Jiashuo Zhang

Jiashuo Zhang

Fourth-year Ph.D. candidate, Peking University

I’m Jiashuo Zhang (张家硕), a fourth-year Ph.D. student at Peking University, under the supervision of Prof. Zhong Chen. I obtained my Bachelor’s degree from the School of Computer Science at Peking University. Currently, I am working at the InfoSec Lab and Blockchain Research Center, Peking University. I expect to graduate in 2026.

Education

  • Peking University, Ph.D in Computer Science (Advisor: Prof. Zhong Chen) 2021 – 2026 (expected)
  • Peking University, Bachelor in Computer Science, School of Computer Science. 2017 – 2021

Research Interests

My research interests include:

  • Software Security & Reliability : LLM4SE; LLM4SEC; Vulnerability Detection; Software Anaysis/Testing; Empirical Study;
  • Domain-Oriented Software Engeneering: Smart Contract; Cryptographic Applications; Decentralized Applications; Cross-Chain Applications; Decentralized Identity Systems;

Recent Publications

Full List

  • When Crypto Fails: Demystifying Cryptographic Defects in Ethereum Smart Contracts.
    Jiashuo Zhang, Yiming Shen, Jiachi Chen, Tao Zhang, Yanlin Wang, Ting Chen, Jianbo Gao and Zhong Chen. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE’25), CCF-A, Full Paper, 2025.
  • Automated Test Generation For Smart Contracts via On-Chain Test Case Augmentation and Migration.
    Jiashuo Zhang, Jiachi Chen, John Grundy, Jianbo Gao, Yanlin Wang, Ting Chen, Zhi Guan and Zhong Chen.
    The 47th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE’25), CCF-A, Full Paper, 2025.
  • Demystifying and Detecting Cryptographic Defects in Ethereum Smart Contracts.
    Jiashuo Zhang, Yiming Shen, Jiachi Chen, Jianzhong Su, Yanlin Wang, Ting Chen, Jianbo Gao and Zhong Chen.
    The 47th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE’25), CCF-A, Full Paper, 2025.
    🏆 ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award
  • When Contracts Meets Crypto: Exploring Developers’ Struggles with Ethereum Cryptographic APIs.
    Jiashuo Zhang, Jiachi Chen, Zhiyuan Wan, Ting Chen, Jianbo Gao and Zhong Chen.
    The 46th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE’24), CCF-A, Full Paper, 2024.
  • ContractTinker: LLM-Empowered Vulnerability Repair for Real-World Smart Contracts.
    Che Wang, Jiashuo Zhang , Jianbo Gao, Libin Xia, Zhi Guan and Zhong Chen.
    The 39th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, (ASE’24), CCF-A, Short Paper, 2024.
  • A Sharding Blockchain-based UAV System for Search and Rescue Missions.
    Xihan Zhang, Jiashuo Zhang, Jianbo Gao, Libin Xia, Zhi Guan, Hao Hu and Zhong Chen.
    Frontiers of Computer Science (FCS’24), CCF-B, Full Paper, 2024.
  • Understanding and Detecting Privacy Leakage Vulnerabilities in Hyperledger Fabric Chaincodes. \ Ziming Chen, Yue Li, Jianbo Gao, Jiashuo Zhang, Ke Wang, Jianbin Hu, Zhi Guan, Zhong Chen.
    The 35th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE’24), CCF-B, Full Paper, 2024.
  • SolaSim: Clone Detection for Solana Smart Contracts via Program Representation.
    Che Wang, Yue Li, Jianbo Gao, Ke Wang, Jiashuo Zhang, Zhi Guan and Zhong Chen.
    The 32nd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Program Comprehension (ICPC’24), CCF-B, Full Paper, 2024.

Honors and Awards

  • ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award (ICSE, CCF-A) 2025
  • ACM SIGSOFT CAPS Travel Award, ICSE’25, 2025
  • Peking University First-class Scholarship, Peking University, 2024
  • Merit Student, Peking University, 2024
  • ACM SIGSOFT CAPS Travel Award, ICSE’24, 2024
  • Ubiquant Scholarship, Peking University, 2023
  • Merit Student, Peking University, 2023
  • Graduate Research Travel Award, Peking University, ICSE’23, 2023
  • Yang Fuqing & Wang Yangyuan Academician Scholarship, Peking University, 2022
  • Merit Student, Peking University, 2022
  • Merit Student, Peking University, 2020
  • The Third Prize of Peking University Scholarship, Peking University, 2020

Teaching Experience

  • Introduction to Information Security (Undergraduate), TA, Fall 2022, Peking University
  • Data Structures and Algorithms (Undergraduate), TA, Spring 2022, Peking University
  • Introduction to Information Security (Undergraduate), TA, Fall 2021, Peking University

Service

  • PC Member - Artifact Evaluation, ASPLOS 2025
  • PC Member - Junior PC, MSR 2025
  • Reviewer, IEEE SMC 2023/2024, Automated Software Engeneering (AuSE), Blockchain: Research and Applications (BCRA), Chinese Journal of Electronics (CJE)
  • Sub-reviewer: ICSE, FSE, SANER, AuSE, SEKE