Dave Tian
Associate Professor
West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDave Tian is an Associate Professor at Purdue with 14 years of experience specializing in embedded systems security, operating systems security, trusted and confidential computing, and hardware security. He combines deep academic research—PhD-level training from the University of Florida—with practical industry experience from roles at Fortanix, Samsung Research America, and Alcatel‑Lucent, bridging theory and real-world secure system design. His work emphasizes hardware-rooted trust and attack-resistant OS architectures, and he brings a pragmatic focus on translating security research into deployable protections. Based in West Lafayette, he balances rigorous research leadership with hands-on experimentation—aptly reflected by his GitHub persona "day dreamer & night walker" hinting at a creative, tireless approach to problem solving.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Student, Computer Science, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science at University of OregonMS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, MS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Ocean University of ChinaBS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Qingdao University of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at University of Florida
English, Chinese
Github Skills (90)
intel-sgx10
coverage10
intel10
paper10
msr9
linux9
testing9
security9
sgx9
fuzzer9
security-vulnerability9
driver9
lxc9
kernel9
signing8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
daveti/daveti
Oct 2015 - Dec 2018
Contributions:49 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
daveti/papers
Jan 2019 - Feb 2025
Contributions:128 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 2 months
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