Team

Director:
Dr. Xi Tan

Research interests:
  • (Embedded) Systems and software security
  • System usability
  • Program analysis and compiler
  • Vulnerability discovery
    • Research Mentorship
    Ph.D. Students:
    • Ning Zhang

      Cybersecurity at University of Colorado Colorado Springs
      Research on secure and reliable embedded systems (Summer 2026 - present).

    • Aryan Padiyal (Co-advise with Prof. Yanyan Zhuang)

      Cybersecurity at University of Colorado Colorado Springs
      Research on embedded system security (Spring 2025 - present).

    Master's Students:
    • Laura Mimm
      Software Engineering at University of Colorado Colorado Springs
      Research on system usability (Fall 2025 - Summer 2026).
    • Himaja Ryali
      Applied Geography at University of Colorado Colorado Springs
      Research on system usability (Fall 2025 - Spring 2026).
    • Sagar Mohan
      CSE at University at Buffalo, now Ph.D. student at Northeastern University
      Research on efficient shadow stack on embedded systems (2023 - 2025).
    Undergraduate Students:
    • Junzhe Li
      CSE at University at Buffalo, now Master's student at Carnegie Mellon University
      Research on enhancing control-flow integrity on embedded systems (2023).