Academic Staff

Prof. Luo received his B.S. in Communication Engineering and M.S. in Communications and Information Systems from Wuhan University. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, under the supervision of Prof. Rocky K.C. Chang. After that, he spent two years at the Georgia Institute of Technology as a post-doctoral research fellow advised by Prof. Wenke Lee. His current research interests include Mobile/IoT/Vehicle Security, Blockchain/Smart Contract, Network Security and Privacy, and Software Engineering with papers published in top-tier venues (e.g., IEEE S&P, CCS, USENIX SEC, NDSS, ICSE, ESEC/FSE, ASE, ISSTA, TSE, TOSEM, TIFS, TDSC, INFOCOM, WWW). His research led to a number of best/distinguished paper awards, including ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award in ISSTA'22, ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award in ICSE'21, Best Paper Award in INFOCOM'18, Best Research Paper Award in ISSRE'16, etc. and several awards from the industry. His research uncovered many severe vulnerabilities in critical infrastructures and popular blockchain platforms and applications with bug bounty. He regularly serves in the program committees of major security, software engineering and networking conferences and received awards (e.g., Top Reviewer Award from CCS'22, Distinguished TPC member Award from INFOCOM'23).

• Bachelor of Engineering, Wuhan University
• Master of Engineering, Wuhan University
• Doctor of Philosophy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University