Xiaoning Du

Xiaoning Du is a Senior Lecturer (equivalent to Associate Professor) in the Department of Software Systems & Cybersecurity at Monash University's Faculty of Information Technology. She holds a PhD from Nanyang Technological University (2020) and a Bachelor's from Fudan University (2014). Her research focuses on software security and quality assurance for traditional and AI-based systems, with notable contributions to DevOps for AI, vulnerability detection, and runtime verification.

• Education:
  • PhD in Computer Science, Nanyang Technological University (2015–2020)
  • Bachelor of Software Engineering, Fudan University (2010–2014)

Research Interests: Security of intelligent software systems, AI-driven software testing, DevOps for AI, and trustworthy AI services. Her work emphasizes practical applications like Devign (vulnerability detection), DeepStellar (deep learning system analysis), and BigCodeBench (code generation benchmarking).

Recent Projects: Collaborations include CSIRO cybersecurity initiatives, Algorand Center of Excellence, and IBM-funded research. She leads projects addressing AI ethics, federated learning security, and code completion robustness.

Awards: 2024 Google Research Scholar Award, 2024 FIT Dean’s Early Career Award, and multiple distinguished paper awards at top venues like ACM SIGSOFT and ICLR.

Labs/Teams: Active in Monash’s cybersecurity and AI research groups, contributing to open-source tools like DeepStellar and BigCodeBench. She advises PhD students and mentors on scholarships.