Research output per year
Research output per year
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Author IDs
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0163-2846
Scopus Author ID: 57194059470
Impact
Qualifications (Brief)
PhD (OSU), MS (UF), BEng (SCUT)
Biography
Dr. Qingchuan Zhao is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science at the City University of Hong Kong (CityU). His research primarily focuses on the security and privacy of mobile systems, with an emphasis on applying both static and dynamic program analysis on mobile apps to identify various security and privacy vulnerabilities including privacy leakage, privilege escalation, and vulnerable access control. In addition, his research interests also include IoT and BLE security and reverse engineering. He earned his M.S. degree from the University of Florida (UF) and B.E. degree from South China University of Technology (SCUT).
Position(s) Available
I am looking for highly self-motivated students who have strong interests in system, mobile, and IoT security. If you are interested, please send me an Email with your CV.
Research Interests/Areas
Mobile Security; IoT and BLE Security; Program Analysis; Reverse Engineering
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Research output
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HeadSonic: Usable Bone Conduction Earphone Authentication via Head-conducted Sounds
He, Z., Chen, J., He, K., Gu, Y., Deng, Q., Zhang, Z., Du, R., Zhao, Q. & Wu, C., 13 Mar 2025, (Online published) In: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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Stealthiness Assessment of Adversarial Perturbation: From A Visual Perspective
Liu, H., Zhou, Y., Yang, Y., Zhao, Q., Zhang, T. & Xiang, T., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 20, p. 898-913Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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Towards Effective Detection of Ponzi Schemes on Ethereum with Contract Runtime Behavior Graph
LIANG, R., CHEN, J., WU, C., HE, K., WU, Y., SUN, W., DU, R., ZHAO, Q. & LIU, Y., May 2025, In: ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology. 34, 4, 106.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Attention! Your Copied Data is Under Monitoring: A Systematic Study of Clipboard Usage in Android Apps
Chen, Y., Tang, R., Zuo, C., Zhang, X., Xue, L., Luo, X. & Zhao, Q., Feb 2024, ICSE '24: Proceedings of the 46th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software . Association for Computing Machinery, 13 p. 63Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review
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AVA: Inconspicuous Attribute Variation-based Adversarial Attack bypassing DeepFake Detection
Meng, X., Wang, L., Guo, S., Ju, L. & Zhao, Q., 2024, Proceedings - 45th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, SP 2024. IEEE, p. 74-90 (Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy).Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus)
Projects
- 6 Active
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ITF: Towards Security Assessment and Privacy Enhancement of Artificial Intelligence Algorithms in Finance
WANG, C. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator) & ZHAO, Q. (Co-Investigator)
1/09/24 → …
Project: Research
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DON: Toward Large-scale Vulnerability Detection in AR/VR Apps and Defence
ZHAO, Q. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/01/24 → …
Project: Research
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DON_RMG: Toward Large-scale Vulnerability Detection in AR/VR Apps and Defence
ZHAO, Q. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/01/24 → …
Project: Research
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ECS: Contactless Side Channels on Mobile Wireless Charging: Exploration and Mitigation
ZHAO, Q. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/10/23 → …
Project: Research
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CRF: Enabling Metadata-private and Accountable Networks at Scale
WANG, C. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator), AU, M. H. A. (Co-Principal Investigator), JIA, X. (Co-Principal Investigator), Li, B. (Co-Principal Investigator), Li, B. (Co-Principal Investigator) & ZHAO, Q. (Co-Principal Investigator)
1/06/23 → …
Project: Research
Prizes
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Cybersecurity Best Practical Paper Award 2024
NI, T. (Recipient), Zhang, X. (Recipient) & ZHAO, Q. (Recipient), Sept 2024
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
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People's Choice ASSET Poster Award
NI, T. (Recipient), Zhang, X. (Recipient) & ZHAO, Q. (Recipient), 5 Jun 2024
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
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ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award
CHEN, Y. (Recipient), TANG, R. (Recipient) & ZHAO, Q. (Recipient), 20 Apr 2024
Prize: Other distinction
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Supervised Students
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Miss Jiayimei WANG, 王家伊妹
- Department of Computer Science - P/T Research Assistant
Person: P/T Research Assistant, Master of Philosophy (Student)
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