Xusheng Xiao

Registered user since Sat 30 Dec 2017

Name:Xusheng Xiao
Bio:

Xusheng Xiao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer and Data Sciences at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). His general research interests span between software engineering and computer security, with the focus on developing advanced analysis techniques to analyze complex software behaviors for improving the reliability and the security of complex software and systems. He is leading the Reliable, Intelligent, Secure, and Efficient (RISE) Software and System lab at CWRU. Specifically, his RISE lab is working on the research in mobile app analysis, cyber threat detection and investigation, blockchain and smart contract security, automated software testing, program analysis, and bug detection.

His research in cyber threat investigation has been integrated into a security product in NEC, which won the Grand Prix award at CEATEC Award 2016. His research in mobile app security produced a static analysis technique that was deployed in Microsoft Research for two years and was granted a US patent. His collaboration with industry partners has resulted in 6 US patents. He is a recipient of NSF CAREER Award, NSF CRII Award, Samsung GRO Award, and the Case School of Engineering Faculty Research Award at CWRU.

Country:United States
Affiliation:Case Western Reserve University
Research interests:Program Analysis, Mobile Security, Blockchain/Smart Contract, System Call Tracing, System/Enterprise Security

Contributions

ESEC/FSE 2022 Author of What Did You Pack in My App? A Systematic Analysis of Commercial Android Packers within the Industry Paper-track
Committee Member in Program Committee within the Industry Paper-track
ASE 2022 Committee Member in Program Committee within the Research Papers-track
ISSTA 2022 Programme Committee in Program Committee within the Doctoral Symposium-track
Author of PhD advice panel discussion within the Doctoral Symposium-track
ICSE 2022 Author of DescribeCtx: Context-Aware Description Synthesis for Sensitive Behaviors in Mobile Apps within the Technical Track-track
Author of Promal: Precise Window Transition Graphs for Android via Synergy of Program Analysis and Machine Learning within the Technical Track-track
ICST 2022 Committee Member in Program Committee within the Industry-track
Committee Member in Program Committee within the Research Papers-track
ASE 2021 Committee Member in Program Committee within the Research Papers-track
Session Chair of Vulnerability (part of Research Papers)
ESEC/FSE 2021 Committee Member in Program Committee within the Industry Papers-track
Committee Member in Program Committee within the Ideas, Visions and Reflections-track
ISSTA 2021 PC Member in Program Committee
Author of WebEvo: Taming Web Application Evolution via Detecting Semantic Structure Change within the Artifact Evaluation-track
Session Chair of Session 1 (time band 1) Web Applications (part of Technical Papers)
Author of WebEvo: Taming Web Application Evolution via Detecting Semantic Structure Changes within the Technical Papers-track
ICSE 2021 Committee Member in Program Committee within the Technical Track-track
Author of CHAMP: Characterizing Undesired App Behaviors from User Comments based on Market Policies within the Technical Track-track
ICST 2021 Committee Member in Program Committee within the Research Papers-track
ESEC/FSE 2020 Committee Member in Program Committee within the Visions and Reflections -track
ASE 2020 Committee Member in Program Committee within the Research Papers-track
Session Chair of Test Generation (part of Research Papers)
ISSTA 2020 Committee Member in Program Committee within the Tool Demonstration-track
ICSE 2020 Author of DroidMutator: An Effective Mutation Analysis Tool for Android Applications within the Demonstrations-track
ASE 2019 Author of Root Cause Localization for Unreproducible Builds via Causality Analysis over System Call Tracing within the Research Papers-track
Author of Characterizing Android App Signing Issues within the Research Papers-track
Committee Member in Program Committee within the Research Papers-track
Committee Member in Program Committee within the Late Breaking Results-track
ICSE 2019 Author of IconIntent: Automatic Identification of Sensitive UI Widgets based on Icon Classification for Android Apps within the Technical Track-track
Committee Member in Artifact Evaluation Committee within the Artifact Evaluation-track
ESEC/FSE 2018 Committee Member in Program Committee within the Demonstrations-track
* ICSE 2018 * Author of Are Vulnerabilities Discovered and Resolved like Other Defects? within the Journal first papers-track