CV

Contact Information

Name Wenbin Zhai
Professional Title Ph.D. Student
Email 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

Experience

  • 2023.04 - 2025.03

    Sydney, Australia

    Research Assistant
    School of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales
    • Advisor: Prof. Jingling Xue.

Honors and Awards

  • 2025-05
    PolyU Research Postgraduate Scholarship (PRPgS)
  • 2025-01
    Outstanding Postgraduate Thesis of Jiangsu Computer Society
  • 2024-11
    Outstanding Postgraduate Thesis of Jiangsu Province
  • 2023-12
    Tuition Fee Scholarship of UNSW Sydney (Cover tuition fees and a living allowance)
  • 2023-04
    Provincial Merit Student of Jiangsu Province (Awarded to 1 postgraduate student in the college annually)
  • 2023-03
    Outstanding Graduate of NUAA
  • 2022-12
    Merit Student of NUAA (2021-2023)
  • 2022-12
    Advanced Individual in Research and Innovation of NUAA (2021-2023)
  • 2021-10
    Second-Class Scholarship for Postgraduate Students of NUAA (2020-2023) (CNY 8,000/year)
  • 2020-09
    Outstanding Graduate of NJUCM
  • 2020-06
    Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis of Jiangsu Province
  • 2019-12
    Merit Student of NJUCM (2018-2020)
  • 2019-09
    Ruihua Soaring Scholarship (CNY 8,000) (Awarded by Jiangsu Ruihua Charity Foundation)
  • 2018-12
    National Encouragement Scholarship in China (2017-2019) (CNY 5,000/year)
  • 2018-12
    First-Class Scholarship for Undergraduate Students of NJUCM (2017-2020) (CNY 2,500/year)
  • 2018-12
    Principal's Special Scholarship of NJUCM (2017-2018) (CNY 10,000) (Awarded annually to the top 10 undergraduate students university-wide for outstanding academic achievement and overall performance.)
  • 2018-10
    Fei Xiaotong Virtue Scholarship (CNY 6,000) (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]
  • The Journal of Supercomputing (TJSC) [CCF C, SCI Q2]
  • Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering (FITEE) [CCF C, SCI Q2]