Zackary P. T. Sin

25 papers A* 2C 5Misc 1Journal 8Unranked 9
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
Comput. Graph. Forum
Xiangzhi Eric Wang, Zackary P. T. Sin
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Xiangzhi Eric Wang, Zackary P. T. Sin, Ye Jia, Daniel Archer, Wynonna H. Y. Fong, Qing Li, Chen Li
2025 A* conf
UIST
Xiangzhi Eric Wang, Zackary P. T. Sin, Ye Jia, Dan Archer, Wynonna H. Y. Fong, Qing Li, Chen Li
2025 — conf
SIGGRAPH Asia Posters
Fang Du, Zackary P. T. Sin
2025 J jnl
Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud.
Ye Jia, Zackary P. T. Sin, Chen Li, Peter H. F. Ng, Xiao Huang, George Baciu, Jiannong Cao, Qing Li
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Xiangzhi Eric Wang, Zackary P. T. Sin
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Learn. Technol.
Ye Jia, Xiangzhi Eric Wang, Zackary P. T. Sin, Chen Li, Peter H. F. Ng, Xiao Huang, George Baciu, Jiannong Cao, Qing Li
2024 — conf
MetaCom
Ye Jia, Zackary P. T. Sin, Xiangzhi Eric Wang, Chen Li, Peter H. F. Ng, Xiao Huang, Junnan Dong, Yaowei Wang, George Baciu, Jiannong Cao, Qing Li
2024 A* conf
VR
Zackary P. T. Sin, Ye Jia, Richard Chen Li, Hong Va Leong, Qing Li, Peter H. F. Ng
2023 — conf
ICWL
Peter H. F. Ng, Peter Q. Chen, Zackary P. T. Sin, Ye Jia, Richard Chen Li, George Baciu, Jiannong Cao, Qing Li
2023 J jnl
Proc. ACM Comput. Graph. Interact. Tech.
Zackary P. T. Sin, Peter H. F. Ng, Hong Va Leong
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Learn. Technol.
Zackary P. T. Sin, Ye Jia, Astin C. H. Wu, Isaac Dan Zhao, Richard Chen Li, Peter H. F. Ng, Xiao Huang, George Baciu, Jiannong Cao, Qing Li
2022 C conf
MoMM
Zackary P. T. Sin, Peter H. F. Ng, Hong Va Leong
2022 — conf
ICBL
Qing Li, George Baciu, Jiannong Cao, Xiao Huang, Richard Chen Li, Peter H. F. Ng, Junnan Dong, Qinggang Zhang, Zackary P. T. Sin, Yaowei Wang
2022 — conf
ICWL
Zackary P. T. Sin, Isaac Dan Zhao, Astin C. H. Wu, Richard Chen Li, Peter H. F. Ng, Xiao Huang, George Baciu, Jiannong Cao, Qing Li
2022 J jnl
Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact.
Zackary P. T. Sin, Peter Q. Chen, Peter H. F. Ng, Hong Va Leong
2021 — conf
PG (Short Papers, Posters, and Work-in-Progress Papers)
Zackary P. T. Sin, Peter H. F. Ng, Hong Va Leong
2021 C conf
ISM
Zackary P. T. Sin, Peter H. F. Ng, Hong Va Leong
2020 — conf
ISVC (1)
Billy C. Y. Fu, Zackary P. T. Sin, Peter H. F. Ng, Alice Cheng-Lai
2020 — conf
ICME Workshops
Zackary P. T. Sin, Peter H. F. Ng, Hong Va Leong
2019 Misc conf
SAC
Zackary P. T. Sin, Peter H. F. Ng, Simon C. K. Shiu, Fu-Lai Chung, Hong Va Leong
2019 C conf
CGI
Zackary P. T. Sin, Peter H. F. Ng, Simon C. K. Shiu, Fu-Lai Chung, Hong Va Leong
2019 C conf
CGI
Zackary P. T. Sin, Peter H. F. Ng, Simon C. K. Shiu, Fu-Lai Chung, Hong Va Leong
2018 — conf
ICVIP
Zackary P. T. Sin, Peter H. F. Ng
2017 C conf
EDUCON
Zackary P. T. Sin, Peter H. F. Ng, Simon C. K. Shiu, Fu-Lai Chung

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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