Weichen Li

I’m a MSCS student at Columbia University interested in programming language, security, software engineering and machine learning. I work closely with Prof. Junfeng Yang, Prof. Baishakhi Ray, Zhou Yu, Prof. Kexin Pei, and Prof. Chengzhi Mao. I previously summer interned at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, advised by Prof. Lingming Zhang. I earned my bachelor’s degree from Fudan University advised by Prof. Yanghua Xiao.

I’m currently applying for PhD position. My research interests are in software engineering, programming language and security. I’m currently working on building a secure and efficient system for running untrusted code on a user’s machine. I’m also interested in building systems that are more secure and easier to use.

I received my B.S. in Computer Science from Fudan University, advised by Prof. Yanghua Xiao.