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Quancheng Wang

Ph.D. Candidate,
School of Cyber Science and Engineering,
Wuhan University, China

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I am expected to receive my Ph.D. degree in 2026 and am currently exploring job opportunities in the industry. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or would like to discuss potential collaborations.

Biography

I am currently a second-year Ph.D. student at the School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Wuhan University, under the guidance of Prof. Ming Tang. I earned my B.S. degree from School of Software, Shandong University in 2021. My research focuses on hardware security, microarchitecture security, and system security. I have published several papers in top-tier conferences and journals, including IEEE HPCA, AsiaCCS, ACM TACO, and IEEE IoT-J. Additionally, I have contributed as a reviewer for IEEE IoT-J and Springer IJIS.

Working Experience

  • 2025.04 - 2025.08:
    • Chip Security Engineer Intern at DAMO Academy, Alibaba Group, Hangzhou, China

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Publications

  • (Co-) First Author

Quancheng Wang, Ming Tang, Ke Xu, Han Wang
BranchGauge: Modeling and Quantifying Side-Channel Leakage in Randomization-Based Secure Branch Predictors
[AsiaCCS, CCF-C, CORE A] 20th ACM ASIA Conference on Computer and Communications Security (AsiaCCS), 2025.
[Paper], [Preprint], [Code], [Slides]

Quancheng Wang, Ming Tang, Ke Xu, Han Wang
Unveiling and Evaluating Vulnerabilities in Branch Predictors via a Three-Step Modeling Methodology
[TACO, CCF-A, JCR Q2] ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization (TACO), 2025.
[Paper]

Quancheng Wang, Ming Tang, Ke Xu, Han Wang
Modeling, Derivation, and Automated Analysis of Branch Predictor Security Vulnerabilities
[HPCA, CCF-A, CORE A*] 2024 IEEE International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA), 2024.
[Paper], [Preprint], [Code], [Slides], [Poster], [News]

Quancheng Wang, Ming Tang, Jianming Fu
EavesDroid: Eavesdropping User Behaviors via OS Side-Channels on Smartphones
[IoT-J, CCF-C, JCR Q1] IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT-J), 2024.
[Paper], [Preprint], [Code]

Quancheng Wang, Ming Tang
Survey of Attack Techniques for Microarchitecture Security Vulnerabilities (微架构安全漏洞攻击技术综述 in Chinese)
[JCR, CCF-T2] Journal of Cryptologic Research (密码学报 in Chinese), 2024.
[Paper]

  • Co-author

Han Wang, Ming Tang, Quancheng Wang, Ke Xu, Yinqian Zhang
ZenLeak: Practical Last-Level Cache Side-Channel Attacks on AMD Zen Processors
[DAC, CCF-A, CORE A] 2025 Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2025.
[Paper], [AMD Response], [News] Best Paper Award Nominee

Ke Xu, Ming Tang, Quancheng Wang, Han Wang
Microarchitectural Attacks and Mitigations on Retire Resources in Modern Processors
[TC, CCF-A, JCR Q2] IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), 2025.
[Paper]

Ke Xu, Ming Tang, Quancheng Wang, Han Wang
Exploitation of Security Vulnerability on Retirement
[HPCA, CCF-A, CORE A*] 2024 IEEE International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA), 2024.
[Paper], [Preprint], [News]

Han Wang, Ming Tang, Ke Xu, Quancheng Wang
Cache Bandwidth Contention Leaks Secrets
[DATE, CCF-B, CORE B] 2024 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE), 2024.
[Paper], [Preprint]

Yuzhe Gu, Ming Tang, Quancheng Wang, Han Wang, Haili Ding
One more set: Mitigating conflict-based cache side-channel attacks by extending cache set
[JSA, CCF-B, JCR Q1] Journal of Systems Architecture (JSA), 2023.
[Paper]

  • Under Review

Quancheng Wang, Ming Tang, Han Wang, Ke Xu
A Defense Method and System for L1 Data Cache Side-Channel Attacks Based on Backup Cache (基于备份缓存的一级数据缓存侧信道攻击防御方法及系统 in Chinese)
[Patent, Under Review] Patent (in Chinese) CN202311693095.5
[Patent]

Quancheng Wang, Xige Zhang, Han Wang, Yuzhe Gu, Ming Tang
BackCache: Mitigating Contention-Based Cache Timing Attacks by Hiding Cache Line Evictions
[Preprint, Under Review] CoRR, abs/arXiv:2304.10268
[Preprint]

Services

  • Reviewer

    • IEEE Internet of Things Journal (since 2023)
    • International Journal of Information Security (since 2025)

  • Member

    • ACM Student Member (Jun 2025 – May 2026)
    • IEEE Graduate Student Member (Jan 2024 – Dec 2024)
    • CCF Student Member (Jul 2024 – Dec 2024)

Scholarships and Awards

  • Scholarships

    • Lei Jun Computer Breakthrough Scholarship (雷军计算机突破奖学金，5W RMB), Wuhan University, 2025
    • National Scholarship (博士研究生国家奖学金，3W RMB), Ministry of Education of China, 2025
    • National Scholarship (博士研究生国家奖学金，3W RMB), Ministry of Education of China, 2024
    • Lei Jun Computer Scholarship (雷军计算机奖学金，1W RMB), Wuhan University, 2023
    • Second Prize Scholarship（研究生二等奖学金）, Wuhan University, 2025
    • First Prize Scholarship（研究生一等奖学金）, Wuhan University, 2024
    • Second Prize Scholarship（研究生二等奖学金）, Wuhan University, 2022
    • First Prize New Graduate Scholarship（研究生新生一等奖学金）, Wuhan University, 2021
    • First Prize Scholarship（本科生一等奖学金）, Shandong University, 2020
    • Second Prize Scholarship（本科生二等奖学金）, Shandong University, 2019
    • Third Prize Scholarship（本科生三等奖学金）, Shandong University, 2018

  • Awards

    • Outstanding Graduate Student Award（优秀研究生）, Wuhan University, 2025
    • Outstanding Graduate Student Award（优秀研究生）, Wuhan University, 2024
    • Outstanding Undergraduate Award（优秀毕业生）, Shandong University, 2021