Hi! I am Burak Sahin, a Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology, advised by Saman Zonouz (CPSec Lab) and co-advised by Brendan Saltaformaggio (CyFI Lab).
Critical infrastructure is foundational to national security and public safety, yet the underlying control systems remain high-value targets for sophisticated adversaries. My research aims to strengthen the security and resilience of these cyber-physical systems through practical methods for vulnerability discovery, forensic investigation, and malware analysis. I specialize in applying security testing techniques, including fuzzing and symbolic execution, to identify flaws and investigate failures across industrial and emerging autonomous systems.
For the full list, see the Publications page or my CV.
Fuzzing the Physical Space: Physics-Aware Testing of Black-Box Industrial Control Systems. Burak Sahin, David Oygenblik, Mingxuan Yao, Yizhi Huang, Brendan Saltaformaggio, Saman Zonouz. IEEE S&P, 2026.
The Challenges and Opportunities with Cybersecurity Regulations: A Case Study of the US Electric Power Sector. Sena Sahin, Burak Sahin, Robin Berthier, Kate Davis, Saman Zonouz, Frank Li. ACM CCS, 2025.
Was This You? Investigating the Design Considerations for Suspicious Login Notifications. Sena Sahin, Burak Sahin, Frank Li. NDSS, 2025.
Your Control Host Intrusion Left Some Physical Breadcrumbs: Physical Evidence-Guided Post-Mortem Triage of SCADA Attacks. Moses Ike, Keaton Sadoski, Romuald Valme, Burak Sahin, Saman Zonouz, Wenke Lee. AsiaCCS, 2025.
Identifying Behavior Dispatchers for Malware Analysis. Kyuhong Park, Burak Sahin, Yongheng Chen, Jisheng Zhao, Evan Downing, Hong Hu, Wenke Lee. AsiaCCS, 2021.
Complexity Verification Using Guided Theorem Enumeration. Akhilash Srikanth, Burak Sahin, William R. Harris. POPL, 2017.