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Dave Tian

Computer Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2014
Security and Verification in ComputingAdvanced Malware Detection TechniquesNetwork Security and Intrusion DetectionAdvanced Data Storage TechnologiesUser Authentication and Security Systems

Publications

54

Citations

1,166

Est. group size

~4

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

13

Publishing since 2014

Research summary
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Dave Tian works on computer systems security, focusing on finding and fixing vulnerabilities in hardware, firmware, and networking infrastructure. His work spans topics like Bluetooth and USB protocol security, secure hardware enclaves (trusted execution environments), GPU and embedded systems protection, ransomware defense in storage devices, and securing deep neural network deployments. Much of the research involves both discovering new attacks (e.g., on Bluetooth, GPUs, network control systems) and building defenses to prevent them.

Hardware and firmware securityNetwork protocol security (Bluetooth, USB, intent-based networking)Trusted execution environments and secure enclavesEmbedded systems isolation and compartmentalizationSecurity of machine learning systems

Publication output has remained fairly steady over the past decade, averaging roughly 4-5 papers per year with a notable increase in 2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.4/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 2 publications182019: 6 publications192020: 6 publications202021: 6 publications212022: 5 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 4 publications242025: 7 publications7252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • USENIX Security Symposium×2
  • 2022 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP)×2
  • ACM Transactions on Internet Technology×1
  • ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security×1
  • Communications of the ACM×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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