جستجوی استاد راهنمای دانشگاهی

Nate Fosterمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Programming Languages
• Networking
• Databases
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Nate Foster is a Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University and currently serves as the Associate Dean for Research in the Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science. He is also a Visiting Researcher at Jane Street and served as a Visiting Professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne during the 2023-24 academic year. His research uses ideas from programming languages to solve problems in networking, databases, and security. BA in Computer Science, Williams College (2001) MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge (2008, all work completed in 2003) PhD in Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania (2009) Foster's research focuses on developing languages and tools that make it easy for programmers to build secure and reliable systems. His current work centers on the design and implementation of languages and tools for programmable networks, particularly using the P4 language. His past work includes bidirectional languages (also known as 'lenses'), database query languages, data provenance, type systems, mechanized proof, and formal semantics. His research group at Cornell has made significant contributions to network verification, software-defined networking, and formal foundations for programmable data planes. Analysis of Foster's recent publications reveals a strong focus on network verification and programming language foundations for networking. His work consistently applies formal methods to practical networking problems, with a particular emphasis on the NetKAT and P4 languages. Over the past five years, his research has evolved toward more complex network verification techniques, including infinite state verification, active learning of network models, and dependently-typed approaches to network programming. His work bridges theoretical computer science with practical networking systems, making formal methods accessible to network engineers. ACM Fellow (2025) ACM SIGPLAN Robin Milner Award (2023) ACM SIGCOMM Rising Star Award (2018) NSF CAREER Award (2013) Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (2012) Multiple distinguished paper awards across top conferences including POPL, PLDI, and SIGCOMM Foster has advised numerous PhD and Master's students who have gone on to prominent positions in both industry and academia, with many continuing work in programming languages and networking. He has led multiple significant research grants including an NSF CAREER Award and has been involved in the P4 Language Consortium, serving as Chair of the P4 Language Governing Board. His work has been supported by various organizations including NSF, DARPA, and industry partners like Intel and Jane Street. Foster is also active in the programming languages research community, serving on numerous program committees and as Vice Chair of DARPA's Information Science and Technology (ISAT) study group. Foster leads a vibrant research group at Cornell focused on programming languages for networks, with collaborators from academia and industry. His group has developed several influential tools and frameworks including NetKAT, Petr4, and KATch. They maintain strong connections with the P4 community and work closely with industry partners to ensure their research has practical impact on real-world networking systems.

Bernhard J. Bergerمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس

• Software Security
• Static Code Analysis
• Machine Learning
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Bernhard J. Berger is a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Engineering at the Institute of Embedded Systems, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH). His research focuses on software security, static code analysis, machine learning, optimization, and research data management. He has held significant roles such as Program Committee member for ICPC 2025 and MSR 2025, and has received awards including the Best Reviewer Award (ICPC 2023) and Best Engineering Paper Award (SCAM 2019). His work spans interdisciplinary applications including maritime systems security, GPU-accelerated AI, and evolutionary algorithms. Recent studies emphasize AI-driven security tools (e.g., ML-SAST) and domain-specific language approaches to optimization (EvoAl). He has contributed to over 30 peer-reviewed publications, with notable work in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering and Science of Computer Programming. Berger collaborates closely with industry through DAAD review committees and serves on artifact evaluation boards for ISSTA and ARES conferences. Education: Doctoral Thesis (2022), Diploma in Computer Science (2007) Key Projects: ArchSec tool suite, Threat Modeling Frameworks, Bauhaus static analysis methodology Lab Affiliation: Embedded Systems Design Group His advisory roles include Deputy of TUHH's Election Verification Committee and Session Chair at IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation 2023. Current research trends integrate machine learning with static analysis for automated vulnerability detection, while also exploring explainable AI techniques for neural network optimization.

Alexander Pretschnerمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Software Engineering
• Testing
• Information Security
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Prof. Alexander Pretschner is a Professor of Software & Systems Engineering at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Founding Director of the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt). He also serves as Scientific Director of fortiss, a Bavarian research institute for software-intensive systems. His research focuses on software engineering, testing, information security, and ethical software development. Pretschner holds a PhD from TUM and has held academic positions at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and TU Kaiserslautern. He is a co-editor of several prestigious journals, including IEEE Transactions on Reliability and the Journal of Software Testing, Verification and Reliability. Education: PhD in Computer Science, Technical University of Munich MSc in Computer Science, University of Kansas (on Fulbright Scholarship) Diplom in Computer Science, RWTH Aachen University Research Interests: His work spans testing methodologies, secure software design, and ethical considerations in agile development. Notable contributions include frameworks for metamorphic testing, distributed data usage control, and accountability mechanisms for cyber-physical systems. Awards: IBM Faculty Award (2012, 2013) Google Focused Research Award (2011, 2012) EARTO Innovation Prize (2014) 2nd Platz Supervisory Award (2020) Advising & Grants: Pretschner has supervised numerous PhD and Master’s students, contributing to over 200 publications. He leads projects like EDAP (Ethical Deliberation in Agile Processes) and collaborates with industry partners on cybersecurity and AI ethics initiatives. Labs & Teams: His work is anchored in bidt, fortiss, and TUM’s Chair of Software & Systems Engineering, focusing on societal impacts of digitalization and trustworthy AI systems.

• Software Engineering
• Computer Systems
• Software Security
• +۱۱ مورد دیگر

Cristian Cadar is a Professor in the Department of Computing at Imperial College London, leading the Software Reliability Group . His research focuses on improving software reliability and security through practical techniques in software engineering, computer systems, and program analysis. Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Stanford University M.Eng. in Computer Science, MIT B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics, MIT His research interests center on software engineering and software security , particularly symbolic execution , dynamic symbolic execution (DSE) , and multi-version execution . Current work explores techniques for scalability, constraint solving, and runtime security in software systems. Key trends in his recent articles include optimizing symbolic execution for testing, addressing path explosion in constraint-based test generation, and advancing multi-version execution for dynamic software updates. His publications also cover program analysis , automated testing , and formal methods for software reliability. Awarded prestigious honors such as the Humboldt Research Award (2024) , ERC Consolidator Grant (2018) , and IEEE New Directions Award (2022) . Other accolades include the BCS Roger Needham Award (2019) and SIGOPS Hall of Fame (2018) . Cadar supervises PhD and postdoctoral researchers in software reliability and security. His group has secured grants from the ERC and EPSRC , including a Consolidator Grant (2018) and Early-Career Fellowship (2013) . He actively contributes to conference organizing committees and editorial boards. The Software Reliability Group at Imperial College, led by Cadar, specializes in techniques like KLEE and EXE for automated testing. Their work has been adopted by industry partners such as Fujitsu, IBM, and Microsoft, particularly in runtime security tools like WIT .

Todd Millsteinمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Software Reliability
• Network Verification
• Programming Languages
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Todd Millstein is a Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and served as Department Chair from 2022–2025. He is also an Amazon Scholar and a co-founder and former Chief Scientist of Intentionet (now at AWS). His research focuses on making software systems more reliable, particularly through network verification and programming language techniques. He pioneered the Batfish network configuration analyzer, which is used by AWS, Oracle Cloud, and dozens of companies, and received the ACM SIGCOMM Networking Systems Award (2025) for this work. His recent publications span probabilistic programming, network reliability, and interactive program verification, including papers at PLDI 2024 (on bit blasting probabilistic programs), NSDI 2024 (on behavioral testing of BGP), and HotNets 2024 (on network layering). Todd has received prestigious awards such as an NSF CAREER Award , a Microsoft Research Outstanding Collaborator Award , and multiple best paper awards at PLDI, OOPSLA, and SIGCOMM. He has advised Ph.D. students like Ana Brendel and Poorva Garg , and teaches courses such as CS30 (Principles of Computing), CS231 (Types and Programming Languages), and CS239 (Current Topics in PL and Systems). His professional roles include Program Chair for OOPSLA 2014 and ECOOP 2018, and committee member for numerous conferences including PLDI , SPLASH , and LAFI .

Heiko Falkمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Real-Time Systems
• Embedded Systems
• Compiler Optimization
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Heiko Falk is a Professor and Head of the Institute of Embedded Systems at Technische Universität Hamburg (TUHH). His roles include serving as Workshop Chair for the 2024 Embedded Systems Week (ESWEEK), Scientific Coordinator for the B.Sc. and M.Sc. Computer Science programs, and Deputy Head of the Board of Examiners for Computer Science and Engineering. His research focuses on real-time systems, compiler optimizations, and worst-case execution time (WCET) analysis. Key areas include multi-core architectures, cache management, energy efficiency, and hardware/software co-design. Falk's work emphasizes practical compiler techniques for improving real-time performance, such as WCET-aware memory allocation, dynamic SPM optimization, and event-driven scheduling. His publications analyze shared cache interference, preemptive/non-preemptive scheduling, and DMA-aware optimizations. Recent work explores multi-objective trade-offs between WCET, energy consumption, and code size in embedded systems. No scientific awards are explicitly listed, but his contributions to WCET benchmarking (e.g., haRTStone project) and compiler frameworks demonstrate significant impact in the field. Advising and grants: No formal advisees are listed in the provided texts. Falk's work is supported through projects like teamplay, focusing on cyber-physical systems optimization. Labs/Teams: His group operates within TUHH's Institute of Embedded Systems, collaborating on projects addressing real-time system challenges in multi-core environments.

Yingfei Xiongمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Software Engineering
• Programming Languages

Yingfei Xiong is an active Associate Professor at Peking University, China, specializing in software engineering and programming languages. With a consistent research trajectory from 2013 through 2026, Xiong has established themselves as a prominent figure in the software engineering research community, regularly contributing to top-tier conferences including SPLASH, ICSE, ASE, and PLDI. Dr. Xiong's research primarily focuses on program synthesis, automated program repair, and software analysis techniques. Their work bridges theoretical programming language concepts with practical software engineering applications, particularly in developing novel approaches for code generation, bug fixing, and program optimization. The research demonstrates strong interdisciplinary connections between traditional software engineering, programming languages theory, and emerging AI techniques. Analysis of Xiong's publication trends reveals a clear evolution in research focus, beginning with foundational work in API transformations and program adaptation around 2013-2016, shifting toward program repair techniques from 2017-2020, and most recently incorporating machine learning and neural approaches into program synthesis and repair (2021-2026). The work consistently addresses practical challenges in software development while maintaining theoretical rigor, with increasing integration of AI techniques in recent years. Dr. Xiong has served in various leadership roles across the software engineering conference ecosystem, including program committee membership and session chair positions at major conferences. Their extensive service demonstrates recognition by peers as a subject matter expert in software engineering and programming languages research. While specific grant information isn't detailed in the provided text, the sustained publication record suggests successful research funding.

Shuvendu K. Lahiriمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Formal Verification
• Smart Contracts
• Program Synthesis
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Shuvendu K. Lahiri is a researcher at Microsoft Research, focusing on formal verification, program synthesis, and software testing. His work bridges artificial intelligence with formal methods, particularly in blockchain security and automated code generation. 2025 : Published LLM-Vectorizer (verified loop vectorizer) and neural synthesis for SMT-assisted proof-oriented programming 2024 : Explored LLM-based test-driven code generation and natural precondition inference 2023 : Developed resource management specifications and contributed to test generation with pre-trained models 2022 : Advanced Solidity type systems and merge conflict resolution using language models His research combines large language models with formal verification tools to improve software correctness. He actively contributes to conferences like ICSE, PLDI, and ISSTA as author and committee member.

• Hyperdimensional Computing
• Neuromorphic Hardware
• In-Memory Computing
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Paul R. Genssler is a Dr.-Ing. researcher at the Chair of AI Processor Design (AI-Pro) within the Technical University of Munich (TUM), actively advancing hardware solutions for artificial intelligence under Prof. Hussam Amrouch. His work bridges computer engineering and emerging technologies, focusing on overcoming fundamental limitations in conventional computing architectures through brain-inspired paradigms. His research spans critical domains in next-generation computing: Hyperdimensional Computing for robust pattern recognition and bioinformatics applications Neuromorphic and In-Memory Computing architectures for energy efficiency Reliability engineering for emerging memory technologies (FeFET, etc.) Quantum computing support systems including cryogenic embedded electronics Machine learning-driven transistor aging prediction and mitigation Analysis of his 15 most recent publications (2023-2024) reveals a dominant trend toward hyperdimensional computing as a unifying framework for addressing reliability challenges in emerging technologies. His work consistently integrates in-memory computing techniques to bypass von Neumann bottlenecks while targeting real-world applications like genome matching and unsupervised learning. A significant portion focuses on error-resilient implementations for unreliable nanoscale devices, demonstrating exceptional cross-stack expertise from transistor physics to algorithm design. As a core member of TUM's AI Processor Design group affiliated with the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI), Genssler collaborates extensively on projects spanning cryogenic quantum control systems, FPGA-based AI resilience, and monolithic 3D integration. The team operates at the intersection of semiconductor physics, computer architecture, and machine learning, with strong industry connections evident through publications at DATE, ASP-DAC, and ICCAD.

Ilia Polianمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Circuit Architecture
• System Design
• Hardware Reliability
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Prof. Ilia Polian serves as Head of the Institute of Computer Engineering and Chair of the Hardware-Oriented Computer Science (HOCOS) department at the University of Stuttgart. His leadership spans research, teaching, and institutional coordination across multiple high-impact projects. Prof. Polian's research focuses on developing circuit and system architectures based on both traditional and novel principles, including neuromorphic, stochastic, and approximate architectures. His second major research focus is systematic design methodology and design automation, with particular emphasis on safety and reliability properties of developed systems. Current research directions include quantum computing engineering, secure mixed-signal neural networks, and resource-efficient stochastic circuits for near-sensor computing applications. His recent publications demonstrate strong trends in quantum computing (particularly circuit partitioning and compilation for multi-QPU architectures), hardware security (including memristive cryptographic implementations), and AI-driven approaches to hardware testing and reliability. These works bridge fundamental computer architecture research with practical industrial applications. University of Stuttgart's Publication Prize for Paper on Partitioning of Quantum Circuits Prof. Polian actively supervises doctoral students including Devanshi Upadhyaya, and leads significant research grants such as the DFG Priority Program Nano Security which he coordinates. His department offers numerous thesis and research opportunities for students interested in cutting-edge hardware research. The Hardware-Oriented Computer Science department maintains strong collaborations with industry partners including IBM, Infineon Technologies, and Advantest, as well as academic institutions through the IQST Graduate School and QuantumBW initiatives.

Daniel Müller-Gritschnederمشاهده پروفایل

استاد مدعو

• TinyML
• Embedded Software Development
• Soft Error Resilience
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Daniel Müller-Gritschneder is an Adjunct Teaching Professor (Privatdozent) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), affiliated with the Chair of Electronic Design Automation. He leads the 'Electronic System Level' research group, focusing on embedded systems, TinyML, virtual prototyping, and hardware resilience. He temporarily served as head of the Chair of Real-Time Systems (2019–2020) and holds a senior membership in IEEE. His research spans: TinyML : Optimizing neural network inference for microcontrollers. Virtual Prototyping : Fast simulation for embedded software development (e.g., ETISS simulator). Runtime Verification : Hardware monitoring for safety-critical systems. Fault Tolerance : Cross-layer resilience against soft errors. Design Automation : NoC synthesis and RISC-V toolchain optimization. His publications emphasize RISC-V-based systems, TinyML deployment, fault injection, and embedded AI. Recent works show trends toward compiler-assisted security, thermal management, and automated design-space exploration for edge devices. Awards: Best Paper Award (SiPS 2019) Habilitation Award (Bund der Freunde der TUM, 2019) 2nd Best Paper (SMACD'15) Best Paper nominations at DAC'07, DATE'10, Analog'10, NOCS'13 He advises researchers in the Electronic System Level group and contributes to EU projects (e.g., Scale4Edge). His lab develops tools like ETISS, MLonMCU, and Seal5 for RISC-V and TinyML ecosystems.

Kihong Heoمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Program Analysis
• Programming Language
• Machine Learning
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Kihong Heo is an Associate Professor in the School of Computing and Graduate School of Information Security at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) in South Korea. His academic career includes serving as an Assistant Professor at KAIST from 2017-2019 before being promoted to Associate Professor in 2020, following his postdoctoral research at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned both his Ph.D. and B.S. in Computer Science & Engineering from Seoul National University. Dr. Heo's research focuses on developing program reasoning systems for safe and reliable software, with specific interests in AI-based program analysis systems for detecting deep semantic software bugs, general-purpose program simplification systems for secure and efficient software, and scalable program synthesis systems for automatic software generation and repair. His work bridges the gap between programming languages, program analysis, and machine learning techniques to create next-generation programming systems. Analysis of his recent publications reveals a strong trend toward integrating machine learning techniques with traditional program analysis methods, with significant contributions in compiler validation, software security, fault localization, and program debloating. His research has practical impact, with some of his work incorporated into Facebook's Infer static analyzer. ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award, FSE 2025 Amazon Research Award, 2024 The Soo-Young Lee Teaching Innovation Award, KAIST, 2024 Prize for Excellence in Teaching, KAIST, 2024 Best Artifact Award, ICSE 2022 ACM SIGPLAN Distinguished Paper Award, PLDI 2019 ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award, ICSE 2019 Dr. Heo actively mentors graduate students, currently advising several Ph.D. candidates including Yeonhee Ryou, Taeeun Kim, and Sujin Jang, as well as master's students. He has served on program committees for major software engineering and programming language conferences including PLDI, ICSE, POPL, and SPLASH, demonstrating his active role in the academic community. His laboratory, the Programming Systems Laboratory at KAIST, focuses on creating innovative programming systems that leverage both semantic-based program analysis and AI techniques.

• Cryptography
• Post-quantum cryptography
• Cryptographic engineering
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Peter Schwabe is a scientific director at the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy and holds academic positions as a part-time professor for cryptographic engineering in the Digital Security Group at Radboud University, Faculty of Science, and as an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Computer Science at Ruhr University Bochum. His career spans multiple prestigious institutions including Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University. Dr. Schwabe's research focuses on cryptography, particularly post-quantum cryptography, cryptographic engineering, and implementation security. His work addresses critical challenges in secure cryptographic implementations, side-channel resistance, and the transition to quantum-resistant algorithms. He has made significant contributions to NIST's post-quantum cryptography standardization project, particularly with CRYSTALS-Kyber which was selected for standardization in July 2022. His publication record shows a strong emphasis on practical implementations of cryptographic algorithms, formal verification of security properties, and addressing real-world security challenges. Recent work centers on verifying Kyber implementations, protecting against Spectre variants, and developing high-assurance cryptographic software. Dr. Schwabe has received significant recognition in the field, serving as an elected member of the IACR Board of Directors and participating in various steering committees including the IACR CHES and RWC Steering Committees. He also serves on advisory boards for several security-focused companies. As an advisor, he has supervised numerous PhD students working on cutting-edge cryptographic research, with recent graduates focusing on post-quantum cryptography, side-channel resistance, and formal verification of cryptographic implementations. His research group actively contributes to both theoretical advances and practical implementations in cryptography.

Jürgen Citoمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Software Engineering
• Explainable AI
• Performance Engineering
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Jürgen Cito is an Associate Professor with tenure at Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), specializing in software engineering, explainable AI, and performance engineering. He leads research at the IPA Lab (as indicated by his personal website) and maintains a visiting researcher position at Google. His academic journey began with joining TU Wien as an Assistant Professor in Spring 2020, with promotion to Associate Professor announced in April 2024. His research interests span multiple critical areas of modern software development, with particular focus on developer experience, program comprehension, and the intersection of AI with software engineering practices. His work bridges theoretical foundations with practical industrial applications, as evidenced by collaborations with major technology companies. Analysis of his recent publications reveals a strong emphasis on practical tools and methodologies that enhance software quality, performance, and security. His research trajectory shows increasing focus on explainable AI techniques applied to software engineering problems, performance prediction from source code, and automated security testing approaches that leverage large language models. best teaching award for distance learning for Web Engineering (2020) Cito actively contributes to the software engineering community through numerous conference committee roles, including program committee positions at ASE, ICSE, ESEC/FSE, and other major venues. His lab appears to focus on developer tools, program analysis, and AI-assisted software engineering, with connections to both academic and industrial research environments.

Jens Palsbergمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Programming Languages
• Quantum Computing
• Software Engineering
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Jens Palsberg is a Professor and former Department Chair of Computer Science at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he currently serves as Director of the UCLA-Amazon Science Hub for Humanity and Artificial Intelligence and co-director of UCLA's quantum research center. He chairs ACM SIGPLAN and is a member of the ACM Council. His research spans programming languages, software engineering, quantum computing, compilers, embedded systems, and information security. Palsberg has authored over 80 technical papers, co-authored the book Object-Oriented Type Systems , and revised Appel's textbook on Modern Compiler Implementation in Java . His recent work shows a significant shift toward quantum computing, including compiler techniques and program analysis for quantum systems. Analysis of his recent publications reveals a clear transition from traditional programming language research to quantum computing, with nearly half of his 2022-2024 publications focusing on quantum topics while maintaining strong work in software engineering and programming languages. His quantum research particularly emphasizes compiler optimization, abstract interpretation, and circuit analysis. ACM SIGPLAN Distinguished Service Award (2012) UCLA teaching award for quantum computing courses (2023) National Science Foundation CAREER and ITR awards Purdue University Faculty Scholar award IBM Faculty Award Okawa Foundation research award Palsberg has served in numerous leadership roles including general chair of POPL, conference chair of LICS, and vice chair of ACM SIGBED. His research has been supported by DARPA, Intel, British Telecom, and the National Science Foundation. He was instrumental in establishing UCLA's Masters degree in quantum science and has mentored numerous students through his legendary proof sessions. He leads a research group of over 30 professors in UCLA's quantum research center and maintains active collaborations across academia and industry, particularly with Amazon through the UCLA-Amazon Science Hub.