'm excited to share that I will be joining the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at Texas A&M University as an Assistant Professor starting August 2025. I'm actively recruiting multiple fully funded PhD students, with openings as early as Spring 2026!
🔬 My research focuses on the security and privacy of AI/ML and intelligent systems, particularly at the intersection of:
- Machine Learning Systems
- Generative AI
- Cyber-Physical System & IoT Sensing
If you're passionate about AI Security, CPS, or trustworthy machine learning, I'd love to hear from you! Feel free to reach out via email:
📧 zhiyuanyu1997 [AT] gmail [DOT] com
🤵♂️ About me:
I received my PhD in Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis in May 2025, and my undergraduate degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. My work has been recognized with:
- Distinguished Paper Award, USENIX Security 2024
- Distinguished Artifact Award, USENIX Security 2023
- Winner of the FTC Voice Cloning Challenge 2024
- Named as Machine Learning and Systems Rising Star, 2024
I work closely with students on papers and ideas, and encourage independent exploration. Our lab will be equipped with IoT/Robotics hardware and extensive AI computing resources. TAMU also recently invested $45M in one of the most powerful academic AI supercomputers — the NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD with 760 Hopper GPUs, accessible to our group for research.
