About Me
Hi! Iām Zhuolin (zh pronounces like j). I am a PhD candidate in Computer Science at SAND Lab , University of Chicago, co-advised by Prof. Ben Y. Zhao and Prof. Heather Zheng .
I study usable security, with a particular focus on the interaction between AI/ML and personal/wearable devices. I investigate how advances in AI/ML and personal/wearable systems are challenging traditional security assumptions, and I adapt these techniques to design attacks and defenses in a variety of security contexts.
Starting in Fall 2025, I will join the Department of Computer Science at the Univerisity of Arizona as a tenure-track assistant professor. I have multiple openings for PhD and intern. If you are interested in working with me, email me with the title PhD Application or Research Intern Application and attach your CV.
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[Nov. 2024] Honor to be one of the student panelists in Midwest Security Workshop .
[Oct. 2024] Honor to be in this year's Rising Stars in EECS .
[Sept. 2024] I gave a talk at CSIRO Data61 .
[Aug. 2024] I presented our paper in USENIX'24.
[July. 2024] I gave a talk at Purdue. Thank Chunyi for hosting me!
[June. 2024] I gave a talk at UW-Madison. Thank Yohan for hosting me!
[Apr. 2024] I gave a talk at Columbia CS Security Seminar. Thank Xia for hosting me!
[Mar. 2024] Our work on inception-style attack is covered in MIT Tech Review . A preprint of the work can be found here .
Selected Publications
Preprint
Inception Attacks: Immersive Hijacking in Virtual Reality Systems
Zhuolin Yang , Cathy Yuanchen Li, Arman Bhalla, Ben Y. Zhao, Haitao Zheng
USENIX
Zhuolin Yang , Zain Sarwar, Iris Hwang, Ronik Bhaskar, Ben Y. Zhao, Haitao Zheng
USENIX Security Symposium, 2024.
USENIX
Zhuolin Yang , Yuxin Chen, Zain Sarwar, Hadleigh Schwartz, Ben Y. Zhao, Haitao Zheng
USENIX Security Symposium, 2023.
CHI
Yuxin Chen, Zhuolin Yang , Pedro Lopes, Ben Y. Zhao, Haitao Zheng
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2021.
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SenSys
Zhengxiong Li, Baicheng Chen, Zhuolin Yang , Huining Li, Chenhan Xu, Xingyu Chen, Kun Wang, Wenyao Xu
Proceedings of ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys) , 2019.
SenSys
Zhengxiong Li, Zhuolin Yang , Chen Song, Changzhi Li, Zhengyu Peng, Wenyao Xu
Proceedings of ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys) , 2018.
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Best Paper Runner-Up Award
IOTJ
Zhuolin Yang , Chen Song, Feng Lin, Jeanne Langan, Wenyao Xu
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2018.
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Zhengxiong Li, Fenglong Ma, Aditya Singh Rathore, Zhuolin Yang , Baicheng Chen, Lu Su, Wenyao Xu
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, 2020.
Zhengxiong Li, Aditya Singh Rathore, Baicheng Chen, Chen Song, Zhuolin Yang , Wenyao Xu
Proceedings of the 17th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys), 2019.
Sutanuka Bhattacharjya, Matthew Stafford, Lora Anne Cavuoto, Zhuolin Yang , Chen Song, Heamchand Subryan, Wenyao Xu, Jeanne Langan
Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation, 2019.
Yingxiao Wu, Zhuolin Yang , Feng Lin, Wenyao Xu
IEEE Sensors Journal, 2018.
Sutanuka Bhattacharjya, Matthew Stafford, Chen Song, Zhuolin Yang , Wenyao Xu, Lora Cavuoto, Heamchand Subryan, Jeanne Langan
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2018.
Lora A. Cavuoto, Heamchand Subryan, Matthew Stafford, Zhuolin Yang , Sutanuka Bhattacharjya, Wenyao Xu, Jeanne Langan
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2018.
Zhuolin Yang , Chen Song, Feng Lin, Jeanne Langan, Wenyao Xu
IEEE/ACM International Conference on Connected Health: Applications, Systems and Engineering Technologies, 2017.
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