About me
I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. My research interests lie at the intersection of security and AI/mobile/wireless/sensing systems, with a particular focus on the innovative analysis of physical context to enable trustworthy interaction with the physical world in Artificial Internet-of-Things (AIoT) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). I have published papers in several top conferences, including ACM MobiCom, MobiSys, SenSys, NDSS, and USENIX Security. My research has received Distinguished Paper Award at NDSS 2026 and Best Paper Award candidate at ACM SenSys 2021.
I obtained my Ph.D in Computer Science at Zhejiang University in 2025, advised by Prof. Jinsong Han. I also worked closely with Prof. Jun Han from KAIST. I received my B.S. in Physics with honors at Zhejiang University in 2020.
To prospective students:
I am hiring new graduate students (M.S./Ph.D. students) and undergraduate research assistants. I am looking for motivated and passionate students to work on exciting research projects! Please contact me if you are interested.
如果你想参与世界一流的科研工作（本科/硕士/博士），欢迎加入我们！
News
- 02/2026. ModelSpy is selected as NDSS Distinguished Paper 🏆 (10 of 1481).
- 10/2025. I was invited to serve on the TPC of ACM MobiSys 2026.
- 07/2025. Our paper on GPU electromagnetic side-channel is accepted at NDSS 2026.
- 05/2025. I was selected as ACM MobiSys Rising Star 2025 for research on wireless sensing and security.
- 11/2024. Our paper on WiFi beamforming feedback security is accepted at NDSS 2025.
- 03/2024. Our paper on optical camera communication is accepted at MobiSys 2024.
- 06/2023. One paper is conditionally accepted at MobiCom 2023.
earlier news
- 11/2021. OneFi is selected as the best paper candidate. [5 out of 139 submissions]
- 09/2021. Our paper, “Onefi: One-shot Recognition for Unseen Gesture via COTS WiFi” is accepted and will appear at SenSys 2021.
- 01/2021. Our paper, “Acoustics to the Rescue: Physical Key Inference Attack Revisited” is accepted and will appear at USENIX Security 2021.
Selected Publications
- [NDSS’26] Peering Inside the Black-Box: Long-Range and Scalable Model Architecture Snooping via GPU Electromagnetic Side-Channel
Rui Xiao, Sibo Feng, Soundarya Ramesh, Jun Han, and Jinsong Han
Network and Distributed System Security Symposium
Acceptance Rate: 17.9% (265 of 1481) [paper] [slides] [code]
🏆Distinguished Paper Award - [NDSS’25] Lend Me Your Beam: Privacy Implications of Plaintext Beamforming Feedback in WiFi
Rui Xiao, Xiankai Chen, Yinghui He, Jun Han, and Jinsong Han
Network and Distributed System Security Symposium
Acceptance Rate: 16.1% (211 of 1311) [paper] [slides] - [MobiSys’24] Practical Optical Camera Communication Behind Unseen and Complex Backgrounds
Rui Xiao, Leqi Zhao, Feng Qian, Lei Yang, and Jinsong Han
ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services
Acceptance Rate: 16.3% (43 of 263) [paper] [slides] [code] - [MobiCom’23] MagTracer: Detecting GPU Cryptojacking Attacks via Magnetic Leakage Signals
Rui Xiao, Tianyu Li, Soundarya Ramesh, Jun Han, and Jinsong Han
ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking
Acceptance Rate: 24.4% (92 of 377) [paper] [slides] [ACM News] - [SenSys’21] OneFi: One-Shot Recognition for Unseen Gesture via COTS WiFi
Rui Xiao, Jianwei Liu, Jinsong Han, and Kui Ren
ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems
Acceptance Rate: 17.9% (25 of 139) [paper] [slides] [code]
🏆Best Paper Award Candidate - [USENIX Security’21] Acoustics to the Rescue: Physical Key Inference Attack Revisited
Soundarya Ramesh, Rui Xiao, Anindya Maiti, Jong Taek Lee, Ananda Kumar, Harini Ramprasad, Murtuza Jadliwala, and Jun Han
USENIX Security Symposium
Acceptance Rate: 18.7% (246 of 1316) [paper] [slides]
Honors and Awards
- Distinguished Paper Award 2026
Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS) 2026 - ACM MobiSys Rising Star 2025
ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys) 2025 - Best Paper Award Candidate 2021
ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys) 2021
Professional Services
Technical Program Committee
- ACM MobiSys 2026
- ACM MobiCom 2025, ACM MobiSys 2025, ACM CCS 2025 (Artifact Evaluation)
- ACM CoNEXT 2025 (Shadow)
Journal Reviewer
- IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
- ACM Transactions on Internet of Things
Conference Reviewer
- IEEE S&P (Oakland) 2025, ACM MobiCom 2025, ACM UIST 2025, ACM UbiComp 2024, ACM SenSys 2022, IEEE ICNP 2021-2024