Background
I'm Jin Yang, a PhD candidate at Syracuse University. I work on program analysis, software security, and LLM security.
Education
PhD in Computer Science
2023 – presentSyracuse University · In progress
Master's in Computer Science
2021 – 2023Syracuse University
Internships
CertiK
2025Blockchain Security Expert Intern · AI Track
Worked on LLM-assisted smart contract auditing, retrieval, and audit refinement.
Selected projects
Smart contract security
Studied upgradeable Ethereum contracts and static analysis, and developed hands-on blockchain security labs.
Problematic Tokens
Researched tokenizer behavior and reliability issues in large language models.
SEED Emulator
Contributed blockchain functionality and build improvements to a security education platform.