Scholar
Mengyuan Li
Google Scholar ID: cgjqyuoAAAAJ
University of Southern California
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,781
H-index
15
i10-index
17
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published multiple papers such as 'Ditto: Elastic Confidential VMs with Secure and Dynamic CPU Scaling', 'Bridge the Future: High-Performance Networks in Confidential VMs without Trusted I/O devices', 'SoK: Understanding Design Choices and Pitfalls of Trusted Execution Environments', etc.; Some of these papers have been accepted by top conferences like ACM ASIACCS'24, USENIX Security Symposium'23, IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy'22; Relevant work has also led to security bulletins from AMD and CVE assignments, e.g., CVE-2023-20575 and CVE-2021-46744.
Research Experience
- Assistant Professor at the Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California; Postdoc researcher at CSAIL, MIT from 2022 to 2024, working with Prof. Mengjia Yan; Leads the SEPT Lab (Security, Privacy, and Trust) focusing on cutting-edge research in systems and security.
Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University in 2022, advised by Prof. Yinqian Zhang; Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Background
- Research Interests: Uncovering, Understanding, and Defending Against System and Hardware Vulnerabilities, including cloud system security, CPU security, GPU security, and AI system security; Software-Hardware Co-Design for Secure and Efficient Devices and Systems. Related Research Keywords: Side-channel attacks, Confidential computing, Trusted Execution Environment (TEE), micro-architectural attacks, CPU and GPU security and architecture, program analysis, reverse engineering, etc.
Miscellany
- Actively looking for motivated PhD, MS, and undergraduate students passionate about systems and security to join the SEPT Lab.
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