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General Information
| Name | Ping Chen |
| Title | Professor & Doctoral Supervisor, Institute of Big Data, Fudan University |
| pchen@fudan.edu.cn | |
| Address | No. 2005 Songhu Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, China |
Education
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2007 -- 2012 Ph.D. in Computer Software and Theory
Nanjing University, China - Research focus on system and software security.
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2010 -- 2011 Joint Ph.D. Training (Cloud Computing Security)
Purdue University, USA - State-sponsored research on cloud security and virtualization.
Academic Appointments
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2021 -- Present Professor & Doctoral Supervisor
Institute of Big Data, Fudan University - Established the Endogenous Security Laboratory with 30+ researchers.
- Leads 18 national and provincial projects focused on intelligent vehicle and AI security.
- Co-established Shanghai municipal innovation centers for nuclear energy and intelligent vehicles.
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2014 -- 2018 Postdoctoral Scholar
Pennsylvania State University, USA - Research on adaptive defense, vulnerability discovery, and malware analysis.
Industry Leadership
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2018 -- 2021 Senior Security Architect / Head of Data & Risk Control Security
JD.com Silicon Valley R&D Center, USA - Built a 60+ member team delivering privacy compliance, watermarking, and anti-fraud capabilities.
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2012 -- 2014 Senior Researcher
EMC, USA - Led cloud computing security R&D for OpenStack network and storage virtualization.
Research Interests
- Intelligent connected vehicle security and resilience.
- Large-model security, red-teaming, and capability assessment.
- Endogenous cybersecurity architectures and adaptive defenses.
- Privacy-preserving risk analytics and data governance.
Representative Projects
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2024 -- 2026 Intelligent Driving Functional Safety & Cybersecurity Assurance (National Key R&D Program)
- Principal Investigator developing integrated safety-security assurance for intelligent driving systems.
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2022 -- 2025 Cyberspace Endogenous Security Mechanisms & Assessment (National Key R&D Program)
- Principal Investigator for unified risk assessment and intelligent offensive-defensive platforms.
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2023 -- Present Diversified Directed Fuzzing Toolset
- Award-winning AI security toolkit for large-model ecosystems, deployed with municipal partners.
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2023 -- Present Fu Bao Think Tank Large Language Model
- Developed heterogeneous watermarking and safety controls for municipal deployments; catalogued in Shanghai Large Model Product Catalog 2024.
Major Research Grants
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2025 -- 2028 Quantum + Intelligent Connected Vehicles (MIIT Challenge Project)
- Lead investigator delivering endogenous security architectures for national-level mobility infrastructures.
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2023 -- 2025 Simulation Debugging Detection Technology (JF Project)
- Designing novel simulation and debugging detection frameworks for critical systems.
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2024 -- 2026 Mainstream *** Mining and Utilization (JF Project)
- Exploring data governance and utilization strategies for high-value industrial datasets.
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2022 -- 2025 Active Defense Modeling for Cloud-Edge Industrial Control Systems
- Participant developing collaborative defense mechanisms across cloud-edge environments.
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2023 -- 2024 Protocol Vulnerability Analysis System (Eighth Academy Project)
- Delivered state save/restore based protocol fuzzing and vulnerability discovery.
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2023 -- 2024 Directed Fuzzing Technology (Huawei)
- Led targeted fuzzing solutions for HarmonyOS and highly enclosed terminal platforms.
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2025 -- 2026 Resilience Assessment Consulting (Huawei)
- Advising on resilience metrics and consulting for enterprise-scale cyber defense programs.
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2018 -- 2020 Bot Detection System (JD.com & Duke University)
- Co-led cross-border initiative on intelligent risk control and fraud detection.
Honors & Awards
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2025 - 2024 Major Scientific & Technological Progress Award in Network and Data Security (Rank 1)
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2024 - National Talent Program Awardee
- Diversified Directed Fuzzing Toolset selected for Shanghai Cybersecurity Innovation Achievement Catalog (Rank 1)
- Fu Bao Think Tank recognized in Shanghai Large Model Product Catalog
- Co-established Shanghai Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Power Collaborative Innovation Center
- Co-established Shanghai Intelligent Connected Vehicle Collaborative Innovation Center
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2021 - Shanghai Leading Talent
Books and Chapters
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2019 MTD Techniques for Memory Protection Against Zero-Day Attacks
Springer - Contributed chapter in "Adversarial and Uncertain Reasoning for Adaptive Cyber Defense".
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2019 Reinforcement Learning for Adaptive Cyber Defense Against Zero-Day Attacks
Springer - Co-authored chapter in "Adversarial and Uncertain Reasoning for Adaptive Cyber Defense".
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2014 Software Defined Data Center Technology and Application
Electronic Industry Press, China - Co-authored orchestration and management chapter for EMC publication.
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2013 Big Data Strategy, Technology and Application
Electronic Industry Press, China - Authored section on cloud infrastructure security; received Outstanding Publication Award 2014.
Teaching
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2024 -- 2026 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Undergraduate)
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2022 -- 2024 Computer Principles (Undergraduate)
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2022 -- 2024 Large-scale Distributed Systems (Graduate)
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2025 -- 2026 Cybernetics, Information Theory, and Systems Theory (Undergraduate)
Student Mentoring
| Current Trainees | 15 Ph.D., 6 Master's, 16 Undergraduate, 2 Postdoctoral researchers |
| Alumni | 1 Ph.D., 7 Master's, 2 Undergraduate graduates |
| Team Honors | Chuang'an Cup Intelligent Vehicle Security CTF Champion 2024; Qiangwang IoV Security Challenge Champion 2024; Intel AI Innovation Application Finalist 2025 |
Student Awards
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2025 - Intel AI Innovation Application International Finalist
- National Postdoctoral Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition Finalist (Team)
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2024 - Chuang'an Cup Intelligent Vehicle Security CTF Champion
- Qiangwang IoV Security Elite Challenge Champion
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2023 - Qiangwang IoV Security Elite Challenge Runner-up
Academic Service
- Guest Editor, MDPI Mathematics (2025--2026)
- Program Committee, AAAI 2026; CCS Poster 2025; CCS MTD 2016--2017
- Reviewer for CVPR, ACM MM, Science China, Chinese Journal of Computers, IEEE TDSC/TIFS, Automatica, RAID, CCS, ESORICS, and IET Information Security.