Assisting GDPR Compliance through Static Analysis of Android Apps
PhD Thesis, Paderborn University
Publications
2026
Challenges in Android Data Disclosure: An Empirical Study
Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 13th International Conference on Mobile Software Engineering and Systems
Between Law and Code: Challenges and Opportunities for Automating Privacy Assessments
Automated Software Engineering 33, 56
A study of privacy-related data collected by Android apps
Automated Software Engineering 33, 45
Source Code-Driven GDPR Documentation: Supporting RoPA with Assessor View
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering
2024
Do Android App Developers Accurately Report Collection of Privacy-Related Data?
Proceedings of the 39th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering Workshops, 176–186
Advancing Android Privacy Assessments with Automation
Proceedings of the 39th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering Workshops, 218–222
Toward an Android Static Analysis Approach for Data Protection
Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 11th International Conference on Mobile Software Engineering and Systems, 65–68
2023
2020
Call Graph Construction for Spring Framework
MSc Thesis, Chennai Mathematical Institute
You can also find my publications on my Google Scholar page or DBLP.
Preprints
2025
Visualizing Privacy-Relevant Data Flows in Android Applications
arXiv:2503.16640 [cs.CR]
Posters
2025
Code Meets Compliance: Statically Visualizing Android Privacy Flows
4th Summer School on Security Testing & Verification (ST&V 2025)
2023
Static Analysis for Android GDPR Compliance Assurance
2023 IEEE/ACM 45th International Conference on Software Engineering: Doctoral Symposium (ICSE-DS 2023)
Research Interests
I have worked on static program analysis, data privacy and protection, and conducted empirical and usability-driven studies surrounding such analyses. I am open to working on broader topics in the future. If you’re interested in collaborating or have opportunities, please feel free to get in touch!