Gu, Guofei

Educational Background

Ph.D. Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology – 2008
M.S. Computer Science, Fudan University – 2003
B.E. Computer Science, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications – 2000

- Intelligent Security: AI for Cybersecurity and Security for AI
- Programmable Security: Next-Generation Networks and Systems
- Ubiquitous Security: Mobile, IoT, Web/Web3, and Emerging Computing Ecosystems

Test of Time Award, International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN) – 2025
Test of Time Award, Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC) – 2023
Best Paper Award, Association for Computing Machinery Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security (ACM ASIACCS) – 2022
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow – 2020
ACM Distinguished Member – 2019
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Research Impact Award – 2018
Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (IEEE ICDCS) – 2015
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Award – 2013
Best Student Paper Award, IEEE Symposium of Security and Privacy (S&P) – 2010
National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award – 2010

Qiqing Huang, Xingyu Wang, Wanda Guo, Guofei Gu, and Hongxin Hu. “Semantics Over Syntax: Uncovering Pre-Authentication 5G Baseband Vulnerabilities.” USENIX Security. 2026.
Huancheng Zhou and Guofei Gu. “Cerberus: Enabling Efficient and Effective In-Network Monitoring on Programmable Switches.” IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P). 2024.
Sungmin Hong, Lei Xu, Jianwei Huang, Hongda Li, Hongxin Hu, and Guofei Gu. “SysFlow: Towards a Programmable Zero Trust Framework for System Security.” IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS). 2023.
Yangyong Zhang, Lei Xu, Abner Mendoza, Guangliang Yang, Phakpoom Chinprutthiwong, and Guofei Gu. “Life after Speech Recognition: Fuzzing Semantic Misinterpretation for Voice Assistant Applications.” NDSS. 2019.
Lei Xu, Jeff Huang, Sungmin Hong, Jialong Zhang, and Guofei Gu. “Attacking the Brain: Races in the SDN Control Plane.” USENIX Security. 2017.