Haohuang Wen
Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University
Email: haohuang AT se-ran DOT ai
About me
I have received my Ph.D. degree in 2024 from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of The Ohio State University, advised by Prof. Zhiqiang Lin. Before that, I received my B.Eng. from South China University of Technology in 2018. The best way to reach me is through: haohuang AT se-ran DOT ai.
I am currently pursuing technology transition through SE-RAN.ai, a startup venture that develops AI-SecOps services for next-generation cellular networks to intelligently and autonomously detect and address threats and faults using agentic AI solutions. Our prior resaerch outcomes can be found at 5gsec.com and our 5GSEC Github repo, supported by the NSF 5G convergence accelerator program.
My research focuses on the security and privacy in emerging mobile systems and wireless networks (5G, Next-G, OpenRAN, Bluetooth, etc.). During my Ph.D., I also worked on applying binary analysis to solve interesting security problems, by designing algorithms to analyze all kinds of application binaries (e.g., mobile applications, firmware binaries from embedded IoT systems and automobiles) and apply them to various security analysis tasks such as vulnerability detection and so on.
During my Ph.D. study, I spent three summers (2021-2023) as a research intern at the computer science lab of SRI International, working with Vinod Yegneswaran and Phillip Porras on 5G security.
I actively maintain an open bibliography page for cellular security papers, projects, and resources on Github. Check here for details.
Recent News
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Oct 2025: Honored to receive the 2025 ACM SIGSAC Doctoral Dissertation Award (Runner-up) for my Ph.D. dissertation work! Deeply grateful for the support of my advisor, collaborators, and the research community!
- 🎞️ Sep 2025: We have released a Demo Video showcasing the AISecOps principles behind our vision for the next generation of secure, autonomous cellular network management using agentic AI.
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Sep 2025: Our paper "MobiLLM: An Agentic AI Framework for Closed-Loop Threat Mitigation in 6G Open RANs" is accepted to appear at the 6GSECC Workshop at MILCOM 2025.
Read the preprint: [arXiv PDF] Watch the introductory video: [YouTube] - Sep 2025: I'm invited to serve on the program committee of the software security track in ACM CCS 2026.
Selected Publications [Full List]
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Prakhar Sharma, Haohuang Wen, Vinod Yegneswaran, Ashish Gehani, Phillip Porras, and Zhiqiang Lin
In Workshop on 6G and Spectrum Security for Critical Communication (6GSECC) (Co-located with MILCOM'25)
Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Hyunwoo Lee, Haohuang Wen, Phillip Porras, Vinod Yegneswaran, Ashish Gehani, Prakhar Sharma, and Zhiqiang Lin
In Workshop on Security and Privacy of Next-Generation Networks (FutureG) 2025 (Co-located with NDSS'25)
San Diego, CA, USA
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Haohuang Wen, Prakhar Sharma, Vinod Yegneswaran, Phillip Porras, Ashish Gehani, and Zhiqiang Lin
In the Twenty-Third ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets 2024)
Irvine, CA, USA
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Wenqiang Li*, Haohuang Wen*, and Zhiqiang Lin (* indicates equal contribution)
In proceedings of the 31st ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS 2024)
Salt Lake City, UT USA
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Haohuang Wen, Phillip Porras, Vinod Yegneswaran, Ashish Gehani, and Zhiqiang Lin
In the Network and Distributed System Security Symposium 2024 (NDSS 2024)
San Diego, CA, USA
★ Distinguished Artifact Award (2 out of 38 submitted artifacts among 140 papers)
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Haohuang Wen, Phillip Porras, Vinod Yegneswaran, and Zhiqiang Lin
In the Network and Distributed System Security Symposium 2023 (NDSS 2023)
San Diego, CA, USA
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Haohuang Wen, and Zhiqiang Lin
In proceedings of the 32nd USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 2023)
Anaheim, CA, USA
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Haohuang Wen, Phillip Porras, Vinod Yegneswaran, and Zhiqiang Lin
In Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Emerging Topics in Wireless (EmergingWireless 2022)
Rome, Italy
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Haohuang Wen, Zhiqiang Lin, and Yinqian Zhang
In Proceedings of the 27th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS 2020)
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Haohuang Wen, Qingchuan Zhao, Qi Alfred Chen and Zhiqiang Lin
In Proceedings of the Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS 2020)
San Diego, CA, USA
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Haohuang Wen, Qi Alfred Chen and Zhiqiang Lin
In Proceedings of the 29th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 2020)
Professional Service
- The ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS): 25, 26
- Workshop on Security and Privacy of Next-Generation Networks (FutureG): 25
- The ACM Web Conference (WWW): 24, 25
- ACSAC Artifact Evaluation Committee: 19
- IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC): 25
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems: 24
- IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC): 24
- International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks (SecureComm): 23
- IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine: 22
- IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IOT-J): 23
- IEEE Communications Magazine: 23