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Zhuoqing Morley Mao

Z. Morley Mao named Farnam Jahanian Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

This honor recognizes her outstanding achievements in systems and security research and education.

Eleven papers by CSE researchers at ICLR 2025

CSE authors are presenting new research on topics related to deep learning, including spatial reasoning in vision-language models, data selection methods, and moral alignment in language models.

Seventeen papers by CSE researchers at NeurIPS 2024

Papers by CSE authors cover a variety of topics related to machine learning and neural information processing.

Protecting connected, self-driving vehicles from hackers

New security system leverages data sharing between vehicles to quickly detect and counter falsified data, preventing hard brakes and crashes

Ten papers by CSE researchers at USENIX Security 2024

New research out of CSE spans the field of computer security, from protecting autonomous vehicles from data attacks to detecting and combating online censorship.

CSE researchers win Best Paper Award at ACM MMSys 2024

The authors were recognized for the excellence of their research on neural-enhanced video streaming.

Z. Morley Mao named Fellow of the ACM

Mao was selected for this honor based on her exceptional contributions to network systems and security.

Z. Morley Mao receives NSF funding to build safe, resilient autonomous vehicles

The four-year grant will support research into improving the safety and reliability of tele-operated vehicles.

Five papers by CSE researchers presented at USENIX Security 2023

Papers authored by CSE researchers at the conference cover a variety of topics related to computer security and privacy.

Z. Morley Mao elected IEEE fellow for contributions to performance and security of internet routing and mobile systems

Prof. Mao and her students have played an important role in understanding the efficiency, security, and performance of a number of mobile systems.

New tool to analyze, improve live streaming services earns best paper

The study produced a new tool to analyze and correct performance issues in major streaming software and services.

Four papers with Michigan authors at SIGCOMM 2021

ACM SIGCOMM's annual conference is the leading conference in data communications and networking in the world.

Hacking reality

Microphones that “hear” light; microprocessors that “tell” us secrets; self-driving cars that “see” fake objects; sensors that “feel” the wrong temperature. Our devices are under attack in new, increasingly sophisticated ways. Security researchers at CSE are exploring the limits of hardware and finding new, sobering vulnerabilities in our computers and homes.

Autonomous vehicles can be fooled to ‘see’ nonexistent obstacles

Vehicles that perceive obstacles that aren’t really there could cause traffic accidents.

New attack on autonomous vehicle sensors creates fake obstacles

Up to this point, no attacks had been discovered targeting a car’s LiDAR system—but a major new finding from researchers at the University of Michigan has demonstrated what that might look like.

CSE alum Qi Alfred Chen selected for ProQuest Dissertation Award

Chen’s dissertation research was dedicated to developing proactive defense approaches to the new security challenges of a hyper-connected world.

Using drones, a new software tool can bring LTE networks anywhere

SkyCore is a complete software solution to deploying mobile networks on unmanned drones

Connected cars can lie, posing a new threat to smart cities

The day when cars can talk to each other – and to traffic lights, stop signs, guardrails and even pavement markings – is rapidly approaching.

Michigan researchers discover vulnerabilities in next-generation connected vehicle technology

The vulnerability allows an attacker to manipulate a new intelligent traffic control algorithm and cause severe traffic jams.

Smartphone security hole

‘Open port’ backdoors are common.

Open ports act as security wormholes into mobile devices

Researchers have for the first time characterized a widespread vulnerability in the software that runs on mobile devices.

Qi Alfred Chen receives Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship for research into network and system security

Chen investigates how to develop defense approaches that can fundamentally address security challenges in existing and future smart systems.

Prof. Z. Morley Mao selected to receive CoE George J. Huebner, Jr. Research Excellence award

Prof. Mao has led inquiries into issues of Internet routing, measurement and security, wide-area and enterprise network management, malware behavior analysis and host-based security in general.

Michigan and Verisign researchers demonstrate new man-in-the-middle WPAD query attack

New security ramifications exist when laptops and smartphones configured for enterprise systems are used outside the enterprise in the realm of the wider web.

Michigan Researchers Win Best Poster Award at MobiSys 2015

It describes their work in measuring important network phenomena for debugging problems at the edge of a cellular network.

Two Michigan Papers Share the Best Paper Award at MobiSys 2015

In an unusual turn of events, we've tied with ourselves for this one.

Z. Morley Mao Receives Google Faculty Research Award

Mao’s goal was to create a diagnosis tool to achieve responsive and energy-efficient mobile apps that work well in diverse network conditions.

Shared Memory in Mobile Operating Systems Provides Ingress Point for Hackers

Sneak attack through smartphone shared memory

A weakness believed to exist in Android, Windows and iOS operating systems could be used to obtain personal information from unsuspecting users, research at the University of Michigan has shown.

Sanae Rosen Selected for Margaret Ayers Host Award

Mark Gordon selected for Google PhD Fellowship

2013 EECS Outstanding Achievement Awards

These annual awards recognize faculty's outstanding accomplishments in teaching, research, and service.

Researchers demonstrate firewall vulnerability in cell network

RobustNet research group releases mobile app that measures 3G network performance

U-M and AT&T researchers develop energy efficiency profiling technology for mobile platforms

Z. Morley Mao Awarded VeriSign Grant for Mobile Internet Infrastructure Research

Yahoo! Expands M45 Supercomputing Initivative, selects U-M

The M45 program allows universities to conduct research otherwise impossible without the power and speed of an Internet-scale supercomputing resource.