DING Xuhua
Full-time Faculty
Professor of Computer Science; Co-Director, Centre on Security, Mobile Applications and Cryptography (S
School of Computing and Information Systems
SCIS
Qualification
- PhD, University of Southern California, 2003
Teaching Topics
- Networking
- Information Security & Trust
Research Advisor/Co-Research Advisor to
Research Areas and Areas of Expertise
Strategic Priorities
HighlightsDING Xuhua is a leading authority in network and system security, applied cryptography, and trustworthy systems, with a distinguished record of research, teaching, and leadership in cybersecurity at Singapore Management University.
Renowned for bridging foundational security research with real-world applications, DING Xuhua’s work has advanced the state-of-the-art in trusted computing, secure virtualization, and privacy-preserving technologies, influencing both academic and industry practices; his leadership in major research initiatives and collaborative projects has driven innovation in national and international cybersecurity efforts.
Focused research areas include Design and analysis of secure systems and protocols, including trusted execution environments, virtualization-based protection, memory and kernel security, privacy-preserving data processing, secure authentication, and cryptographic access control for emerging platforms and cloud environments.
Renowned for bridging foundational security research with real-world applications, DING Xuhua’s work has advanced the state-of-the-art in trusted computing, secure virtualization, and privacy-preserving technologies, influencing both academic and industry practices; his leadership in major research initiatives and collaborative projects has driven innovation in national and international cybersecurity efforts.
Focused research areas include Design and analysis of secure systems and protocols, including trusted execution environments, virtualization-based protection, memory and kernel security, privacy-preserving data processing, secure authentication, and cryptographic access control for emerging platforms and cloud environments.
Areas of Expertise
Trustworthy systemsPrivacy preserving
Past Awarded Grant
- Development of Secured Components & Systems in Emerging Technologies through Hardware & Software Evaluation, National Cybersecurity R&D (NCR) Programme, Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA), PI (Project Level): DING Xuhua, Debin GAO, Robert H DENG, David LO, Co-PI (Project Level): Guansong PANG, JIANG Lingxiao, DUAN Yue, YANG Guomin, PANG Hwee Hwa, 2023, S$11,365,070
- National Satellite of Excellence in Mobile Systems Security and Cloud Security, National Cybersecurity R&D (NCR) Programme, National Research Foundation (NRF), PI (Project Level): Robert H DENG, Co-PI (Project Level): Debin GAO, PANG Hwee Hwa, DING Xuhua, LI Yingjiu, 2019, S$7,498,320
- A Novel Hybrid Kernel Symbolic Execution Framework For Malware Analysis, NSoE TSS Grant Call, National Satellite of Excellence - Trustworthy Software Systems, PI (Project Level): DING Xuhua, Co-PI (Project Level): JIANG Lingxiao, 2019, S$715,000
- A system framework for reliable and dependable incident response on mobile devices, NSOE MSS-CS Research Programme, National Satellite of Excellence - Mobile Systems Security and Cloud Security, PI (Project Level): DING Xuhua, Co-PI (Project Level): Debin GAO, 2019, S$1,201,607
- AutoPrivacy Model: Automated Feature Modelling for Identifying Illegitimate Uses of Privacy-Sensitive Data in Mobile Applications, NSOE MSS-CS Research Programme, National Satellite of Excellence - Mobile Systems Security and Cloud Security, PI (Project Level): JIANG Lingxiao, Co-PI (Project Level): David LO, SHAR Lwin Khin, DING Xuhua, Debin GAO, 2019, S$700,403
Latest Publications
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- P Pitigalaarachchi, X DingProceedings of the 2025 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications …, 2025
- Enhancing the Security of One-Tap Authentication Services via Dynamic Application Identification [2025]D Liu, D Li, Y Guo, Y Guo, R Hu, J Liu, S Bian, X Ding, Y Liu, Z GuanIEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 2025
- PRISM: To Fortify Widget Based User-App Data Exchanges Using Android Virtualization Framework [2025]YT Ng, Z Chen, H Qiu, X DingProceedings of the 20th ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications …, 2025
- Y Zhang, F Zhang, X Luo, R Hou, X Ding, Z Liang, S Yan, T Wei, Z HeNDSS, 2025
- Y ZHANG, F ZHANG, X LUO, R HOU, X DING, Z LIANG, S YAN, T WE, ...Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Network and Distributed System Security …, 2025
- Z Wang, J Zhan, X Ding, F Zhang, N Hu34th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 25), 1187-1206, 2025
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Qualification
- PhD, University of Southern California, 2003
Teaching Topics
- Networking
- Information Security & Trust
