About me
Hello, my name is Zheng (Ian) Yang, a Ph.D. candidate at Georgia Tech.
I am advised by Prof. Wenke Lee and co-advised by Prof. Brendan D. Saltaformaggio.
My research focuses on Web security, including forensic techniques on web-based attacks and real-time defense techniques against web-based attacks such as social engineering attacks, injection attacks, etc. Underpinning all of my research is the development of fundamental techniques for out-of-band browser instrumentation and program analysis on programming languages related to the web ecosystem.
Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2025
- M.S. in Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021
- B.E. in Information Engineering, Tianjin University, 2013
Work experience
- May 2024 ~ Aug 2024: Research Intern
- Microsoft Research
- Mentor: Dr. Cormac Herley
- Aug 2018 ~ Dec 2018: Web Development Consultant
- ThoughtWorks
- Apr 2014 ~ Jul 2018: Senior Software Engineer
- Micron Technology
- Jul 2013 ~ Apr 2014: Product Test Engineer
- Samsung Electronics
Service
Program Committee Member
- The Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC) 2025
- The ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) 2024
Artifact Evaluation Program Committee Member
- The USENIX Security 2025