Rangharajan Venkatesan

56 papers A* 11A 12B 2Journal 22Unranked 8
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 conf
ISSCC
Ben Keller, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Steve Dai, Jason Clemons, Matthew Fojtik, Muya Chang, Thierry Tambe, Nathaniel Ross Pinckney, Stephen G. Tell, Qijing Huang, Shalini De Mello, Brucek Khailany
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Coleman Hooper, Charbel Sakr, Ben Keller, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Kurt Keutzer, Yakun Sophia Shao, Brucek Khailany
2025 A* conf
DAC
Zichen Fan, Steve Dai, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Dennis Sylvester, Brucek Khailany
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Zichen Fan, Steve Dai, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Dennis Sylvester, Brucek Khailany
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Akshat Ramachandran, Marina Neseem, Charbel Sakr, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Brucek Khailany, Tushar Krishna
2024 B conf
ISPASS
Kavya Sreedhar, Jason Clemons, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Stephen W. Keckler, Mark Horowitz
2023 J jnl
IEEE J. Solid State Circuits
Ben Keller, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Steve Dai, Stephen G. Tell, Brian Zimmer, Charbel Sakr, William J. Dally, C. Thomas Gray, Brucek Khailany
2023 A* conf
DAC
Steve Dai, Hasan Genc, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Brucek Khailany
2022 conf
VLSI Technology and Circuits
Ben Keller, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Steve Dai, Stephen G. Tell, Brian Zimmer, William J. Dally, C. Thomas Gray, Brucek Khailany
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Kavya Sreedhar, Jason Clemons, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Stephen W. Keckler, Mark Horowitz
2022 J jnl
IEEE Des. Test
Geoffrey W. Burr, Sukhwan Lim, Boris Murmann, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Marian Verhelst
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Computers
Jiawei Zhao, Steve Dai, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Brian Zimmer, Mustafa Fayez Ali, Ming-Yu Liu, Brucek Khailany, William J. Dally, Anima Anandkumar
2022 A* conf
ICML
Charbel Sakr, Steve Dai, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Brian Zimmer, William J. Dally, Brucek Khailany
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Charbel Sakr, Steve Dai, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Brian Zimmer, William J. Dally, Brucek Khailany
2021 A conf
ICCAD
Nathaniel Ross Pinckney, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Ben Keller, Brucek Khailany
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Jiawei Zhao, Steve Dai, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Ming-Yu Liu, Brucek Khailany, Bill Dally, Anima Anandkumar
2021 conf
ISSCC
Thomas Burd, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Dennis Sylvester
2021 J jnl
Commun. ACM
Yakun Sophia Shao, Jason Clemons, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Brian Zimmer, Matthew Fojtik, Nan Jiang, Ben Keller, Alicia Klinefelter, Nathaniel Ross Pinckney, Priyanka Raina, Stephen G. Tell, Yanqing Zhang, William J. Dally, Joel S. Emer, C. Thomas Gray, Brucek Khailany, Stephen W. Keckler
2021 A* conf
DAC
Jacob R. Stevens, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Steve Dai, Brucek Khailany, Anand Raghunathan
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Jacob R. Stevens, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Steve Dai, Brucek Khailany, Anand Raghunathan
2021 conf
MLSys
Steve Dai, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Mark Ren, Brian Zimmer, William J. Dally, Brucek Khailany
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Steve Dai, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Haoxing Ren, Brian Zimmer, William J. Dally, Brucek Khailany
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Steve Dai, Alicia Klinefelter, Haoxing Ren, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Ben Keller, Nathaniel Ross Pinckney, Brucek Khailany
2020 J jnl
IEEE J. Solid State Circuits
Brian Zimmer, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Yakun Sophia Shao, Jason Clemons, Matthew Fojtik, Nan Jiang, Ben Keller, Alicia Klinefelter, Nathaniel Ross Pinckney, Priyanka Raina, Stephen G. Tell, Yanqing Zhang, William J. Dally, Joel S. Emer, C. Thomas Gray, Stephen W. Keckler, Brucek Khailany
2020 J jnl
IEEE Micro
Brucek Khailany, Haoxing Ren, Steve Dai, Saad Godil, Ben Keller, Robert Kirby, Alicia Klinefelter, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Yanqing Zhang, Bryan Catanzaro, William J. Dally
2019 conf
Hot Chips Symposium
Rangharajan Venkatesan, Yakun Sophia Shao, Brian Zimmer, Jason Clemons, Matthew Fojtik, Nan Jiang, Ben Keller, Alicia Klinefelter, Nathaniel Ross Pinckney, Priyanka Raina, Stephen G. Tell, Yanqing Zhang, William J. Dally, Joel S. Emer, C. Thomas Gray, Stephen W. Keckler, Brucek Khailany
2019 conf
VLSI Circuits
Brian Zimmer, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Yakun Sophia Shao, Jason Clemons, Matthew Fojtik, Nan Jiang, Ben Keller, Alicia Klinefelter, Nathaniel Ross Pinckney, Priyanka Raina, Stephen G. Tell, Yanqing Zhang, William J. Dally, Joel S. Emer, C. Thomas Gray, Stephen W. Keckler, Brucek Khailany
2019 A* conf
DAC
Angad S. Rekhi, Brian Zimmer, Nikola Nedovic, Ningxi Liu, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Miaorong Wang, Brucek Khailany, William J. Dally, C. Thomas Gray
2019 A* conf
ASPLOS
Michael Pellauer, Yakun Sophia Shao, Jason Clemons, Neal Clayton Crago, Kartik Hegde, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Stephen W. Keckler, Christopher W. Fletcher, Joel S. Emer
2019 A conf
ICCAD
Rangharajan Venkatesan, Yakun Sophia Shao, Miaorong Wang, Jason Clemons, Steve Dai, Matthew Fojtik, Ben Keller, Alicia Klinefelter, Nathaniel Ross Pinckney, Priyanka Raina, Yanqing Zhang, Brian Zimmer, William J. Dally, Joel S. Emer, Stephen W. Keckler, Brucek Khailany
2019 A* conf
MICRO
Yakun Sophia Shao, Jason Clemons, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Brian Zimmer, Matthew Fojtik, Nan Jiang, Ben Keller, Alicia Klinefelter, Nathaniel Ross Pinckney, Priyanka Raina, Stephen G. Tell, Yanqing Zhang, William J. Dally, Joel S. Emer, C. Thomas Gray, Brucek Khailany, Stephen W. Keckler
2019 B conf
ISPASS
Angshuman Parashar, Priyanka Raina, Yakun Sophia Shao, Yu-Hsin Chen, Victor A. Ying, Anurag Mukkara, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Brucek Khailany, Stephen W. Keckler, Joel S. Emer
2018 A* conf
DAC
Brucek Khailany, Evgeni Khmer, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Jason Clemons, Joel S. Emer, Matthew Fojtik, Alicia Klinefelter, Michael Pellauer, Nathaniel Ross Pinckney, Yakun Sophia Shao, Shreesha Srinath, Christopher Torng, Sam Likun Xi, Yanqing Zhang, Brian Zimmer
2017 A* conf
ISCA
Angshuman Parashar, Minsoo Rhu, Anurag Mukkara, Antonio Puglielli, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Brucek Khailany, Joel S. Emer, Stephen W. Keckler, William J. Dally
2017 J jnl
CoRR
Angshuman Parashar, Minsoo Rhu, Anurag Mukkara, Antonio Puglielli, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Brucek Khailany, Joel S. Emer, Stephen W. Keckler, William J. Dally
2017 A conf
DATE
Ashish Ranjan, Swagath Venkataramani, Zoha Pajouhi, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Kaushik Roy, Anand Raghunathan
2016 A* conf
DAC
Injoon Hong, Jason Clemons, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Iuri Frosio, Brucek Khailany, Stephen W. Keckler
2016 J jnl
ACM J. Emerg. Technol. Comput. Syst.
A. Arun Goud, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Anand Raghunathan, Kaushik Roy
2016 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Computers
Rangharajan Venkatesan, Vivek Joy Kozhikkottu, Mrigank Sharad, Charles Augustine, Arijit Raychowdhury, Kaushik Roy, Anand Raghunathan
2016 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Very Large Scale Integr. Syst.
Xuanyao Fong, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Dongsoo Lee, Anand Raghunathan, Kaushik Roy
2016 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Very Large Scale Integr. Syst.
Vivek Joy Kozhikkottu, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Anand Raghunathan, Sujit Dey
2016 J jnl
Proc. IEEE
Xuanyao Fong, Yusung Kim, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Sri Harsha Choday, Anand Raghunathan, Kaushik Roy
2015 A conf
DATE
A. Arun Goud, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Anand Raghunathan, Kaushik Roy
2015 A conf
DATE
Ashish Ranjan, Shankar Ganesh Ramasubramanian, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Vijay S. Pai, Kaushik Roy, Anand Raghunathan
2015 J jnl
ACM J. Emerg. Technol. Comput. Syst.
Rangharajan Venkatesan, Mrigank Sharad, Kaushik Roy, Anand Raghunathan
2015 A conf
DATE
Rangharajan Venkatesan, Swagath Venkataramani, Xuanyao Fong, Kaushik Roy, Anand Raghunathan
2014
Rangharajan Venkatesan
2014 A conf
ISLPED
Shankar Ganesh Ramasubramanian, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Mrigank Sharad, Kaushik Roy, Anand Raghunathan
2014 A* conf
ISCA
Rangharajan Venkatesan, Shankar Ganesh Ramasubramanian, Swagath Venkataramani, Kaushik Roy, Anand Raghunathan
2013 A conf
DATE
Rangharajan Venkatesan, Mrigank Sharad, Kaushik Roy, Anand Raghunathan
2013 A conf
ISLPED
Mrigank Sharad, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Anand Raghunathan, Kaushik Roy
2013 conf
NANOARCH
Mrigank Sharad, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Xuanyao Fong, Anand Raghunathan, Kaushik Roy
2012 A conf
ISLPED
Rangharajan Venkatesan, Vivek Joy Kozhikkottu, Charles Augustine, Arijit Raychowdhury, Kaushik Roy, Anand Raghunathan
2011 conf
NANOARCH
Rangharajan Venkatesan, Vinay K. Chippa, Charles Augustine, Kaushik Roy, Anand Raghunathan
2011 A conf
ICCAD
Rangharajan Venkatesan, Amit Agarwal, Kaushik Roy, Anand Raghunathan
2011 A conf
DATE
Vivek Joy Kozhikkottu, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Anand Raghunathan, Sujit Dey
tests/unit/test_apk_cfg_features.py
← Index tests/unit/test_apk_cfg_features.py python
"""
Unit tests for APK CFG feature parity with the Binary Ninja pipeline.

Tests advanced CFG features computed from smali (topology hash, MD-index,
WL-MinHash, prime product, packed adjacency, block features export) and
the slimmed similarity table.

All tests use mocked smali input — no JADX/apktool/Java required.
"""
import pytest

from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_cfg import (
    SmaliCFGMetrics,
    compute_cfg_metrics,
)
from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.method_extractor import (
    SMALI_OP_PRIMES,
    compute_prime_product_smali,
    count_call_instructions,
)

pytestmark = [pytest.mark.unit, pytest.mark.apk, pytest.mark.decompile]


# ===================================================================
# Sample smali bodies for testing
# ===================================================================

# Simple linear method: 3 instructions, 1 block
SMALI_LINEAR = """\
    const/4 v0, 0x0
    invoke-virtual {p0, v0}, Lcom/Foo;->bar(I)V
    return-void
"""

# Diamond CFG: if-else with two paths merging
SMALI_DIAMOND = """\
    const/4 v0, 0x1
    if-eqz v0, :cond_0
    invoke-virtual {p0}, Lcom/Foo;->pathA()V
    goto :goto_0
    :cond_0
    invoke-virtual {p0}, Lcom/Foo;->pathB()V
    :goto_0
    return-void
"""

# Loop: a back edge from goto to a label before it
SMALI_LOOP = """\
    const/4 v0, 0x0
    :loop_start
    add-int/lit8 v0, v0, 0x1
    if-lt v0, v1, :loop_start
    return-void
"""

# Multi-block with several invoke calls
SMALI_MULTI_CALL = """\
    invoke-virtual {p0}, Lcom/Foo;->a()V
    invoke-static {v0}, Lcom/Bar;->b(I)V
    invoke-direct {p0, v1}, Lcom/Baz;-><init>(I)V
    const/4 v0, 0x0
    return-void
"""


# ===================================================================
# TestSmaliCFGMetricsAdvanced — new fields in SmaliCFGMetrics
# ===================================================================

class TestSmaliCFGMetricsAdvanced:
    """Test that advanced CFG fields are populated by compute_cfg_metrics."""

    def test_topology_hash_is_bytes(self):
        m = compute_cfg_metrics(SMALI_DIAMOND)
        assert isinstance(m.cfg_topology_hash, bytes)
        assert len(m.cfg_topology_hash) == 16

    def test_topology_hash_nonzero_for_multiblock(self):
        m = compute_cfg_metrics(SMALI_DIAMOND)
        assert m.cfg_topology_hash != b'\x00' * 16

    def test_topology_hash_zero_for_empty(self):
        m = compute_cfg_metrics("")
        assert m.cfg_topology_hash == b'\x00' * 16

    def test_identical_cfg_same_topology_hash(self):
        """Two smali methods with the same CFG structure produce the same hash."""
        smali_a = """\
    const/4 v0, 0x1
    if-eqz v0, :cond_0
    const/4 v1, 0x2
    goto :goto_0
    :cond_0
    const/4 v1, 0x3
    :goto_0
    return-void
"""
        smali_b = """\
    const/4 v5, 0x9
    if-nez v5, :cond_0
    add-int v6, v5, v5
    goto :goto_0
    :cond_0
    sub-int v6, v5, v5
    :goto_0
    return-void
"""
        m_a = compute_cfg_metrics(smali_a)
        m_b = compute_cfg_metrics(smali_b)
        assert m_a.cfg_topology_hash == m_b.cfg_topology_hash

    def test_different_cfg_different_topology_hash(self):
        m_linear = compute_cfg_metrics(SMALI_LINEAR)
        m_diamond = compute_cfg_metrics(SMALI_DIAMOND)
        assert m_linear.cfg_topology_hash != m_diamond.cfg_topology_hash

    def test_md_index_topdown_nonzero(self):
        m = compute_cfg_metrics(SMALI_DIAMOND)
        assert m.md_index_topdown != 0

    def test_md_index_bottomup_nonzero(self):
        m = compute_cfg_metrics(SMALI_DIAMOND)
        assert m.md_index_bottomup != 0

    def test_md_index_zero_for_empty(self):
        m = compute_cfg_metrics("")
        assert m.md_index_topdown == 0
        assert m.md_index_bottomup == 0

    def test_wl_minhash_length(self):
        m = compute_cfg_metrics(SMALI_DIAMOND)
        assert len(m.wl_minhash) == 128

    def test_wl_minhash_sentinel_for_empty(self):
        m = compute_cfg_metrics("")
        assert m.wl_minhash == [255] * 128

    def test_wl_minhash_values_are_uint8(self):
        m = compute_cfg_metrics(SMALI_DIAMOND)
        for val in m.wl_minhash:
            assert 0 <= val <= 255

    def test_cfg_adjacency_nonempty_for_multiblock(self):
        m = compute_cfg_metrics(SMALI_DIAMOND)
        assert len(m.cfg_adjacency) > 0

    def test_cfg_adjacency_empty_for_empty(self):
        m = compute_cfg_metrics("")
        assert m.cfg_adjacency == []

    def test_cfg_adjacency_packed_format(self):
        """Each entry should be (src << 16) | tgt."""
        m = compute_cfg_metrics(SMALI_DIAMOND)
        for edge in m.cfg_adjacency:
            assert isinstance(edge, int)
            src = edge >> 16
            tgt = edge & 0xFFFF
            assert src < m.block_count
            assert tgt < m.block_count

    def test_block_features_exported(self):
        m = compute_cfg_metrics(SMALI_DIAMOND)
        assert len(m.block_features) == m.block_count
        for bf in m.block_features:
            assert len(bf) == 8  # 7 categories + successor_count

    def test_cfg_feature_tlsh_none_for_small(self):
        """Small methods produce None (< 50 bytes of feature data)."""
        m = compute_cfg_metrics(SMALI_LINEAR)
        # Single-block linear method — too small for TLSH
        assert m.cfg_feature_tlsh is None

    def test_loop_count_with_back_edge(self):
        m = compute_cfg_metrics(SMALI_LOOP)
        assert m.loop_count >= 1


# ===================================================================
# TestPrimeProductSmali
# ===================================================================

class TestPrimeProductSmali:

    def test_empty_returns_zero(self):
        assert compute_prime_product_smali("") == 0

    def test_none_returns_zero(self):
        assert compute_prime_product_smali(None) == 0

    def test_known_computation(self):
        """Single invoke instruction → CALL category → prime 17."""
        smali = "    invoke-virtual {p0}, Lcom/Foo;->bar()V"
        assert compute_prime_product_smali(smali) == 17

    def test_two_instructions(self):
        """const (CONST→2) * invoke (CALL→17) = 34."""
        smali = """\
    const/4 v0, 0x0
    invoke-virtual {p0, v0}, Lcom/Foo;->bar(I)V
"""
        assert compute_prime_product_smali(smali) == 2 * 17

    def test_skips_directives_and_labels(self):
        """Directives, labels, and comments should be skipped."""
        smali = """\
.registers 2
.line 10
    :label
    # comment
    const/4 v0, 0x0
"""
        # Only const/4 → CONST → prime 2
        assert compute_prime_product_smali(smali) == 2

    def test_position_independent(self):
        """Reordering instructions produces the same product (multiplication is commutative)."""
        smali_a = """\
    add-int v0, v1, v2
    invoke-virtual {p0}, Lcom/Foo;->bar()V
"""
        smali_b = """\
    invoke-virtual {p0}, Lcom/Foo;->bar()V
    add-int v0, v1, v2
"""
        assert compute_prime_product_smali(smali_a) == compute_prime_product_smali(smali_b)

    def test_all_categories_have_primes(self):
        """Every category in SMALI_OP_PRIMES is a positive integer."""
        for cat, prime in SMALI_OP_PRIMES.items():
            assert isinstance(prime, int)
            assert prime >= 1

    def test_mod_2_64(self):
        """Result should be mod 2^64 (doesn't overflow)."""
        # A very long method — product stays within uint64
        smali = "\n".join(["    mul-int v0, v1, v2"] * 1000)
        result = compute_prime_product_smali(smali)
        assert 0 <= result < 2**64


# ===================================================================
# TestCallCount
# ===================================================================

class TestCallCount:

    def test_empty(self):
        assert count_call_instructions("") == 0

    def test_none(self):
        assert count_call_instructions(None) == 0

    def test_single_invoke(self):
        smali = "    invoke-virtual {p0}, Lcom/Foo;->bar()V"
        assert count_call_instructions(smali) == 1

    def test_multiple_invoke_types(self):
        assert count_call_instructions(SMALI_MULTI_CALL) == 3

    def test_non_invoke_not_counted(self):
        smali = """\
    const/4 v0, 0x0
    add-int v1, v0, v0
    return-void
"""
        assert count_call_instructions(smali) == 0


# ===================================================================
# TestSimilarityTableSlimmed
# ===================================================================

class TestSimilarityTableSlimmed:
    """Verify the similarity table no longer contains moved fields."""

    def test_export_similarity_no_block_count(self):
        """block_count should not be in similarity export columns."""
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.DecompileAPK import DecompileAPK
        from unittest.mock import MagicMock

        extractor = DecompileAPK.__new__(DecompileAPK)
        extractor.log = MagicMock()
        extractor.sha256 = "a" * 64
        extractor.sha1 = "b" * 40
        extractor.md5 = "c" * 32
        extractor.analysis_results = {
            "sha256": "a" * 64,
            "sha1": "b" * 40,
            "md5": "c" * 32,
            "similarity_metrics": [{
                "smali_method_hash": "d" * 64,
                "cyclomatic_complexity": 3,
                "ssdeep_smali": None,
                "tlsh_smali": None,
                "minhash": [1, 2, 3],
            }],
        }

        export = extractor.prepare_export_data("ClickHouseExporter")
        sim_cols = export["method_similarity_metrics"]["column_names"]
        assert "block_count" not in sim_cols
        assert "edge_count" not in sim_cols
        assert "loop_count" not in sim_cols
        assert "max_depth" not in sim_cols
        assert "max_fan_out" not in sim_cols
        # These should still be there
        assert "smali_method_hash" in sim_cols
        assert "ssdeep_smali" in sim_cols
        assert "minhash" in sim_cols
        # cyclomatic_complexity moved to cfg table
        assert "cyclomatic_complexity" not in sim_cols


# ===================================================================
# TestCFGTableExport
# ===================================================================

class TestCFGTableExport:
    """Verify the new CFG table is exported correctly."""

    def test_export_cfg_table_present(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.DecompileAPK import DecompileAPK
        from unittest.mock import MagicMock

        extractor = DecompileAPK.__new__(DecompileAPK)
        extractor.log = MagicMock()
        extractor.analysis_results = {
            "sha256": "a" * 64,
            "sha1": "b" * 40,
            "md5": "c" * 32,
            "cfg": [{
                "smali_method_hash": "d" * 64,
                "cfg_topology_hash": b'\x01' * 16,
                "block_count": 4,
                "edge_count": 5,
                "instructions_count": 20,
                "call_count": 3,
                "cyclomatic_complexity": 3,
                "loop_count": 1,
                "max_depth": 2,
                "max_fan_out": 2,
                "md_index_topdown": 12345,
                "md_index_bottomup": 67890,
                "prime_product_smali": 999,
                "cfg_feature_tlsh": None,
                "wl_minhash": [0] * 128,
                "bb_features": [[10, 1, 0, 2, 1, 0, 0, 2]] * 4,
                "cfg_adjacency": [0x00010000, 0x00010002],
            }],
        }

        export = extractor.prepare_export_data("ClickHouseExporter")
        assert "cfg_methods" in export
        cfg_export = export["cfg_methods"]
        assert cfg_export["table"] == "code_apk_cfg_methods"
        assert len(cfg_export["data"]) == 1
        assert "cfg_topology_hash" in cfg_export["column_names"]
        assert "prime_product_smali" in cfg_export["column_names"]
        assert "wl_minhash" in cfg_export["column_names"]
        assert "bb_features" in cfg_export["column_names"]
        assert "cfg_adjacency" in cfg_export["column_names"]
        # Verify column count matches data width
        assert len(cfg_export["column_names"]) == len(cfg_export["data"][0])
        assert len(cfg_export["column_type_names"]) == len(cfg_export["data"][0])