Shuai Hao

Shuai Hao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Old Dominion University (ODU), affiliated with ODU's School of Cybersecurity. He holds a Ph.D. from the College of William and Mary and completed postdoctoral research at UC San Diego's CAIDA. His research focuses on networking and security, particularly internet infrastructure, privacy, and cybercrime analysis. He has published extensively in top conferences like USENIX Security and IEEE INFOCOM. His work includes analyzing DNS security, cloud gaming misuse, and open proxy ecosystems.

Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science (College of William and Mary), advised by Dr. Haining Wang; Postdoc at UC San Diego (CAIDA). Prior roles include research internships at NEC Labs America and HP Labs China.

Research interests span network security, privacy-preserving systems, and empirical studies of internet infrastructure. Notable contributions include studies on encrypted DNS, censorship mechanisms, and large language model privacy risks.

• Awards: Best Dataset Award (PAM 2022), Microsoft Security Researcher Acknowledgment (2017)
• Teaching: Courses on network security, malware analysis, and cybersecurity fundamentals.
• Service: PC member for NDSS, IMC, CCS, and DSN. Journal reviewer for IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking and others.