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Zhi Zhang is a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at the University of Western Australia (UWA), affiliated with the UWA Defence and Security Institute. Prior to this role, he worked as a Research Scientist at CSIRO’s Data61. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of New South Wales, focusing on 'Software-only Rowhammer Attacks and Countermeasures.' His research expertise spans system security, rowhammer exploits, adversarial AI, and federated learning security. He has contributed to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to education and innovation.
His research focuses on hardware-software co-design vulnerabilities, including rowhammer-based attacks, adversarial machine learning defenses, and data poisoning in federated learning. Notable areas of contribution include interrupt side-channel attacks, thermal event exploitation, and model unlearning mechanisms. He has published extensively in top-tier journals/conferences like IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, and has received Distinguished Paper Awards in 2023 and 2024.
- Education: PhD in Computer Science (UNSW, 2021)
- Key Research Areas:
- Rowhammer Exploits & Mitigations
- Adversarial Attacks on DNNs
- Federated Learning Security
- Interrupt-Based Side Channels
His work bridges theoretical computer security with practical system implementations, addressing critical vulnerabilities in modern architectures. Collaborations span academia and industry, with impactful contributions to hardware-software security domains.
