Wajih Ul Hassan
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Virginia
Office: Rice Hall 522
Department of Computer Science
University of Virginia
Office: Rice Hall 522
Email: hassan [at] virginia [dot] edu
About Me
I am an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Virginia (UVA). My research primarily revolves around system security. I specialize in building practical solutions for safeguarding complex networked computer systems, leveraging both novel data-driven approaches and scalable system design. I lead the DART Lab at UVA. My work was recognized with the NSF CAREER Award in 2024.Students & Publications
Please checkout our research lab website here.Teaching
- NEW CS 6501: Security of AI Systems: Attacks & Defenses. Spring 2026
- CS 6501: Machine Learning in Systems Security. Spring 2025
- CS 4630: Defense Against the Dark Arts. Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024
- DS 6559: Machine Learning in Systems and Network Security. Spring 2024
- CS 6501: Threat Detection and Response. Spring 2023
- CS 473: Network Security (LUMS, Pakistan). Spring 2022
- CS 370: Operating Systems (LUMS, Pakistan). Fall 2021
Professional Service
Workshop Chair
- 2026: Workshop on Attack Provenance, Reasoning, and Investigation for Security in the Monitored Environment (PRISM) co-located with NDSS
- 2026: DMV Security Workshop, Washington DC
- 2025: DMV Security Workshop, Washington DC
- 2024: DMV Security Workshop, Charlottesville, VA
Program Committee
- 2026: IEEE S&P, ACM CCS, USENIX Security, ISOC NDSS, ACM Web Conference (WWW)
- 2025: IEEE S&P, ACM CCS, ISOC NDSS
- 2024: IEEE S&P, TaPP
- 2023: IEEE S&P, ACM CCS, IEEE Euro S&P
- 2022: USENIX Security, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) Research Program
- 2021: USENIX Security
- 2020: IEEE S&P, ACM WPES
- 2018: ACM WPES
Journal Reviewer
- 2021: IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security
- 2019: IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
External Reviewer
- 2018: USENIX Security, USENIX ATC, ISOC NDSS
- 2017: ACM CCS
- 2016: IEEE ICST
Panelist
- 2026: NSF Panelist, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) Research Program
- 2024: Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) Research Program
- 2024: NSF Panelist
- 2023: NSF Site Panelist