CiCi Yutong Cheng
Ph.D. candidate @Virginia Tech, Department of Computer Science.
Gilbert Place 4112
Department of Computer Science
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24060
About Me
I am a second-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech, advised by Prof. Peng Gao. I received my B.Eng. in Software Engineering from Beijing Jiaotong University. My research mainly focuses on the following topics:
Automated and AI-assisted security operations (SecOps)LLM/MLLM specialization and customizationAgentic planning, reasoning, and learning
Education & Experience
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, Virginia Tech, 01/2024-present
- Research intern at Llama Family, Beijing, 09/2023-12/2023
- Research intern at AtomEcho, Beijing, 6/2023-09/2023
- Research assistant, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 9/2022-06/2023
- Backend development intern, Yuewen Group, Tencent, Beijing, 6/2020-9/2020
- B.Eng. in Software Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, 9/2018-6/2022
News
| Mar 25, 2025 | ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐๐พ๐ฌ๐ฎ I reviewed one paper for PETS 2025. |
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| Mar 20, 2025 | ๐ฉท๐๐ถ๐
๐๐โด๐โฏ I passed my PhD qualification exam and advanced to PhD candidacy! |
| Mar 13, 2025 | ๐ฉต๐๐๐ถ๐๐น I have been selected for the 2025 CCI SWVA Cyber Innovation Scholarship. |
| Mar 11, 2025 | ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐๐พ๐ฌ๐ฎ I reviewed two paper for KDD 2025 Second Cycle. |
| Feb 26, 2025 | ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐๐พ๐ฌ๐ฎ I reviewed one paper for Asia CCS 2025 Round 2. |
| 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. |
| Jan 15, 2025 | ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐๐พ๐ฌ๐ฎ I reviewed one paper for Euro S&P 2025 Round 2. |
| Dec 01, 2024 | ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐๐พ๐ฌ๐ฎ I reviewed two papers for S&P 2025 Second Cycle. |
| Nov 21, 2024 | ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐๐พ๐ฌ๐ฎ I reviewed one paper for Euro S&P 2025 Round 1. |
| Oct 14, 2024 | ๐๐ช๐๐๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ธ๐ฎ I attended the CCS 2024 conference in Salt Lake City, USA. ๐ Some joyful moments: Antelop Island, Utah Museum, City Walk. |
| Sep 28, 2024 | ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐๐พ๐ฌ๐ฎ I reviewed one paper for Asia CCS 2025 Round 1. |
| 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. |
| Aug 27, 2024 | ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐๐พ๐ฌ๐ฎ I reviewed one paper for NDSS 2025 Fall Review Cycle Round 2. |
| Jun 24, 2024 | ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐๐พ๐ฌ๐ฎ I reviewed three papers for NDSS 2025 Fall Review Cycle Round 1. |
| May 12, 2024 | ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐๐พ๐ฌ๐ฎ I reviewed one paper for CCS 2024 Second Review Cycle. |
| 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. |
| Feb 15, 2024 | ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐๐พ๐ฌ๐ฎ I reviewed one paper for DLSP 2024. |
| Jan 21, 2024 | ๐ฉท๐๐ถ๐
๐๐โด๐โฏ I started my PhD journey in Computer Science at Virginia Tech, Go Hokies ๐ฆ! |
| Jan 10, 2024 | ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐๐พ๐ฌ๐ฎ I reviewed one paper for TOPS 2023. |
| Dec 24, 2023 | ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐๐พ๐ฌ๐ฎ I reviewed one paper for Euro S&P 2024. |
| Nov 01, 2023 | ๐๐ซ๐ถ๐
๐๐ Our paper โHue: A User-Adaptive Parser for Hybrid Logsโ has been accepted by ESEC/FSE 2023. |
Latest Posts
| Nov 11, 2024 | curl cookers |
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| Nov 11, 2024 | docker cookers |
| Nov 10, 2024 | ้ๅ็ป:ๅกๆๆ็ธ๏ผ็ๆฏ่ๅฆ |
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, 2025
