Biography


I am an Assistant Professor of the Department of Computer Science at Wayne State University. Before that, I obtained my Ph.D. degree at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, supervised by Prof. Chunming Qiao and Prof. Lu Su.
My research interests lie in the broad areas of Artificial Intelligence, Security & Privacy, Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), and Internet of Things (IoT). The primary goal of my research is to build secure and trustworthy AI-powered CPS and IoT systems.

Research


[USENIX Security'24] A First Physical-World Trajectory Prediction Attack via LiDAR-induced Deceptions in Autonomous Driving

Yang Lou*, Yi Zhu* (equal contribution), Qun Song*, Rui Tan, Chunming Qiao, Wei-Bin Lee, and Jianping Wang.
The 33rd USENIX Security Symposium.
[Abstract] [PDF] [Video]

[MobiCom'24] Malicious Attacks against Multi-Sensor Fusion in Autonomous Driving

Yi Zhu, Chenglin Miao, Hongfei Xue, Yunnan Yu, Lu Su, and Chunming Qiao.
The 30th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking.
[Abstract]

[CCS'23] TileMask: A Passive-Reflection-based Attack against mmWave Radar Object Detection in Autonomous Driving

Yi Zhu, Chenglin Miao, Hongfei Xue, Zhengxiong Li, Yunnan Yu, Wenyao Xu, Lu Su, and Chunming Qiao.
2023 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security. (Accept Rate: 19.87%)
[Abstract] [PDF] [Video]

[NDSS'23] MetaWave: Attacking mmWave Sensing with Meta-material-enhanced Tags

Xingyu Chen, Zhengxiong Li, Baicheng Chen, Yi Zhu, Chris Xiaoxuan Lu, Zhengyu Peng, Feng Lin, Wenyao Xu, Kui Ren, and Chunming Qiao.
2023 Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium.
[Abstract] [PDF]

[SenSys'22] Towards Backdoor Attacks against LiDAR Object Detection in Autonomous Driving

Yan Zhang*, Yi Zhu* (equal contribution), Zihao Liu, Chenglin Miao, Foad Hajiaghajani, Lu Su, and Chunming Qiao.
2022 ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems.
[Abstract] [PDF]

[AutoSec'22] Attacking LiDAR Semantic Segmentation in Autonomous Driving

Yi Zhu, Chenglin Miao, Foad Hajiaghajani, Mengdi Huai, Lu Su, and Chunming Qiao.
2022 NDSS Workshop on Automotive & Autonomous Vehicle Security.
[PDF]

[AAAI Symp.] Addressing Vulnerability of Sensors for Autonomous Driving

Yi Zhu, Foad Hajiaghajani, Changzhi Li, Lu Su, Wenyao Xu, Zhi Sun, and Chunming Qiao.
AAAI 2022 Spring Symposium.
[PDF]

[SenSys'21] Adversarial Attacks against LiDAR Semantic Segmentation in Autonomous Driving

Yi Zhu, Chenglin Miao, Foad Hajiaghajani, Mengdi Huai, Lu Su, and Chunming Qiao.
2021 ACM Conference on Embedded NetworkedSensor Systems. (Accept Rate: 17.9%)
[Abstract] [PDF] [Video]

[CCS'21] Can We Use Arbitrary Objects to Attack LiDAR Perception in Autonomous Driving?

Yi Zhu, Chenglin Miao, Tianhang Zheng, Foad Hajiaghajani, Lu Su, and Chunming Qiao.
2021 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security. (Accept Rate: 22.3%)
[Abstract] [PDF] [Video]

[TOSN] Driver Behavior-aware Parking Availability Crowdsensing System Using Truth Discovery

Yi Zhu, Abhishek Gupta, Shaohan Hu, Weida Zhong, Lu Su, and Chunming Qiao.
ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Professional Service

Journal Reviewer

  • ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN)
  • IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
  • IEEE Internet of Things
  • Conference External Reviewer

  • The 28th ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom 2022)
  • The 42nd IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2022)
  • The 27th ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom 2021)
  • The 22nd ACM Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc 2021)
  • The 40th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM 2021)
  • The 26th ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom 2020)
  • Program Committee

  • The 5th ACM SenSys+BuildSys Workshop on Data: Acquisition to Analysis (DATA 2022)
  • Teaching Experiences

    Instructor at WSU

    • Fall 2024, Secure Machine Learning

    Teaching Assistant

    • Spring 2021, Modern Network Concepts
    • Fall 2020, Introduction to Data Mining
    • Spring 2020, Computer Organization
    • Fall 2019, Introduction to Programming for Engineers
    • Spring 2019, Electrical Engineering Concepts for Non-Majors
    • Fall 2018, Real-Time and Embedded Operating Systems

    Honors and Rewards


    • 2018-2022, Presidential Fellowships, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
    • 2020-2021, CSE Best Graduate Research Award, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York