CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
- B.Sc. in information security, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China, 2010
- M.Eng. in information security, Southeast University, China, 2014
- Ph.D in computer security, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK SAR, 2019
Work experience
- Microsoft, China, 2019-2020:
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, 2020-current:
- Research assistant professor
Selected Publications
- Z. Tianyu, S. Gao, S. Yubo, and B. Xiao, “Leaking Arbitrarily Many Secrets: Any-out-of-Many Proofs and Applications to RingCT Protocols”, IEEEM Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P), San Francisco, CA, USA, May 22-25, 2023.
- S. Gao, Z. Peng, B. Xiao, A. Hu, Y. Song, and K. Ren, “Detection and Mitigation of DoS Attacks in Software Defined Networks”, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), Vol. 28, No. 3, June 2020.
- S. Gao, Z. Li, Z. Peng, and B. Xiao, “Power Adjusting and Bribery Racing: Novel Mining Attacks in the Bitcoin System”, in Proc. of the 26th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), London, UK, November 11-15, 2019.
- S. Gao, Z. Li, Y. Yao, B. Xiao, S. Guo, Y. Yang, “Software-Defined Firewall: Enabling Malware Traffic Detection and Programmable Security Control”, in Proc. of the ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security (ASIACCS), Songdo, Incheon, Korea, June 4-8, 2018.
- S. Gao, Z. Li, B. Xiao and G. Wei, “Security Threats in the Data Plane of Software-Defined Networks”, IEEE Network, Vol. 32, No. 4, July/Auguest 2018.
- S. Gao, Z. Peng, B. Xiao, Q. Xiao, and Y. Song, “SCoP: Smartphone Energy Saving by Merging Push Services in Fog Computing”, in Proc. of IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Quality of Service (IWQoS), Vilanova i la Geltru, Spain, June 14-16, 2017.
- S. Gao. Z. Peng, B. Xiao, A. Hu, K. Ren, “FloodDefender: Protecting Data and Control Plane Resources under SDN-aimed DoS Attacks”, in Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Atlanta GA, USA, May 1-4, 2017.
Selected Projects
- S. Gao. “Efficient Lattice-based Zero-Knowledge Proofs and Applications”. National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth (NSFC Youth), Mainland China, 01/2024 - 12/2026.
- S. Gao, Y. Guo, B. Xiao. “Data Availability and Decentralization of Blockchain Zero-Knowledge Rollups in Layer 2 Networks”. General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong, 01/2024 - 12/2026.
- S. Gao, Y. Guo, B. Xiao. “Anonymous DeFi: Enabling Private Transactions on Public Programmable Blockchains”. General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong, 01/2023 - 12/2025.
- S. Gao, Y. Guo, B. Xiao. “Efficient and Post-Quantum Lattice-Based Confidential Transaction Protocols in Blockchain Systems”. General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong, 01/2022 - 12/2024.