Sina Davanian
Compiler Verification Engineer - Security Fuzzing
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolSina Davanian is a compiler verification and security fuzzing engineer at NVIDIA with a PhD in Computer Science and eight years of experience in systems and network security research. He has published and presented at top venues including Usenix Security and Black Hat, and his work has amassed over 200 citations, reflecting measurable academic impact. His hands-on expertise spans LLVM/Clang, QEMU, PIN, Capstone, Ghidra and Android static analysis tools like AndroGuard, applied to both binary and static analysis pipelines. Past roles include malware intelligence and SSL/TLS app analysis, and he has practical experience moving research into products (e.g., commercialization work at Bitdefender). Based in Los Angeles, he blends deep reverse-engineering skills with compiler-focused fuzzing research, often bridging academic rigor with production-quality tooling.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science, 110/110 (graduated with honors), Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science, 110/110 (graduated with honors) at Università degli Studi di TrentoFuture Networking Solutions, Future Networking Solutions at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science (M.S.), Computer Science, 8.5/10 (graduated with honors), Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science, 8.5/10 (graduated with honors) at University of TwenteBachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Shiraz UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of California, Riverside
English, Italian, Arabic, Persian
Github Skills (21)
java-bytecode10
attestation10
opcodes10
qemu9
analyzer9
executable9
abstract-interpretation9
quality-assurance9
malware9
source-code-analysis9
program-analysis8
yara8
reverse-engineering8
code-analysis8
static-analyzer8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
adava/CnCHunter
Jul 2021 - Oct 2022
This project fully automates the process of analyzing and exploiting IoT malware to find live CnC servers.
Contributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 10 pushes in 1 year 2 months
analyzingexploitingautomatessecuritycnc
adava/DECAF-Selective
Dec 2018 - Jun 2019
Optimized DECAF with elastic whole system dynamic taint analysis
Contributions:44 commits, 2 PRs, 35 pushes in 6 months
elasticsecuritytaint-analysisoptimizeddecaf
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