Xiaokuan Zhang
Scholar

Xiaokuan Zhang

Google Scholar ID: HbuPL5IAAAAJ
Assistant Professor, Computer Science, George Mason University
Security and PrivacyXR SecurityWeb3/DeFi SecuritySide ChannelsRust
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
1,463
 
H-index
17
 
i10-index
22
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
13
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Recipient of ACM CCS Distinguished Paper Award, ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award, and Springer Cybersecurity Award (Best Practical Research Paper)
  • Papers selected as top 10 finalists for NYU CSAW Best Applied Security Paper in 2016, 2018, and 2022
  • Awarded Ethereum Foundation Academic Grants in 2023 and 2024
  • Received NortonLifeLock Research Group Graduate Fellowship in 2020
  • CCS'24 paper on Web3 authentication won the Springer Cybersecurity Award (2025)
  • XR security workshop paper received Best Paper Honorable Mention Award (2025)
  • Multiple papers accepted by ACM CCS 2025 and Foundations and Trends® in Privacy and Security