Now hiring for 24Fall!
Prospective students: I am always actively looking for self-motivated Ph.D. students to conduct research in cloud security, network security, threat intelligence, and AI for cybersecurity in general.
I am also very happy to work with M.S. students and undergraduate students.
If interested, please email me with your CV and transcript(s) to zhenzeng@uwm.edu
Zhen Zeng, Ph.D., Computer Science
Welcome!
Zhen Zeng, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). She received her Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Arizona State University, under the supervision of Dr. Guoliang Xue and Dr. Dijiang Huang. She obtained her M.S. and B.S. degrees from Purdue University and Xidian University, respectively. Before joining UWM, she gained valuable industry experience in the high-tech sector, focusing on power management and cloud computing services.
Dr. Zeng’s general research interest lies in effectively securing distributed systems, networks, and cloud environments. She is interested in cloud and network security, AI for cybersecurity, threat intelligence, and cybersecurity and computer science education.
Recent News
[05/2024] Invited to attend the 2024 NSF Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) Aspiring PI Workshop.
[05/2024] Invited to attend the 2024 NSF CAREER Workshop Mock Panel.
[04/2024] Invited to serve as a reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Reliability
[04/2024] Invited to serve as a panelist for an NSF Proposal Review Panel (a different program).
[04/2024] Invited to attend NSF Workshop on Sustainable Computing for Sustainability (virtual).
[04/2024] Invited to serve as a panelist for an NSF Proposal Review Panel.
[04/2024] Invited to talk at the American Mathematical Society (AMS) Spring Central Sectional Meeting Special Session on Mathematical Aspects of Cryptography and Cybersecurity.
[02/2024] One paper titled "Facilitating Threat Modeling by Leveraging Large Language Models" has been accepted and presented in the Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium workshop on AI system with Confidential Computing, San Diego, CA, Feb. 2024.
Selected Honors & Awards
NSF SaTC Aspiring PI Workshop, 2024
NSF CAREER Workshop Mock Panel, 2024
NSF Directions for Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) EDU workshop, 2023
CRA (Computing Research Association) Early & Mid Career Mentoring Workshop, 2023
UW System Alliance for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Advancement in STEM workshop, 2023
Faculty mentor at Wisconsin Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (WiscAMP) STEM-Inspire Program since 2023
NSF Broaden Engineering Teaching with Theory-based Educational Resources (BETTER) workshop, 2023
Services
Grant Panelist
NSF Proposal Review Panel (a different program), May 2024
NSF Proposal Review Panel, April 2024
Technical Program Committee
NDSS 2024 workshop on AI System with Confidential Computing (AISCC 2024)
CCS 2023 workshop on Moving Target Defense (MTD 2023)
Organization Committee
Social Media Chair, IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E 2024)
Reviewer
Journal:
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM), IEEE Transactions on Education (ToE), IEEE Access, Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning (RPTEL), IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), IEEE Transactions on Reliability.
Conference:
IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS'22), ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE'19), ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE'17, ITiCSE'18)
Invited Talks
"Boosting Cybersecurity Through Threat Intelligence: Leveraging Neurosymbolic AI for Risk-based Vulnerability Prioritization", invited to talk at the American Mathematical Society (AMS) Spring Central Sectional Meeting Special Session on Mathematical Aspects of Cryptography and Cybersecurity, Milwaukee, WI, April 2024. Link
“Mitigating the Risks of Cybersecurity Threats to the Transportation System”, invited to talk at the 2023 Southeast Wisconsin Transportation Symposium, Milwaukee, WI, Oct. 2023. Link
“Risk-based Vulnerability Management for Cloud Networks – A Proof of Concept on Vulnerability Prioritization Model”, in the Linux Foundation Open Networking & Edge (ONE) Summit, Seattle, WA, 2022.