Xiao Liu

35 papers C 9Journal 16Unranked 10
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
IEEE J. Biomed. Health Informatics
Tanying Su, Xin Tan, Xiao Liu, Chenyun Dai
2026 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng.
Xin Tan, Sijing Fan, Hongyun Zheng, Xiao Liu, Chenyun Dai
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II Express Briefs
Surachoke Thanapitak, Khanittha Kaewdang, Xiao Liu, Prajuab Pawarangkoon
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Circuits Syst.
Yirui Liu, Quanbei Chang, Xuhui Li, Xiao Liu
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Informatics
Tanying Su, Chenyun Dai, Xiao Liu, Xinyu Jiang
2024 J jnl
Microelectron. J.
Liwei Cao, Ameer Mohammed, Xiao Liu
2018 C conf
ISCAS
Ya Wen, Andreas Demosthenous, Nick Donaldson, Xiao Liu
2018 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Circuits Syst.
Yu Wu, Dai Jiang, Xiao Liu, Richard H. Bayford, Andreas Demosthenous
2018 conf
IEEE SENSORS
Vasileios Kitsos, Matthew Schormans, Andreas Demosthenous, Xiao Liu
2018 C conf
ISCAS
Yu Wu, Dai Jiang, Jifang Duan, Xiao Liu, Richard H. Bayford, Andreas Demosthenous
2016 J jnl
IEEE Des. Test
Xiao Liu, Zhulin Zong, Dai Jiang, Bachir Bougaila, Nick Donaldson, Andreas Demosthenous
2016 conf
BioCAS
Vasileios Kitsos, Simeon West, Andreas Demosthenous, Xiao Liu
2015 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II Express Briefs
Robert Rieger, Jaswinder Lota, Xiao Liu
2013 C conf
ISCAS
Xiao Liu, Andreas Demosthenous, Dai Jiang, Nick Donaldson
2012 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II Express Briefs
Chutham Sawigun, Andreas Demosthenous, Xiao Liu, Wouter A. Serdijn
2012 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Circuits Syst.
Xiao Liu, Andreas Demosthenous, Anne Vanhoestenberghe, Dai Jiang, Nick Donaldson
2012 conf
ESSCIRC
Dai Jiang, Andreas Demosthenous, Timothy A. Perkins, Dominik Cirmirakis, Xiao Liu, Nick Donaldson
2011 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. I Regul. Pap.
Apisak Worapishet, Andreas Demosthenous, Xiao Liu
2011 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Circuits Syst.
Dai Jiang, Andreas Demosthenous, Timothy A. Perkins, Xiao Liu, Nick Donaldson
2011 conf
ESSCIRC
Xiao Liu, Andreas Demosthenous, Dai Jiang, Anne Vanhoestenberghe, Nick Donaldson
2011 J jnl
IEEE J. Solid State Circuits
Xiao Liu, Andreas Demosthenous, Nick Donaldson
2011 conf
EMBC
Martin Schuettler, Anne Vanhoestenberghe, Nooshin Saeidi, Xiao Liu, Joe Evans, Cindy Colinge, Andreas Demosthenous, Nick Donaldson
2010 conf
ESSCIRC
Xiao Liu, Andreas Demosthenous, Nick Donaldson
2010 C conf
ISCAS
Xiao Liu, Andreas Demosthenous, Iasonas F. Triantis, Nick Donaldson
2010 C conf
ISCAS
Xiao Liu, Andreas Demosthenous, Nick Donaldson
2008 C conf
ISCAS
Andreas Demosthenous, Dai Jiang, Ioannis Pachnis, Xiao Liu, Mohamad Rahal, Nick Donaldson
2008 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Circuits Syst.
Xiao Liu, Andreas Demosthenous, Nick Donaldson
2008 J jnl
Medical Biol. Eng. Comput.
Xiao Liu, Andreas Demosthenous, Nick Donaldson
2007 C conf
ISCAS
Xiao Liu, Andreas Demosthenous, Nick Donaldson
2007 C conf
ISCAS
Xiao Liu, Andreas Demosthenous, Nick Donaldson
2007 conf
ESSCIRC
Xiao Liu, Andreas Demosthenous
2007 conf
ECCTD
Xiao Liu, Andreas Demosthenous, Mohamad Rahal, Nick Donaldson
2006 conf
APCCAS
Xiao Liu, Andreas Demosthenous, Nick Donaldson
2006 C conf
ISCAS
Xiao Liu, Andreas Demosthenous, Nick Donaldson
2005 conf
ECCTD
Xiao Liu, Andreas Demosthenous
tests/unit/conftest.py
← Index tests/unit/conftest.py python
"""
Unit test configuration.

Replaces the redb.extractors package with a minimal stub so that
``from redb.extractors.database_exporters import ...`` works without
pulling in the heavy __init__.py import chain (pefile, elftools,
signify, magic, etc.).

Also stubs out redb.settings so that Elasticsearch / ClickHouse
clients are never actually created during unit tests.

Additionally installs binaryninja stubs for decompiler unit tests.

Stubs heavy third-party packages (pefile, magic, psutil, etc.) so that
redb.workers, redb.queries, redb.ingestor, and redb.s3_utils can all
be imported and patched in unit tests without requiring the real packages.
"""
import sys
import types
from pathlib import Path
from unittest.mock import MagicMock

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 0. Install binaryninja stubs FIRST — must happen before any decompiler
#    module is imported (triggered by __init__.py chain).
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
from tests.unit.conftest_binja_stubs import install_binja_stubs as _install_binja_stubs
_install_binja_stubs()

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 1. Stub external packages required by database_exporters.py itself,
#    the decompiler chain, and the workers/ingestor modules.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
_heavy_deps = [
    # Database / networking
    "elasticsearch", "clickhouse_connect", "dotenv",
    # Binary analysis — top-level packages
    "pefile", "magic", "machofile",
    # Archive handling
    "py7zr", "pyzipper",
    # File type detection
    "magika",
    # System monitoring
    "psutil",
    # S3 / MinIO (submodule paths needed for `from minio.error import S3Error`)
    "minio", "minio.error",
    # YARA
    "yara_x",
    # Binary parsing — elftools tree
    "elftools", "elftools.elf", "elftools.elf.elffile",
    "elftools.common", "elftools.common.exceptions",
    # Code signing — signify tree
    "signify", "signify.fingerprinter", "signify.authenticode",
    # LIEF
    "lief",
    # Fuzzy hashing
    "ppdeep",
    # .NET analysis
    "dotnetfile",
    # Crypto / ASN.1
    "asn1crypto", "asn1crypto.cms", "asn1crypto.pem", "asn1crypto.x509", "asn1crypto.core",
    # Hashing
    "xxhash", "blake3", "mmh3", "numpy",
    # APK analysis
    "androguard", "androguard.core", "androguard.core.apk",
    "androguard.core.dex", "androguard.core.api_specific_resources",
    "androguard.misc",
    "permhash",
]
for _mod in _heavy_deps:
    if _mod not in sys.modules:
        try:
            __import__(_mod)
        except (ImportError, ModuleNotFoundError):
            sys.modules[_mod] = MagicMock()

# Stub urllib3 with a real Warning subclass (warnings.filterwarnings needs a class)
if "urllib3" not in sys.modules or isinstance(sys.modules.get("urllib3"), MagicMock):
    try:
        import urllib3  # noqa: F401
    except (ImportError, ModuleNotFoundError):
        _urllib3_mod = types.ModuleType("urllib3")
        _urllib3_exc = types.ModuleType("urllib3.exceptions")

        class _InsecureRequestWarning(UserWarning):
            pass

        _urllib3_exc.InsecureRequestWarning = _InsecureRequestWarning
        _urllib3_mod.exceptions = _urllib3_exc
        sys.modules["urllib3"] = _urllib3_mod
        sys.modules["urllib3.exceptions"] = _urllib3_exc

# Provide a functional ppdeep stub (tests call ppdeep.hash() and expect a string).
# Must overwrite the MagicMock that the loop above may have installed.
_ppdeep_existing = sys.modules.get("ppdeep")
if _ppdeep_existing is None or isinstance(_ppdeep_existing, MagicMock):
    _ppdeep_mod = types.ModuleType("ppdeep")
    _ppdeep_mod.__name__ = "ppdeep"

    def _ppdeep_hash(data):
        """Fake ssdeep hash — returns a deterministic placeholder."""
        if isinstance(data, str):
            data = data.encode("utf-8")
        if len(data) < 50:
            return None
        import hashlib
        h = hashlib.md5(data).hexdigest()
        return f"3:{h[:16]}:{h[16:]}"

    _ppdeep_mod.hash = _ppdeep_hash
    sys.modules["ppdeep"] = _ppdeep_mod

# Stub mmh3 if the C extension is not available
_mmh3_existing = sys.modules.get("mmh3")
if _mmh3_existing is None or isinstance(_mmh3_existing, MagicMock):
    _mmh3_mod = types.ModuleType("mmh3")
    _mmh3_mod.__name__ = "mmh3"

    def _mmh3_hash(data, seed=0):
        """Fake MurmurHash3 — deterministic hash using built-in hashlib."""
        import hashlib
        if isinstance(data, str):
            data = data.encode("utf-8")
        seed_bytes = (seed & 0xFFFFFFFF).to_bytes(8, "little")
        h = hashlib.md5(data + seed_bytes).digest()
        return int.from_bytes(h[:4], "little", signed=True)

    _mmh3_mod.hash = _mmh3_hash
    sys.modules["mmh3"] = _mmh3_mod

# Stub tlsh if the C extension is not available
if "tlsh" not in sys.modules:
    try:
        import tlsh as _real_tlsh  # noqa: F401
    except (ImportError, ModuleNotFoundError):
        _tlsh_mock = types.ModuleType("tlsh")
        _tlsh_mock.__name__ = "tlsh"

        def _tlsh_hash(data):
            """Fake TLSH hash — returns a deterministic placeholder.

            Returns empty string for data < 50 bytes or data with very
            low entropy (e.g. repeating patterns), mimicking the real
            TLSH library's "TNULL" behaviour.
            """
            if isinstance(data, str):
                data = data.encode("utf-8")
            if len(data) < 50:
                return ""
            # Real TLSH returns "" for low-entropy input
            if len(set(data)) < 8:
                return ""
            import hashlib
            return "T1" + hashlib.sha256(data).hexdigest()[:70].upper()

        _tlsh_mock.hash = _tlsh_hash
        sys.modules["tlsh"] = _tlsh_mock

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 2. Stub redb.settings (package) so module-level code never runs
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
_settings_mock = MagicMock()
_settings_mock.__name__ = "redb.settings"
sys.modules["redb.settings"] = _settings_mock
sys.modules["redb.settings.elasticsearch"] = MagicMock()
sys.modules["redb.settings.clickhouse"] = MagicMock()

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 3. Replace redb.extractors with a minimal package that does NOT eagerly
#    import every extractor (and their heavy deps).  Sub-module imports
#    like ``from redb.extractors.database_exporters import ...`` still work
#    because __path__ points to the real package directory.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
_repo_root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
_extractors_pkg = types.ModuleType("redb.extractors")
_extractors_pkg.__path__ = [str(_repo_root / "redb" / "extractors")]
_extractors_pkg.__package__ = "redb.extractors"
sys.modules["redb.extractors"] = _extractors_pkg

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 4. Force-import redb submodules so that @patch('redb.workers.xxx'),
#    @patch('redb.queries.xxx'), etc. can resolve at decoration time.
#    This works because all heavy deps are already stubbed above.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
import redb.logging_utils   # noqa: F401, E402
import redb.s3_utils         # noqa: F401, E402
import redb.queries          # noqa: F401, E402
import redb.workers          # noqa: F401, E402
import redb.ingestor         # noqa: F401, E402