HexHive: Research and Impact

This lecture delves into the HexHive project, focusing on key research questions such as efficiently detecting security violations, automatically generating test cases, and scaling testing to large source repositories. It explores techniques like fuzzing, sanitization, and mitigations to prune bugs and stop exploitation, with real-world applications in Android, iOS, Linux kernel, and Mozilla Firefox. The impact of the research is highlighted through collaborations with industry giants like Apple, Google, and Mozilla. The lecture also showcases the HexHive alumni's successful careers in top research institutions and companies.