Zafar Ahmad - RankMe

18 papers A 1B 7C 2Journal 4Unranked 4

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2025	—	`conf`	Speeding up Stencil Computation using Gaussian Approximations. ACDA Zafar Ahmad, Rezaul Chowdhury, Rathish Das, Pramod Ganapathi, Aaron Gregory, Yimin Zhu
2024	B	`conf`	Fast American Option Pricing using Nonlinear Stencils. PPoPP Zafar Ahmad, Reilly Browne, Rezaul Chowdhury, Rathish Das, Yushen Huang, Yimin Zhu
2024	—	`conf`	Phonocardiogram Classification Based on 1D CNN with Pitch-Shifting and Signal Uniformity Techniques. EUSIPCO Zafar Ahmad, Muhammad Salman Khan, Muhammad E. H. Chowdhury, Susu M. Zughaier, Wanis Hamad Ibrahim
2023	J	`jnl`	A Fast Algorithm for Aperiodic Linear Stencil Computation using Fast Fourier Transforms. ACM Trans. Parallel Comput. Zafar Ahmad, Rezaul Chowdhury, Rathish Das, Pramod Ganapathi, Aaron Gregory, Yimin Zhu
2023	—	`conf`	Automatic Detection of Paediatric Congenital Heart Diseases from Phonocardiogram Signals. ICAI Zafar Ahmad, Muhammad Zeeshan, Arshad Sohail, Fazal-e-Haq, Muhammad Haris, Misha Urooj Khan, Sayed Shahid Hussain, Muhammad Salman Khan
2023	J	`jnl`	Fast Option Pricing using Nonlinear Stencils. CoRR Zafar Ahmad, Rezaul Chowdhury, Rathish Das, Yushen Huang, Yimin Zhu
2022	B	`conf`	Brief Announcement: Faster Stencil Computations using Gaussian Approximations. SPAA Zafar Ahmad, Rezaul Chowdhury, Rathish Das, Pramod Ganapathi, Aaron Gregory, Yimin Zhu
2022	B	`conf`	FOURST: A code generator for FFT-based fast stencil computations. ISPASS Zafar Ahmad, Mohammad Mahdi Javanmard, Gregory Thomas Croisdale, Aaron Gregory, Pramod Ganapathi, Louis-Noël Pouchet, Rezaul Chowdhury
2021	B	`conf`	Fast Stencil Computations using Fast Fourier Transforms. SPAA Zafar Ahmad, Rezaul Chowdhury, Rathish Das, Pramod Ganapathi, Aaron Gregory, Yimin Zhu
2021	J	`jnl`	Fast Stencil Computations using Fast Fourier Transforms. CoRR Zafar Ahmad, Rezaul Chowdhury, Rathish Das, Pramod Ganapathi, Aaron Gregory, Yimin Zhu
2021	B	`conf`	Low-Span Parallel Algorithms for the Binary-Forking Model. SPAA Zafar Ahmad, Rezaul Chowdhury, Rathish Das, Pramod Ganapathi, Aaron Gregory, Mohammad Mahdi Javanmard
2021	—	`conf`	Understanding Recursive Divide-and-Conquer Dynamic Programs in Fork-Join and Data-Flow Execution Models. IPDPS Workshops Poornima Nookala, Zafar Ahmad, Mohammad Mahdi Javanmard, Martin Kong, Rezaul Chowdhury, Robert J. Harrison
2020	A	`conf`	Deriving parametric multi-way recursive divide-and-conquer dynamic programming algorithms using polyhedral compilers. CGO Mohammad Mahdi Javanmard, Zafar Ahmad, Martin Kong, Louis-Noël Pouchet, Rezaul Chowdhury, Robert J. Harrison
2020	C	`conf`	Efficient Execution of Dynamic Programming Algorithms on Apache Spark. CLUSTER Mohammad Mahdi Javanmard, Zafar Ahmad, Jaroslaw Zola, Louis-Noël Pouchet, Rezaul Chowdhury, Robert J. Harrison
2020	B	`conf`	Improved MapReduce Load Balancing through Distribution-Dependent Hash Function Optimization. ICPADS Zafar Ahmad, Sharmila Duppala, Rezaul Chowdhury, Steven Skiena
2020	J	`jnl`	Low-Depth Parallel Algorithms for the Binary-Forking Model without Atomics. CoRR Zafar Ahmad, Rezaul Chowdhury, Rathish Das, Pramod Ganapathi, Aaron Gregory, Mohammad Mahdi Javanmard
2019	C	`conf`	Toward Efficient Architecture-Independent Algorithms for Dynamic Programs. ISC Mohammad Mahdi Javanmard, Pramod Ganapathi, Rathish Das, Zafar Ahmad, Stephen L. Tschudi, Rezaul Chowdhury
2019	B	`conf`	Toward efficient architecture-independent algorithms for dynamic programs: poster. PPoPP Mohammad Mahdi Javanmard, Pramod Ganapathi, Rathish Das, Zafar Ahmad, Stephen L. Tschudi, Rezaul Chowdhury

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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