Summary
Weiteng Chen is a senior researcher with 11 years of experience specializing in kernel security, fuzzing, and program analysis, currently researching confidential computing, cloud security, and AI-for-security at Microsoft Research. He holds a PhD in Network/Computer Security from UC Riverside and a CS bachelor's from Peking University, blending deep academic rigor with hands-on vulnerability research. His background includes security roles at Facebook and internships at IBM Research and Didi Research America, where he analyzed Linux vulnerabilities and fuzzed kernels and Windows Subsystem for Linux. Comfortable moving between low-level exploit analysis and applied research, he brings practical offensive insights to defensive cloud and confidential-computing problems. Based in Riverside, CA, he pairs academic publication experience with pragmatic engineering to turn novel security ideas into testable systems.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 3.61/4.0, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 3.61/4.0 at Peking University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Network/Computer Security, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Network/Computer Security at University of California, Riverside