Publications

You can find my full publications list on my Google Scholar profile

Selected Publications

Kumo: A Security-Focused Serverless Cloud Simulator

Wei Shao, Khaled Khasawneh, Setareh Rafatirad, Houman Homayoun, and Chongzhou Fang
IEEE International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud, and Internet Computing (CCGRID), 2026
[paper] | [slides]

Bit of a Close Talker: A Practical Guide to Serverless Cloud Co-Location Attacks

Wei Shao, Najmeh Nazari, Behnam Omidi, Setareh Rafatirad, Khaled N. Khasawneh, Houman Homayoun, and Chongzhou Fang
Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS), 2026
[paper] | [slides]

Know Me by My Pulse: Toward Practical Continuous Authentication on Wearable Devices via Wrist-Worn PPG

Wei Shao, Zequan Liang, Ruoyu Zhang, Ruijie Fang, Ning Miao, Ehsan Kourkchi, Setareh Rafatirad, Houman Homayoun, and Chongzhou Fang
Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS), 2026
[paper] | [slides]

Self-Supervised and Topological Signal-Quality Assessment for Any PPG Device

Wei Shao, Ruoyu Zhang, Zequan Liang, Ehsan Kourkchi, Setareh Rafatirad, and Houman Homayoun
IEEE International Conference on Body Sensor Networks (BSN), 2025
[paper]