Kailun Yan

Postdoc, Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University
Email: kailun [AT] mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
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About

Dr. Kailun Yan is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University, working with Dr. Sisi Duan. His research focuses on Web3 security, particularly DApps, smart contracts, and blockchain protocols. His work has been published in WWW 2023 and CCS 2024, earning the ACM CCS 2024 Distinguished Paper Award and the Best Practical Paper in Cybersecurity Award 2025.

He received his D.Eng. from Shandong University in 2025 (advisor: Prof. Wenrui Diao) and was a visiting student at George Mason University in 2024 (advisor: Asst. Prof. Xiaokuan Zhang). He earned his M.Eng. and B.Eng. degrees from Guangxi Normal University (advisor: Assoc. Prof. Jilian Zhang) and Changzhou University, respectively.

Selected Publications

[AsiaCCS 2025] Kailun Yan, Bo Lu, Pranav Agrawal, Jiasun Li, Wenrui Diao, Xiaokuan Zhang (✉️). An Empirical Study on Cross-chain Transactions: Costs, Inconsistencies, and Activities. The 20th ACM ASIA Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Hanoi, Vietnam. August 25-29, 2025.
Core A CCF C PDF
[CCS 2024] Kailun Yan, Xiaokuan Zhang (✉️), Wenrui Diao (✉️). Stealing Trust: Unraveling Blind Message Attacks in Web3 Authentication. The 31st ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. October 14-18, 2024.
Core A* CCF A AR=16.9% (328/1940) 🏆 Distinguished Paper 🏆 Best Practical Paper 2025 PDF Slides Demo Web3AuthChecker Web3AuthGuard CVE-2023-50053 CVE-2023-50059 Media: SDU
[WWW 2023] Kailun Yan, Jilian Zhang, Xiangyu Liu, Wenrui Diao (✉️), Shanqing Guo. Bad Apples: Understanding the Centralized Security Risks in Decentralized Ecosystems. The 32nd ACM Web Conference, Austin, Texas, USA. April 30 - May 4, 2023.
Core A* CCF A AR=19.2% PDF GitHub Media: SDU Media: Netinfo Security
[Computer Journal 2023] Kailun Yan, Jilian Zhang (✉️), Yongdong Wu. Improving Bitcoin Transaction Propagation Efficiency through Local Clique Network. The Computer Journal, 2023, 66(2): 318-332.
CCF B PDF

[信息对抗技术 2023] 闫凯伦, 刁文瑞 (✉️), 郭山清. 智能合约安全漏洞及检测技术综述. 信息对抗技术, 2023, 2(3):1-17. 🏆 2024年度优秀论文
[计算机科学 2021] 闫凯伦, 张继连 (✉️). 一种可用于数据和模型分享的模型链. 计算机科学, 2021, 48(02):311-316. CCF中文B类
[SANER 2024] Shuang Li, Rui Li, Yifan Yu, Kailun Yan, Shishuai Yang, Wenrui Diao (✉️). Understanding Android OS Forward Compatibility Support for Legacy Apps: A Data-Driven Analysis. The 31st IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering, Rovaniemi, Finland. March 12-15, 2024. Core A CCF B
[QRS 2022] Guangwei Tian, Jiongyi Chen, Kailun Yan, Shishuai Yang, Wenrui Diao (✉️). Cast Away: On the Security of DLNA Deployments in the SmartTV Ecosystem. The 22nd IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security (QRS). IEEE, 2022: 105-116. CCF C

Awards

2025-07 · Best Practical Paper in Cybersecurity Award 2025
2024-10 · ACM CCS 2024 Distinguished Paper Award

2025-04 · 山东大学优秀毕业生
2025-03 · 《信息对抗技术》2024年度优秀论文
2025-01 · 山东大学研究生科研创新与成果应用大赛二等奖
2024-12 · DataCon 2024 大数据安全分析竞赛, AI安全赛道第二名 Media: SDU
2024-12 · 博士研究生国家奖学金
2024-07 · 网络安全学院学生创新资助计划
2024-07 · 山东大学海外交流奖学金
2021-12 · DataCon 2021 大数据安全分析竞赛, 邮件安全组第八名

Professional Services

Program Committee

Reviewer

IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC) — 2025
ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data (TKDD) — 2024
External Review: SANER 2024, Inscrypt 2023, ESORICS 2022, ICICS 2022