About me

I am a second-year Ph.D. student majoring in Computer Science at Purdue University. I received my B.S. degrees from University of Michigan (CS) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (ECE).

I want to make computer systems more efficient, reliable, and secure. Currently, my project focuses on fine-grained and low-cost microarchitectural isolation techniques, enhancing performance and security for serverless computing. Still, my interest spans many other fields in computer architecture and operating systems.

I am advised by Kazem Taram and Pedro Fonseca. During my undergraduate, I was advised by Baris Kasikci, Shuwen Deng, and Yibo Pi.

I am looking for a research intern position starting Summer 2027. Please reach out to me if you are looking for research interns.

Publications

• A Harmony of Ice and Fire: Mitigating Cold Last-Level Cache Effects in Serverless Computing on Commodity Hardware
  Qi Ling, Ajay Rawat, Pedro Fonseca, Kazem Taram
  59th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO’26)
• An Integer Overflow Endgame: Compiler and Architecture Support for Default-On Integer Overflow Mitigation
  Zheng Zhang, Qi Ling, Kian Kasad, Brendan Sweeney, Deepak Gupta, Tal Garfinkel, Kazem Taram
  35th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security’26)
  [paper] [artifact]
• GadgetMeter: Quantitatively and Accurately Gauging the Exploitability of Speculative Gadgets
  Qi Ling, Yujun Liang, Yi Ren, Baris Kasikci, Shuwen Deng
  Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS’25)
  Won 2nd Place at MICRO’23 Undergraduate SRC
  [pdf] [video]
• Towards Fine-Grained, High-Coverage Internet Monitoring at Scale
  Hongyu Wu, Qi Ling, Penghui Mi, Chaoyang Ji, Yinliang Hu, Yibo Pi
  The 7th Asia-Pacific Workshop on Networking (APNet’23)
  [pdf]

Awards & Honors

• ACM Student Research Competition 2nd Place Award2023
• ACM MICRO Student Travel Grant2023
• Dean's Honor List2022, 2023
• Jackson and Murial Lum Scholarship2022, 2023
• SJTU Undergraduate Excellence Scholarship2021

Education

• Aug. 2024 - Present
  Doctoral Degree in Computer Science
  Purdue University
• Sept. 2022 - May. 2024
  Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
  University of Michigan
• Sept. 2020 - August. 2024
  Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Shanghai Jiao Tong University