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, under review). 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 2025); 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
IEEE Transactions on Networking
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
Mathematical Modeling Contest Silver Medal, 2017
China’s Top National Competition for Undergraduates
National Scholarships, 2017
China’s Highest-class National Scholarship for Undergraduates
ACM International Collegial Programming Contest (ICPC),2016
Bronze Medal, Asia Shang'hai Regional Contest
National Scholarships for Bachelor's Degree Students, 2016
China’s Highest-class National Scholarship for Undergraduates
National Scholarships for Bachelor's Degree Students, 2015
China’s Highest-class National Scholarship for Undergraduates