Scholar
Mingyuan Xia
Google Scholar ID: BvjeumIAAAAJ
McGill University
Citations & Impact
Citations
644
H-index
11
i10-index
15
Publications
20
Co-authors
19
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Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Research Experience
- Engaged in multiple school-time research projects focusing on mobile app security, system optimization, and big data storage
- Developed AppAudit: a program analysis tool to detect sensitive data leakage in Android apps
- Developed AppBox: a universal sandbox for Android apps that isolates access to system resources and user data
- Investigated the impact of memory leaks in mobile apps on system performance and battery life
- Built MonkeyHelper: a toolchain to capture, replay, manipulate, and analyze user interactions on smartphones
- Researched erasure coding techniques in HDFS to reduce big data storage costs
- Studied IO patterns and optimization in enterprise and campus VM deployments
