Hua Yan

Hua Yan is a Senior Backend Engineer at GitLab, specializing in static program analysis to identify security bugs. They have previously held positions as a Staff Software Engineer at Tencent and Sangfor Technologies, where they developed systems for static application security testing and led engineering teams in creating anti-virus software. Hua Yan has also worked as a Research Associate at UNSW, developing tools for security bug detection and mentoring PhD students. With a PhD in Computer Science from UNSW and over ten published research papers and patents, they are well-versed in program analysis, cybersecurity, and software engineering.