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Professor Li’s research focuses on improving Internet security and privacy. His research entails 1) large-scale measurements of existing security/privacy practices, 2) human-centric investigations of the factors driving existing security/privacy behaviors, and 3) advancing security and privacy mechanisms to offer better empirically-grounded benefits and costs.
Professor Li’ teaching is focused on network security classes at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Professor Li’s research is student-centric and actively involves undergraduate and graduate students.
Amanda Hsu, Nick Feamster, Paul Pearce, and Frank Li. "The Impact of IP Version on Household Internet Speed: A Comparative Study." ACM SIGMETRICS, 2026.
Sena Sahin, Burak Sahin, Robert Berthier, Kate Davis, Saman Zonouz, and Frank Li. "The Challenges and Opportunities with Cybersecurity Regulations: A Case Study of the US Electric Power Sector." ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2025.
Anna Raymaker, Akshaya Kumar, Miuyin Yong Wong, Ryan Pickren, Animesh Chhotaray, Frank Li, Saman Zonouz, and Raheem Beyah. "A Sea of Cyber Threats: Maritime Cybersecurity from the Perspective of Mariners." ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2025.
Qinge Xie, Karthik Ramakrishnan, and Frank Li. "Evaluating Privacy Policies under Modern Privacy Laws At Scale: An LLM-Based Automated Approach." USENIX Security Symposium, 2025.
Sena Sahin, Burak Sahin, and Frank Li. "Was This You? Investigating the Design Considerations for Suspicious Login Notifications." Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS), 2025.
Mert Erdemir, Frank Li, and Paul Pearce. "Understanding IPv6 Aliases and Detection Methods." Passive and Active Measurement Conference (PAM), 2025.
Dhruv Kuchhal, Karthik Ramakrishnan, and Frank Li. "Whatcha Lookin' At: Investigating Third-Party Web Content in Popular Android Apps." ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), 2024.
Yuqi Hu, Suood Al Roomi, Sena Sahin, and Frank Li. "Unmasking the Security and Usability of Password Masking." ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2024.
Ryan Pickren, Animesh Chhotaray, Frank Li, Saman Zonouz, and Raheem Beyah. "Release the Hounds! Automated Inference and Empirical Security Evaluation of Field-Deployed PLCs using Active Network Data." ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2024.
Qinge Xie, Manoj Vignesh Kasi Murali, Paul Pearce, and Frank Li. "Arcanum: Detecting and Evaluating the Privacy Risks of Browser Extensions on Web Pages and Web Content." USENIX Security Symposium, 2024.
Grant Williams, Mert Erdemir, Amanda Hsu, Shraddha Bhat, Abhishek Bhaskar, Frank Li, and Paul Pearce. "6Sense: Internet-Wide IPv6 Scanning and its Security Applications." USENIX Security Symposium, 2024.
Mingyi Liu, Jun Ho Huh, Hyungseok Han, Jaehyuk Lee, Jihae Ahn, Frank Li, Hyoungshick Kim, and Taesoo Kim. "I Experienced More than 10 DeFi Scams: On DeFi Users’ Perception of Security Breaches and Countermeasures." USENIX Security Symposium, 2024.
Miuyin Yong Wong, Matthew Landen, Frank Li, Fabian Monrose, and Mustaque Ahamad. "Comparing Malware Evasion Theory with Practice: Results from Interviews with Expert Analysts." USENIX Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS), 2024.
Qinge Xie and Frank Li. "Crawling to the Top: An Empirical Evaluation of Top List Use." Passive and Active Measurement Conference (PAM), 2024.
Amanda Hsu, Frank Li, Paul Pearce, and Oliver Gasser. "A First Look At NAT64 Deployment In-The-Wild." Passive and Active Measurement Conference (PAM), 2024.