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You will have the chance to work on the grand challenges of software engineering, testing of IoT wireless protocols, compilers, ad-hoc ecosystems and resilience of software applications. You will be involved in determining the important and interesting questions, creating and improving instrumental setups, performing measurements, and making discoveries.

Research Interests

  • 📑 Software testing advancements: fuzzing, data flow analysis, combinatorial testing, symbolic execution, …
  • 🛠 Bug detections in IoT wireless protocols, e.g., Zigbee, Z-Wave, MQTT, …
  • 🖥 Advanced testing and analysis in modern compilers

Applications for PhD positions

Application Requirements

We are looking for students who are/have

  • BS or MS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering with a good GPA.
  • Strong motivation and high ambition in research of software testing or cybersecurity.
  • Excellent analytical and programming skills such as C, C++, Java and Python.
  • Strong communication and teamwork abilities.

How to Apply

If you are interested in working with us as a Ph.D. student, please send me the following materials via email, with the title “PhD Application_Name_Term”. Emails without all required materials will not be reviewed and replied!

  • 📌 Official transcripts of all educations. Unofficial transcript for current students is acceptable.

  • 📌 CV/resume with a list of publications if available. The publications should include authors, conference/journal name, and date.

  • 📌 Research statement including the following items:

    • the specific topic/area you’re interested in exploing during Ph.D. study
    • brief study plan for developing your interested topic/area in 3 or 5 years

    Note: This statement is not the same as personal statement. The described research topic/area should not be too general or broad.

  • 📌 English Proficiency Proof. GRE is optional but is a big plus.

    • IELTS: all sub-scores are >= 6.5
    • TOEFL iBT: total score is >= 80
    • Duolingo: total score is >= 125

Master Students at Baylor

If you are a Master student at Baylor and looking for a Master thesis project, please contact me through email or stop by my office.

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