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2026 📌

  • F. Zuo, J. Rhee, Y. Choe, and H. Chi. "Context-aware embeddings of system events via LLMs towards fine-grained threat detection", 22nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, Chania, Greece, 2026

  • F. Zuo, S. Xu, X. Ma, X. Qu, and X. Li. "The impact of AI advancement on software development labor market: Empirical evidence from the United States", 22nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, Chania, Greece, 2026

  • F. Li, F. Zuo, and G. Gupta. "Logic-driven cybersecurity: A novel framework for system log anomaly detection using answer set programming", 22nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, Chania, Greece, 2026

  • F. Zuo, G. Qian, F. Li, Y. Song, and X. Zhang. "Generative AI and software development job security: Challenges and insights for computing education", Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, vol 41, No. 6, 2026

  • S. Thapaliya, G. Qian, and F. Zuo. "Evaluating LLMs for SQL instruction: A comparative study of five commercial models", Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, vol 41, No. 7, 2026

  • H. Chi, F. Zuo, Z. Sun, H. Geng, Y. Wang, S. Jiang. "PriBSCS: Privacy-preserving distributed coordination for battery swapping and charging systems", Journal of King Saud University Computer and Information Sciences, 2026

  • F. Zuo, J. Rhee, Y. Choe, and C. Kim. "Knowledge transfer from LLMs to provenance analysis: Semantic-augmented APT detection", 56th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN) Industry Track, Charlotte, USA, 2026

  • J. Li, B. Li, H. Chi, F. Zuo, T. Li, and S. Jiang. "P2NC-DET: A privacy-preserving and network-constrained decentralized energy trading scheme based on blockchain", 22nd EAI International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks (SecureComm), Lancaster, UK, 2026

  • T. Li, H. Chi, F. Zuo, Z. Liu, J. Li, and S. Jiang. "Z-RegStore: A physical-constraint-aware and regulatory-compliant privacy-preserving energy settlement scheme for microgrids", 22nd EAI International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks (SecureComm), Lancaster, UK, 2026

  • Y. Wang, X. Zhang, Y. Tai, H. Chi, F. Zuo, and S. Jiang. "Z-MFilter: Dual-layer poisoning detection with differentially private gradient uploads for federated learning", IEEE Global Communications Conference (GlobeCom), Macau, China, 2026

  • H. Chi, Y. Xu, F. Zuo, R. Zhang, H. Geng, X. Ma, and Y. Wang. "AccSense: IoT device access monitoring across disjoint management channels", IEEE Global Communications Conference (GlobeCom), Macau, China, 2026

  • X. Ma, Z. Yin, F. Zuo, H. Chi, and Y. Zhang. "Digital twin administration for communication service provision in Internet of vehicles", IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC), Wuhan, China, 2026

  • N. Kadkhodazadeh, O. Leitzell, S. Chand, Y. Song, F. Zuo, C. Wu, and X. Zhang. "IBNet: Inverted bottleneck network for lightweight automatic speech recognition", 24th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, Towson, USA, 2026

2025

  • F. Zuo, J. Rhee, Y. Choe, C. Fu, and X. Qu. "Few-shot learning-based cyber incident detection with augmented context intelligence", 49th IEEE Annual Computer, Software, and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), Toronto, Canada, 2025 📄

  • F. Zuo, G. Qian, X. Qu, J. Rhee, and J. Fu. "Revisiting the capability of GPT in solving coding problems: A lesson from programming with recursion", 26th Annual ACM Conference on Cybersecurity and Information Technology Education (SIGCITE), Sacramento, USA, 2025 📄

  • F. Li, F. Zuo, and G. Gupta. "Exploring answer set programming for provenance graph-based cyber threat detection: A novel approach", 27th International Symposium on Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages (PADL), Denver, USA, 2025

  • X. Zhang, Y. Song, and F. Zuo. "A dual-branch CNN for robust detection of AI-generated facial forgeries", 12th IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Cloud Computing, New York City, USA, 2025

  • H. Bui, C. Fu, and F. Zuo. "TAPAssure: Safe automation in smart homes with LLMs and formal verification", 3rd EAI International Conference on Security and Privacy in Cyber-Physical Systems and Smart Vehicles, Salt Lake City, USA, 2025

  • F. Zuo, J. Rhee, S. Lu, Y. Song, and X. Zhang. "An empirical study on the multi-stage nature of APT attacks in cloud computing", 22nd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS), EIVN Workshop, Chicago, USA, 2025

  • E. Gilles, Y. Song, X. Zhang, and F. Zuo. "XcepKNN: Leveraging hybrid deep learning for enhanced MRI-based brain rumor classification", 23rd IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, Las Vegas, USA, 2025

  • X. Zhang, S. Kayembe, F. Ma, Y. Song, and F. Zuo. "Analyzing and predicting employee turnover in the restaurant industry", 23rd IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, Las Vegas, USA, 2025

2024

  • F. Zuo, and J. Rhee. "Vulnerability discovery based on source code patch commit mining: A systematic literature review", International Journal of Information Security, 2024 📄

  • F. Zuo, C. Tompkins, Q. Zeng, L. Luo, Y. Choe, and J. Rhee. "BinSimDB: Benchmark dataset construction for fine-grained binary code similarity analysis", 20th EAI International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks (SecureComm), Dubai, UAE, 2024 📄

  • C. Fu, X. Du, Q. Zeng, Z. Zhao, F. Zuo, and J. Di. "Seeing is believing: Extracting semantic information from video for verifying IoT events", 17th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (WiSec), Seoul, Korea, 2024 📄

  • J. Rhee, F. Zuo, Y. Choe, C. Tompkins, and J. Oh. "GrizzlyBay: Retroactive SBOM with automated identification for legacy binaries", 44th IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Washington, DC, 2024

  • F. Zuo, C. Tompkins, G. Qian, J. Rhee, X. Qu, and B. Yang. "ChatGPT as an assembly language interpreter for computing education", Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, vol 40, No. 2, 2024 📄

  • B. Yang, L. Hao, Y. Song, X. Zhang, F. Zuo, and X. Qu. "Demographics, approaches, and conceptions: Understanding computer science learning", Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, vol 40, No. 1, 2024 📄

  • J. Rhee, A. Shrestha, G. Qian, F. Zuo, J. Fu, M. Park, G. Mylavarapu, X. Qu, and H. Sung. "An evaluation on the impact of large language models on computer science curricula", Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, vol 40, No. 1, 2024 📄

  • J. Scott, F. Zuo, and J. Rhee. "Student-perspective observations from the comparison of Rust and C++ languages", Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, vol 40, No. 1, 2024 📄

  • X. Qu, F. Zuo, X. Li, and J. Rhee. "Context matters: Investigating its impact on ChatGPT’s bug fixing performance", 22nd IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, Honolulu, HI, 2024 📄

  • X. Zhang, Y. Song, W. McCurdy, X. Wang, and F. Zuo. "Revising the problem of partial labels from the perspective of CNNs' robustness", 22nd IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, Honolulu, HI, 2024

  • Y. Song, X. Zhang, B. Yang, F. Zuo, and X. Qu. "A robust attention-based convolutional neural network for monocular depth estimation", 22nd IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, Honolulu, HI, 2024

  • S. Jiang, J. Wu, and F. Zuo. "Utility-based routing in payment channel networks: A tradeoff between utility and privacy", 22nd IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, Honolulu, HI, 2024

  • A. Shrestha, F. Zuo, G. Qian, and J. Rhee. "A survey and insights on modern game development processes for software engineering education", 33rd International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering, San Diego, CA, 2024

2023

  • F. Zuo, J. Rhee, Y. Kim, J. Oh, and G. Qian. "A comprehensive dataset towards hands-on experience enhancement in a research-involved cybersecurity program", 24th ACM Annual Conference on Information Technology Education (SIGITE), Marietta, GA, 2023 📄

  • F. Zuo, X. Zhang, Y. Song, J. Rhee, and J. Fu. "Commit message can help: Security patch detection in open source software via Transformer", 21st IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, Orlando, FL, 2023 📄

  • F. Zuo, J. Rhee, M. Park, and G. Qian. "PowerGrader: Automating code assessment based on PowerShell for programming courses", 21st IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, Orlando, FL, 2023

  • F. Zuo, J. Rhee, M. Park, and G. Qian. "Designing a security system administration course for cybersecurity with a companion project", Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, vol 39, No. 5, pp. 43–52, 2023 📄

  • M. Shrestha, Y. Kim, J. Oh, J. Rhee, Y. Choe, F. Zuo, M. Park, and G. Qian. "ProvSec: Open cybersecurity system provenance analysis benchmark dataset with labels", International Journal of Networked and Distributed Computing (IJNDC), vol 11, pp. 112–123, 2023 📄

  • S. Jiang, J. Wu, F. Zuo, and A. Mei. "Balance-aware cost-efficient routing in the payment channel network", 21st IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, Orlando, FL, 2023

  • M. Shrestha, Y. Kim, J. Oh, J. Rhee, Y. Choe, F. Zuo, M. Park, and G. Qian. "ProvSec: Cybersecurity system provenance analysis benchmark dataset", 21st IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, Orlando, FL, 2023

  • X. Zhang, Y. Song, F. Zuo, Z. Zhou, and X. Wang. "Towards imbalanced large scale multi-label classification with partially annotated labels", 21st IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, Orlando, FL, 2023

  • X. Zhang, Y. Song, X. Wang, and F. Zuo. "D-score: A white-box diagnosis score for CNNs based on mutation operators", 19th International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications (ADMA), Shenyang, China, 2023 📄

  • J. Rhee, M. Park, F. Zuo, S. Zhang, G. Qian, G. Mylavarapu, H. Sung, and T. Turner. "Developing incident response-focused cybersecurity undergraduate curricula", Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, vol 38, No. 7, pp. 65–74. 2023 📄

Earlier Publications

  • C. Wu, X. Li, F. Zuo, L. Luo, X. Du, J. Di, and Q. Zeng. "Use it-no need to shake it! Accurate implicit authentication for everyday objects with smart sensing", Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, vol 6, No. 3, pp. 1–25. 2022

  • F. Zuo, and Q. Zeng. "Exploiting the sensitivity of L2 adversarial examples to erase-and-restore", 16th ACM ASIA Conference on Computer and Communications Security (ASIACCS), Hong Kong, China, 2021

  • L. Luo, Q. Zeng, B. Yang, F. Zuo, and J. Wang. "Westworld: Fuzzing-assisted remote dynamic symbolic execution of smart apps on IoT cloud platforms", Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC), Austin, TX, 2021

  • X. Li, F. Yan, F. Zuo, Q. Zeng, and L. Luo. "Touch well before use: Intuitive and secure authentication for IoT devices", 25th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom), Los Cabos, Mexico, 2019

  • F. Zuo, B. Yang, X. Li, Q. Zeng, and L. Luo. "Exploiting the inherent limitation of L0 adversarial examples", 22nd International Symposium on Research in Attacks, Intrusions and Defenses (RAID), Beijing, China, 2019

  • F. Zuo, X. Li, P. Young, L. Luo, Q. Zeng, and Z. Zhang. "Neural machine translation inspired binary code similarity comparison beyond function pairs", 26th Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS), San Diego, CA, 2019 (*This paper ranks as top 15 most citated paper of NDSS from 2019 to 2024)

  • J. Qi, F. Zuo, H. Samet, and J. Yao. "K-regret queries using multiplicative utility functions", ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS), vol 43, No. 2, pp. 1-41. 2018

Translated Work

  • Abel Rodríguez, and Bruno Mendes. "Probability, Decisions and Games: A Gentle Introduction using R", John Wiley & Sons, 2018. Chinese Edition Translator: Fei Zuo, and Bin Bu. Tsinghua University Press, Beijing, 2019. (概率、决策与博弈： 基于R语言. 阿贝尔·罗德里格斯, 布鲁诺·门德斯, 著. 左飞, 补彬, 译. 北京：清华大学出版社, 2019. ISNB: 978-7302530725.)

  • Diomidis Spinellis. "Code Quality: The Open Source Perspective", Adobe Press, 2006. Chinese Edition Translator: Fei Zuo, Yue Wu, and Jie Li. Publishing House of Electronics Industry, Beijing, 2012. (代码质量. 季奥米季斯·斯宾耐立思, 著. 左飞, 吴跃, 李洁, 译. 北京：电子工业出版社, 2012. ISNB: 978-7121174216.)

  • Diomidis Spinellis. "Code Reading: The Open Source Perspective", Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003. Chinese Edition Translator: Fei Zuo, Yue Wu, and Ning Yang. Publishing House of Electronics Industry, Beijing, 2012. (代码阅读. 季奥米季斯·斯宾耐立思, 著. 左飞, 吴跃, 杨宁, 译. 北京：电子工业出版社, 2012. ISNB: 978-7121174810.)

  • Charles Petzold. "Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software", Microsoft Press, 2000. Chinese Edition Translators: Fei Zuo, and Tongtong Xue. Publishing House of Electronics Industry, Beijing, 2012. (编码：隐匿在计算机软硬件背后的语言. 查尔斯·佩措尔德, 著. 左飞, 薛佟佟, 译. 北京：电子工业出版社, 2012. ISNB: 978-7121181184.)

  • Dov Bulka, and David Mayhew. "Efficient C++: Performance Programming Techniques", Addison-Wesley Professional, 2000. Chinese Edition Translators: Fei Zuo, Tongtong Xue, and Yang Gao. Publishing House of Electronics Industry, Beijing, 2011. (提高C++性能的编程技术. 多夫·布尔卡, 大卫·梅休, 著. 左飞, 薛佟佟, 高阳, 译. 北京：电子工业出版社, 2011. ISNB: 978-7121129377.)