Miryung Kim
Professor And Vice Chair Of Graduate Studies, Computer Science
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolMiryung Kim is a Professor and Vice Chair of Graduate Studies in Computer Science at UCLA who pioneers Software Engineering for Data Analytics and Machine Learning, blending rigorous research with real-world tech transfer. She leads the Software Engineering and Analysis Lab, known for automated testing and debugging tools for Apache Spark and the Java bytecode debloating project JDebloat, which has seen adoption by industry and the U.S. Navy. Her large-scale empirical studies—ranging from data scientist practices to refactoring at Microsoft—have shaped tooling for code clones, API usage mining, and interactive code search and visualization. An ACM Distinguished Member and SIGSOFT Influential Educator, she has mentored multiple faculty now at top institutions and served as Program Co-Chair of ESEC/FSE 2022 and keynote at ASE 2019. Miryung’s work stands out for combining Internet-scale mining of software repositories with tangible engineering impact across enterprises and government.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
PhD and MS, Computer Science and Engineering, PhD and MS, Computer Science and Engineering at University of WashingtonBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Korean, English
Github Skills (15)
compilation7
grammars6
data-science6
random-testing5
antlr5
heterogeneous5
fpga4
fuzzer3
security3
fuzzing2
java2
profiling2
test-automation2
callgraph2
debugging2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mengna152173/software_evolution_chapter
Jun 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:96 pushes in 3 months
UCLA-SEAL/Examplore
Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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