Yuping Li

Yuping Li is a highly experienced professional in the field of security engineering, currently serving as a Staff Security Engineer at Pinterest since June 2018, where major contributions include the development of a universal authorization framework and a certificate-based SSH access control system. Prior to this role, Yuping Li gained valuable experience through internships at Didi Research America, Samsung Research America, and HP Research Labs, focusing on malware detection, binary patch analysis, and big data for security applications. Early career experience included a position as an Assistant Research Engineer at Leadsec, concentrating on network traffic pattern recognition and web application security. Yuping Li holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of South Florida and a Bachelor of Science in Information Security from Southwest Jiaotong University.