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Xin Zhang (张鑫)

About me

I am a tenure-track Associate Professor at the School of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong University. My research interests are in system security and computer architecture. In particular, I enjoy re-evaluating the rationale behind certain hardware designs and uncovering new side-channel leakage. [中文主页]

Before that, I received my Ph.D. at Peking University under the supervision of Prof. Qingni Shen in 2026. From 2024 to 2025, I was a visiting student at National University of Singapore advised by Prof. Trevor E. Carlson. I also collaborated closely with Prof. Zhi Zhang from the University of Western Australia.

Email: zhangxin00 [at] sdu [dot] edu [dot] cn

Office: CS Department, Room 212-2

I am always looking for self-motivated students interested in systems security and computer architecture. Please feel free to email me if you are interested in working with me. (Please note that international applicants are required to submit [Chinese Proficiency Test certificates](https://istudy.sdu.edu.cn/info/1282/3967.htm).)

News!

  • [2026/07] “TIDE” has been awarded the “Distinguished Artifact” by ISCA 2026 (only 2 awards this year).
  • [2026/03] Two papers, “TIDE” and “TimeGaps”, have been accepted by ISCA 2026.
  • [2026/01] Our briefing application has been accepted by Black Hat Asia 2026 (40-minute presentation). See you in Singapore!
  • [2025/06] “Achilles” has been awarded the “Honorable Mentions” by USENIX Security 2025 (only 25 out of 2385 submissions).

Honors and Awards

  • [2026] ISCA Distinguished Artifact Award (2/845)
  • [2025] USENIX Security Honorable Mention Paper Award (25/2385)
  • [2025] Presidential Scholarship (Top 2%), Peking University
  • [2024] First Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award, Chinese Institute of Electronics
  • [2020] Pacemaker to Merit Student (Top 0.2%), Hunan University, China

Service

  • Reviewer for Conferences: ASIACCS 2024, ICICS 2025, ICICS 2026
  • Reviewer for Artifact Evaluation: CCS 2024, USENIX Security 2025, MICRO 2025, ASPLOS 2026, NDSS 2026, USENIX Security 2026
  • Reviewer for Journal: TIFS, TDSC

Working Experience

  • [2026.07-Present] Tenure-track Associate Professor, Shandong University
  • [2025.11-2026.01] Research Intern, 2012 Lab, Huawei Technologies

Educational Background

  • [2022-2026] Ph.D Student in Software Engineering, Peking University
    • Supervisor: Prof. Qingni Shen
  • [2024.10-2025.10] Visiting Ph.D Student, National University of Singapore
    • Supervisor: Prof. Trevor E. Carlson
  • [2018-2022] B.S. in Information Security, Hunan University

Projects

  • [2026.08-2026.12] Detecting System Security Risk for Data in AI Clouds, Industry-Sponsored Research Project (QAX Technology Group Inc.), PI

Students

  • Ph.D. Students

    Zhihao Zhang (2025-2029, BUPT & Zhongguancun Lab, co-advised with Prof. Pengfei Qiu and Prof. Yuan Li)

    Liangxiao Zhao (2026-2030, BUPT & Zhongguancun Lab, co-advised with Prof. Pengfei Qiu)

    Weicheng Peng (2027-2032, BUPT & Zhongguancun Lab, co-advised with Prof. Pengfei Qiu)

  • Master Students

    Hao Zhang (2026-2029, SDU)

    Liwen Tian (2027-2030, SDU)

  • Undergraduate Students

    Sihang Zhang (2025-2029, SDU)

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