Siqi Ma

Dr. Siqi Ma is a Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), where he leads the Software Analysis and Testing Lab (SATLab) within the Institute for Cyber Security (IFCYBER) in the School of Engineering and Information Technology (SEIT). He also serves as the Postgraduate Program Coordinator for Cyber Security Operations at UNSW. Previously, he held a Lecturer position at the University of Queensland and completed his postdoctoral research at CSIRO Data61 after earning his Ph.D. from Singapore Management University (2018). His research focuses on automated vulnerability detection, mobile/IoT security, network security, and privacy-preserving technologies.

His educational background includes a Ph.D. in Information Systems from SMU, postdoctoral work at Data61, and a visiting scholar stint at Carnegie Mellon University (2015). Key collaborations involve researchers from Purdue University, Singapore Management University, and CSIRO Data61, among others.

Research interests span adversarial robustness in AI, secure software analysis, and federated learning mechanisms. Recent work includes EvilScreen Attack (smart TV hijacking), Medusa Attack (QR code vulnerabilities), and frameworks like FDFL for fair federated learning. His lab emphasizes open-source contributions and collaborations with industry partners.

Grants include leadership in the UNSW-led 'Building National Cybersecurity Capabilities' project (2022) and funding from the Cyber Security CRC. Teaching responsibilities span courses in Information Assurance, Cyber Security Capstone, and Computer Systems Programming.

Labs/Teams: SATLab collaborates with the Group of Software Security In Progress (G.O.S.S.I.P) and maintains an active open-source repository on Code-Analysis.org. Current projects focus on vulnerability detection, secure AI, and edge computing security.