Yuhong Nan
Scholar

Yuhong Nan

Google Scholar ID: tkE-vsEAAAAJ
Sun Yat-sen University
System SecurityPrivacy Protection
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
1,252
 
H-index
16
 
i10-index
19
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
8
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Published multiple papers in top-tier security venues (e.g., USENIX Security, CCS, NDSS), including but not limited to:
  • - 'Are We Getting Well-informed? An In-depth Study of Runtime Privacy Notice Practice in Mobile Apps'
  • - 'Understanding Cross-Platform Referral Traffic for Illicit Drug Promotion'
  • - 'Understanding Privacy Risks of Intelligent Connected Vehicles Through Their Companion Mobile Apps'
  • - 'SmartAxe: Detecting Cross-Chain Vulnerabilities in Bridge Smart Contracts via Fine-Grained Static Analysis'
  • - 'Midas: Mining Profitable Exploits in On-Chain Smart Contracts via Feedback-Driven Fuzzing and Differential Analysis'
  • - 'Navigating the Privacy Compliance Maze: Understanding Risks with Privacy-Configurable Mobile SDKs.'
  • - 'Leaking the Privacy of Groups and More:Understanding Privacy Risks of Cross-App Content Sharing in Mobile Ecosystem.'
  • - 'MAGIC: Detecting Advanced Persistent Threats via Masked Graph Representation Learning.'
  • - 'PrettySmart: Detecting Permission Re-delegation Vulnerability for Token Behaviors in Smart Contracts.'
Research Experience
  • Currently an Associate Professor at the School of Software Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University; previously a Post-doctoral Research Associate at the Department of Computer Science, Purdue University.
Education
  • Obtained a PhD from Fudan University in 2018 under the supervision of Prof. Min Yang; was a Post-doctoral Research Associate at Purdue University, Department of Computer Science, working with Prof. Dongyan Xu.
Background
  • Research interests include software security and privacy leakage analysis, focusing on the security and privacy of IoT, mobile, blockchain, and other emerging platforms. Building practical systems and tools to detect and address various security and privacy threats.
Miscellany
  • Looking for self-motivated students to work with him at Sun Yat-sen University. Interested candidates are encouraged to send their CV.