Xiantao Jin

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1ranked-venue papers
0as first author
1since 2021 · last 2025
—ORCID · none

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Security and privacy · 1 · 1 since 2021

Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.

Software engineering, system software, and programming languages
1 paper
Software testing · 70% Services computing and microservices · 30%

Topics — the 4 heaviest of 4, each with the papers that count most for it

TopicWeightPapersLastEvidence papers
Software testing
fuzzing
0.912025
Boosting Parallel Fuzzing With Boundary-Targeted Task Allocation and Exploration · IEEE Trans. Inf. Forensics Secur. 2025
Software testing › fuzzing
parallel fuzzing
0.912025
Boosting Parallel Fuzzing With Boundary-Targeted Task Allocation and Exploration · IEEE Trans. Inf. Forensics Secur. 2025
Services computing and microservices › workflow management
task assignment
0.912025
Boosting Parallel Fuzzing With Boundary-Targeted Task Allocation and Exploration · IEEE Trans. Inf. Forensics Secur. 2025
Software testing › fuzzing
coverage-guided fuzzing
0.312025
Boosting Parallel Fuzzing With Boundary-Targeted Task Allocation and Exploration · IEEE Trans. Inf. Forensics Secur. 2025

Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics

distance-guided exploration · 0.9boundary basic block identification · 0.9
YearPublicationVenuePosition
2025 Boosting Parallel Fuzzing With Boundary-Targeted Task Allocation and Exploration
abstract
As software systems grow in complexity, scale, and update frequency, parallel fuzzing has become essential for mitigating the efficiency limitations of traditional fuzzing. Effective task allocation is vital in maximizing parallel fuzzing efficiency and has garnered significant attention. However, current strategies often neglect critical code areas, treating all regions uniformly and resulting in suboptimal exploration. To address the limitations of current approaches, we present FlexFuzz, a novel parallel fuzzing system. First, we identify the boundary basic blocks that connect covered and uncovered areas, dynamically adapting them as fuzzing progresses. Second, we introduce a boundary-sensitive task allocation scheme that assigns fuzzing tasks based on the identified boundary basic blocks and their potential for exploration. Finally, to ensure focused exploration, we implement a multi-target, distance-guided approach that directs each instance to concentrate on its relevant task area. We have implemented a prototype of FlexFuzz and comprehensively evaluated it against the state-of-the-art parallel fuzzing systems. Across standard benchmarks, FlexFuzz surpasses other parallel tools: it increases coverage by 20.09% over the next best tool (PAFL), and identifies 33.75% more vulnerabilities than the next best tool (AFL++).
Yijia Guo, Xiantao Jin, Hao Peng 0002, Xuhong Zhang 0002, Shouling Ji
IEEE Trans. Inf. Forensics Secur.6