I am a faculty member in the School of Computer Science at USTC, where I lead a small group working on security and privacy. I did my PhD at Indiana University, where I was advised by XiaoFeng Wang and Feng Qian. Please refer to my CV for more information.
My research aims to enhance security and privacy of online communication and interaction. Example research topics include security of decentralized network infrastructures, network proxies and anonymous communication, security of AI agents, and privacy-preserving prevention of harmful online content.
PhD/Master positions are available with full RA/TA support.
I am also happy to work with passionate undergraduate students, drop me a message if you are interested.
PhD in Computer Science, 2015 - 2020
Indiana University Bloomington
B.E. in Software Engineering, 2009 - 2013
Beijing Institute of Technology
Summary: My research has led to tens of publications in well-recognized security venues, e.g., IEEE Security & Privacy, USENIX Security, CCS, NDSS, IMC, CoNEXT, DSN, ACSAC, AsiaCCS, etc. Most publications can be grouped by the following research topics:
The security risks of residential proxies and reverse proxies: [SP'19-a] [NDSS'21] [CCS'22-a] [arXiv'24-a] [arXiv'24-b].
The security of AI agents (e.g., voice assistants): [IMC'17] [SP'19-b] [AsiaCCS'24]
The security of decentralized network infrastructures: [IWQoS'23] [DSN'24] [ACSAC'24]
Privacy-preserving prevention of harmful content (e.g., spam and malware): [CCS'22-b] [arXiv'24-e] [arXiv'24-f].
Detecting and understanding online abuse and cybercrime: [SP'17] [NDSS'18] [NDSS'19] [Security'19] [arXiv'24-c] [arXiv'24-d]
Yu Bi, MPhil 2024 → Security Engineer at Meituan
Mingshuo Yang, MPhil 2024 → Software Engineer at Huawei
Mingkai Li, BS 2023 → PhD at Columbia University
Ying Li, MPhil 2023 → PhD at UCLA
Hanliang Jiang, BS 2023 → Master at UIUC
Wenxin Rong, BS 2022 → PhD at University of Delaware