- Recipient of NSF CAREER Award (2024), NSF CRII Award (2023), Cisco Research Award (2022), and Amazon Research Award (2020)
- Received Dean's Excellence in Research Award (2024)
- Named among the Global Top 50 Chinese Rising Stars in AI + X by Baidu Scholar (2022)
- Multiple best paper awards (CCS’24, CVPRW’20) and honorable mention awards (NDSS’19)
Research Experience
- Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, since August 2021
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Duke University, from August 2019 to July 2021
Education
- Ph.D.: May 2019, Iowa State University, Advisor: Neil Gong
- M.Sc.: 2015, Dalian University of Technology (China), graduated with the highest honor (Qu Bochuan Scholarship)
- B.E.: 2012, Dalian University of Technology (China), graduated with the highest honor (Qu Bochuan Scholarship)
- Postdoc: August 2019 to July 2021, Duke University, Collaborators: Neil Gong, Yiran Chen
Background
Research interests: Trustworthy AI, Data-Driven Security and Privacy, and AI/Data Science. Brief introduction: Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Illinois Institute of Technology since August 2021.