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Elizabeth Lin

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Bio

Elizabeth Lin is a PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University. Elizabeth joined the WSPR lab in 2022 and is being advised by Dr. William Enck. She is currently focusing on software supply chain security. Before joining NCSU, Elizabeth received her B.S. in Computer Science in 2022 from National Chengchi University.

Publications

  • Elizabeth Lin, Sparsha Gowda, William Enck, and Dominik Wermke, Context Matters: Qualitative Insights into Developers’ Approaches and Challenges with Software Composition Analysis, in Proceedings of the USENIX Security Symposium, Aug. 2025.
  • Trevor Dunlap, Elizabeth Lin, William Enck, and Bradley Reaves, VFCFinder: Pairing Security Advisories and Patches, in Proceedings of the ACM ASIA Conference on Computer and Communications Security (AsiaCCS), Jul. 2024.
  • Elizabeth Lin, Igibek Koishybayev, Trevor Dunlap, William Enck, and Alexandros Kapravelos, UntrustIDE: Exploiting Weaknesses in VS Code Extensions, in Proceedings of the ISOC Network and Distributed Systems Symposium (NDSS), Feb. 2024.
  • Nusrat Zahan, Elizabeth Lin, Mahzabin Tamanna, William Enck, and Laurie Williams, Software Bills of Materials Are Required. Are We There Yet?, IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 82–88, Mar. 2023. (column).