Paul Chung

Ph.D. Student
Computer Science @ UC San Diego

I am a strong enthusiast for security and privacy, working under Professors Stefan Savage, Geoffrey M. Voelker, and Deepak Kumar in the Sysnet and CryptoSec research groups. As an empiricist, my work primarily focuses on solving real-world problems that users face. Specifically, I am interested in measuring security and privacy issues and building systematic solutions. More recently, I am into the intricacies of Security Operations, Browser Fingerprinting, Technology Abuse, Passive Network Measurements, and Cybercrime.

Before joining UC San Diego, I was a Goldwater, Mark Mensink, and a Hilldale Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison under Professors Rahul Chatterjee and Kassem Fawaz in the MadS&P research group.

If you would like to know more about me or my work, please reach out to me by email.

Curriculum Vitae Google Scholar

Education

 
Ph.D. in Computer Science
University of California, San Diego
Sep 2024 - Present
 
B.S. in Computer Science
University of Wisconsin—Madison
Sep 2020 - May 2024

News

  • 09/26/2024 — I have graduated from UW-Madison and joined UC San Diego for graduate studies.
  • 08/22/2024 — I am serving on the PETS 2025 Artifact Evaluation Committee.
  • 04/04/2024 — I received an Honorable Mention for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
  • 02/11/2024 — I am serving on the SOUPS 2024 Poster Committee.
  • 11/26/2023 — I'll be presenting a paper at ACM CCS 2023 in Copenhagen. Let's meet!
  • 03/31/2023 — I was selected to receive the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.

Publications

    2025
  1. Automation Tools on Intimate Partner Violence
    Shirley Zhang, Jacob VerVelde, Paul Chung, Rahul Chatterjee, and Kassem Fawaz
    Under Submission, 2025
  2. State-of-the-Art Tactics Used by Network Censorship Systems
    Paul Chung and Rahul Chatterjee
    Under Submission, 2025

    3. 2024
  3. Unpacking Privacy Labels: A Measurement and Developer Perspective on Google's Data Safety Section
    Rishabh Khandelwal, Asmit Nayak, Paul Chung, and Kassem Fawaz
    USENIX Security Symposium, 2024 [pdf]

    4. 2023
  4. Araña: Discovering and Characterizing Password Guessing Attacks in Practice
    Mazharul Islam, Marina Sanusi Bohuk, Paul Chung, Thomas Ristenpart, and Rahul Chatterjee
    USENIX Security Symposium, 2023 [pdf]
  5. Comparing Privacy Labels of Applications in Android and iOS
    Rishabh Khandelwal, Asmit Nayak, Paul Chung, and Kassem Fawaz
    Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society (WPES), 2023 [pdf]
  6. Consistency of Self-reported Practices in Privacy Labels and Privacy Policies
    Rishabh Khandelwal, Paul Chung, Asmit Nayak, and Kassem Fawaz
    arXiv Preprint, 2023 [pdf]

    7. 2019
  7. Exploitation of Bluekeep RDP Vulnerability on Embedded Systems and Possible Mitigations
    Yi Won Chung and Tae Gyeom Heo
    Conference on Information Security and Cryptography-Winter (CISC-W'), 2019 [pdf]