Xueyuan Michael Han-Vanbastelaer

Xueyuan Michael Han-Vanbastelaer

Assistant Professor

Wake Forest University

About Me

I am a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Wake Forest University. I received my Ph.D. from Harvard in 2022, under the supervision of Prof. James Mickens and Prof. Margo Seltzer. My research focuses on systems-level mechanisms that improve security and privacy. I develop OS infrastructures, language-level frameworks, and algorithms to improve system transparency, detect attacks, and handle sensitive personal data.

I am actively recruiting (with financial support) motivated graduate and undergraduate students who are interested in solving open systems and security problems, broadly defined. If you are interested in working with me, please email me with a brief description of your background and interests, your transcripts, and your CV.

Interests
  • Systems Security
  • Privacy
  • Data Provenance
  • Distributed Systems
  • Machine Learning
Education

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2022

    Harvard University

  • S.M. in Computer Science, 2022

    Harvard University

  • B.Sc. in Computer Science, 2015

    University of California, Los Angeles

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Microsoft Research
Research Intern
Microsoft Research
May 2020 – Jul 2020 New York, NY
Systems privacy design and implementation
 
 
 
 
 
NEC Laboratories America
Summer Research Intern
NEC Laboratories America
May 2019 – Aug 2019 Princeton, NJ
Machine-learning-based security systems design and implementation
 
 
 
 
 
University of Cambridge
Research Assistant
University of Cambridge
Aug 2018 – Feb 2019 Cambridge, UK
Transparent computing for systems security
 
 
 
 
 
University of California, Los Angeles
Undergraduate Research Assistant
University of California, Los Angeles
Oct 2015 – Jun 2016 Los Angeles, CA
Systems support for big data analytics

Publications

Zijun Cheng, Qiujian Lv, Yan Wang, Degang Sun, Thomas Pasquier, Xueyuan Michael Han-Vanbastelaer (2024). [NEW!] KAIROS: Practical Intrusion Detection and Investigation using Whole-system Provenance. In S&P'24.

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Xueyuan Michael Han-Vanbastelaer, James Mickens, Siddhartha Sen (2023). [NEW!] Splice: Efficiently Removing a User’s Data from In-memory Application State. In CCS'23.

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Soo Yee Lim, Xueyuan Michael Han-Vanbastelaer, Thomas Pasquier (2023). [NEW!] Unleashing Unprivileged eBPF Potential with Dynamic Sandboxing. In eBPF'23.

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Akul Goyal, Xueyuan Michael Han-Vanbastelaer, Gang Wang, Adam Bates (2023). Sometimes, You Aren’t What You Do: Mimicry Attacks against Provenance Graph Host Intrusion Detection Systems. In NDSS'23.

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Soo Yee Lim, Bogdan Stelea, Xueyuan Michael Han-Vanbastelaer, Thomas Pasquier (2021). Secure Namespaced Kernel Audit for Containers. In SoCC'21.

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Teaching

  • CSC 111: Introduction to Computer Science Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023

Introduction to computer programming and algorithmic problem solving in an object-oriented programming language. Topics include basic control structures, methods, parameters, objects, classes, arrays, and program testing and debugging. Recommended as the first course for students considering a major or minor in computer science.

Study of computer system mechanisms supporting program execution, with a focus on mapping programs to underlying hardware. Topics include data representation, assembly language, processor architecture, and the memory system, with an introduction to system-level programming.

Contact Me

  • vanbasm@wfu.edu
  • 2601 Wake Forest Rd, Winston-Salem, NC 27106
  • Manchester Hall 227