic Cremer, Ehud Sharlin, Patrick Finn
2021	B	`conf`	BreachMob: Detecting Vulnerabilities in Physical Environments Using Virtual Reality. VRST Lior Somin, Zachary McKendrick, Patrick Finn, Ehud Sharlin
2021	A*	`conf`	Homecoming: Exploring Returns to Long-Term Single Player Games. CHI Noor Hammad, Owen Brierley, Zachary McKendrick, Sowmya Somanath, Patrick Finn, Jessica Hammer, Ehud Sharlin

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.

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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