Alfred Chen is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at University of California, Irvine. His research interest broadly lies in the security and privacy of computer technologies of high criticality to daily life and society. His recent focus has been mainly on the security/privacy issues in emerging AI/systems/network technologies, especially those empowering the emerging autonomous vehicle and intelligent transportation systems. His works have high impacts in both academic and industry with 50+ research papers in top-tier venues across security, AI/ML, robotics, mobile systems, transportation, and software engineering; a nationwide USDHS US-CERT alert, multiple CVEs; 50+ news coverage by major media such as Forbes, Fortune, and BBC; and vulnerability report acknowledgments from USDOT, Apple, Microsoft, etc. Recently, his research triggered 30+ auto-driving companies and the V2X standardization workgroup to start security vulnerability investigations; some confirmed to work on fixes. He co-founded the ISOC Symposium on Vehicle Security and Privacy (VehicleSec), and co-created DEF CON’s first auto-driving-themed hacking competition. He received various awards such as NSF CAREER Award, ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award, and UCI Chancellor’s Award for mentoring. Chen received Ph.D. from University of Michigan in 2018.