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Z. Morley Mao is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans fields primarily in Computer Science and Engineering, with a significant focus on various subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Their work encompasses several specialized topics, notably Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning, Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs), Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications, Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety, Advanced Neural Network Applications, Software Testing and Debugging Techniques, and Advanced Malware Detection Techniques.

Mao has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • Towards Robust LiDAR-based Perception in Autonomous Driving: General Black-box Adversarial Sensor Attack and Countermeasures, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Anomaly Detection Against GPS Spoofing Attacks on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Using Learning From Demonstration, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Adversarial Unlearning of Backdoors via Implicit Hypergradient, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • On the Cybersecurity of Traffic Signal Control System With Connected Vehicles, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Toward an Automated Learning Control Architecture for Cyber-Physical Manufacturing Systems, 2022, IEEE Access

Their frequent coauthors include Jiachen Sun, Qi Alfred Chen, Qingzhao Zhang, Bhavya Kailkhura, and Yiheng Feng.

Z. Morley Mao's publications are predominantly found in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Communications of the ACM, IEEE Access, and the Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems.

Best Publications

  • Accurate online power estimation and automatic battery behavior based power model generation for smartphones

    Lide Zhang;Birjodh Tiwana;Robert P. Dick;Zhiyun Qian

  • A close examination of performance and power characteristics of 4G LTE networks

    Junxian Huang;Feng Qian;Alexandre Gerber;Z. Morley Mao

  • Automated classification and analysis of internet malware

    Michael Bailey;Jon Oberheide;Jon Andersen;Z. Morley Mao

  • Adversarial Sensor Attack on LiDAR-based Perception in Autonomous Driving

    Yulong Cao;Chaowei Xiao;Benjamin Cyr;Yimeng Zhou

  • Identifying diverse usage behaviors of smartphone apps

    Qiang Xu;Jeffrey Erman;Alexandre Gerber;Zhuoqing Mao

  • The Ninja architecture for robust Internet-scale systems and services373423

    Steven D. Gribble;Matt Welsh;Rob von Behren;Eric A. Brewer

  • COMET: code offload by migrating execution transparently

    Mark S. Gordon;D. Anoushe Jamshidi;Scott Mahlke;Z. Morley Mao

  • Toward Software-Defined Cellular Networks

    Li Erran Li;Z. Morley Mao;Jennifer Rexford

  • Towards an accurate AS-level traceroute tool

    Zhuoqing Morley Mao;Jennifer Rexford;Jia Wang;Randy H. Katz

  • An in-depth study of LTE: effect of network protocol and application behavior on performance

    Junxian Huang;Feng Qian;Yihua Guo;Yuanyuan Zhou

  • Towards an understanding of anti-virtualization and anti-debugging behavior in modern malware

    Xu Chen;J. Andersen;Z.M. Mao;M. Bailey

  • Anatomizing application performance differences on smartphones

    Junxian Huang;Qiang Xu;Birjodh Tiwana;Z. Morley Mao

  • Profiling resource usage for mobile applications: a cross-layer approach

    Feng Qian;Zhaoguang Wang;Alexandre Gerber;Zhuoqing Mao

  • Route flap damping exacerbates internet routing convergence

    Zhuoqing Morley Mao;Ramesh Govindan;George Varghese;Randy H. Katz

  • Characterizing radio resource allocation for 3G networks

    Feng Qian;Zhaoguang Wang;Alexandre Gerber;Zhuoqing Morley Mao

  • Locating internet routing instabilities

    Anja Feldmann;Olaf Maennel;Z. Morley Mao;Arthur Berger

  • ContexIoT: Towards Providing Contextual Integrity to Appified IoT Platforms

    Yunhan Jack Jia;Qi Alfred Chen;Shiqi Wang;Amir Rahmati

  • Locating internet bottlenecks: algorithms, measurements, and implications

    Ningning Hu;Li (Erran) Li;Zhuoqing Morley Mao;Peter Steenkiste

  • Automating network application dependency discovery: experiences, limitations, and new solutions

    Xu Chen;Ming Zhang;Z. Morley Mao;Paramvir Bahl

  • An untold story of middleboxes in cellular networks

    Zhaoguang Wang;Zhiyun Qian;Qiang Xu;Zhuoqing Mao

Frequent Co-Authors

Feng Qian
Feng Qian University of Southern California
Subhabrata Sen
Subhabrata Sen AT&T (United States)
Jacobus Van der Merwe
Jacobus Van der Merwe University of Utah
Oliver Spatscheck
Oliver Spatscheck AT&T (United States)
Y. Charlie Hu
Y. Charlie Hu Purdue University West Lafayette
Robert P. Dick
Robert P. Dick University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David Choffnes
David Choffnes Northeastern University
Dawn M. Tilbury
Dawn M. Tilbury University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Dan S. Wallach
Dan S. Wallach Rice University
Henry X. Liu
Henry X. Liu University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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