Xiaolin Xu (徐啸林)

Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Northeastern University

To prospective students:

I am seeking highly motivated students with strong research interests in security, privacy-preserving computing, machine learning, computer architecture, FPGA, and IoT. Full financial support will be offered.

If you are interested in applying, please review this note and email me with your CV, transcripts, and any other relevant documents.

Short Bio

I joined Northeastern University in Fall 2020. I earned my doctoral degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UMass Amherst and subsequently worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research. My M.S. and B.E. degrees are from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

What's New

  • 01/2026 Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing.

  • 01/2026 One paper accepted for publication in TMLR’26.

  • 11/2025 One paper accepted for publication in HOST’26.

  • 10/2023 New project supported by Northeast Microelectronic Coalition SCALE Capital Grant Program.

  • 09/2025 Poomrapee joined our group as a visiting undergrad researcher, welcome!

  • 09/2025 Tengkai joined our group as a PhD student, welcome!

  • 08/2023 New project to advance tiny Vector Symbolic Architectures.

  • 08/2025 One paper accepted for publication in RAID’25.

  • 06/2025 DAC Under-40 Innovators Award!

  • 06/2025 Awarded (early) Tenure at Northeastern!

  • 05/2023 Congrats to Dr. Shijin Duan on officially earning the title!

  • 05/2025 Two papers accepted for publication in ICML’25.

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Contact

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  • Office: 424 Dana Research Center