My research focuses on computer security. I am interested in a broad range of security problems, including Web security, cellular network security, firewall security, software security, and malware defense. I am a member of the Computer Security Laboratory.

Projects

• Web security: NDSS 2009, CCS 2008, UPSEC 2008, WWW 2007, NDSS 2007
• Cellular network security: HotMobile 2008, NDSS 2008, SecureComm 2006
• Malware analysis, detection, and defense: ACSAC 2007, ACSAC 2006
• Firewall security: IEEE S&P 2006
• Past projects: MOPS

Research Publicity

• The New York Times, March 19, 2007. Researchers Track Down a Plague of Fake Web Pages (Local copy).
• The Sacramento Bee, October 23, 2006. Ear for Security (Local copy).
• Capitol Public Radio, August 30, 2006. Cell phone attacks (Local copy).

Funding

• NSF: CAREER Award, CyberTrust, NeTS.
• DoD MURI: HELIX.
• Industrial: Sprint, Intel, Microsoft.
• Past funding: I3P Fellowship.

Services

Program committees: Oakland 2009; NDSS 2009, 2008, 2006; SecureComm 2008, 2007; ICDCS 2008; USENIX Security 2007, ASIACCS 2006.

Students

I am lucky to have the chance to work with a group of outstanding graduate students: Liang Cai, Benjamin Davis, Gabriel Maganis, Francis Hsu, Yuan Niu, and Matthew Van Gundy.

I am looking for motivated, talented students who are interested in working with me on exciting research projects in security. Please feel welcome to drop by.

Teaching

Summer 2010

• ECS 40: Introduction to Software Development and Object-Oriented Programming
• ECS 60: Data Structures and Programming

Past teaching