Vera Xinyue Shen

Ph.D. Student

CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security

Hi ! I am Vera Xinyue Shen, a first-year Ph.D. student at CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, co-advised by Michael Backes and Yang Zhang. Previously, I was an Algorithm Engineer at Alibaba Security Department. I obtained my bachelor degree from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China(UESTC) with the highest honor “Outstanding Student of UESTC”. During my undergraduate study, I had research interships at IUB System Security Group and Alibaba.

Innovation is an indispensable part of my life. I am also a sci-fiction writer and publish novels and popular-science articles on Science Fiction World, Science Fiction World (Youth), Science Fiction Cube and so on.

Interests

Cyber Security from Data-driven perspectives
Social Network Analysis
Trustworthy Machine Learning

Education

Ph.D., 2021-Present
CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security
B.S. in Software Engineering (Network Security Engineering), 2015-2019
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, UESTC

What’s new?

(2022.07) I have successfully passed the Qualifying Exam!
(2022.05) My first long novel “Help! I fell into the computer” is now serialized in “Exploration Discovery”!
(2022.03) Our paper titled “On Xing Tian and the Perseverance of Anti-China Sentiment Online” got accepted in ICWSM 2022!
(2022.02) My novel “Empty Yellow Crane Tower Here” won EELISA Science Fiction Contest! [newslink]
(2021.04) I will be a Ph.D. Student at CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security!
(2021.01) My novel “Lady White Bone” won First Prize of the Ninth Light-year award. Thanks, Kedo! [newslink]
(2020.11) Our paper titled “Evil Under the Sun: Understanding and Discovering Attacks on Ethereum Decentralized Applications” got accepted in USENIX Security 2021!
(2020.11) My article “Hack! A seven-day invasion diary from Trojan Horse” won Pop-science and Sci-fiction Youth Star award. Thanks, China Science Writers Association (CSWA)! [newslink]