Dr. Wenchang Shi, Professor

Systems and Information Security Research Lab (Come in please.)

School of Information

Renmin University of China

New Book:   Fundamental of System Security in Cyberspace (in Chinese)

Outline (in English)

Dr. Wenchang Shi became a professor right after his 33rd birthday. He is now a professor at School of InformationRenmin University of China, Beijing, P.R.China, working for the MOE Key Lab of Data Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, and directing the Systems and Information Security Research Lab.

He is a senior member of China Computer Federation and a member of IEEE Computer Society. His current research interests include Information Security, Computer Forensics, Cloud Computing, and Operating Systems, especially the UNIX/Linux-like Operating Systems.

Before joining RUC, he was a research professor at the Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R.China, and a professor at the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R.China.

Dr. Wenchang Shi's early involvement with the UNIX-like Operating Systems was in 1988, when he took part in a research project, porting UNIX System V from the AT&T 3B2 computers to other hardware platforms. He was the chief architect of the Redflag Secure Operating System, which is the ancestor of one of the principal products of Redflag Software Co. Ltd, Beijing, P.R.China.

Wenchang Shi received a B.S. degree in Computer Software from the Department of Computer Science and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, P.R.China. He received an M.S. degree in Computer Software, and a Ph.D. in Computer Software and Theory from the Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R.China.


Conducted Research Programs

Dr. Wenchang Shi has carried out many research programs in the area of Information Security, Operating Systems, and Software Engineering Application. Here are some of them in which Dr. Wenchang Shi played a leading role.


Dissertation and Thesis
  • Research on and Enforcement of Methods of Secure Operating Systems Development. Ph.D. dissertation, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences. [Abstract]

  • Porting Implementation of the UNIX System V I/O Subsystem. M.S. degree thesis, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

  • Study and Pratice of Office Automation Systems. B.S. degree paper, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Peking University.


On Going Research Programs

Currently, the group led by Prof. Wenchang Shi is carrying out the following research programs:

  • Research on Security Mechanisms of Operating Systems for Trusted Computing Platform.

  • Research on Theoretical Model for Trust of System Software.

  • Research on key Techniques of Cloud Infrastructure Security.

  • Research on Techniques and Tools of Computer Forensics.

Graduate students, Ph.D. candidates, post doctor researchers and visiting scholars are welcome to join.


Publication List

This is a list of publications of Dr. Wenchang Shi.


Recent Technical Activities in International Events

 


Recommended Readings for Graduate Students

This is a list of recommended readings for graduate students.


Contact Information

School of Information
Renmin University of China
59 Zhongguancun Street
Haidian District
Beijing, 100872
P.R.China

Tel:  +86-10-62511279


 


Of course, the quickest and most convenient way to communicate with Dr. Wenchang Shi is to click out an email to him at:

wenchangshi(at)pku(dot)org(dot)cn


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