CiCi Yutong Cheng
Ph.D. candidate @Virginia Tech, Department of Computer Science.
About Me
I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech, advised by Prof. Peng Gao. I received my B.Eng. in Software Engineering from BJTU. My research focuses on:
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AI Agent Security -
AI-Driven Security Operation
Internships & Experience
- Algorithm development intern at MetaGPT, Remote, 10/2024-12/2024
- Algorithm development intern at AtomEcho, Beijing, 6/2023-12/2023
- Backend development intern, Yuewen Group, Tencent, Beijing, 6/2020-9/2020
News
| Mar 20, 2025 | ๐ฉท๐๐ถ๐
๐๐โด๐โฏ I passed my PhD qualification exam and advanced to PhD candidacy! |
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| Mar 13, 2025 | ๐ฉต๐๐๐ถ๐๐น I have been selected for the 2025 CCI SWVA Cyber Innovation Scholarship. |
| Feb 12, 2025 | ๐๐ซ๐ถ๐
๐๐ Our paper, โCTINEXUS: Automatic Cyber Threat Intelligence Knowledge Graph Construction Using Large Language Modelsโ has been accepted by Euro S&P 2025. |
| Sep 09, 2024 | ๐ฉต๐๐๐ถ๐๐น I have been selected by the Bitshares Fellowship. |
| Sep 05, 2024 | ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐๐พ๐ฌ๐ฎ I started serving as the lab lead of the VT Security & Intelligence Lab from this semester. |
| Mar 12, 2024 | ๐ฉต๐๐๐ถ๐๐น I have been selected for the 2024 CCI SWVA Cyber Innovation Scholarship. |
| Mar 04, 2024 | ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐๐พ๐ฌ๐ฎ I served as the student organizer of the 2024 DMV Security Workshop. |
| Jan 21, 2024 | ๐ฉท๐๐ถ๐
๐๐โด๐โฏ I started my PhD journey in Computer Science at Virginia Tech, Go Hokies ๐ฆ! |
| Nov 01, 2023 | ๐๐ซ๐ถ๐
๐๐ Our paper โHue: A User-Adaptive Parser for Hybrid Logsโ has been accepted by ESEC/FSE 2023. |
Selected Publications
- CTINEXUS: Automatic Cyber Threat Intelligence Knowledge Graph Construction Using Large Language ModelsIn Proceedings of the 10th IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy, Euro S&P, 2025Adopted by cybersecurity companies (ThreatConnect, Palo Alto Networks) for automated threat intelligence analysis.
