# Chenye Ni

Chenye Ni's Chinese name is 倪晨烨.

I'm a Ph.D. student at the [University of Auckland](https://www.auckland.ac.nz), advised by [Elliott Wen](https://www.elliottwen.info/) and [Valerio Terragni](https://valerio-terragni.github.io/). My work focuses on software supply chain security and reproducible builds—checking whether software matches its source code.

## Publications

- [RustBuildEq: A Benchmark for Binary Equivalence under Build Variability](https://doi.org/10.1145/3805760.3814930): AIware 2026. A labelled corpus of Rust binary pairs for learning when build differences are benign.
  Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19244908; PDF: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3805760.3814930; ACM: https://doi.org/10.1145/3805760.3814930
- [Playsemble: Learning Low-Level Programming Through Interactive Games](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.20167): SIGCSE TS 2027. Teaching low-level programming through games rather than exercises.
  Project: https://asm.protoyard.com/; PDF: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.20167; arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.20167

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3461-2056

## Background

### Education

- University of Auckland. Ph.D. in Computer Science, advised by Elliott Wen and Valerio Terragni. (Jul 2026 — now; Auckland, New Zealand).
- University of Auckland. Master of Science in Computer Science, First Class Honours. (Nov 2024 — Feb 2026; Auckland, New Zealand).

### Experience

- Robotics Lab, University of Auckland. Research Assistant. (Jul 2026 — now; Auckland, New Zealand).
- [HASEL, University of Auckland](https://hasel.auckland.ac.nz/). Member. (Mar 2026 — now; Auckland, New Zealand).

### Teaching

- [SOFTENG 325 — Software Architecture](https://study.auckland.ac.nz/ords/r/uoa/catalogue/course?p6_code=SOFTENG+325&p0_catalogue_year=2026&p0_catalogue_term=Two). Teaching Assistant, University of Auckland. (Aug 2026 — now).
- [COMPSCI 331 — Large-Scale Software Development](https://study.auckland.ac.nz/ords/r/uoa/catalogue/course?p6_code=COMPSCI+331&p0_catalogue_year=2026&p0_catalogue_term=One). Teaching Assistant, University of Auckland. (Mar — Jun 2026).
- [COMPSCI 702 — Security for Smart-Devices](https://study.auckland.ac.nz/ords/r/uoa/catalogue/course?p6_code=COMPSCI+702&p0_catalogue_year=2026&p0_catalogue_term=One). Teaching Assistant, University of Auckland. (Mar — Jun 2026).

### Awards

- [Tūwhana Doctoral Scholarship](https://ssc-fort.github.io/). Full funding, from the MBIE Endeavour Fund. (2026).
- [First in Course — COMPSCI 702](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/study/scholarships-and-awards/find-a-scholarship/first-in-course-award-650-all.html). University of Auckland. (2025).

## Pages

- [Home](https://chenyeni.com/): biography and publications
- [CV](https://chenyeni.com/cv/): education, experience, teaching, awards
- [Blog](https://chenyeni.com/blog/): writing, also available via [RSS](https://chenyeni.com/rss.xml)