About me

Bienvenue / Welcome!

Hozier (Hanzheng) is currently a final-year graduate student and research assistant under the supervision of Prof. Jun Yan at Concordia University, Montréal, Canada. At present, he is exploring potential PhD opportunities. His research interests lie mainly in two domains: 1) AI for cybersecurity; 2) AI safety.

  • Services

    • InCyber Forum volunteer

    • Concordia Open House volunteer (2023, 2024)

    • IJCNN 25' reviewer

  • Awards

    • Mitacs Accelerate Internship (2024)

    • Concordia Merit Scholarship (2023, 2024, 2025)

    • Concordia Entrance awards (2023)

    • Third Prize, the 11th Lanqiao National Software and Information Technology Profession Competition (2020)

    • SDAU Outstanding Student Scholarship (2019)

  • Projects

    • RefPentester: A Knowledge-Informed Self-Reflective Penetration Testing Framework based on Large Language Models

    • Knowledge-Informed Auto-Penetration Testing Based on Reinforcement Learning with Reward Machine

Resume

Education

  1. Concordia University

    2023 — 2025

    Expected Degree: Master of Science in Information Systems Security

    GPA: 4.08/4.3

    Core Courses: Cryptography (A), Crypto-Protocol and Network Security (A), Operating Systems Security (A), Recent Developments in Information Systems Security (A+)

  2. Shandong Agricultural University

    2018 — 2022

    Degree: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Technology

    GPA: 3.38/4.0

    Programming Courses: C++, Java, Experiments of Web Development Techniques.

    Computer theory Courses: Artificial Intelligence, Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithm, Software Project Management, Operating System, Data Structure.

    Mathematics background courses: Advanced Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics, Probability Statistics.

Experience

  1. Research Assistant

    Concordia University (Montréal, Canada)

    2023-01-01 — Present [View Paper] RefPentester: A Knowledge-Informed Self-Reflective Penetration Testing Framework based on Large Language Models (PST 25') [View Paper] Knowledge-Informed Auto-Penetration Testing Based on Reinforcement Learning with Reward Machine (WCCI/IJCNN 24')
  2. LLM Back - end Developer

    CREO Solutions (Montréal, Canada)

    2024-04-01 — 2024-12-01
  3. Java Back - end Developer

    Hunan Sureserve Technology Co., Ltd (Changsha, China)

    2023-10-01 — 2023-01-31
  4. VUE Front-end Developer

    AsiaInfo Technologies INC. (Changsha, China)

    2020-12-01 — 2021-02-01

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