Team

Dr. Daoyuan Wu is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Data Science, Lingnan University (LU), where he leads the AIS2Lab (Artificial Intelligence and Systems Security Lab).

Prior to joining LU, Dr. Wu was a Research Assistant Professor (RAP) at HKUST CSE for one year, a Senior Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University for one year, and a Senior Researcher at Huawei HKRC for six months. Before that, he spent three years as a fully independent RAP in the Department of Information Engineering (IE) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He also served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at CUHK IE for one year, from 2022 to 2023.

Dr. Wu has published 29 CCF-A conf papers and 7 CCF-A journal articles, including 13 big-four security conf papers, 11 top-tier SE conf papers, and a Distinguished Paper Award at NDSS 2025. He has served as a regular TPC member at top-tier Security, SE, and AI conferences, as well as a Youth Editorial Board Member at the Cybersecurity journal. He has been the PI for the Stellar SDF Academic Research Award, the CCF-Huawei Populus Grove Fund for Systems, and several UGC Teaching and Learning Funds, as well as a Co-PI for an RGC CRF and a Co-I for an RGC GRF project.

Cuifeng Gao is a final-year PhD student at the University of Science and Technology of China (985), one of the C9 universities. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree from Nanjing Normal University (211). She expects to join AIS2Lab in Summer 2026 as a postdoctoral scholar and has been collaborating remotely since August 2025.

She has published in TOSEM 2024, TOSEM 2025, ASE 2024, EMNLP 2025 Findings, and QRS 2025. She is a key contributor to the Stellar project.

Her research focus is on LLMs for verification and Web3 Fintech security.

Juantao Zhong has been a research assistant at AIS2Lab since August 2024. He obtained his MSc degree from Nanyang Technological University in 2024 and his Bachelor’s degree from South China University of Technology (985) in 2022.

He has published as first author in ASE 2025 and has assisted the PI with multiple grant proposals. He is a key contributor to the HKUST TLIP project.

His research focus is on LLMs for cybersecurity, LLM compliance, and blockchain security.

Yufan Chen has been collaborating with the PI since he was an undergraduate student. He has been a Research Assistant at AIS2Lab since February 2025. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree from Xidian University (211) in 2023. He expects to become a PhD student at LU, supported either by a scholarship or a part-time RA position.

He has published in ISSTA 2023 and EuroS&P 2024.

His research focus is on LLM agent security.

Wenxin Luo has been a Research Assistant at AIS2Lab since September 2025. She obtained her MSc degree from City University of Hong Kong in 2025 and her Bachelor’s degree from Beijing University of Technology (211) in 2023.

She has published as first author in ICASSP 2025.

Her research focus is on jailbreaking and AI safety, including multimodal models.

Yixuan Yang has been a Remote Intern at AIS2Lab since June 2025, supported by an open fund. He is pursuing his MSc degree at the University of Twente and EURECOM. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree from Nanjing University of Science and Technology (211) in 2024.

He has published in Computers & Security 2025.

His research focus is on MCP security and binary security.

Haoyuan Li has been a Remote Intern at AIS2Lab since October 2025, supported by an open fund. He is currently a final-year undergraduate student at Xiamen University Malaysia. He will pursue his Master’s degree at the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in September 2026.

He is a key contributor to the CCF-Huawei project.

His research focus is on (intelligent) program analysis.

Pengyu Wang has been working with the PI at AIS2Lab since December 2025. He is pursuing the DAIS PhD degree at Lingnan University. He obtained his MSc degree from Lingnan University in 2025 and his Bachelor’s degree from Henan Agricultural University in 2023.

His research focus is on Web3 AI agents and LLMs for medical image analysis.

Jialu Qin has been working with the PI at AIS2Lab since December 2025. She is pursuing the DAIS PhD degree at Lingnan University. She obtained her MSc degree from City University of Hong Kong in 2025 and her Bachelor’s degree from Jilin University (985) in 2024.

Her research focus is on LLM + law/policy.

He Zhu has been working with the PI at AIS2Lab since December 2025. He is pursuing the DAIS PhD degree at Lingnan University. He obtained his MSc degree from New York University in 2021 and his Bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University in 2019.

His research focus is on stablecoins.