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Zhijie Jerry Shi is an Associate Professor at the School of Computing, University of Connecticut. His research focuses on cybersecurity, underwater acoustic networks, hardware security, and blockchain technology. He leads projects such as Ocean-TUNE, a community testbed for underwater communication, and has contributed to secure firmware updates, cryptographic algorithms, and IoT security architectures. His work integrates hardware and software solutions for resilient systems.
Key research areas include cryptographic side-channel attacks, underwater acoustic communication protocols, and blockchain scalability. He has developed innovative solutions for underwater sensor networks, including Aqua-Net and Aqua-Sim simulators, and explored secure metering systems using blockchain (SMChain). His hardware security research addresses vulnerabilities in embedded systems and trustable computing education.
His publications span over 15 years, with recent emphasis on hardware trojan detection, diffractive optical neural networks, and secure IoT protocols. Collaborations involve experimental deployments in underwater environments and joint work on FPGA-based acoustic modems. He advises on secure wireless protocols, cryptographic implementations, and underwater network resilience.
