Qi Ling

Qi Ling

(~CHEE-ling)

3rd Year PhD in CS

About me

I am a third-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
Distinguished Paper Award!
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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
2nd Place at MICRO Student Research Competition
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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
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Awards & Honors

  • USENIX Security Distinguished Paper Award2026
  • ACM MICRO Student Research Competition 2nd Place2023
  • ACM MICRO Student Travel Grant2023
  • Dean's Honor List2022, 2023
  • Jackson and Murial Lum Scholarship2022, 2023
  • SJTU Undergraduate Excellence Scholarship2021

Service

  • USENIX Security Symposium Program Committee2027

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