Guan-Hua (Scott) Tu

Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
Michigan State University
428 S SHAW LN, ROOM 3115
East Lansing, MI 48824-1266
Email: ghtu AT msu.edu
Office: 1124 Engineering Building
My CV

Welcome

I am an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University, and leading the Security, Networking, and Mobile Systems Research (SNMS) laboratory (@ 2153EB) in the department. I received a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from University of California, Los Angeles, where I was a member of the WiNG group led by Professor Songwu Lu, in 2015. Before that, I worked at MediaTek as a wireless communication software engineer, project manager, and researcher (invented eight US patents). I received an MS degree in Computer Science from National Taiwan University in 2003 and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from National Central University in 2001. My research interests are in the broad areas of security, IoT, mobile systems, and wireless networking, with a recent focus on innovating 5G/4G mobile network architecture/protocol/technologies, cellular/Wi-Fi IoT, secure cloud computing/services, blockchain technologies.

Recruiting

I am seeking highly motivated Ph.D., master, and undergraduate students to join my research team and work on innovative topics related to wireless/cellular networks, mobile/embedded systems, and network security. My current research projects include securing cellular networks (5G and beyond), Wi-Fi, mobile devices, and IoT. Detailed information on the SNMS lab's short- and medium-term research objectives can be found in our recent publications and NSF projects. As a member of the SNMS lab, you will have the opportunity to learn and apply a range of interdisciplinary technologies, including formal methodologies, machine learning, data mining, computer vision, and networking, to solve various research issues such as security vulnerabilities or performance issues. If you are interested in working with me, please email me your CV, transcripts, publications (if applicable), and research interests. I strongly encourage students with a strong background in formal methodologies (such as model checking) to contact me. In addition, visiting/exchange scholars or undergraduate students are welcome to contact me.

Recent News

  • [Apr. 2023] My Ph.D. student Tian Xie will join the Department of Computer Sciecne at Utah State University as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor this Fall. Congratulations.
  • [Apr. 2023] Receive $1.2M NSF SaTC grant (CNS-2246050 and CNS-2246051, lead PI) to support our research on Safeguarding Next-Generation Emergency Services (NG-9-1-1) over Cellular Networks.
  • [Mar. 2023] I am invited to serve on the IEEE ICNP'23 TPC.
  • [Mar. 2023] I am invited to serve as a Publication Chair at IEEE CNS'23.
  • [Feb. 2023] I am invited to serve on the IEEE CNS'23 TPC.
  • [Dec. 2022] Our 911 security paper is invited for ACM GetMobile Research Highlights.
  • [Oct. 2022] Our 911 security paper received the Best Community Paper Award Runner-Up at ACM MobiCom'22; the Best Community Paper Award is considered to contribute the most to the broader research community by making public real data, software, platform, or other artifacts.
  • [Aug. 2022] Our IMS security paper is accepted by IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking.
  • [Aug. 2022] Our cellular emergency service (9-1-1) security paper is accepted by ACM MobiCom'22.
  • [Apr. 2022] I am invited to serve on the IEEE INFOCOM'23 TPC.
  • [Apr. 2022] I am invited to serve on the IEEE CNS'22 TPC.
  • [Ja.n 2022] Our MPKIX (Mobile-assisted PKIX) paper is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
  • [Oct. 2021] Our wireless human walking tracking paper is accepted by IEEE Internet of Thing Journal.
  • [Aug. 2021] Our cellular IoT security apper is accepted by ACM MobiCom'21.
  • [Jul. 2021] My Ph.D. student Xinyu Lei joins the Department of Computer Science at Michigan Technological University (Michgian Tech) as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor. Congratulations.
  • [Jun. 2021] I am invited to serve on MobiCom'22 TPC.
  • [Dec. 2020] Two Bitcoin security papers are accepted by ACM CodaSpy'21.
  • [Oct. 2020] I am invited to serve on the IEEE VNC'21 TPC and IFIP Networking'21 TPC.
  • [Aug. 2020] I am invited to serve on the IEEE BigData'21 TPC.
  • [Jul. 2020] I am invited to serve on MobiCom'21 TPC.
  • [May 2020] Our Wi-Fi Calling (VoWiFi) security paper is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
  • [Apr. 2020] Our Wi-Fi IoT security paper is accepted by ACM MobiSys'20.
  • [Mar. 2020] Our cellular IoT security paper is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
  • [Mar. 2020] Our cloud security paper is accepted by IEEE CNS'20.