Biography
Alexis Challande obtained his PhD at Quarkslab in October 2022, a French middle-size security company. His research interests include 1 day detection applied to embedded systems, AOSP usage through with a security mindset and usage of graph theories applied to binary analysis. His PhD was conducted in the GRACE team at the Laboratoire d’Informatique de l’Ecole Polytechnique (LiX).
Warning: Alexis will be out for a sabbatical starting in December 2022.
Download my resumé (last updated in December 2022).
Interests
- Binary Analysis and Reverse Engineering
- Android Open Source Project
- IDA scripting
Education
PhD in Binary Analysis, 2022
Ecole Polytechnique
Master in Digital Security, 2018
Eurecom
BSc in Computer Science, 2015
University Pierre & Marie Curie
Work Experience
Security Engineer
Quarkslab
I am part of the Automated Analysis team where I mostly work on the following topics:
- Detection of 1 day vulnerabilities in Android phones (for my PhD)
- Android Application Analysis
- Tooling development
- IDA Plugin development
Master Internship
Anssi
I worked on the identification of cryptographic code in binary code.
Apprentice in Cyber Security
AXA CS
I worked in the Cybersecurity Team on the implementation of ISO 2700X norms.
Talks & Presentations
Publications
(2022).
Building a commit-level dataset of real-world vulnerabilities.
CODASPY'22.