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jin
Zhou
jin
Zhou
Education
I hold a M.S. from University of Science and Technology of China
(2007) and a B.S. from Soochow University (2003)
Work
Realsil Microelectronics
(07/2007 - 09/2009)
Software Engineer
(07/2007 - 09/2009)
Software Engineer
Open Source Projects
Links
2011-2013
Last updated: 01/09/2013
I am a first second
third year Ph.D. student in the
Department of Computer Science
at North Carolina State University,
working with my advisor
Dr. Xuxian Jiang. My current research mainly focuses on smartphone
security. Specifically, my research aims to identify security
threats to smartphone users and develop corresponding system solutions
to mitigate these threats.
Selected Publications (Complete List)
Detecting Passive Content Leaks and Pollution in Android Applications
Proceedings of the 20th Network and Distributed System Security Symposium
(NDSS 2013)
RiskRanker: Scalable and Accurate Zero-day Android Malware Detection
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services
(MobiSys 2012)
Lake District, UK, June 2012
[Paper]
(*The names of the first two authors are in alphabetical order)
Dissecting Android Malware: Characterization and Evolution (SoK)
Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
(Oakland 2012)
San Francisco, CA, May 2012
[Paper]
(CSAW 2012 AT&T Best Applied Security Paper Award Finalist)
(Our dataset is released at Android Malware Genome Project)
(Our dataset is released at Android Malware Genome Project)
Hey, You, Get off of My Market: Detecting Malicious Apps in Official and Alternative Android Markets
Proceedings of the 19th Network and Distributed System Security Symposium
(NDSS 2012)
San Diego, CA, February 2012
[Paper]
Media Coverages
2012
- Android Malware Genome Project will catalog, share Android malware, Ars Technica
- CompSci eggheads to map Android malware genome, TheRegister
- Researchers 'Map' Android Malware Genome, Dark Reading
2011
- An App to Protect Your Information, WSJ BLOGS
- US researchers developing software to protect Android devices from hacking, Info Security
- Researchers Develop Privacy-Protecting Android App, Threat Post
- New Software Creates Privacy Mode For The Android, Dark Reading
- Privacy Mode Helps Secure Android Smartphones, ScienceDaily
Awards & Honors