Xinran Wang

Ph.D. Candidate

Networking and Security Research Center
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Pennsylvania State University

344 Information Science and Technology Building,

State College, PA 16802

Phone: (814) 865-3441
Fax:      (814) 865-3176
Email:   xinrwang AT cse DOT psu DOT edu
Homepage: www.cse.psu.edu/~xinrwang

 

 

Biography

My name is Xinran Wang. Currently, I am affliated with the Networking and Security Research Center (NSRC), Department of Computer Science and Engineering, the Pennsylvania State University (PSU). My advisor is Dr. Sencun Zhu.

I received my MS and BE degrees in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University , Beijing, China, in 2001 and 1998, respectively. Prior to joining Penn State,I worked as a software engineer for IBM's China Software Development Lab from 2003 to 2004 and Asiainfo Inc. from 2001 to 2003.

Research

Current Interests

  • Buffer overflow attacks and Worm Detection

  • Ad-hoc and Sensor Network Security

Publications

  • Buffer overflow attacks and Worm Detection

X. Wang, C. Pan, P. Liu, S. Zhu.
SigFree: A Signature-free Buffer Overflow Attack Blocker. 
15th USENIX Security, July 2006 (acceptance ratio 12.3%). (Patented)  
X. Wang, Y-C Jhi, S. Zhu, P. Liu.
STILL: Exploit Code Detection via Static Taint and Initialization Analyses
Proceedings of 24th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC), 2008.  

  • Ad-hoc and Sensor Nework Security

Y. Yang, X. Wang, S. Zhu, and G. Cao. 
SDAP: A Secure Hop-by-Hop Data Aggregation Protocol for Sensor Networks. 
ACM MOBIHOC'06, May 2006 (acceptance ratio 9.7%). 
Y. Yang, X. Wang, S. Zhu, and G. Cao. 
Distributed Software-based Attestation for Node Compromise Detection in Sensor Networks
Proceedings of 26th IEEE International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS), Oct. 2007.