Zephyr Yao

Assistant Professor @NJIT, PhD @UCIrvine. Focused on system and security. Views are my own. Anything interesting is likely due to my cat 🐈 jumping on keyboard.

[Jonas Geiping @jonasgeiping]

One thing I found missing from the ICLR submissions debate: Capping submission per author would have only very modestly reduced the load in prior years.

Even under the elimination by submission order (which is unrealistically strict), going down to 3 per author would not change the trend by a lot. More realistic modes (such as minimizing removals) would remove even fewer papers. And, in reality, changes in authorship patterns will likely reduce further invalidate gains from capping.

I think as people who have been in the field for a while, we tend to underestimate just how much the number of unique authors grows every year, as AI/ML consumes all of our CS department students, our math, physics and econ departments, and an evergrowing number of industry positions and independent researchers

[Zephyr Yao @YaoZephyr]

Two of our ACM REP'26 papers are now available! 🎉

Our study on the reproducibility in LLM research won the Best Paper Award🏆 https://t.co/cBEDjp1a3b

And a second: our cross-layer survey of record-and-replay methods in software engineering https://t.co/W8xoJWwMiV

[Zhiyun Qian @pkqzy888]

We have a postdoc opening in cybersecurity, covering areas from static analysis and systems security to AI for security. RTs are appreciated!

https://t.co/nlCyKpwduL

[Zephyr Yao @YaoZephyr]

Great presentation by my student Chenxi Hou! Our work Catamaran is open source at https://t.co/ZcmJhCwHPK

[IEEE Secure Development @ieeesecdev]

📱Chenxi Hou from New Jersey Institute of Technology presents “Catamaran: User Privacy Violation Detection in Mobile Logging.”
A framework for detecting privacy violations through analysis of mobile app logs.
#SecDev2025 #MobileSecurity #Privacy

[Zephyr Yao @YaoZephyr]

@UCIEngineering What a legacy. Back when I was a freshman I had the privilege of working on this CalPlug demo wall. That experience opened the door to research for me and eventually led to my academic career. Always grateful for G.P. Li's mentorship and vision.

[Zephyr Yao @YaoZephyr]

@NeeeRooo9 @IcosmosU Congrats Nirupam!

[ACM MobiSys @ACMMobiSys]

We are excited to share that the ACM MobiSys 2026 Call for Papers (CFP) is out!

Paper registration deadline: Nov. 28, 2025
Paper submission deadline: Dec. 5, 2025
Call for Papers: https://t.co/DWcqFEToys

Location: Cambridge, UK
@ACMSIGMOBILE

[ACM MobiSys @ACMMobiSys]

ACM MobiSys 2025 will take place from June 23 to June 27, 2025, in Anaheim, California, US. We are seeking student volunteers to help ensure a smooth and successful conference.

Please apply by filling out the application form: https://t.co/yC8yUV0jA7

Deadline: April 30th AoE.

[IEEE Secure Development @ieeesecdev]

🎙️🎙️🎙️: @IEEESecDev is back with the 2025 edition! The research paper submission deadline is May 13th, 2025! Details in the CFP: https://t.co/ITm5YuUQ57

Venue: Purdue University in Indianapolis, IN.
Date: October 14 - 16, 2025.

[Zephyr Yao @YaoZephyr]

Honored to be named one of Computing’s Top 30 Early Career Professionals by @ComputerSociety! A huge thank you to everyone for your support.

[IEEE Computer Society @ComputerSociety]

After 247 submissions, the judges have chosen the Top 30 Early Career Professionals in Computing for 2024. These outstanding individuals are pushing boundaries, advancing research, and making an impact in the world of technology.

See who made the list: https://t.co/2ErsmVhvH6

[IEEE S&P @IEEESSP]

Applications for the IEEE S&P 2025 Student Travel Grants are now open!

🔗 Find out more: https://t.co/3WcPHyT6ic

📅 Deadline: March 28, 2025

[ACM MobiSys @ACMMobiSys]

We are excited to invite you to submit your poster to the 23rd ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (ACM MobiSys 2025).

Submission Deadline: April 11th, 2025 23:59 AoE

Please check this link for more details: https://t.co/kkyTLzWSt6

[ACSAC @ACSAC_Conf]

📣 If you yourself or someone you know is interested in contributing to #ACSAC2025 by joining the PC, you can fill out the following nomination form by 28th February 2025 (self-nomination and nominating someone else is possible): https://t.co/uCEoGBoTOp

[Hyungsub Kim @BenjaminKim0920]

Missed grad school app deadlines? Here's another shot! 🎯 I'm accepting applications for summer internships in my lab.

🔍 Research topics:
- Hardware Vulnerability
- Firmware Analysis
- Open Source Vulnerability

How to apply? Fill out this form: https://t.co/24mD5R7qiE

[Zephyr Yao @YaoZephyr]

Happy New Year!

[Ardalan Amiri Sani @arrdalan13]

My awesome student @lyx981 will present his work, ProvCam, at @ACMMobiCom this Friday. He will talk about how we can build highly trustworthy cameras for generating provably authentic videos in order to defeat deepfakes. @510Sharad

[Victor Bahl @SuperBahl]

Spreading the word. The call for papers for MobySys 2025 is out. The PC co-chairs (Przemysław Pawełczak & Swarun Kumar) were thoughtful about including new topics and refining the selection process. Please take a look and submit your best work.
https://t.co/D3oTAaaSRU

[ACM CCS 2025 @acm_ccs]

The PC nomination form of CCS 2025 is here!
https://t.co/AzkzGAP3Ex
Let the nomination begin！

[Zephyr Yao @YaoZephyr]

@qialfredchen @tkm2261 Big congrats @tkm2261 @qialfredchen !