Yicheng(亦成) Zhang

I am a Ph.D. at UC Riverside, where I am fortunately advised by Prof. Nael Abu-Ghazaleh.

Prior to that, I received my M.Sc. from UC Irvine, and my B.S. from Sichuan University.

My interest lies in computer security and computer architecture.

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Recent News

– April 2023: Received conference travel grants from [UCR GSA]. See you in Anaheim!

– March 2023: I will be joining PNNL as a PhD Intern for the summer'23!

– February 2023: Another paper accepted by [Usenix Security 2023] on AR/VR security!

– November 2022: One AR/VR security paper accepted by [Usenix Security 2023]. My 1st Security Big 4!

– May 2022: Received student travel grants from [gem5 Bootcamp 2022].

Education
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering 2021-2025
University of California, Riverside | Riverside, California
M.Sc. in Computer Engineering 2018-2020
University of California, Irvine | Irvine, California
B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Automation 2014-2018
Sichuan University | Chengdu, Sichuan
Publications
Usenix Sec 2023
Going through the motions: AR/VR keylogging from user head motions
Carter Slocum, Yicheng Zhang, Nael Abu-Ghazaleh, Jiasi Chen
The 32nd USENIX Security Symposium, Anaheim, CA, USA, August, 2023.
PDF / BibTex
Usenix Sec 2023
It's all in your head(set): Side-channel attacks on AR/VR systems
Yicheng Zhang, Carter Slocum, Jiasi Chen, Nael Abu-Ghazaleh
The 32nd USENIX Security Symposium, Anaheim, CA, USA, August, 2023.
Paper avaliable soon / BibTex
IEEE TIFS
Stealing Neural Network Structure through Remote FPGA Side-channel Analysis
Yicheng Zhang, Rozhin Yasaei, Hao Chen, Zhou Li, Mohammad Abdullah Al Faruque
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, August, 2021.
PDF / Slides / BibTex
FPGA 2021
Poster: Stealing Neural Network Structure through Remote FPGA Side-channel Analysis
Yicheng Zhang, Rozhin Yasaei, Hao Chen, Zhou Li, Mohammad Abdullah Al Faruque
The 2021 ACM/SIGDA International Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays, Virtual Event USA, February, 2021.
Abstract / BibTex
DSN 2020
Leaky DNN: Stealing Deep-Learning Model Secret with GPU Context-Switching Side-Channel
Junyi Wei*, Yicheng Zhang*, Zhe Zhou, Zhou Li, Mohammad Abdullah Al Faruque
*Equal contribution.
The 50th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), Valencia, Spain, June, 2020.
Acceptance Rate: 16.5% (48/291)
PDF / Slides / Video / Code / BibTex
Honors and Awards
Conference Travel Grant | UCR GSA 2023
Student Travel Grant | 1st gem5 Boot Camp 2022
Student Travel Grant | 30th USENIX Security Symposium 2021
Student Travel Grant | 42nd IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy 2021
Dean's Distinguished Fellowship Award | UC Riverside 2021
Sichuan University Scholarship | Sichuan University 2014-2018
Outstanding Students Leader | Sichuan University 2016
Teaching
teaching

While at UC Irvine, I was a teaching assistant for the following courses:

Continuous-Time Signals and Systems
TA for EECS150 - Winter 2020

Sytem Software
TA for EECS111 - Spring 2020

Object Oriented System Programming
TA for EECS40 - Fall 2020

Next Generation Search Systems
TA for CS125 - Winter 2021

Organization of Digital Computers
TA for EECS112 - Spring 2021

Professional Service

Reviewer: ICPS'20, CYBER'21, CYBER'22, IEEE TIFS, IEEE TC, IJACT, SCN

Sub-reviewer: DATE'19/'20, CODES+ISSS'20, NDSS'20, DSN'20, RTSS'21, MICRO'22, HPCA'22

Artifact Evaluation: MICRO'22

About me
teaching

In my free time, I love to ride road bikes. In the summer of 2018, I cycled around Taiwan island with my friends. I was a member of University of California Irvine Cycling Club and was the leader of Sichuan University Cycling Club.

teaching

Also, I like to capture the beautiful moments of our life stories with my lovely wife, Jinrun and our beautiful little lions (Slow Slow and Hanna). They are all Maine Coon! We will have a son (Xiao Tuan) this June. Still can not believe it. Life is incredible!

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A road to be a good researcher in computer architecture & security.

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