About Me

Statement

As computing grows in connectivity and heterogeneity, security ought to be regarded as a first-order design metric. With this in mind, I explore computer architecture and embedded systems.

Skills

• Beginner: JavaScript, LaTeX, Synopsys Design Compiler
• Intermediate: Python, Verilog, Xilinx Vivado, ARMv8 Assembly, C#, Raspberry Pi, Xilinx FPGA
• Proficient: C/C++, Linux Device Drivers, gem5 Simulator, x86 Assembly, Unix/Linux CLI

Publications

Yasin, M., Zhao, C., Rajendran, J. (2019). SFLL-HLS: Stripped-Functionality Logic Locking Meets High-Level Synthesis. ICCAD.

Contact

If you are a recruiter, please contace me at chongzhizhao4 (at) gmail (dot) com.

Hobby Projects

• Raspberry Pi Home Surveillance

• Pyparazzi, a Web Scraping and Data Visualization Python Library

Bug Bounty Hunting

• Dogecoin

Topics of Notes

• Cache Side-Channel Attacks

• Linux Kernel

• The gem5 Simulator

• Hardware Reverse-Engineering

• Consistency and Coherence

• Command Line Tools

• Cryptography

Motto

And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself? For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

Luke 9:23-27