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Sanchuan Chen

Assistant Professor
Computer Science
Auburn University
Office: 3116 Shelby Center
Phone: 334 844 4756
Email: schen@auburn.edu
Citations                    github.io

About

I am an Assitant Professor at Auburn University Computer Science Department. I am also a faculty member of Auburn Cyber Research Center (ACRC). I lead the Secure and Confidential Computing Lab at Auburn. I completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science at The Ohio State University supervised by Professor Zhiqiang Lin and Professor Yinqian Zhang. I received my M.E. degree from Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences and B.E.degree from University of Science and Technology of China.

Research Interests

  • Software Security
  • Machine Learning Security
  • Hardware Security

News

Publication

  • An Enhanced and Robust Data Publishing Scheme for Private and Useful 1:M Microdata
    Muhammad Rizwan, Ammar Hawbani, Wang Xingfu, Adeel Anjum, Pelin Angin, Yigit Sever, Sanchuan Chen, Liang Zhao, and Ahmed Al-Dubai
    IEEE Transactions on Big Data.
  • Controlled Data Races in Enclaves: Attacks and Detection[pdf]
    Sanchuan Chen, Zhiqiang Lin, and Yinqian Zhang
    USENIX Sec'23, Anaheim, CA, USA, Aug. 2023.
  • Exploring Value Set Analysis for Binary Code Hardening and Vulnerability Detection[pdf]
    Sanchuan Chen
    Ph.D. dissertation, The Ohio State University. 2021.
  • SelectiveTaint: Efficient Data Flow Tracking With Static Binary Rewriting[pdf][slides][bib]
    Sanchuan Chen, Zhiqiang Lin, and Yinqian Zhang
    USENIX Sec'21, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Aug. 2021.
  • SgxPectre: Stealing Intel Secrets from SGX Enclaves via Speculative Execution[pdf][bib]
    Guoxing Chen, Sanchuan Chen, Yuan Xiao, Yinqian Zhang, Zhiqiang Lin, and Ten H. Lai
    EuroS&P'19, Stockholm, Sweden, Jun. 2019.
  • Leveraging Hardware Transactional Memory for Cache Side-Channel Defenses[pdf][slides][bib]
    Sanchuan Chen, Fangfei Liu, Zeyu Mi, Yinqian Zhang, Ruby B. Lee, Haibo Chen, XiaoFeng Wang
    AsiaCCS'18, Incheon, Korea, Jun. 2018.
  • Racing in Hyperspace: Closing Hyper-Threading Side Channels on SGX with Contrived Data Races [pdf][slides][bib]
    Guoxing Chen & Wenhao Wang, Tianyu Chen, Sanchuan Chen, Yinqian Zhang, XiaoFeng Wang, Ten-Hwang Lai, Dongdai Lin
    Oakland'18, San Francisco, USA, May. 2018.
  • Stacco: Differentially Analyzing Side-Channel Traces for Detecting SSL/TLS Vulnerabilities in Secure Enclaves [pdf][slides][bib]
    Yuan Xiao, Mengyuan Li, Sanchuan Chen, Yinqian Zhang
    CCS'17, Dallas, USA, Oct. 2017.
  • Detecting Privileged Side-Channel Attacks in Shielded Execution with DEJA VU[pdf][slides][bib]
    Sanchuan Chen, Xiaokuan Zhang, Michael K. Reiter, Yinqian Zhang
    AsiaCCS'17, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Apr. 2017.

Teaching

  • COMP 6700/5700: Secure Software Process, 23'Fall, 24' Spring, 24'Fall, 25' Spring.
  • CISC 4090: Theory of Computation, 22'Spring (RH session), 23'Spring (RH session).
  • CISC 3500: Database Systems, 21'Fall (RH session, LC session), 22'Spring (RH session), 22'Fall (RH session, LC session), 23'Spring (RH session, LC session).

Service

Organizing Committee

  • Sponsorship and Exhibits Chair, International Conference on Edge Computing and IoT: Systems, Management and Security (EAI ICECI) 2024

Program Committee

  • ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) 2024, 2025
  • USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security) 2024, 2025
  • IEEE International Conference on Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems (MASS) 2024
  • EAI International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks (SecureComm) 2022, 2023
  • International Conference on Mobility, Sensing and Networking (MSN) 2023
  • IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS) 2022
  • International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology (Inscrypt) 2022
  • EAI International Conference on Security and Privacy in Cyber-Physical Systems and Smart Vehicles (SmartSP) 2024

Artifact Evaluation Committee

  • Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC) 2020

Shadow Program Committee

  • IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (Oakland) 2021

Reviewer

  • IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC) 2020
  • Journal of Computer Science and Technology (JCST) 2021
  • Journal of Cyber Security 2023
  • Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation 2021
  • Applied Sciences 2022
  • Future Internet 2021
  • PLOS ONE 2021, 2022

External Reviewer

  • IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC) 2019
  • IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (Oakland) 2017, 2021, 2022
  • ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023
  • USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security) 2017, 2021, 2022
  • ISOC Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS) 2019, 2020
  • European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS) 2021
  • Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC) 2018, 2019, 2020
  • ASIA Conference on Computer and Communications Security (ASIACCS) 2021
  • International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN) 2020, 2021
  • EAI International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks(SecureComm) 2019, 2020
  • Conference on Detection of Intrusions and Malware & Vulnerability Assessment (DIMVA) 2019
  • International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security (ACNS) 2020
  • Annual Digital Forensics Research Conference (DFRWS) 2019

Open Source Code

Last updated: November 2024