Chunyi Peng
Title
Professor
Department
Education
Ph.D, University of California, Los Angeles, Computer Science (2013)
Research Areas
Chunyi Peng's research interests are in the broad areas of mobile networking, system and security, with a recent focus on 4G/5G mobile network architecture, protocols, and technologies for emerging/demanding applications, mobile network/system security, network data analytics, and mobile sensing and computing systems.
Notable Awards
2022 ACM MobiCom Best Community Paper Award Runner-up
2022 ACM MobiCom Outstanding PC Member Award
2021 IEEE INFOCOM distinguished TPC Member
2019 Award from Google Android Security on reporting WiFi calling’s vulnerability
2018 NSF CAREER Award
2018 ACM MobiCom Best Demo Award
2018 IEEE CNS Best Paper Award
2017 ACM MobiCom Best Community Paper Award
2017 Facebook’s Bounty on reporting a vulnerability on SMS for Facebook
2016 ACM MobiCom Best Community Paper Award
2016 IEEE INFOCOM distinguished TPC Member
2015 Finalist for Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (Co-mentor)
2013 Northrup-Grumman Outstanding Graduate Student Award, UCLA
2011 IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Award
2009 UCLA Chancellor’s Prize with Graduate Fellowship (2009-2011)
2008 ACM MobiSys Best Demo Award
2007 ACM SenSys Best Demo Award
2007 ACM MobiSys Best Demo Award
2022 ACM MobiCom Outstanding PC Member Award
2021 IEEE INFOCOM distinguished TPC Member
2019 Award from Google Android Security on reporting WiFi calling’s vulnerability
2018 NSF CAREER Award
2018 ACM MobiCom Best Demo Award
2018 IEEE CNS Best Paper Award
2017 ACM MobiCom Best Community Paper Award
2017 Facebook’s Bounty on reporting a vulnerability on SMS for Facebook
2016 ACM MobiCom Best Community Paper Award
2016 IEEE INFOCOM distinguished TPC Member
2015 Finalist for Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (Co-mentor)
2013 Northrup-Grumman Outstanding Graduate Student Award, UCLA
2011 IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Award
2009 UCLA Chancellor’s Prize with Graduate Fellowship (2009-2011)
2008 ACM MobiSys Best Demo Award
2007 ACM SenSys Best Demo Award
2007 ACM MobiSys Best Demo Award
Biography
Prof. Chunyi Peng is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Purdue University. Previously, she served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University after earning her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to her time at UCLA, she worked as an Associate/Assistant Researcher with the Wireless Networking Group at Microsoft Research Asia. She received both her M.Eng. and B.Eng. in Automation from Tsinghua University, graduating with highest honors. She has also held internships at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Microsoft Research Redmond, and Microsoft Research Asia.
Her current research interests broadly span mobile networking, systems, and security, with a recent focus on advancing 5G/6G mobile network architectures, protocols, and technologies; mobile network analytics; network verification; network security (including real-world attacks and defenses); and efficient visual sensing and computing for IoT systems, particularly for drones.
Her current research interests broadly span mobile networking, systems, and security, with a recent focus on advancing 5G/6G mobile network architectures, protocols, and technologies; mobile network analytics; network verification; network security (including real-world attacks and defenses); and efficient visual sensing and computing for IoT systems, particularly for drones.