I am a Computer Science Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at UT Arlington, I have been working with Dr. Jeff Lei and Dr. Jiang Ming on research concerning Software Security. Prior to joining the Software Engineering Research Center Lab at UTA, I had been working as an iOS developer in Beijing, China.
Research Interests
- Compiler Optimization
- Binary Code Analysis
- Software Security Testing
Publications
MagicMirror: Towards High-Coverage Fuzzing of Smart Contracts ICST ’23 Huadong Feng, Xiaolei Ren, Qiping Wei, Jeff Yu Lei, Raghu Kacker, Richard Kuhn, Dimitris Simos Security Analysis of Zigbee Protocol Implementation via Device-agnostic Fuzzing ACM Journal – Digital Threats: Research and Practice ’22 Mengfei Ren, Xiaolei Ren, Huadong Feng, Jiang Ming, Yu Lei Z-Fuzzer: device-agnostic fuzzing of Zigbee protocol implementation WiSec ’21 Mengfei Ren, Xiaolei Ren, Huadong Feng, Jiang Ming, Yu Lei Unleashing the hidden power of compiler optimization on binary code difference: an empirical study PLDI ’21 ? PLDI Distinguished Paper Award ? ACM SIGPLAN Blog: When Compiler Optimization Meets Binary Code Difference Xiaolei Ren, Michael Ho, Jiang Ming, Yu Lei, Li Li |
Education
- Ph.D. student in Computer Science, University of Texas at Arlington
- M.S. in Software Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington
- B.S. in Computer Science, Jilin University
Teaching Experiences
Graduate Teaching Assistant
- CSE 4321 001 Software Testing & Maintenance / Fall 2021.
- CSE 3311 001 Oriented Software Engineering / Summer 2021.
- CSE 5322 001/901 Software Design Patterns / Fall 2020.
- CSE 6324 003 Adv Topics Software Engineering / Spring 2020.
- CSE 3310 Fundamentals of Software Engineering / Spring 2019 & 2021.
Lab Instructor
- CSE 2100 006 Practical Computer Hardware & Software Systems / Spring 2020.
Guest Talks
Invited Presentation: Compiler Optimization and Binay Difference,
Lecture: CSE 4321 Software Testing & Maintenance, Spring 2022, Slides
Paper Review Service
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