Rate My Professor Jianwei Niu

Niu's research focuses on software engineering, cybersecurity, privacy compliance analysis, formal methods, and data science. She applies formal methods and program analysis to enhance assurance in privacy regulation compliance and security policy enforcement. Her research has received funding from the National Science Foundation, National Security Agency, U.S. Department of Defense, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, MITRE, Microsoft, NHARP, and UTSA TRAC awards. Niu has published over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings, mostly co-authored with students; her publications have garnered multiple Best Paper Awards, one Distinguished Paper Award, two Test of Time Awards, and the ACM SIGSOFT Research Highlights Paper. Her teaching has been honored with the Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award and the President’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence. Nine of her Ph.D. students have completed their degrees, five securing tenure-track faculty positions at Stony Brook University, Rochester Institute of Technology, St. Mary’s University, Air Force Institute of Technology, and the University of Texas at San Antonio. Niu sponsors the women’s chapter of the Association of Computing Machinery at UTSA and supports initiatives for student success, mentoring, and increasing diversity in technology.