Wajih Ul Hassan

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Assistant Professor
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.

I am currently looking for 1-2 Ph.D. students to join my research lab. If you are interested in system security research and would like to work with me, please do not hesitate to send me an email.

Service

  • 2025 : IEEE S&P (PC), ISOC NDSS, ACM CCS, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Research Program (Reviewer)
  • 2024 : IEEE S&P (PC), NSF (Panelist), TaPP (PC)
  • 2023: IEEE S&P (PC), IEEE Euro S&P (PC), ACM CCS (PC), NSF (Panelist)
  • 2022: USENIX Security (PC), Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Research Program (Reviewer)
  • 2021: USENIX Security (PC)
  • 2020: IEEE S&P (Shadow PC), ACM WPES (PC)
  • 2018: ACM WPES (PC)

    Teaching

  • 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

    Students & Publications

    Please checkout our research lab website here.