Dr. Dongpeng Xu is an assistant professor in the computer science department at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). He is looking for self-motivated students to work on exciting security research. Multiple graduate research assistantship positions are open.
Dr. Dongpeng Xu is widely interested in software security, especially program analysis on binary code, malware analysis and detection, program protection, software testing, program similarity analysis, and model checking. His research work has been published in top security conferences including IEEE S&P, CCS, and USENIX Security. The practical impact of his work has been recognized as a top 10 finalist in the CSAW'17 applied research competition.
Candidates are expected to have strong motivation and interests in system security research. Candidates with experience in software security, compilers, formal methods, or programming language will receive prior consideration.
UNH is a land-, sea-, and space-grant university and serves as the flagship public research institution of New Hampshire. It is located in the vibrant seacoast area of the northeastern US, with easy access to both Boston city and the White Mountains. Durham, home to UNH, has been named as No.1 on the 30 safest college towns in the US by safewise.com and No.1 on the list of 100 safest schools in the US by Alarms.org.
Please contact Dongpeng Xu (dongpeng.xu@unh.edu) or view his homepage (cs.unh.edu/~dxu) for more information. Thank you for your interest!