CV
Contact Information
| Name | Wenbin Zhai |
| Professional Title | Ph.D. Student |
| wenbin.zhai@connect.polyu.hk | |
| Website | https://wenbinzhai.github.io/ |
Professional Summary
Ph.D. student in the Department of Computing at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. My current research focuses on the security of large language model (LLM) agents, with an emphasis on tool-augmented agents, agentic workflows, and the security of external agent components. My broader research interests include trustworthy AI, cybersecurity, software security, and secure distributed systems.
Research Interests
Research Areas: LLM Agent Security, Trustworthy AI, Cybersecurity, Software Security, Secure Distributed Systems
Education
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2025.09 - present Hong Kong, China
Ph.D. in Computer Science and Technology
Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Supervisor: Prof. Bin Xiao.
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2020.09 - 2023.04 Nanjing, China
M.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology
College of Computer Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Supervisors: Prof. Liang Liu and Prof. Lisong Wang.
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2016.09 - 2020.06 Nanjing, China
B.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology
School of Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
- Supervisor: Prof. Youwei Ding.
Experience
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2023.04 - 2025.03 Sydney, Australia
Research Assistant
School of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales
- Supervisor: Prof. Jingling Xue.
Honors and Awards
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2026.09.22 ACM CCS 2026 Travel Grant
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2025.05.18 PolyU Research Postgraduate Scholarship (PRPgS)
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2024.12.04 Outstanding Postgraduate Thesis Award of Jiangsu Province
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2024.12.26 Outstanding Postgraduate Thesis Award of Jiangsu Computer Society
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2023.12.16 Tuition Fee Scholarship of UNSW Sydney (Cover tuition fees and a living allowance)
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2023.06.30 Provincial Merit Student of Jiangsu Province (Awarded to 1 postgraduate student in the college annually)
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2023.04.30 Outstanding Graduate of NUAA
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2022.12.20 Merit Postgraduate Student of NUAA
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2022.12.20 Outstanding Individual in Research and Innovation of NUAA
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2022.09.01 Second-Class Scholarship for Postgraduate Students of NUAA
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2021.10.09 Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award of Jiangsu Province
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2020.09.01 Second-Class Scholarship for Postgraduate Students of NUAA
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2020.06.30 Outstanding Graduate of NJUCM
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2019.12.25 Merit Student of NJUCM
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2019.12.19 First-Class Scholarship for Undergraduate Students of NJUCM
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2019.11.21 National Encouragement Scholarship in China
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2019.09.20 Ruihua Soaring Scholarship (Awarded by Jiangsu Ruihua Charity Foundation)
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2018.12.19 First-Class Scholarship for Undergraduate Students of NJUCM
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2018.12.10 President's Special Award of NJUCM (Awarded annually to the top 10 undergraduate students university-wide for outstanding academic achievement and overall performance.)
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2018.11.21 National Encouragement Scholarship in China
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2018.11.07 Fei Xiaotong Scholarship (Awarded by Jiangsu Fei Xiaotong Education Foundation)
Professional Activities
- Conference Reviewer
- The Fourteenth International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR 2026) [CCF A]
- The IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2026 (CVPR 2026) [CCF A]
- The Forty-Third International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2026) [CCF A]
- Journal Reviewer
- IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS) [CORE A, CCF A, SCI Q1]
- IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM) [CCF C, SCI Q2]
- The Journal of Supercomputing (TJSC) [CCF C, SCI Q2]
- Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering (FITEE) [CCF C, SCI Q2]