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Aug 2026 Thrilled to start as a computer science Ph.D. student and Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Computer Science, advised by Prof. Blaine Hoak!
Jun 2026 My first first-author paper “Activation Steering for Smart Contract Vulnerability Detection: A Calibration Mechanism Bounded by Pre-Training Knowledge” got accepted at the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI), which was held during August 12-14, 2026 in Cambridge, United Kingdom! Huge thanks to my co-authors Prof. Latifur Khan and Prof. Bhavani Thuraisingham for their contributions, support, and guidance!
May 2026 I graduated with my master’s in computer science from UTD after defending my thesis Activation Steering for Smart Contract Vulnerability Detection! Huge thanks to my advisor Prof. Latifur Khan and committee members Prof. Sergey Bereg and Prof. Yapeng Tian!