Publications

Peer-reviewed Publications

[C] Conference Proceeding [J] Journal Article

(Note: students whom I advise are underlined)

“Visible Apps, Hidden Libs: A Comprehensive Study of Native Libraries in Android Applications (to appear)”, Proceedings of the 26th IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability, and Security (QRS), July 22-25, 2026.
By Wenxuan Liu, Yin Liu, and Xuejun Yu [C][EI, CCF-C]

“The Twilight of SGX, but Not its Tests: An In-Depth Study of Testing in SGX Projects”, Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom), November 14-16, 2025.
By Jiapei Deng and Yin Liu [C][EI, CORE-C]

“Three-Body Problem: An Empirical Study on Smartphone-based TEEs, TEE-based Apps, and their Interactions”, Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom 2024), December 17-21, 2024.
By Xianghui Dong, Yin Liu, and Xuejun Yu [C][EI, CCF-C]
“A Quiet Place: An In-Depth Study of Mobile Public-to-Private Attacks”, Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom 2024), December 17-21, 2024.
By Yin Liu [C][EI, CCF-C]

“Trusted and Privacy-Preserving Sensor Data Onloading,” Computer Communications (CC), In Print, 2023.
By Yin Liu, Breno Cruz, and Eli Tilevich [J][SCI-Q1, CCF-C]

“Toward a Better Alignment Between the Research and Practice of Code Search Engines,” Proceedings of the 29th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC 2022), December, 2022.
By Yin Liu, Shuangyi li, and Eli Tilevich [C][EI, CCF-C]
“Secure and Flexible Message-Based Communication for Mobile Apps Within and Across Devices,” Journal of Systems & Software (JSS), In Print, July 2022.
By Yin Liu, Breno Cruz, and Eli Tilevich [J][SCI-Q2, CCF-B]
“Only Pay for What You Need: Detecting and Removing Unnecessary TEE-Based Code,” Journal of Systems & Software (JSS), In Print, February 2022.
By Yin Liu, Siddharth Dhar, and Eli Tilevich [J][SCI-Q2, CCF-B]

“Privacy-Preserving Sharing of Mobile Sensor Data,” Proceedings of EAI MobiCASE 2021 - 12th EAI International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications and Services 2021 (MobiCASE 2021), November 2021.
By Yin Liu, Breno Dantas Cruz, and Eli Tilevich [C][EI]
“HTPD: Secure and Flexible Message-Based Communication for Mobile Apps,” Proceedings of the 17th EAI International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks (SecureComm 2021), September 2021.
By Yin Liu, Breno Dantas Cruz, and Eli Tilevich [C][EI, CCF-C]

“Reducing the Price of Protection: Identifying and Migrating Non-Sensitive Code in TEE,” Proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom 2020), December 29, 2020 - January 1, 2021.
By Yin Liu and Eli Tilevich [C][EI, CCF-C]
“VarSem: Declarative Expression and Automated Inference of Variable Usage Semantics,” Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Generative Programming: Concepts & Experiences (GPCE 2020), November 2020.
By Yin Liu and Eli Tilevich [C][EI, CORE-B]
“RT-Trust: Automated Refactoring for Different Trusted Execution Environments under Real-Time Constraints,” Journal of Computer Languages (COLA) 2020.
By Yin Liu, Kijin An, and Eli Tilevich [J][SCI-Q3]
Nominated for Best Paper Award
“RT-Trust: Automated Refactoring for Trusted Execution Under Real-Time Constraints,” Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Generative Programming: Concepts & Experience (GPCE 2018), November 2018.
By Yin Liu, Kijin An, and Eli Tilevich [C][EI, CORE-B]
“Querying Invisible Objects: Supporting Data-Driven, Privacy-Preserving Distributed Applications,” Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Managed Languages & Runtimes (ManLang 2017, formerly PPPJ, now called MPLR), September 2017.
By Yin Liu, Zheng Song, and Eli Tilevich [C][EI, CORE-C]

A Programming Framework for Data-Intensive, Privacy-Preserving Applications, 16th Semiannual Security & Software Engineering Research Center (S2ERC) showcase, November 8-9, 2017.
Compiler Tools for Critical Program Information (CPI) Protection, 15th Semiannual Security & Software Engineering Research Center (S2ERC) showcase, May 24-25, 2017.