Ph.D. Candidate,
Wuhan University,
Wuhan, China

[Email], [GitHub], [Scholar], [ORCID], [DBLP], [WoS], [Scopus]

Dr. Quancheng Wang received his Ph.D. degree in 2026 from the School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Wuhan University, advised by Prof. Ming Tang, and his B.Eng. degree in 2021 from the School of Software, Shandong University. Dr. Wang has published over 10 research papers in high-quality conferences and journals in the fields of information security and computer architecture, and has served as a reviewer for several journals. His representative research projects include the EavesDroid Side-Channel Attack (IoTJ’24), the Three-Step Branch Predictor Modeling Methodology (HPCA’24 and TACO’25), and the BranchGauge Leakage Quantification Framework (AsiaCCS'25).

• Working

  • [2025.04 - 2025.08] Chip Security Engineer Intern at DAMO Academy, Alibaba Group, Hangzhou, China

• Education

  • [2021.09 - 2026.06] Ph.D. in Cyberspace Security, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
  • [2017.09 - 2021.06] B.Eng. in Software Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China

• [2026.05] I have successfully defended my Ph.D. thesis and will receive my Ph.D. degree in June 2026.
• [2025.10] I have been awarded the "National Scholarship (博士研究生国家奖学金)".
• [2025.04] I have been awarded the "Lei Jun Computer Breakthrough Scholarship (雷军计算机突破奖学金)" along with Ke Xu and Han Wang.
• [2025.04] Our paper "BranchGauge: Modeling and Quantifying Side-Channel Leakage in Randomization-Based Secure Branch Predictors" has been accepted to AsiaCCS 2025.
• [2025.01] Our paper "Unveiling and Evaluating Vulnerabilities in Branch Predictors via a Three-Step Modeling Methodology" has been accepted to ACM TACO.
• [2024.11] I have been awarded the "National Scholarship (博士研究生国家奖学金)".
• [2023.12] Our paper "Survey of Attack Techniques for Microarchitecture Security Vulnerabilities (微架构安全漏洞攻击技术综述 in Chinese)" has been accepted to Journal of Cryptologic Research (密码学报 in Chinese).
• [2023.11] I have been awarded the "Lei Jun Computer Scholarship (雷军计算机奖学金)".
• [2023.10] Our paper "Modeling, Derivation, and Automated Analysis of Branch Predictor Security Vulnerabilities" has been accepted to HPCA 2024, along with a featured news by Wuhan University.
• [2023.07] Our paper "EavesDroid: Eavesdropping User Behaviors via OS Side-Channels on Smartphones" has been accepted to IEEE IoT-J.

Quancheng Wang†, Ming Tang, Ke Xu, Han Wang
BranchGauge: Modeling and Quantifying Side-Channel Leakage in Randomization-Based Secure Branch Predictors
[AsiaCCS, CCF-C, CORE A] ACM ASIA Conference on Computer and Communications Security (AsiaCCS), 2025.
[Paper], [Preprint], [Code], [Slides]

Quancheng Wang†, Ming Tang, Ke Xu, Han Wang
Unveiling and Evaluating Vulnerabilities in Branch Predictors via a Three-Step Modeling Methodology
[TACO, CCF-A, SCI三区] ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization (TACO), 2025.
[Paper]

Quancheng Wang†, Ming Tang, Ke Xu, Han Wang
Modeling, Derivation, and Automated Analysis of Branch Predictor Security Vulnerabilities
[HPCA, CCF-A, CORE A*] IEEE International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA), 2024.
[Paper], [Preprint], [Code], [Slides], [Poster], [News]

Quancheng Wang†, Ming Tang, Jianming Fu
EavesDroid: Eavesdropping User Behaviors via OS Side-Channels on Smartphones
[IoT-J, CCF-C, SCI一区] IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT-J), 2024.
[Paper], [Preprint], [Code]

Quancheng Wang†, Ming Tang
Survey of Attack Techniques for Microarchitecture Security Vulnerabilities (微架构安全漏洞攻击技术综述 in Chinese)
[JCR, CCF-T2, CSCD] Journal of Cryptologic Research (密码学报 in Chinese), 2024.
[Paper]

Han Wang, Ming Tang, Quancheng Wang, Ke Xu, Yinqian Zhang
ZenLeak: Practical Last-Level Cache Side-Channel Attacks on AMD Zen Processors
[DAC, CCF-A, CORE A] ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2025.
[Paper], [AMD Response], [News] Best Paper Award Nominee

Ke Xu, Ming Tang, Quancheng Wang, Han Wang
Microarchitectural Attacks and Mitigations on Retire Resources in Modern Processors
[TC, CCF-A, SCI二区] IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), 2025.
[Paper]

Ke Xu, Ming Tang, Quancheng Wang, Han Wang
Exploitation of Security Vulnerability on Retirement
[HPCA, CCF-A, CORE A*] IEEE International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA), 2024.
[Paper], [Preprint], [News]

Han Wang, Ming Tang, Ke Xu, Quancheng Wang
Cache Bandwidth Contention Leaks Secrets
[DATE, CCF-B, CORE B] Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE), 2024.
[Paper], [Preprint]

Yuzhe Gu, Ming Tang, Quancheng Wang, Han Wang, Haili Ding
One more set: Mitigating conflict-based cache side-channel attacks by extending cache set
[JSA, CCF-B, SCI三区] Journal of Systems Architecture (JSA), 2023.
[Paper]

Ming Tang, Quancheng Wang, Han Wang, Ke Xu
A Defense Method and System for L1 Data Cache Side-Channel Attacks Based on Backup Cache (基于备份缓存的一级数据缓存侧信道攻击防御方法及系统 in Chinese)
[Patent, Under Review] Patent (in Chinese) CN202311693095.5
[Patent]

• Reviewer

  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE (SCI一区)
  • Journal of Systems Architecture, Elsevier (CCF-B)
  • The Journal of Supercomputing, Springer (CCF-C)
  • International Journal of Information Security, Springer (SCI四区)

• Member

  • ACM Student Member (Jun 2025 -- May 2026)
  • IEEE Graduate Student Member (Jan 2024 -- Dec 2024)
  • CCF Student Member (Jul 2024 -- Dec 2024)

• Scholarships

  • Lei Jun Computer Breakthrough Scholarship (武汉大学雷军突破奖学金，5W RMB), Wuhan University, 2025
  • National Scholarship (博士研究生国家奖学金，3W RMB), Ministry of Education of China, 2025
  • National Scholarship (博士研究生国家奖学金，3W RMB), Ministry of Education of China, 2024
  • Lei Jun Computer Scholarship (武汉大学雷军计算机奖学金，1W RMB), Wuhan University, 2023
  • Second Prize Scholarship（武汉大学研究生二等奖学金）, Wuhan University, 2025
  • First Prize Scholarship（武汉大学研究生一等奖学金）, Wuhan University, 2024
  • Second Prize Scholarship（武汉大学研究生二等奖学金）, Wuhan University, 2022
  • First Prize New Graduate Scholarship（武汉大学研究生新生一等奖学金）, Wuhan University, 2021
  • First Prize Scholarship（山东大学本科生一等奖学金）, Shandong University, 2020
  • Second Prize Scholarship（山东大学本科生二等奖学金）, Shandong University, 2019
  • Third Prize Scholarship（山东大学本科生三等奖学金）, Shandong University, 2018

• Awards

  • Outstanding Graduate Student Award（武汉大学优秀毕业生）, Wuhan University, 2026
  • Outstanding Student Award（武汉大学优秀研究生）, Wuhan University, 2025
  • Outstanding Student Award（武汉大学优秀研究生）, Wuhan University, 2024
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Award（山东大学优秀毕业生）, Shandong University, 2021

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