About

I’m a Computer Science PhD student at the CUNY Graduate Center, working at the intersection of network security and AI safety — encrypted-traffic analysis, adversarial robustness, and the systems that hold them up.

Outside the lab I am a constant Linux tinkerer and a minimalist photographer. This site is hand-built and slow-moving: notes on tools, papers, networks, and the shape of useful ideas.

Based in New York (NY–NJ area). I tend to write about encrypted-traffic analysis, adversarial robustness, anonymity networks, systems & Linux, and photography.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, CUNY Graduate Center — 2025 to present
  • M.S. in Computer Application Technology, Qilu University of Technology — 2021 to 2024

Research Interests

  • Network security and encrypted-traffic analysis
  • Adversarial robustness and AI safety
  • Systems support for machine learning

Publications

  1. Chen X, Zhang C, Ji P, Liu Y. SkillsMetric: Mapping the Detection Boundary of Static Analysis for Malicious Agent Skills. ACM CAIS 2026 Workshop on AgentSkills (accepted; to appear).
  2. Chen X, Fu Y. A Novel JSF-Based Fast Implementation Method for Multiple-Point Multiplication. Electronics, 2023.

Skills

  • Languages — C, Python, C++, Java, Assembly
  • Systems — Linux, Git, Docker, Nginx, SQLite
  • Craft — Photography, Writing, Painting

Selected Projects

  • ProjecHive — A small full-stack tool that drives git add / commit / push through the GitHub API.
  • Folium — A desktop knowledge workspace where boxes, double-links, potential links, graph focus, and temporary canvases help a thought become structure without forcing it too early.
  • FlattenPaper — Arrange all pages of a multi-page PDF side by side into a single long page, with visual preview and per-page margin control.