Yunze (Fred) Zhao
PhD Student @ University of Maryland
Full-Stack Engineer & Security Researcher
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Hi, I'm Yunze Zhao, a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Maryland, adivsed by Michelle Mazurek. I am a full-stack engineer and security researcher. I am passionate about building user focused secure and reliable software systems. My work in the past involves enhancing Software Bill of Materials with integrated code coverage analysis. In my free time, I like to build some projects/websites. Some of my recent projects:
  • Storalink
  • Numaira.ai
  • Tunnel_vzn
  • EDUCATION
    PhD in Computer Science
    University of Maryland
    Aug 2024 – Present
    College Park, MD
    Bachelor of Arts (BA) - Geography: Data Science
    University of Washington
    Sep 2018 – Jun 2022
    Seattle, Washington, United States
    PUBLICATIONS
    CovSBOM: Enhancing Software Bill of Materials with Integrated Code Coverage Analysis.
    Yunze Zhao, Yuchen Zhang, Dan Chacko, Justin Cappos.
    the 35th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2024).
    EXPERIENCE
    Graduate Research Assistant
    University of Maryland
    Aug 2024 – Present
    College Park, Maryland, United States
    IT Software Engineering Intern
    ZTE Corporation
    Jun 2023 – Aug 2023
    Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
    Software Engineer
    OpenTug
    Jun 2022 – Jun 2023
    Seattle, Washington, United States
    Frontend Development Intern
    Sensors, Energy, and Automation Laboratory (SEAL) at UW
    Sep 2021 – Jun 2022
    Seattle, Washington, United States