I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Computer Science at Louisiana State University. I obtained Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Virginia, where I worked with Prof. Homa Alemzadeh. I received my M.Eng in Control Science and Engineering and my B.Eng in Automation from Shandong University. Before joining UVA in 2019, I was a Senior Engineer at NR Research Institute, State Grid of China.

My research interests are at the intersection of computer systems dependability and control system theory& engineering. I am particularly interested in engineering safer autonomous systems through resilience assessment, security validation, and artificial intelligence techniques.

My lab has openings for highly motivated Ph.D. students and research interns. If you are interested in working with me, please send me your CV, transcript, and research vision.

Research Interests

• System Dependability & Security
• Cyber-Physical Systems (e.g., Autonomous Driving, Healthcare)
• Formal Methods
• Machine Learning

Recent News:

• Oct 2023. I'm hornored to receive the UVA Engineering Endowed Graduate Fellowship Award.
• Oct 2023. I'm serving on the program committees of USENIX Security Symposium 2024 Artifact Evaluation.
• Oct 2023. I'm serving on the program committees of DSN 2024 Artifact Evaluation.
• Jul 2023. I'm serving as the Web and Social Media co-Chair for ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS 2024).
• Jul 2023. I was invited to give a talk at Washington University in St. Louis & Northeastern University (the Experiential AI Team).
• Jun 2023. I'm serving on the program committees of USENIX Security Symposium 2023 Artifact Evaluation.
• Jun 2023. Our TDSC paper "Hybrid Knowledge and Data Driven Synthesis of Runtime Monitors for CPS" was selected for CCI Research Showcase.
• Jun 2023. Our DSN paper "Strategic Safety-Critical Attacks Against an Advanced Driver Assistance System" was selected for CCI Research Showcase.
• May 2023. I'm selected as one of the Rising Stars in CPS to participate and give a presentation at CPS Rising Star 2023 Workshop at the University of Virginia.
• Apr 2023. I'm serving on the program committees of DSN 2023 Doctoral Forum.
• Feb 2023. Our paper “Hybrid Knowledge and Data Driven Synthesis of Runtime Monitors for Cyber-Physical Systems” has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC). (Impact Factor ~ 6.8)
• Oct 2022. I was selected to give a poster presentation at the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Summit (VASEM 2022).
• Jun 2022. I presented our paper "Strategic Safety-Critical Attacks Against an Advanced Driver Assistance System" in 52nd Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN2022). [video]