Yongye Zhu

Yongye Zhu

Master of Science Student

University of California, Berkeley

Biography

Hi, I am a Master of Science in Computer Science student at University of California, Berkeley advised by Professor Chris Fletcher . I am interested in improving computer system security through collaboration between software, hardware and cryptography. I got my Bachlor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics at UT Austin , where I also worked as an undergraduate researcher at the SPARK Research Lab , advised by Professor Mohit Tiwari .

You can find my resume here .

I can be reached out at yongye [dot] zhu [at] berkeley [dot] edu

Interests
  • Computer Architecture
  • Computer Security
  • Applied Cryptography
Education
  • MS in Computer Science, 2025

    University of California, Berkeley

  • BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2022

    The University of Texas at Austin

  • BS in Mathematics, 2022

    The University of Texas at Austin

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Graduete Student Researcher
August 2023 – Present Berkeley, CA
Work on side-channel related exploits.
 
 
 
 
 
Cloud Software Engineering Intern
May 2022 – August 2022 Santa Clara, CA
  • Enhance observability and debuggability of critical 5G network infrastructure.
  • Develop tools that assist operation team better manage cloud services.
 
 
 
 
 
Software Engineering Intern
June 2021 – August 2021 Seattle, WA
Use AWS services to build an server side script engine with strong security guarantee using docker container.
 
 
 
 
 
Student Researcher
August 2020 – December 2022 Austin, TX
  • Explore fine-grained isolation techniques and their performance/security impact on commerical computing platforms.
  • Design new fine-grained isolation techniques for modern applications where there are many security domains running concurrently.
 
 
 
 
 
Undergraduate Research Assistant
September 2019 – December 2019 Austin, TX
Served as IOS developer, working with UT Health and Science Center at Tayler to create a cross-platform application intended to bring more father’s participation in Children care.
 
 
 
 
 
Teaching Assistant
Zhejiang University
July 2019 – August 2019 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Assist Dr. Yale N. Patt with teaching course Introduction to Computing System

Publications

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(2024). Tail Victims in Termination Timing Channel Protections beyond Cryptographic Kernels. 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Secure and Private Execution Environment Design (SEED).

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(2022). Revisiting Browser Performance Benchmarking From an Architectural Perspective. IEEE Computer Architecture Letters.

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