About

I am a researcher working on system software and trusted computing. You can find my CV here. I am on the job market at the moment.

The best way to contact me is through email (zhao DOT 3289 AT buckeyemail DOT osu DOT edu).

Research Interests

For a full list, refer to my CV.

Styx: Collaborative and Private Data Processing With TEE-Enforced Sticky Policy
Shixuan Zhao, Weicheng Wang, Ninghui Li, Zhiqiang Lin
ACM/IFIP Middleware 2026
GPU Travelling: Efficient Confidential Collaborative Training with TEE-Enabled GPUs [PDF][Slides][Zenodo]
Shixuan Zhao, Zhongshu Gu, Salman Ahmed, Enriquillo Valdez, Hani Jamjoom, Zhiqiang Lin
ACM CCS 2025
Deanonymizing Device Identities via Side-channel Attacks in Exclusive-use IoTs & Mitigation [PDF][Github]
Christopher Ellis, Yue Zhang, Mohit Kumar Jangid, Shixuan Zhao, Zhiqiang Lin
NDSS 2025
Reusable Enclaves for Confidential Serverless Computing [PDF][Slides][Github]
Shixuan Zhao, Pinshen Xu, Guoxing Chen, Mengya Zhang, Yinqian Zhang, Zhiqiang Lin
USENIX Security 2023
vSGX: Virtualizing SGX Enclaves on AMD SEV [PDF][Slides][Github]
Shixuan Zhao, Mengyuan Li, Yinqian Zhang, Zhiqiang Lin
IEEE S&P 2022

NVIDIA GPU Confidential Computing Demystified [PDF]
Zhongshu Gu, Enriquillo Valdez, Salman Ahmed, Julian James Stephen, Michael Le, Hani Jamjoom, Shixuan Zhao, Zhiqiang Lin
arXiv:2507.02770v1

I received my BSc from Nanjing University.

I received my PhD from The Ohio State University. My advisor was Professor Zhiqiang Lin.

I was a member of SPAR-Sys at ICS, Nanjing University, advised by Prof. Yanyan Jiang.

I worked as a research assistant at SUSTech, advised by Prof. Yinqian Zhang.

I worked as a research scientist intern at IBM Research, led by Dr. Hani Jamjoom, mentored Dr. Zhongshu Gu and Dr. Salman Ahmed.

I worked as a research intern at Microsoft Research, led by Dr. Weidong Cui, mentored Dr. Ziqiao Zhou and Dr. Sangho Lee.