Harry Wang

Harry Wang

Ph.D. candidate

SEFCOM lab @ Arizona State University

Biography

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the SEFCOM lab @ ASU. I am interested in solving security problems using machine learning methods. I also share my ideas, thoughts, and CTF writeups on my Medium blog.

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Interests
  • Machine Learning
  • Computer Security
  • LLM for Security
Education
  • PhD in Computer Science, 2027

    Arizona State University

  • MS in Computer Science, 2022

    University of Southern California

  • BS in Computer Science, 2020

    University of California, Davis

Skills

Python
C
Javascript

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Ph.D. Candidate
ASU SEFCOM
Aug 2022 – Present Arizona
Working on Security Research and Playing CTFs
 
 
 
 
 
Researcher
Aug 2023 – Aug 2025 Arizona
Competed in prestigious AIXCC challenge, developing an AI-powered autonomous system that combines Large Language Models with industry-standard analysis tools (CodeQL, Intel Pin) to automatically triage and patch security vulnerabilities across open-source C and Java projects
 
 
 
 
 
Student Worker
University of Southern California
Oct 2021 – May 2022 California
Designed phishing simulation campaigns, assessed vulnerability risks, and developed comprehensive mitigation plans for USC’s IT Governance, Risk and Compliance team
 
 
 
 
 
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Southern California
Sep 2020 – May 2022 California
Worked on Federated Learning and Symbolic Execution.
 
 
 
 
 
Software Engineer Intern
Litepoint Coorperation
Jun 2019 – Sep 2019 California
Worked on building an ETL system
 
 
 
 
 
Undergraduate Research Assistant
University of California, Davis
Jan 2018 – Jun 2020 California
Worked on applying NLP technique to Software Engineering

Honors

Arizona State University SCAI Doctoral Fellowship
Arizona State University Fulton Fellowship
PLWM@PLDI22 Scholarships

Recent Publications

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(2021). Fednlp: A research platform for federated learning in natural language processing. In NAACL.

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