Yan Meng （孟岩）

Education

• Ph.D., Computer Science and technology, 2016.09 - 2021.12
  Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, 200240
  Advisor: Prof. Haojin Zhu
  Area of Study: Wireless Network Security; IoT Security and Privacy
• Visiting Ph.D. Student, Computer Science, 2019.09 - 2020.08
  Universiry of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, 22903
  Advisor: Prof. Yuan Tian
  
• B.S., Electronic and Information Engineering, 2012.09 - 2016.06
  Huazhong Universiry of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, 430074
  

News

• [Paper] 12/2024, I have been selected for the 2024 TCSC Award for Excellence (Early Career Researcher).
• [Paper] 12/2024, 1 paper has been accepted by IEEE TDSC.
• [Paper] 09/2024, 1 paper has been accepted by IEEE TIFS.
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[Award] 08/2023, we received the Best Paper Award at IEEE/CIC ICCC 2024.

[Paper] 08/2024, 1 paper has been accepted by NDSS 2025.

[Paper] 07/2024, 1 paper has been accepted by IEEE TMC.

[Paper] 07/2024, I am invited to give a talk in ACM TURC 2024.
受邀在2024图灵大会未来新星论坛作报告。

[Paper] 07/2024, 1 paper has been accepted by ACM CCS 2024.

[Paper] 05/2024, 1 paper has been accepted by ACM CCS 2024.

[Paper] 12/2023, 1 paper has been accepted by IEEE TMC.

[Activity] 12/2023, 1 paper has been accepted by IEEE TMC.

[Activity] 12/2023, I am invited to serve on the program committee of ACM CCS 2024.

[Activity] 12/2023, I become the session chair of IEEE Globecome 2023. My chaired session is CISS 16: AI-aided Security III .

[Award] 09/2023, I have been selected for the Youth Talent Support Program by the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST).
入选中国科协青年人才托举工程。

[Paper] 09/2023, 1 paper has been accepted by IEEE TDSC.

[Service] 08/2023, I am invited to serve on the program committee of ACM WWW 2024. Welcome to submit papers!

[Paper] 08/2023, 2 papers have been accepted by IEEE Globecom 2023. Congrats to Yichi, Hui, and my collaborators!

[Service] 07/2023, I am invited to serve on the program committee of IEEE MSN 2023. Welcome to submit papers!

[Service] 05/2023, I am invited to serve on the program committee of USENIX Security 2024. Welcome to submit papers!

[Award] 05/2023, We received the Best Poster Award at IEEE INFOCOM 2023.

[Paper] 05/2023, 2 papers have been accepted by IEEE/CIC ICCC 2023. Congrats to Jiachun, and my collaborators!

[Paper] 03/2023, 1 paper has been accepted by IEEE TVT. Congrats to Jiachun, and my collaborators!

[Service] 03/2023, I am invited to serve on the program committee of IEEE Globecom 2023. Welcome to submit papers!

[Book] 02/2023, a monograph about Security in Smart Home Networks was published by Springer.

[Award] 01/2023, I received the 2022 ACM China Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award.

[Paper] 12/2022, 2 papers have been accepted by IEEE INFOCOM 2023. Congrats to Jiachun, and my collaborators!

[Activity] 12/2022, I joined CS department of SJTU as an assistant professor (research-track).

Research

Up to 10/2025, I published 1 Springer Book and top-tier papers including USENIX Security (2022, 2025), ACM CCS (2016, 2018, 2021, 2024a, 2024b, 2025), IEEE INFOCOM (2020, 2023a, 2023b), IEEE TDSC (*4), IEEE TIFS (*2), IEEE TON, IEEE TMC (*3), and IEEE TII (ESI Highly Cited).
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Books

• Security in Smart Home Networks
  Yan Meng, Haojin Zhu, and Xuemin (Sherman) Shen
  Springer Book, 2023 | link

Selected Papers

2025

• [CCS'25] PipID: Light-Pupillary Response Based User Authentication for Virtual Reality
  Muchen Pan, Yan Meng, Yuxia Zhan, Guoxing Chen, and Haojin Zhu
  ACM Conference on Computer and Communication Security, Oct. 13-17, 2025.

• [USENIX Security'25] Depth Gives a False Sense of Privacy: LLM Internal States Inversion
  Tian Dong, Yan Meng, Shaofeng Li, Guoxing Chen, Zhen Liu, and Haojin Zhu
  USENIX Security Symposium, Aug. 13-15, 2025.

• [NDSS'25] The Philosopher's Stone: Trojaning Plugins of Large Language Models
  Tian Dong, Minhui Xue, Guoxing Chen, Rayne Holland, Yan Meng, Shaofeng Li, Zhen Liu, and Haojin Zhu
  Network and Distributed System Security, Feb. 23-28, 2025.

• [TON] Vetting Privacy Policies in Virtual Reality Platforms with Longitudinal Analysis
  Yan Meng, Yujia Huo, Yuxia Zhan, Lu Zhou, Lichuan Ma, Guoxing Chen, Qingqi Pei, and Haojin Zhu
  IEEE Transactions on Networking, accepted.

• [TIFS] Synergistic Multi-Modal Keystroke Eavesdropping in Virtual Reality With Vision and Wi-Fi
  Jiachun Li, Yan Meng, Fazhong Liu, Tian Dong, Suguo Du, Guoxing Chen, Yuling Chen, and Haojin Zhu
  IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 20, pp. 8387-8401, 2025.

• [TDSC] A Magnetic Signal Based Device Fingerprinting Scheme in Wireless Charging
  Jiachun Li, Yan Meng, Le Zhang, Guoxing Chen, Yuan Tian, and Haojin Zhu
  IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 2943-2958, 2025.

  2024

• [CCS'24] VPVet: Vetting Privacy Policies of Virtual Reality Apps
  Yuxia Zhan, Yan Meng, Lu Zhou, Yichang Xiong, Xiaokuan Zhang, Lichuan Ma, Guoxing Chen, Qingqi Pei, and Haojin Zhu
  ACM Conference on Computer and Communication Security, Oct. 15-18, 2024.

• [CCS'24] Unveiling Collusion-Based Ad Attribution Laundering Fraud: Detection, Analysis, and Security Implications
  Tong Zhu, Chaofan Shou, Zhen Huang, Guoxing Chen, Xiaokuan Zhang, Yan Meng, and Haojin Zhu
  ACM Conference on Computer and Communication Security, Oct. 15-18, 2024.

• [ICCC'24] BrInstFlip: A Universal Tool for Attacking DNN-Based Power Line Fault Detection Models
  Yixin Jiang, Yanbo Xu, Zhihong Liang, Wenqian Xu, Tian Dong, Ximing Zhang, Yiwei Yang, Yan Meng and Haojin Zhu
  IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China, Aug. 7-9, 2024.
  Best Paper Award

• [TIFS] Dangers behind Charging VR Devices: Hidden Side Channel Attacks via Charging Cables
  Jiachun Li, Yan Meng, Yuxia Zhan, Le Zhang, and Haojin Zhu
  IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 19, pp. 8892-8907, 2024.

• [TMC] De-anonymizing Avatars in Virtual Reality: Attacks and Countermeasures
  Yan Meng, Yuxia Zhan, Jiachun Li, Suguo Du, Haojin Zhu, and Xuemin (Sherman) Shen
  IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 13342-13357, Dec. 2024.

• [TDSC] Binary-level Formal Verification Based Automatic Security Ensurement for PLC in Industrial IoT
  Xuankai Zhang, Jianhua Li, Jun Wu, Guoxing Chen, Yan Meng, Haojin Zhu and Xiao-song Zhang
  IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, Early Access.

• [TMC] Privacy-Preserving Location-Based Advertising via Longitudinal Geo-Indistinguishability
  Le Yu, Shufan Zhang, Yan Meng, Suguo Du, Yuling Chen, Yanli Ren, and Haojin Zhu
  IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 23, no. 8, pp. 8256-8273, Aug. 2024.
  Preprint Version

• [TDSC] Privacy-preserving Liveness Detection for Securing Smart Voice Interfaces
  Yan Meng, Jiachun Li, Yuan Tian, Haojin Zhu, and Jiming Chen
  IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 2900-2916, July-Aug. 2024.
  Preprint Version

  2023

• [INFOCOM'23] De-anonymization Attacks on Metaverse
  Yan Meng, Yuxia Zhan, Jiachun Li, Suguo Du, Haojin Zhu, and Xuemin (Sherman) Shen
  IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications, May 17-20, 2023
  Paper, Slides

• [INFOCOM'23] MagFingerprint: A Magnetic Based Device Fingerprinting in Wireless Charging
  Jiachun Li, Yan Meng, Le Zhang, Guoxing Chen, Yuan Tian, Haojin Zhu, and Xuemin (Sherman) Shen
  IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications, May 17-20, 2023
  Paper

• [INFOCOM'23 Poster] Vetting Privacy Policies in VR: A Data Minimization Principle Perspective
  Yuxia Zhan, Yan Meng, Lu Zhou, and Haojin Zhu
  IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications, May 17-20, 2023
  Best Poster Award
  Paper, Slides

  2022

• [USENIX Security'22] Your Microphone Array Retains Your Identity: A Robust Voice Liveness Detection System for Smart Speakers
  Yan Meng, Jiachun Li, Matthew Pillari, Arjun Deopujari, Liam Brennan, Hafsah Shamsie, Haojin Zhu, and Yuan Tian
  USENIX Security Symposium, August 10-12, 2022
  Paper

• [TII] A Federated Learning based Privacy-preserving Smart Healthcare System
  Jiachun Li, Yan Meng, Lichuan Ma, Suguo Du, Haojin Zhu, Qingqi Pei, and Xuemin (Sherman) Shen
  IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 2021-2031, March, 2022
  ESI Highly Cited Paper
  Paper

  2021

• [TDSC] Liveness Detection for Voice User Interface via Wireless Signals in IoT Environment
  Yan Meng, Haojin Zhu, Jinlei Li, Jin Li, Yao Liu
  IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 2996-3011, 01 Nov.-Dec. 2021
  Paper

• [CCS'21] Dissecting Click Fraud Autonomy in the Wild
  Tong Zhu, Yan Meng, Haotian Hu, Xiaokuan Zhang, Minhui Xue, and Haojin Zhu
  ACM Conference on Computer and Communication Security, Nov. 15-19, 2021
  Paper

  2020 and Before

• [TMC] Revealing Your Mobile Password via WiFi Signals: Attacks and Countermeasures
  Yan Meng, Jinlei Li, Haojin Zhu, Xiaohui Liang, Yao Liu, and Na Ruan
  IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 432-449, 01 February 2020
  Paper

• [INFOCOM'20] Voiceprint Mimicry Attack Towards Speaker Verification System in Smart Home
  Lei Zhang, Yan Meng, Jiahao Yu, Chong Xiang, Brandon Falk, Haojin Zhu
  IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications, Jul. 6-9, 2020
  Paper

• [JCRD] Cyber Physical System Security of Smart Home Platform
  Yan Meng, Shaofeng Li, Yichi Zhang, Haojin Zhu, and Xinpeng Zhang
  Journal of Computer Research and Development, vol. 56, no. 11, pp. 2349-2364, Nov., 2019
  孟岩,李少锋,张亦弛,朱浩瑾,张新鹏.面向智能家居平台的信息物理融合系统安全[J].计算机研究与发展,2019,56(11):2349-2364.
  Paper

• [CCS'18] HoMonit: Monitoring Smart Home Apps from Encrypted Traffic
  Wei Zhang^#, Yan Meng^# , Yugeng Liu, Xiaokuan Zhang, Yinqian Zhang and Haojin Zhu
  ACM Conference on Computer and Communication Security, Oct. 15-18, 2018
  Paper

• [WCM] Securing Consumer IoT in Smart Home: Architecture, Challenges and Countermeasures
  Yan Meng, Wei Zhang, Haojin Zhu, Sherman (Xuemin) Shen
  IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 53-59, Dec., 2018
  Paper

• [MobiHoc'18] WiVo: Enhancing the Security of Voice Control System viaWireless Signal in IoT Environment
  Yan Meng, Zichang Wang, Wei Zhang, Peilin Wu, Haojin Zhu, Xiaohui Liang, Yao Liu
  ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing, Jun. 26-29, 2018
  Paper

• [CCS'16] When CSI Meets Public WiFi: Inferring Your Mobile Phone Password via WiFi Signals
  Mengyuan Li, Yan Meng, Junyi Liu, Haojin Zhu, Xiaohui Liang, Yao Liu, and Na Ruan
  ACM Conference on Computer and Communication Security, Oct. 24-28, 2016
  Paper

• [SocialSec'15] Attacks and Defenses in Location-Based Social Networks: A Heuristic Number Theory Approach
  Jiawen Peng, Yan Meng, Minhui Xue, Xiaojun Hei, and Keith Ross
  International Symposium on Security and Privacy in Social Networks and Big Data, Nov. 16-18, 2015
  Best Paper Award
  Paper

Teaching

• 2023-2024学年秋季，CS3328，云计算技术，本科生课程，32学时，任课教师：李超、孟岩
• 2022-2023学年春季，CS3325，网络安全技术，本科生课程，48学时，任课教师：朱浩瑾、刘振、孟岩（助课教师）

Services

Program Commitee

• USENIX Security 2024.

• IEEE MSN 2023.

• IEEE S&P 2023 Poster Session.

• RICSS Workshop (colocated with EuroS&P 2023) .

• Globecom, main symposium on Communication and Information System Security (CISS), 2022-2023

• Shadow PC in IEEE S&P 2021.

Journal Reviewer

I served as the formal reviewer for these journals:

• IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing.

• IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security

• IEEE Internet of Things Journal

• Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications

Awards

• 2022 ACM China Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award, ACM China Council, Jan. 2023.
• 2022 ACM SIGSAC China Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award, ACM SICSAC China, Oct. 2022.
• Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate, Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, 2021.
• The 5th Academic Star in Shanghai Jiao Tong University (10 recipients out of all the graduate students), Dec. 2020.
• Yang Yuanqing Ph.D. Fellowship, Jul. 2019.
• Student Travel Grant, CCS 2018, Oct. 2018.
• Student Travel Grant, MobiHoc 2018, Jun. 2018.
• Outstanding Graduate Student, Huazhong Universiry of Science and Technology, Jun. 2016.
• National Encouragement Scholarship, Oct. 2015.
• Meritorious Winner, National (American) College Mathematical Contest in Modeling, Apr. 2015.
• Academic Excellence Scholarship, Huazhong Universiry of Science and Technology, Oct. 2014.
• National Scholarship, Oct. 2013.