Yanyan Zhuang

Yanyan Zhuang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS). Her research focuses on cybersecurity, IoT security, malware analysis, and the human aspects of software development. She leads initiatives in network security, mobile device privacy, and educational technology through platforms like the Sensibility Testbed and Tsumiki meta-platform.

Her work bridges technical and human dimensions, including EEG-based studies of code comprehension and cross-cultural software development practices. Notable projects include IoT malware lifecycle analysis, cross-platform malware clustering, and vehicular network security. She has pioneered frameworks like PORT for public health screening and contributed to secure protocols for tire pressure monitoring systems.

Research interests span:

• Cybersecurity and IoT Threats
• Malware Analysis & Digital Forensics
• Software Engineering Education
• Human-Centric Computing
• Mobile Privacy Preservation
• Networked Systems Security

Her articles reflect a focus on practical solutions for real-world systems, combining formal methods (e.g., model-based fuzzing) with empirical studies (e.g., EEG measurements in programming tasks). No scientific awards are explicitly listed, though contributions to IEEE/ACM conferences demonstrate peer recognition. Advising and grants are not detailed in sources, but her Sensibility Testbed has been applied in over 200+ mobile research apps with automated IRB policy enforcement.

Labs/Teams: Core contributor to the Sensibility Testbed (programmable sensor framework) and Tsumiki platform (testbed construction). Active in UCCS-ICORE interdisciplinary initiatives focusing on autism new media and complex systems research.