About me

Hi there. 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 earned my B.Eng. from South China University of Technology in 2018.

My current research interest is mobile and cellular network security. I design and develop modularized security services on top of the emerging Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) architecture to make (5G and future G) cellular networks more secure and intelligent. Currently, I closely work with SRI International on the Security-Enhanced Radio Access Network (SE-RAN) project supported by the NSF 5G convergence accelerator program. Please visit our website: 5gsec.com for the most recent updates!

I spent three summers (2021-2023) as a security research intern at the computer science lab of SRI International, where I had the privilege to work with Vinod Yegneswaran and Phillip Porras on 5G security.

I am also interested in applying program analysis and reverse engineering to solve interesting security problems. I always love to design principled 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.

I actively maintain an open bibliography page for cellular security papers, projects, and resources on Github. Check here for details.

Research Interest

• Mobile security and privacy ( [BaseMirror], [SecureComm1], [SecureComm2], [GAEN+] )
• IoT security and privacy ( [BLEScope], [FirmXRay], [AutoMap] )
• Vehicle security ( [DongleScope], [CANHunter], [QtRE] )

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Work Experience