Jiaqi Chen

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

Research Areas

• Vulnerability discovery (by program analysis + AI)

• Security measurement

• Blockchain systems security

• Deception schemes and scams

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

• new Jiaqi Chen, Yuzhe Tang, Yue Duan. “More to Extract: Discovering MEV by Token Contract Analysis”, in submission. [pdf]

• Jiaqi Chen*, Yuxuan Zhou*, Yibo Wang, Yuzhe Tang, Guofei Gu. (* co-first authors) “GREEDYKPOT: Exploiting Greedy Blockchain Users via Deliberately Leaked Keys”, in submission.

• Jiaqi Chen, Yuzhe Tang. “Unveiling Unextractable Arbitrage: Towards Understanding Hidden MEV Opportunities on Blockchains”, in submission.

• Md Rizwanul Haque, Yuxuan Zhou, Yibo Wang, Jiaqi Chen, Yuzhe Tang, Xing Gao. In submission.

• Yuxuan Zhou*, Jiaqi Chen*, Yibo Wang, Yuzhe Tang, and G. Gu. (* co-first authors) “Towards Understanding Crypto-Asset Risks on Ethereum Caused by Key Leakage on the Internet”, ACM WWW 2024 (short paper). [pdf]

• Xiaofan Li, Jin Yang, Jiaqi Chen, Yuzhe Tang, Xing Gao. “Characterizing Ethereum Upgradable Smart Contracts and Their Security Implications”, ACM WWW 2024. [pdf]

• Jiaqi Chen, Y. Wang, Y. Zhou, W. Ding, Yuzhe Tang, X. Wang, K. Li. “Understanding the Security Risks of Decentralized Exchanges by Uncovering Unfair Trades in the Wild”, IEEE Euro S&P 2023. [pdf]

• Yibo Wang, Kai Li, Yuzhe Tang, Jiaqi Chen, Qi Zhang, Xiapu Luo, and Ting Chen. “Towards Saving Blockchain Fees via Secure and Cost-Effective Batching of Smart-Contract Invocations”, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE 2023). [pdf]

• Kai Li, Yuzhe Tang, Jiaqi Chen, Yibo Wang, Xianghong Liu. “TopoShot: Uncovering Ethereum's Network Topology Leveraging Replacement Transactions”, ACM IMC 2021. [pdf], [slides], [poster], [open dataset]

• Yibo Wang, Qi Zhang, Kai Li, Yuzhe Tang, Jiaqi Chen, Xiapu Luo, Ting Chen. “iBatch: Saving Ethereum Fees via Secure and Cost-Effective Batching of Smart-Contract Invocations”, ACM ESEC/FSE 2021. [pdf], [extended version], [html], [slides]

• Kai Li, Jiaqi Chen, Xianghong Liu, Yuzhe Tang, XiaoFeng Wang, Xiapu Luo. “As Strong As Its Weakest Link: How to Break Blockchain DApps at RPC Service”, NDSS 2021. [paper]

• Kai Li, Yuzhe Tang, Jiaqi Chen, Zhehu Yuan, Cheng Xu, Jianliang Xu. “Cost-Effective Data Feeds to Blockchains via Workload-Adaptive Data Replication”, ACM/IFIP Middleware 2020. [paper], [code]

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)