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

Latest News

  • Sep 2026

    I successfully defended my Doctoral Dissertation at Paderborn University πŸŽ“πŸŽ‰. NEW

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  • Jul 2026

    I’m serving on the Artifact Evaluation Committee of ASE 2026. NEW

  • May 2026

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

  • May 2026

    I have been invited to serve as a Program Committee member for ICSE 2027 (ACM Student Research Competition).

  • Apr 2026

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

  • Apr 2026

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

  • Mar 2026

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

  • Mar 2026

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

  • Feb 2026

    I gave a talk at Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy (πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ).

  • Feb 2026

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

  • Jan 2026

    Our paper has been accepted at MOBILESoft 2026 πŸŽ‰πŸŽŠ.

  • Dec 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‡§).
  • Oct 2025

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

  • Oct 2025

    I gave a talk at LMU Munich (πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ) and TU Wien (πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ή).

  • Sep 2025

    I gave a talk at Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam (πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ).

  • Sep 2025

    I have been invited to serve as a Program Committee member for STATIC 2026.

  • Aug 2025

    I gave a talk at IT University, Copenhagen (πŸ‡©πŸ‡°).

  • Jul 2025

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

  • May 2025

    I have been invited to serve as a Program Committee member for ASE 2025 (Tool Demonstrations).

  • Mar 2025

    I gave a talk at Amazon, Santa Clara (πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ).

  • Nov 2024

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

  • Oct 2024

    I gave a talk at University of California, Davis (πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ).

  • Oct 2024

    I gave a talk at the CyberResilience.NRW kickoff event in Paderborn.

  • Sep 2024

    I got selected to be a student volunteer for ASE 2024.

  • Sep 2024

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

  • Jul 2024
  • Apr 2024

    I have been invited to serve as a Program Committee member for ASE 2024 (Tool Demonstrations).

  • Apr 2024

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

  • Mar 2024

    Our short paper was accepted at MOBILESoft 2024 Research Forum πŸŽ‰πŸŽŠ.

  • Oct 2023

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

  • May 2023

    I gave a talk titled β€œSecurity and Privacy by Design” at Get to Know HNI 2023, UniversitΓ€t Paderborn.

  • May 2023

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

  • Mar 2023

    My short paper was accepted at ICSE 2023 Doctoral Symposium πŸŽ‰πŸŽŠ.

  • Dec 2022

    I was selected as a Junior PC member for the research track of MSR 2023.