Zheng Yu (于峥)

Email: zheng.yu@northwestern.edu

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About Me (CV)

My name is Zheng Yu. I am a PhD candidate in Computer Science department at Northwestern University , advised by Prof. Xinyu Xing . My research interest includes System Security and AI Security. My goal is to enhance the security of program with minimal human intervention.


Before joining Northwestern, I obtained a bachelor's degree from the ACM Honor Class, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, majoring in Computer Science. During my undergrad, I was very fortunate to be advised by Prof. Xinyu Xing at Northwestern, Prof. Yinqian Zhang at SUSTech, and Prof. Chao Li at SJTU.


Besides, I am very interested and good at algorithm design, I was an Oier when I was studying at Yali. I am also a CTF player, I used to play CTF with team StrawHat.


Outside of research, I enjoy traveling and painting, including watercolor and sketching. Here is a gallery that is still under construction.

News

  • [2025.01] PatchAgent is accepted to USENIX Security 2025!

  • [2024.08] Our team, 42-b3yond-6ug, won the AIxCC Semi-Finals and was awarded $2 million. I had the honor of designing the program repair system for the competition.

  • [2024.07] Awarded Student Grant from USENIX Security 2024!

  • [2024.06] LLM-Fuzzer is accepted to USENIX Security 2024!

  • [2024.05] ShadowBound is accepted to USENIX Security 2024!

  • [2024.02] Our team, 42-b3yond-6ug, ranked in the top 7 at AIxCC and received funding of $1 million.

  • [2023.09] CAMP is accepted to USENIX Security 2024!

Publications

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Work & Teaching Experience

  • Teaching Assistant Sep. 2024 – Dec. 2024


    Introduction to Computer Security (COMP_SCI 350) Northwestern University

  • GSOC Project Mentor Apr. 2022 – Oct. 2022


    Bridging Qiling and Static Analysis Google Summer of Code 2022

  • Security Engineer Jun. 2021 – Jun. 2022


    Firmware Emulation JD.COM.

  • Website Operation June. 2019 – Sept. 2019


    Development and Maintenance of ACM SJTU Website & SJTU Online Judge Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  • Teaching Assistant June. 2019 – Sept. 2019


    Programming Design Course (CS151) Shanghai Jiao Tong University