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Zhuo Chen

PhD Student
Duke University
zhuo.chen (at) duke.edu


About Me

I am a first-year PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at Duke University, fortunate to be advised by Prof. Danyang Zhuo. Prior to that, I received my Bachelor’s degree from Nanjing University where I had the valuable opportunity to work with Prof. Zhiqiang Zuo and Prof. Qingkai Shi.

Research Interests

My research goal is to build high-performance systems with strong correctness and security guarantees. I believe the most effective solutions are practical ones, built on solid foundations that span the entire system stack.

To this end, I have explored various approaches, including using language-based safety to build a robust embedded OS (Hopter) and leveraging hardware-assisted tracing to create an efficient data race detector (HardRace).

Publications

  1. MobiSys'25
    Hopter: a Safe, Robust, and Responsive Embedded Operating System
    Zhiyao Ma*, Guojun Chen, Zhuo Chen, Lin Zhong
    ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services(MobiSys), 2025.
    PDF Code Best Poster Award - Runner Up

  2. arXiv
    HardRace: A Dynamic Data Race Monitor for Production Use
    Xundong Sun*, Zhuo Chen, Jingyang Shi, Yiyu Zhang, Peng Di, Xuandong Li, Zhiqiang Zuo
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.18412, 2024.
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Services

Teaching Assistant