Scholar
Haitao Zheng
Google Scholar ID: XrIr0nYAAAAJ
Neubauer Professor of Computer Science, University of Chicago
Citations & Impact
Citations
9,503
H-index
45
i10-index
125
Publications
20
Co-authors
7
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Selected as one of the MIT Technology Review's TR35 (2005) for work on Cognitive Radios; featured by MIT Technology Review as one of the 10 Emerging Technologies (2006). Fellow of the World Technology Network, IEEE Fellow (class'15), and ACM Fellow (Class'22). Received the ECE Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2021. Recent work on protecting human creatives from unethical data exploration received the USENIX Internet Defense Prize (2023), the Chicago Innovation Award (2023), a special mention in TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions (2023), and the Community Impact Award from the Concept Art Association (2024).
Research Experience
- Before joining the University of Chicago, she spent 6 years in industry labs (Bell-Labs and Microsoft Research Asia) and 12 years at the University of California, Santa Barbara. At UChicago, she co-directs the SAND Lab (Security, Algorithms, Networking, and Data) with Prof. Ben Y. Zhao.
Education
- Received her PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1999.
Background
- Neubauer Professor of Computer Science at the University of Chicago, with research interests in applied machine learning, and security and privacy. Previously worked in industry labs (Bell-Labs and Microsoft Research Asia).
Miscellany
- Board member of the University of Chicago Laboratory School. Recently gave a TEDxChicago 2025 talk on protecting human creativity and identity.
