Zefan Zeng

11 papers B 1Misc 1Journal 9
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
ACM Comput. Surv.
Qing Cheng, Zefan Zeng, Xingchen Hu, Yuehang Si, Zhong Liu
2026 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
Zefan Zeng, Yuehang Si, Qing Cheng, Zhong Liu
2026 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Fuzzy Syst.
Zefan Zeng, Qing Cheng, Xingchen Hu, Wentao Li, Weiping Ding, Zhong Liu
2025 J jnl
Knowl. Based Syst.
Zefan Zeng, Qing Cheng, Xingchen Hu, Yan Zhuang, Xinwang Liu, Kunlun He, Zhong Liu
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Yuehang Si, Zefan Zeng, Jincai Huang, Qing Cheng
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Zefan Zeng, Xingchen Hu, Qing Cheng, Weiping Ding, Wentao Li, Zhong Liu
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Qing Cheng, Zefan Zeng, Xingchen Hu, Yuehang Si, Zhong Liu
2024 B conf
IEEE Big Data
Zefan Zeng, Qing Cheng, Xingchen Hu, Zhong Liu, Jingke Shen, Yahao Zhang
2024 J jnl
Inf. Sci.
Zefan Zeng, Qing Cheng, Yuehang Si, Zhong Liu
2023 Misc conf
ISKE
Chi Xu, Zefan Zeng, Jiashun Duan, Qi Qi, Xin Zhang
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Zefan Zeng, Guang Jin, Chi Xu, Siya Chen, Zhelong Zeng, Lu Zhang

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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