Jiaqi Chen

Email: jchen217 [at] syr [dot] edu
Phone: 315-679-9808
Google Site

Research Areas

• Program Analysis for Design-Flaw Discovery

• Security-oriented Measurement Studies

• Blockchain Infrastructure Security

• LLM Applications for Blockchain and Security

Education

• Ph.D., Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Syracuse University (2020 – Present)
  GPA: 3.82/4

• M.S., Computer Science, Syracuse University (2018 – 2020)
  GPA: 3.95/4

• M.S., Computer Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2015 – 2018)

• B.S., Measurement Control Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology (2008 – 2012)

Publications

• [11] More to Extract: Discovering MEV by Token Contract Analysis
  Jiaqi Chen, Yuzhe Tang, Yue Duan
  Preprint (under submission to CCS)

• [10] From Honeypots to Greedypots: Modeling, Measuring, and Mitigating the “Free Key” Trap on Ethereum
  Jiaqi Chen et al.
  In submission (NDSS)

• [9] Unveiling Unextractable Arbitrage: Towards Understanding Hidden MEV Opportunities on Blockchains
  Jiaqi Chen, Yuzhe Tang
  In submission (ACM AFT)

• [8] Stealthy Denial of Block Builder Service
  Yuzhe Tang et al.
  In submission (CCS)

• [7] Towards Understanding Crypto-Asset Risks on Ethereum Caused by Key Leakage
  WWW 2024

• [6] Understanding the Security Risks of Decentralized Exchanges by Uncovering Unfair Trades
  IEEE Euro S&P 2023

• [5] Characterizing Ethereum Upgradable Smart Contracts and Their Security Implications
  WWW 2024

• [4] Towards Saving Blockchain Fees via Secure and Cost-Effective Batching
  IEEE TSE 2023

• [3] TopoShot: Uncovering Ethereum’s Network Topology
  ACM IMC 2021

• [2] How to Break Blockchain DApps at RPC Service
  NDSS 2021

• [1] Cost-Effective Data Feeds to Blockchains
  Middleware 2020

Projects

• Financial Security in Smart Contracts (2022–Present)
  Uncovered unfair trades worth $3.88M on Ethereum; MEV discovery research.

• LLM × MEV Benchmarking (2025–Present)
  Designed benchmarks for evaluating LLMs on blockchain tasks.

• CertiK Internship (Summer 2024)
  Discovered vulnerability in EigenDA system.

• Blockchain Deception Schemes
  Studied leaked keys and honeypot behaviors on Ethereum.

• Gas Fee Optimization
  Designed systems reducing gas fees up to 74%.

Awards

• NDSS 2021 Student Travel Grant

• ESEC/FSE 2021 Student Travel Grant

• SecDev 2023 Student Travel Grant

• IEEE S&P 2021 Student Travel Grant

• ETHICS 2023 Student Travel Grant

Technical Skills

• Languages: Python, Go, C/C++, Solidity, Java, SQL

• Tools: Mythril, NuSMV

• Expertise: Static analysis, symbolic execution, blockchain systems

• LLM: Prompt engineering, fine-tuning, multi-agent systems

Service

• Teaching Assistant:

  • CIS600 Blockchain (Fall 2019, 2020, 2022)
  • CSE581 Databases (Spring 2021)
  • CIS600 IoT (Fall 2024)
  • CIS657 Operating Systems (Spring 2025)