Team

Director: Dr. Xi Tan

I am an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at UCCS. I leads the Secure and Reliable System Research Lab. I completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering in 2024 under the supervision of Prof. Ziming Zhao at the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University at Buffalo.

I am looking for self-motivated students who are interested in working with me. Feel free to email me with your package (CV, transcript, project experience, etc.) at xtan4 AT uccs.edu!

Research interests (CV):

  • (Embedded) System Security
  • Software Security
  • Program Analysis and Compiler
  • Vulnerability Discovery

    • Research Mentorship
    Master's Students
    • Sagar Mohan (CSE at University at Buffalo, now PhD student at Northeastern University)
      Research on efficient shadow stack on embedded systems (2023 - present).
    Undergraduate Students
    • Junzhe Li (CSE at University at Buffalo, now Master student at Carnegie Mellon University)
      Research on enhancing control-flow integrity on embedded systems (2023).