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I am currently seeking Summer 2025 internship opportunities. You can download my CV here.
General Information
Name | Yizhe Zhang |
yz6me[at]virginia[dot]edu | |
Summary | Ph.D. candidate at University of Virginia, specializing in network security and machine learning. |
Education
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2019 - Present PhD - Computer Engineering
University of Virginia, Virginia, US -
2016 - 2018 MSc - Computer Engineering
University of Virginia, Virginia, US -
2011 - 2015 BSc - Physics
East Chine Normal University, Shanghai, China
Research Experience
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2019 - present Graduate Research Assistant
University of Virginia, Virginia, US - Research focus: network security, machine learning, and internet measurement.
- Enhance network security in real-world networks using machine learning, time-series analysis and graph-based techniques.
- Conduct comprehensive assessments of network security vulnerabilities and privacy malpractices.
- Leverage large language models (LLMs) to tackle practical issues related to network security and privacy.
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2017 - 2018 Graduate Research Assistant
University of Virginia, Virginia, US - Research experience: robotics, cloud, network.
Internships
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09/2015 - 12/2015 Software Engineer Intern
Maker Collider, Shanghai, China- Smart IoT device software development using Arduino.
Technical Skills
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Knowledgeable Network and Cybersecurity
- Network protocols, DNS, TLS, certificate PKI.
- Malware and botnet detection.
- Intrusion and anomaly detection.
- Internet of Things (IoT) security.
- Traffic analysis, monitoring, and profiling.
- Privacy-preserving network traffic anonymization.
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Experienced Machine Learning and Data Science
- Applied ML/DL models in network security and other applications.
- Large-scale network traffic analysis.
- Time-series and graph analysis.
- Applied large language models (LLMs) for time-series forecasting.
- End-to-end large-scale data ETL processes.
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Coding - Python (Sklearn, JupyterLab, Pandas, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Numpy, PySpark), Spark, SQL, Git, C++
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Network - Wireshark, OpenSSL, Nginx, Zeek(Bro)
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Others - Linux, Neo4j, Docker, Windows, AWS, SLURM
Recent Publications
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See the Publications page for a full list of publications.
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IMC 2024 Exploring the Ecosystem of DNS HTTPS Resource Records: An End-to-End Perspective.
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IMC 2024 Mutual TLS in Practice: A Deep Dive into Certificate Configurations and Privacy Issues.
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SPW 2024 Intercepting Bluetooth Traffic from Wearable Health Devices
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ACSAC 2023 Global Analysis with Aggregation-based Beaconing Detection across Large Campus Networks.