News


Jan. 2025
Our paper on kernel exploitation was accepted by USENIX Security 2025!

July 2024
I received an Honorable Mention on Google Security for reporting a vulnerability during my research project!

May 2024
I was awarded the Black Hat USA 2024 Student Scholarship!

Hongkai Chen 

PhD Student

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
Arizona State University

Suite 460
699 S Mill Ave
Tempe, AZ 85281

Email: hongkai DOT chen AT asu DOT edu

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I am a PhD student at the Laboratory of Security Engineering for Future Computing (SEFCOM) at Arizona State University. I am fortunate to be supervised by Dr. Yan Shoshitaishvili and to work closely with Dr. Adam Doupé, Dr. Ruoyu (Fish) Wang, and Dr. Tiffany Bao.

My primary research interests lie in modern mobile systems security. For instance, I am dedicated to solving real-world problems to enhance the security and reliability of Android. However, my research broadens to system security in general.

I have the privilege of collaborating with the following individuals:

Publications


System Register Hijacking: Compromising Kernel Integrity By Turning System Registers Against the System
Jennifer Miller, Manas Ghandat, Kyle Zeng, Hongkai Chen, Abdelouahab (Habs) Benchikh, Tiffany Bao, Ruoyu Wang, Adam Doupé, and Yan Shoshitaishvili
Accepted for the 34th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 2025)
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Education

Arizona State University
PhD in Computer Science Jan. 2023 - Expected 2028
University of California, San Diego
MS in Computer Science Sept. 2021 - Dec. 2022
University of Minnesota
BS in Software Engineering with Honors, High Distinction Jan. 2019 - May 2021

Awards

Google Bug Hunters Honorable Mention
July 2024
Black Hat USA 2024 Student Scholarship
May 2024

Teaching Services

Fall 2023, ASU CSE 365 Information Assurance
Teaching Assistant

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