Ning Kang
Ning Kang
Ph.D. Candidate
Ning Kang

I am a Ph.D. student in the NetVerify Lab at Xi’an Jiaotong University, advised by Prof. Peng Zhang. My research focuses on advancing formal methods from scalable and practical perspectives. I design a data structure to accelerate multi-round and incremental SMT solving, which has been successfully applied to access control policy analysis (AccessRefinery, FSE 2026). Moreover, I study how to efficiently encode network configurations as SMT constraints, thereby accelerating network verification (VeriBoost, FM 2026). Besides, I also work on mining network specifications to help operators automatically write verification targets (NetMiner, ICNP 2023; NetMiner, TON 2025). Outside of research, I enjoy playing badminton and swimming, and I enjoy discussing academic topics with others. I am in the job market (Spring 2026); feel free to contact me!

Research Interest
  • Formal Methods
  • Network Verification
  • Network Specification Mining
  • Access Control Policy Analysis
Education Experience
Xi'an Jiaotong University
School of Computer Science and Technology
Ph.D Degree, 2019.9 - now
Chang'an University
School of Computer Science and Technology
Bachelor Degree, 2015.9 - 2019.6
Rank:
2 / 31
GPA:
3.56/4.0
Internship
Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Co., Ltd.
Accelerating multi-round SMT solving for access control policy analysis
Time:
2024.9 - 2025.6
Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Co., Ltd.
Mining network specifications as targets for network verification
Time:
2022.9 - 2023.6
Newegg.
TBuilding a team collaboration bot (Hubot) to automate team workflows
Time:
2018.9 - 2018.12
Publications
Ning Kang Peng Zhang Jianyuan Zhang Hao Li Dan Wang Zhenrong Gu
Weibo Lin
Shibiao Jiang
Zhu He
Xu Du
Longfei Chen
Jun Li
, and 
Xiaohong Guan
Proceedings of ACM FSE'26
Ning Kang Peng Zhang
Hao Li
Sisi Wen
Chaoyang Ji
, and 
Yongqiang Yang
Proceedings of IEEE TON'25
Ning Kang Peng Zhang Hao Li
Sisi Wen
Chaoyang Ji
, and 
Yongqiang Yang
Proceedings of IEEE ICNP'23
Award
Outstanding Graduate Student, 2019
Xi'an Jiaotong University
National Scholarships, 2015-2017
China’s Highest-class National Scholarship for Undergraduates
ACM International Collegial Programming Contest (ICPC) Bronze Medal,2016
Asia Shang'hai Regional Contest