Short Bio
I am a second year Ph.D. student at Purdue University, advised by Professor Xiangyu Zhang. I previously obtained my B.S.E. degree with Zhiyuan Honours from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) in 2018.
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I am a second year Ph.D. student at Purdue University, advised by Professor Xiangyu Zhang. I previously obtained my B.S.E. degree with Zhiyuan Honours from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) in 2018. Click to view my up-to-date CV.
Research Interest
My research interest mainly lies in software engineering and program analysis, especially for native code without sources.
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Conference Papers
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PMP: Cost-Effective Forced Execution with Probabilistic Memory Pre-Planning
Wei You, Zhuo Zhang, Yonghwi Kwon, Yousra Aafer, Fei Peng, Yu Shi, Carson Makena Harmon, Xiangyu Zhang
Proceedings of the 41th IEEE Symposiums on Security and Privacy (Oakland 2020)
San Francisco, CA, May 2020
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BDA: Practical Dependence Analysis for Binary Executables by Unbiased Whole-Program Path Sampling and Per-Path Abstract Interpretation
Zhuo Zhang, Wei You, Guanhong Tao, Guannan Wei, Yonghwi Kwon, Xiangyu Zhang
🏆ACM SIGPLAN Distinguished Paper Award
Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages Volume 3 Issue OOPSLA (OOPSLA 2019)
Athens, Greece, October 2019
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Probabilistic Disassembly
Kenneth Miller, Yonghwi Kwon, Yi Sun, Zhuo Zhang, Xiangyu Zhang, Zhiqiang Lin
Proceedings of the 41st ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2019)
Montréal, QC, Canada, May 2019
Talks and Posters
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BDA: Practical Dependence Analysis for Binary Executables by Unbiased Whole-Program Path Sampling and Per-Path Abstract Interpretation
SPLASH 2019 OOPSLA, Athens, Greece, October 2019 [slides]
Renmin University of China, Beijing, China, November 2019 [slides]
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Hello World: A Brief Introduction to Capture-The-Flag
Renmin University of China, Beijing, China, November 2019 [slides]
Awards & Honors
Academic Awards
- OOPSLA 2019 Distinguished Paper Award, ACM SIGPLAN, October 2019
- ACM Student Travel Award, ACM SIGPLAN Professional Activities Committee, October 2019
- Natinoal Scholarship in Cyber Security ($5,000), China Internet Development Foundation, November 2017
- Natinoal Scholarship (Top 2%), Ministry of Education of China, November 2016
Selected Capture-The-Flag (CTF)
- 1st place at the 40th IEEE S&P Celebration Scavenger Hunt
- 4th place (a*0*e) at DEFCON CTF 2018
- 3rd place (a*0*e) at DEFCON CTF 2017
Services
- Sub-reviewer International Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE), 2019
Experience
August 2018 - Present
Mentor: Xiangyu ZhangResearch Assistant: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
August 2017 - June 2019
Mentor: Anton KochkovCollaborator: radeco-lib ( ★) Radare2-based binary analysis framework
June 2016 - July 2017
Mentor: Sen NieResearch Intern: Keen Security Lab of Tencent, Shanghai, China FREE-FALL: HACKING TESLA FROM WIRELESS TO CAN BUS
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