Yajin Zhou
Associate Professor
Hong Kong, China
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Top SchoolYajin Zhou is an associate professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong with 17 years of experience bridging academic research and applied security engineering. He co-founded BlockSec and directs research on blockchain security, cryptocurrency forensics, and rebuilding system infrastructure to make AI agents more efficient and secure. His trajectory spans top-tier academia and industry research roles, including a Ph.D. in smartphone security from North Carolina State University and a Yong Professorship at Zhejiang University. Yajin combines deep technical expertise in cybercrime investigation with practical startup experience, routinely moving ideas from paper to deployed tooling. He has a history at Qihoo 360 focused on threat analysis and large-scale security systems, which informs his pragmatic approach to hardening emerging AI and blockchain deployments. Colleagues know him for blending rigorous research with hands-on incident-driven solutions that uncover subtle, real-world vulnerabilities.
17 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Huaiyinxian High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Smartphone Security, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Smartphone Security at North Carolina State UniversityMaster, Automation, Master, Automation at University of Science and Technology of ChinaBachelor, Computer Science, Bachelor, Computer Science at Soochow University (CN)
English
Github Skills (18)
poc10
solidity9
foundry9
cve9
blockchain8
ethereum8
vulnerability7
security7
software-composition-analysis7
sca7
smart-contracts7
vulnerabilities7
wifi6
crypto4
android4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
blocksecteam/defi_poc
Aug 2021 - Sep 2021
POC for DeFi Vulnerabilities
Contributions:11 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 27 days
vulnerabilitiessecuritycveblockchainvulnerability
yajin/360-wifi-linux
Jun 2013 - May 2014
Contributions:14 commits, 1 comment, 2 issues in 10 months
linuxandroidsettingwifi
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