Kaihua Qin
kaihua at qin.ac
My academic interests center around designing and building decentralized systems that are secure, stable, and incentive-compatible. The inherent complexity of real-world decentralized systems, with their interdependent and interacting layers, poses a fascinating challenge in achieving this objective. My primary focus is on permissionless blockchains and decentralized finance (DeFi). In my research, I aim to systematically measure and quantify various problems encountered in the rapidly evolving blockchain and DeFi ecosystems. I also strive to develop real-time offensive and defensive solutions by utilizing advanced program analysis techniques to enhance smart contract security. Furthermore, I intend to devise innovative financial primitives that minimize the systemic risks of DeFi. My research is informed by the fields of security, program analysis, measurement, and finance. I am also actively exploring the application of machine learning and game theory to my research pursuits.
News
Apr 13, 2024 | Excited to join the program committee for S&P 2025 and NDSS 2025! |
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Dec 20, 2023 | Excited to join the program committee for CCS 2024 and AFT 2024! |
Jan 28, 2023 | Our paper titled “The Blockchain Imitation Game” has been accepted at Usenix Security 2023! |
Jan 19, 2023 | Our paper on mitigating DeFi liquidations has been accepted at FC 2023! |
Selected Publications
- Quantifying blockchain extractable value: How dark is the forest?In 2022 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP) 2022arXiv Bib
🏛️ Also presented at the Science of Blockchain Conference 2022 (SBC’22) and the Crypto Economics Security Conference 2022 (CESC’22)