Faculty
Dr. Yu Jiang Associate Professor
Dr. Yu Jiang is an associate professor in the School of Software, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He received his B.S. degree in software engineering from the Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication, China, in 2010.09. He got his Ph.D. degree in computer science from Tsinghua University in 2015.01. He was a postdoc researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA, between 2015.04--2016.08. Research Interests: Software Engineering and Cyber-Physical System, mainly focusing on security analysis of the big data program, AI program, quantum program, etc. Honors and Awards: China Computer Federation (CCF) Distinguished Dissertation Award, Microsoft Research Asia StarTrack Program, Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by the China Association for Science and Technology, National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars, DAMO Academy Young Fellow, etc.
Dr. Yanyang Zhao Postdoc
Dr. Yanyang Zhao is a researcher who is currently conducting postdoctoral research at Tsinghua University. She received her Master's degree in Control Science and Engineering from Henan University of Technology in June 2018 and her Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Technology from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in November 2022. She is engaged in static code analysis and defect prediction based on machine learning, and her work has been published in EXSY and IST journals. She joined as a postdoctoral researcher in March 2023 and mainly focuses on vulnerability mining in software engineering and industrial control protocols, with a particular emphasis on research on protocol reverse engineering based on artificial intelligence technology.
Dr. Fuchen Ma Postdoc
Dr. Fuchen Ma is currently conducting postdoctoral research at Tsinghua University. He received his Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in June 2019 and his Ph.D. in Software Engineering from Tsinghua University in June 2024. In the same year, he joined as a postdoctoral researcher and was awarded the "Shuimu Scholar" by Tsinghua University, and was selected for the Chinese Institute of Electronics Doctoral Dissertation Incentive Program. His main research focus is on system vulnerability mining based on fuzz testing, with particular emphasis on security testing and analysis of fundamental software such as blockchain systems, distributed systems, and network communication protocols. He has discovered over 50 high-risk vulnerabilities in the consensus protocols of commonly used blockchain platforms such as FISCO BCOS and Ethereum. He was selected as a Tencent Rhino Bird Elite Talent and received the 2021 FISCO BCOS Community Annual MVP award. His research findings have been published in top conferences and journals including USENIX Security, CCS, NDSS, TSE, and TOSEM.
Dr. Taotao Gu Postdoc
Dr. Taotao Gu is currently conducting postdoctoral research at Tsinghua University. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Technology from the Academy of Military Sciences in December 2024. His main research focuses on code vulnerability mining technologies. He has discovered over 100 vulnerabilities in fundamental open-source projects and domestic software including PHP, Wireshark, WPS, VirtualBox, and VMware. His research findings have been published in conferences and journals such as FSE, TOSEM, NDSS, and ISSTA. The fuzz testing tools he developed have been integrated into LLVM. During his doctoral studies, he served as a key participant in several important military projects.
Dr. Chi Zhang Postdoc
Dr. Chi Zhang is currently conducting postdoctoral research at Tsinghua University. He received his Bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Technology and Financial Engineering from Sichuan University in June 2018, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Technology from Nanjing University in March 2025. During his doctoral studies, his main research direction was software system defect detection technology, with a focus on fuzz testing techniques for embedded device firmware and database systems, as well as machine learning-based defect prediction technology. His testing work on database systems has led to the discovery of over 75 defects in widely used systems such as MySQL and SQLite. His research findings have been published in top conferences including OOPSLA and SIGMOD. In April 2025, he began his postdoctoral position, primarily focusing on database system testing.
Student
Wenqian Deng
Master, intake: 2023
2019.9-2023.6 East China Normal University
Reserch Interest: Database System Security
Qi Xu
Master, intake: 2023
2019.9-2023.6 Nanjing University
Reserch Interest: Industrial Control Protocol Security
Zongkang Ding
Master, intake: 2024
2020.9-2024.6 Sichuan University
Reserch Interest: Industrial Control Protocol Security
Yujue Wang
Master, intake: 2024
2020.9-2024.6 Southeast University
Reserch Interest: Industrial Control Protocol Security
Zhen Yan
Master, intake: 2024
2020.9-2024.6 Beihang University
Reserch Interest: Blockchain System Security
Yifei Chu
Master, intake: 2024
2020.9-2024.6 Northwestern Polytechnical University
Reserch Interest: OS Kernel Security
Zhensheng Xian
Master, intake: 2024
2020.9-2024.6 Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Reserch Interest: Cryptographic Library Security
Research Assistant
Yanting Xu
Reseach Affairs Assistant
Visiting Student
Cundi Fang
Ph.D. student
National University of Defense Technology
Reserch Interest: Database System Security
Qiang Zhang
Ph.D. student
Hunan University
Reserch Interest: OS Kernel Security
Jinhui Lai
Ph.D. student
Nanchang University
Reserch Interest: Database System Security
Yuqiao Yang
Master's student
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Reserch Interest: Industrial Control Protocol Security
Qifan Liu
Ph.D. student
Beihang University
Research Interest: Database System Security
Yuxiao Guo
Ph.D. student
Beihang University
Research Interest: Database System Security
Alumni
Xin Yang
Master, intake: 2016
First Job: Nanjing Nanrui Group Company
Chengpeng Wang
Master, intake: 2016
Ph.D: HKUST
Zhiqiang Yang
Master, intake: 2016
First Job: Oxford (Hainan) Blockchain Research Institute
Qian Ren
Master, intake: 2016
First Job: Oxford (Hainan) Blockchain Research Institute
Cong Wang
Ph.D, intake: 2015
First Job: ByteDance
Heyuan Shi
Ph.D, intake: 2015
First Job: Central South University
Ying Fu
Master, intake: 2017
Ph.D. : NUDT
Yue Zhao
Master, intake: 2017
Current Job: Kong Inc
Jingwen Chi
Master, intake: 2017
First Job: Perfect World Co., Ltd
Jian Gao
Ph.D., intake: 2016
First Job: Huawei
Yixiao Yang
Ph.D., intake: 2014; Post-doc
First Job: Capital Normal University
Feilong Zuo
Master, intake: 2019
First Job: Tencent
Zijing Yin
Master, intake: 2020
Ph.D.:ETH
Yiwen Xu
Master, intake: 2020
First job:Aliyun
Hao Sun
Master, intake: 2020
Ph.D.:ETH
Yiru Xu
Master, intake: 2021
First job: Tencent
Jie Liang
Ph.D., intake: 2017; Post-doc
First job: Beihang University
Zhuo Su
Ph.D., intake: 2018; Post-doc
First job: Beihang University