DUAN Yue
Full-time Faculty
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
School of Computing and Information Systems
SCIS
Qualification
- PhD, University of California, 2019
Research Areas and Areas of Expertise
Strategic Priorities
HighlightsDUAN Yue is an award-winning computer scientist specializing in cybersecurity, program analysis, and software security, with impactful contributions to malware detection, smart contract security, and automated vulnerability analysis.
Recognized for methodological innovation in automated security analysis, combining deep learning, program analysis, and semantics-aware approaches; awarded for teaching excellence and research impact; advances practical security for Android, blockchain, and decentralized systems; strong collaborative and interdisciplinary grant leadership.
Focused research areas include Automated vulnerability detection and patching; semantics-aware malware classification; security vetting of decentralized applications and smart contracts; neural network-based recovery and analysis of protected apps; LLM-assisted attacks and protocol reverse engineering; privacy-preserving offloading and secure software updates.
Recognized for methodological innovation in automated security analysis, combining deep learning, program analysis, and semantics-aware approaches; awarded for teaching excellence and research impact; advances practical security for Android, blockchain, and decentralized systems; strong collaborative and interdisciplinary grant leadership.
Focused research areas include Automated vulnerability detection and patching; semantics-aware malware classification; security vetting of decentralized applications and smart contracts; neural network-based recovery and analysis of protected apps; LLM-assisted attacks and protocol reverse engineering; privacy-preserving offloading and secure software updates.
Areas of Expertise
System SecuritySoftware EngineeringBlockchain securityAI security
Past Awarded Grant
- Development of Secured Components & Systems in Emerging Technologies through Hardware & Software Evaluation, National Cybersecurity R&D (NCR) Programme, Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA), PI (Project Level): DING Xuhua, Debin GAO, Robert H DENG, David LO, Co-PI (Project Level): Guansong PANG, JIANG Lingxiao, DUAN Yue, YANG Guomin, PANG Hwee Hwa, 2023, S$11,365,070
- Semantics-Aware and LLM-Assisted Protocol Reverse Engineering, SMU Internal Grant, Ministry of Education (MOE) Tier 1, PI (Project Level): DUAN Yue, 2025, S$149,100
- Detecting VM-Packed Android Malware via Deep Learning Techniques, SMU Internal Grant, Ministry of Education (MOE) Tier 1, PI (Project Level): DUAN Yue, 2023, S$119,768
Latest Publications
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- J Chen, Y Tang, Y DuanarXiv preprint arXiv:2603.07996, 2026
- S Duan, Y Xu, S Zhang, S Wang, Y DuanarXiv preprint arXiv:2507.19951, 2025
- Z Sheng, TK Quang, S Wang, S Duan, K Li, Y DuanarXiv preprint arXiv:2505.11320, 2025
- X Zhao, M Zhang, X Ke, Y Pan, Y Duan, S Zhong, F XuIEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 2025
- Y Pan, W Han, Y Duan, M Zhang34th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 25), 4035-4052, 2025
- S Meisami, H Dabadie, S Li, Y Tang, Y DuanThe Web Conference (WWW), 2025
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Qualification
- PhD, University of California, 2019