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