Xiang Ni

23 papers A* 1A 7B 1C 3Journal 6Unranked 4
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Robotics
Bing Chen, Xiang Ni, Lei Zhou, Bin Zi, Eric Li, Dan Zhang
2023 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Ke Zhang, Long Zhao, Kun Yang, Lisheng Song, Xiang Ni, Xujun Han, Mingguo Ma, Lei Fan
2022 J jnl
J. Glob. Inf. Manag.
Yajing Wang, Yunjie Calvin Xu, Xiang Ni
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Xiang Ni, Xiaolong Xu, Lingjuan Lyu, Changhua Meng, Weiqiang Wang
2020 A* conf
AAAI
Xiang Ni, Jing Li, Mo Yu, Wang Zhou, Kun-Lung Wu
2019 B conf
PPoPP
Xiang Ni, Scott Schneider, Raju Pavuluri, Jonathan Kaus, Kun-Lung Wu
2019 A conf
Middleware
Xiang Ni, Scott Schneider, Raju Pavuluri, Jonathan Kaus, Kun-Lung Wu
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Xiang Ni, Jing Li, Mo Yu, Wang Zhou, Kun-Lung Wu
2017 conf
IPDPS Workshops
Kavitha Chandrasekar, Xiang Ni, Laxmikant V. Kalé
2017 A conf
IPDPS
Nikhil Jain, Abhinav Bhatele, Xiang Ni, Todd Gamblin, Laxmikant V. Kalé
2017 C conf
CLUSTER
Xiang Ni, Nikhil Jain, Kavitha Chandrasekar, Laxmikant V. Kalé
2017 C conf
ICAIL
Vern R. Walker, Ji Hae Han, Xiang Ni, Kaneyasu Yoseda
2016 A conf
SC
Xiang Ni, Laxmikant V. Kalé
2016
Xiang Ni
2015 A conf
IPDPS
Xiang Ni, Laxmikant V. Kalé, Rasmus Tamstorf
2015 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Parallel Distributed Syst.
Esteban Meneses, Xiang Ni, Gengbin Zheng, Celso L. Mendes, Laxmikant V. Kalé
2014 A conf
SC
Nikhil Jain, Abhinav Bhatele, Xiang Ni, Nicholas J. Wright, Laxmikant V. Kalé
2014 A conf
SC
Bilge Acun, Abhishek Gupta, Nikhil Jain, Akhil Langer, Harshitha Menon, Eric Mikida, Xiang Ni, Michael P. Robson, Yanhua Sun, Ehsan Totoni, Lukasz Wesolowski, Laxmikant V. Kalé
2013 A conf
SC
Xiang Ni, Esteban Meneses, Nikhil Jain, Laxmikant V. Kalé
2012 conf
DSN Workshops
Esteban Meneses, Xiang Ni, Laxmikant V. Kalé
2012 conf
DSN Workshops
Gengbin Zheng, Xiang Ni, Laxmikant V. Kalé
2012 C conf
CLUSTER
Xiang Ni, Esteban Meneses, Laxmikant V. Kalé
2009 conf
ISCIS
Cong Xu, Yuebin Bai, Cheng Luo, Xiang Ni
docs/new_database_schema.md
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## LLIL function

| Field Name | Field Type | Description |
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| function_type | string | The inferred type of the analyzed function, determined by the FunctionTypeAnalysis module (e.g., standard, library, thunk). |
| sha256_llil | string | SHA-256 hash computed from the Low-Level Intermediate Language (LLIL) instructions of the function. |
| ssdeep_llil | string | Fuzzy hash (ssdeep) of the LLIL instruction sequence, used for similarity detection. |
| tlsh_llil | string | TLSH (Trend Locality Sensitive Hash) value of the LLIL instructions, used for approximate matching and similarity comparison. |
| instructions_types_llil | list[string] | List of unique LLIL instruction types (e.g., arithmetic, control flow, memory operations). |
| control_flow_count_llil | integer | Number of control flow instructions in the LLIL representation (e.g., branches, jumps, calls). |
| memory_access_pattern_llil | dict | Patterns of memory access operations detected in the LLIL code (e.g., loads, stores, stack operations). |
| register_usage | dict | Summary of register usage, indicating which registers are read and written in the function. |
| total_reg_reads | integer | Total number of register read operations in the LLIL code. |
| total_reg_written | integer | Total number of register write operations in the LLIL code. |
| data_references_count | integer | Number of data references in the LLIL code (e.g., constants, global variables). |
| max_block_size | integer | Size of the largest basic block in the LLIL representation, measured in number of instructions. |
| num_calls | integer | Total number of function call instructions present in the LLIL code. |
| stack_size | integer | Estimated stack size used by the function, inferred from LLIL analysis. |


## CFG level

| Field Name          | Field Type    | Description                                                                                                                               |
|---------------------|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| block_id            | integer       | Unique identifier for the basic block within the function (block_instructions + str(block.start) + str(block.end) + str(function.start)). |
| function_address    | integer       | Starting memory address of the parent function containing this block.                                                                     |
| block_start_address | integer       | Starting address of the basic block in memory.                                                                                            |
| block_end_address   | integer       | Ending address of the basic block in memory.                                                                                              |
| block_size          | integer       | Size of the basic block in bytes (computed as end - start).                                                                               |
| instructions_count  | integer       | Number of instructions contained in the basic block.                                                                                      |
| block_instructions  | string        | MD5 hash of the block's instruction sequence, used for integrity or similarity checks.                                                    |
| predecessor_blocks  | list[u64]     | List of addresses or IDs of predecessor blocks in the control flow graph (CFG).                                                           |
| successor_blocks    | list[u64]     | List of addresses or IDs of successor blocks in the CFG.                                                                                  |
| depth               | integer       | Depth level of the block in the control flow graph, starting from the entry block.                                                        |
| position            | integer       | Sequential position or index of the block within the function’s block map.                                                                |
| branch_type         | string        | Type of branch ending the block (e.g., conditional, unconditional, call, return).                                                         |
| block_type          | string        | Classification of the block (e.g., entry, exit, loop header, regular).                                                                    |
| flags               | dict          | Metadata or attributes extracted from the block (e.g., specific behavior or conditions).                                                  |
| dominators          | list[integer] | List of block addresses or IDs that dominate this block in the control flow graph.                                                        |
| post_dominators     | list[integer] | List of block addresses or IDs that post-dominate this block in the control flow graph.                                                   |
 | measures            | list[tuples]  | List of measures to be defined                                                                                                            |

## Disassembly

| Field Name | Field Type | Description |
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| disassembled_function_hash | string | SHA-256 hash of the disassembled function string, used as a unique identifier. |
| disassembled_function | string | The disassembled function including instruction addresses. |
| disassembled_function_no_addresses | string | The disassembled function without instruction addresses, containing only the instruction mnemonics and operands. |
| disassembled_function_name | string | The name of the analyzed function. |
| disassembled_function_address | integer | The starting memory address of the disassembled function. |
| instructions_count | integer | Total number of instructions within the disassembled function. |
| function_type | string | The inferred type of the function as determined by the FunctionTypeAnalysis module (e.g., standard, library, thunk). |
| instructions_types | list[string] | List of unique instruction types (e.g., arithmetic, logic, control flow, memory). |
| control_flow_count | integer | Number of control flow instructions (e.g., jumps, calls, returns). |
| memory_access_pattern | dict | Patterns of memory access operations detected in the function (e.g., loads, stores, stack operations). |
| register_usage | dict | Summary of register usage, showing which registers are read from or written to. |
| data_references_count | integer | Count of data references made by the function (e.g., global variables or constants). |
| max_block_size | integer | The size of the largest basic block (in number of instructions). |
| num_calls | integer | Total number of function call instructions. |
| stack_size | integer | Estimated stack size used by the function. |

## Decompilation

| Field Name | Field Type | Description |
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| decompiled_function_hash | string | SHA-256 hash of the decompiled function code, used as a unique identifier. |
| decompiled_function | string | The decompiled function source code in high-level representation. |
| decompiled_function_name | string | The name of the decompiled function. |
| decompiled_function_prototype | string | The function prototype, including return type, name, and parameters. |
| decompiled_function_address | integer | The starting memory address of the decompiled function. |
| function_type | string | The inferred function type from the FunctionTypeAnalysis module (e.g., standard, library, thunk). |
| functions_caller | list[string] | List of functions that call this function (incoming call references). |
| functions_call | list[string] | List of functions called by this function (outgoing call references). |
| flattened_score | float | Score representing the degree of control-flow flattening detected in the function. |
| mba_score | float | Score representing the presence or intensity of mixed boolean arithmetic (MBA) obfuscation patterns. |