Yichao Xu
Research Assistant (SecLab) at The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYichao Xu is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University with eight years of hands-on experience in software and security research, currently focused on JavaScript static analysis in the SecLab. He has a strong academic record across UCL, University of Liverpool, and Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, and has supported networking and V2X research as a course and research assistant. Comfortable bridging theory and practice, he has led course operations for a future networks class while contributing to tooling and analysis projects under faculty mentorship. Though self-described as a novice on GitHub, his research work reflects a deeper specialization in web software reliability and applied security beyond typical student contributions.
8 years of coding experience
Johns Hopkins UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Information and Computing Science, 3.92+, Bachelor of Science - BS, Information and Computing Science, 3.92+ at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool UniversityUniversity College LondonFirst Class Honour Bachelor, Software Development, 3.98/4.0, First Class Honour Bachelor, Software Development, 3.98/4.0 at University of LiverpoolHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Chongqing No.18 Middle School
Github Skills (103)
filelist10
wireless10
aircrack-ng10
query-language10
wifi10
ghidra9
dataflow9
code-analysis9
cpp9
kotlin9
java9
scala9
graph9
source-code-analysis9
energy-monitor9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
SciQuestDevelopment/server
Oct 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:47 commits, 41 pushes in 2 months
YichaoXu/TChecker
Apr 2023 - Feb 2025
tchecker with python script wrapper
Contributions:1 release, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
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