Peng Xuanyao
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Peng Xuanyao

PhD Student

ChocoLab · School of Computing, National University of Singapore

Advised by Flavien Solt

Bio

Xuanyao is a PhD student at the NUS School of Computing, advised by Flavien Solt. Xuanyao works on computer architecture and hardware security, including confidential computing and secure and efficient AI systems.

Before joining NUS, Xuanyao received an MEng from the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a BEng from Xi'an Jiaotong University.

Research interests

  • Computer architecture
  • Hardware security
  • Confidential computing
  • Secure and efficient AI systems

Education

  • PhD in Computer Science, National University of Singapore, since 2026
  • MEng in Computer Technology, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2023 to 2026
  • BEng in Automation, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 2019 to 2023

Awards

  • National Scholarship, 2025
  • Second prize, SecretFlow Cup Confidential Computing Challenge, 2025
  • National Scholarship, 2022
  • Second prize, Intel Cup National Undergraduate Electronics Design Contest, 2022

Teaching

  • Teaching assistant, OpenRVGPU Course, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, 2025

Publications

2026

NDSS

SoK: Analysis of Accelerator TEE Designs

Chenxu Wang, Junjie Huang, Yujun Liang, Xuanyao Peng, Yuqun Zhang, Fengwei Zhang, Jiannong Cao, Hang Lu, Rui Hou, Shoumeng Yan, Tao Wei, and Zhenyu He

2025

IEEE ICCD

SecNPU: Securing LLM Inference on NPU

Xuanyao Peng, Yinghao Yang, Shangjie Pan, Junjie Huang, Yujun Liang, Hang Lu, Fengwei Zhang, and Xiaowei Li

2025

IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems

LayerTEE: Decoupled Memory Protection for Scalable Multi-Layer Communication on RISC-V

Shangjie Pan, Yinghao Yang, Xuanyao Peng, Xiquan Zhao, Dong Du, Hang Lu, Yubin Xia, and Xiaowei Li

2025

ASP-DAC

Dep-TEE: Decoupled Memory Protection for Secure and Scalable Inter-enclave Communication on RISC-V

Shangjie Pan, Xuanyao Peng, Zeyuan Man, Xiquan Zhao, Dongrong Zhang, Bicheng Yang, Dong Du, Hang Lu, Yubin Xia, and Xiaowei Li