• Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
  • Eppright Professor in Engineering
  • Presidential Impact Fellow
Guofei Gu

Educational Background

  • Ph.D. Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008
  • M.S. Computer Science, Fudan University, 2003
  • B.E. Computer Science, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 2000

Research Interests

    • Network and system security
    • Internet malware/botnet/APT detection, defense and analysis
    • Software-defined programmable security (SDN, NFV, Cloud, Edge, etc.)
    • Mobile and IoT security
    • AI security
    • Web and social networking security
    • Intrusion detection, anomaly detection and beyond

Awards & Honors

  • TEES Research Impact Award, TAMU, 2017-2018
  • Dean of Engineering Excellence Award, TAMU, 2017-2018
  • College of Engineering Charles H. Barclay Jr. '45 Faculty Fellow Award, TAMU, 2016-2017
  • Finalist (top 10) for CSAW 2016 Best Applied Security Paper award (our PBS paper), 2016
  • Best Paper Award, The 35th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS’15), 2015
  • Finalist (top 10) for CSAW 2015 Best Applied Security Paper award (our AutoProbe paper), 2015
  • Google Faculty Research Award, 2014
  • TEES Select Young Faculty Fellow Award, TAMU, 2013
  • Young Investigator Award, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR-YIP), 2013
  • Finalist (top 10) for CSAW 2013 Best Applied Security Paper award (our FRESCO paper), 2013
  • Best Student Paper Award, IEEE Symposium on Security & Privacy (S&P'10), 2010
  • NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 2010