About Me
Xuanyao Peng is a first-year Ph.D. student at the School of Computing, National University of Singapore (NUS), advised by Prof. Flavien Solt. His research interests span computer architecture, hardware security, confidential computing, and secure and efficient LLM inference. Before joining NUS, he received his M.E. in Computer Technology from the State Key Lab of Processors, Institute of Computing Technology (ICT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), under the supervision of Prof. Hang Lu, and was a visiting student at the COMPASS lab supervised by Prof. Fengwei Zhang. He received his B.E. in Automation from Xi’an Jiaotong University.
You can find my CV here.
Education
Ph.D. Student, School of Computing, National University of Singapore, 2026 - Present
- Advisor: Prof. Flavien Solt
M.Eng. Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2023 - 2026
- Major in Computer Technology
- National Scholarship 2025
B.Eng. School of Automation Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiao Tong University, 2019 - 2023
- Major in Automation
- National Scholarship 2022
Research Interests
- Computer Architecture
- Hardware Security
- Confidential Computing
- Secure and Efficient LLM Inference
News
- 2026.8, I started my Ph.D. at the National University of Singapore 🇸🇬, advised by Prof. Flavien Solt!
- 2025.9, Our team won second prize in the SecretFlow Cup Data Challenge Competition[news😆] [news📰]! We developed an efficient and secure LLM inference system on Intel TDX (Confidential Virtual Machine).
- 2025.7, Our paper on securing LLM inference on NPU was accepted by the \(43^{rd}\) International Conference on Computer Design(ICCD 2025). See you at Dallas🌇, Texas!
Selected publications
SoK: Analysis of Accelerator TEE Designs — 2026, In the proceedings of The Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS)
SecNPU: Securing LLM Inference on NPU — 2025, In the proceedings of The 43rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD)
LayerTEE: Decoupled Memory Protection for Scalable Multi-Layer Communication on RISC-V — 2025, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
Dep-TEE: Decoupled Memory Protection for Secure and Scalable Inter-enclave Communication on RISC-V — 2025, In the proceedings of The 30th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC)
Honors and Awards
- 2025: National Scholarship / 硕士生国家奖学金
- 2022: National Scholarship / 本科生国家奖学金