Zhihao "Zephyr" Yao
Assistant Professor
Computer Science Department
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Email: zhihao.yao[at]njit.edu
Office: GITC 4317A
I joined the Computer Science Department at NJIT in September 2023. I received my B.S. cum laude, M.S. and Ph.D. from UC Irvine.
My group (Redoubt Lab) builds practical solutions to real-world challenges in mobile and cloud computing. Our research spans the areas of operating systems, mobile computing, security and privacy. Specifically, we study the security and privacy implications of emerging technologies such as mobile apps, I/O devices, Artificial Intelligence, and Internet of Things. We build systems to address these challenges, and evaluate them in real-world settings.
prospective students
I am always looking for self-motivated students who enjoy building systems. If you are interested, please email me with your CV. USE THIS FLOWCHART TO SEE IF YOU ARE A GOOD FIT.
news
| Oct 20, 2024 | Our work on formal trust modeling is accepted to WAITI’24. |
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| Aug 2, 2024 | Invited to serve on the PC of IEEE EuroS&P’25. |
| Jul 1, 2024 | Hora is accepted to ACM APSys’24. |
| May 28, 2024 | Invited to serve on the TPC of NDSS’25 |
| May 7, 2024 | Congrats, Chenxi, for securing HotMobile’24 and MobiSys’24 travel grants! |
| Apr 19, 2024 | StreamGuard is accepted to ACM MobiSys’24 Poster. |
| Apr 16, 2024 | Received FPGA donations from AMD University Program. |
| Mar 13, 2024 | Received API credits from OpenAI Researcher Access Program. |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Invited to serve on the TPC of ACM CCS’24. |
| Nov 21, 2023 | ProvCam is accepted to ACM MobiCom’24. |
| Jun 21, 2023 | Received 🏆Best Artifact Award from ACM MobiSys’23. |
| Feb 27, 2023 | Our work on split-trust hardware and OctopOS is accepted to ACM MobiSys’23. |
selected publications
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Minimizing a Smartphone’s TCB for Security-Critical Programs with Exclusively-Used, Physically-Isolated, Statically-Partitioned HardwareIn Proc. ACM MobiSys, 2023 🏆Best Artifact Award
