Hi! I am Mugdha Khedkar (pronunciation: πŸ”Š). I am a Research Associate at Heinz Nixdorf Institut at Paderborn University, Germany. I am also a PhD student advised by Prof. Dr. Eric Bodden in the Secure Software Engineering group. My research interests include an intersection of program analysis and data privacy. Currently I am exploring the role of static program analysis in ensuring protection and privacy of user data in Android apps.

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πŸ“’ May 2026: I submitted my Doctoral Dissertation titled Assisting GDPR Compliance through Static Analysis of Android Apps at Paderborn University πŸ“πŸ’»πŸŽ‰. NEW

πŸ“’ May 2026: I have been invited to serve as a Program Committee member for ICSE 2027 (ACM Student Research Competition). NEW

πŸ“’ April 2026: I presented our research paper at MOBILESoft 2026 in Rio De Janeiro (Brazil), and attended ICSE 2026 πŸ‡§πŸ‡·. NEW

πŸ“’ April 2026: I have been invited to serve as a Program Committee member for ASE 2026 (Tools and Datasets).

πŸ“’ March 2026: I have been invited to serve as a Program Committee member for QUATIC 2026 (Thematic Track Security and Privacy).

πŸ“’ March 2026: I attended SANER 2026 in Limassol (Cyprus), where I presented our tool demonstration paper πŸ‡¨πŸ‡Ύ.

πŸ“’ February 2026: I gave a talk at Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy (πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ).

πŸ“’ February 2026: Our paper has been accepted for publication in the Automated Software Engineering Journal πŸŽ‰πŸŽŠ.

πŸ“’ January 2026: Our paper has been accepted at MOBILESoft 2026 πŸŽ‰πŸŽŠ.

πŸ“’ December 2025: A couple of things happened:

  • Our paper has been accepted for publication in the Automated Software Engineering Journal πŸŽ‰πŸŽŠ.

  • Our tool paper has been accepted at SANER 2026 πŸŽ‰πŸŽŠ!

  • I’m serving on the Artifact Evaluation Committee of USENIX 2026 and PoPETS 2026.

  • I visited Davis Security Lab, University of California Davis and gave an invited talk (πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ).

  • I gave a virtual talk at King’s College London (πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§).

πŸ“’ October 2025: I organized a workshop session at the IAPP European Privacy KnowledgeNet 2025 at Munich (πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ).

πŸ“’ October 2025: I gave a talk at LMU Munich (πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ) and TU Wien (πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ή).

πŸ“’ September 2025: I gave a talk at Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam (πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ).

πŸ“’ September 2025: I have been invited to serve as a Program Committee member for STATIC 2026.

πŸ“’ August 2025: I gave a talk at IT University, Copenhagen (πŸ‡©πŸ‡°).

πŸ“’ July 2025: I attended the 4th Summer School on Security Testing & Verification (ST&V 2025) in Brussels, and presented a poster πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ.

πŸ“’ May 2025: I have been invited to serve as a Program Committee member for ASE 2025 (Tool Demonstrations).

πŸ“’ March 2025: I gave a talk at Amazon, Santa Clara (πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ).

πŸ“’ November 2024: I attended ASE 2024 in Sacramento (California), where I presented our papers at the A-Mobile workshop πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ.

πŸ“’ October 2024: I gave a talk at University of California, Davis (πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ).

πŸ“’ October 2024: I gave a talk at the CyberResilience.NRW kickoff event in Paderborn.

πŸ“’ September 2024: I got selected to be a student volunteer for ASE 2024.

πŸ“’ September 2024: Two papers were accepted at the 7th International Workshop on Advances in Mobile App Analysis held in conjunction with ASE 2024 πŸŽ‰πŸŽŠ.

πŸ“’ July 2024: I became a member of the Data Privacy Vocabularies and Controls Community Group.

πŸ“’ April 2024: I have been invited to serve as a Program Committee member for ASE 2024 (Tool Demonstrations).

πŸ“’ April 2024: I presented our short paper at MOBILESoft 2024 and attended ICSE 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Ή.

πŸ“’ March 2024: Our short paper was accepted at MOBILESoft 2024 Research Forum πŸŽ‰πŸŽŠ.

πŸ“’ October 2023: I participated in the Dagstuhl Research Methods Seminar 2023 πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ. I have shared my experience here.

πŸ“’ May 2023: I gave a talk titled β€œSecurity and Privacy by Design” at Get to Know HNI 2023, UniversitΓ€t Paderborn.

πŸ“’ May 2023: I presented a poster at the ICSE 2023 Doctoral Symposium in Melbourne, Australia πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί.

πŸ“’ March 2023: My short paper was accepted at ICSE 2023 Doctoral Symposium πŸŽ‰πŸŽŠ.

πŸ“’ December 2022: I was selected as a Junior PC member for the research track of MSR 2023.