About Me

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at Dartmouth College, working with Professor David Kotz on the SPLICE project.
Before that, I obtained my Ph.D. degree of Computer Science at University of Chicago, advised by Professor Blase Ur. I received my B.Eng. in Cybersecurity from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2017.

My main research interests relate to security and privacy issues in ubiquitous computing systems. I studied contextual access control systems in smart homes in terms of both users’ mental models (USENIX Security 2018, PETS 2024) and sensing techniques (EuroS&P 2021). My recent project is around network traffic analysis for smart home devices. Outside smart homes, I am also generally interested in any IoT systems (or CPS). It is exciting to think about all the technologies that might have a physical impact in one’s daily life and how we can make them more secure.

UPDATE: I am glad to announce that I will join the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at the University of Southampton, UK, as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor), starting in August, 2024.

Employment

• Dartmouth College (2022-Present)
  • Postdoctoral researcher

Education

• University of Chicago (2017-2022)
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science (2022)
  • M.S. in Computer Science (2020)
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2013-2017)
  • B.Eng. in Cybersecurity

Service

• PC Member, ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS): 2024
• PC Member, The Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS): 2024 and 2023.
• Publication Chair, The Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS): 2023 and 2022.
• PC Member, Workshop on Security and Privacy in Standardized IoT (SDIoTSec): 2024
• PC Member, Symposium on Usable Security (USEC) 2023 Program: 2024 and 2023.
• Poster jury, Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS): 2022, 2021.
• Artifact Evaluation Committee (AEC) Member, Usenix Security Symposium: 2022, 2021.
• Shadow PC member, The 41st IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, 2020.
• PC member, “Ubiquitous Privacy: Research and Design for Mobile and IoT Platforms” - The Networked Privacy Workshop at CSCW 2019.
• PC member, The 4th European Workshop on Usable Security: 2020 and 2019.

Awards

• Siebel Scholar, class of 2022 ($35,000)
• Finalist for the 2020 NortonLifeLock Graduate Fellowship
• 2019 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy Student Travel Grant ($1,250).
• 2018 USENIX Security Student Grant ($745).
• 2018 SOUPS Student Grant ($770).