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Data Security and Privacy (DataSec) Lab

For highly-motivated students (Ph.D./M.Sc./Undergraduate) and visiting students/scholars, if you are interested in the research on Security, Privacy and AI, especially their intersections, please send an email to Dr. Hong (yuan.hong AT uconn.edu).

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Ph.D. Students


Ph.D. Alumni


M.Sc. Students

  • Nima Naderloui (Co-advised with Dr. Lingyu Wang)
  • Varun Matta from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (Co-advised with Dr. Shamik Sural from Undergraduate to M.Sc.)

Undergraduate Students

  • Junxin Liu (Intern from Beijing Normal University)
  • Harrison Hua (UConn)
  • Joshua Lee (UConn)

High School Students

  • Harry Yu
  • Andy Wan

Research Sponsors (Acknowledgement of Support)

                                  

Alumni

  • Mario Morales (Undergraduate RA): now Security Analyst in Accenture
  • Truong Pham (Undergraduate RA): now CS Ph.D. Student in University of Texas at Dallas
  • Maria Vela Melendez: now Software Engineer
  • Nathan Decou: now Software Engineer
  • Killian Trolès: now Software Engineer at Uber
  • Laureline Dubucq: now Software Engineer
  • Zhenyu Meng (M.Sc. in IIT): now CS Ph.D. Student in University of Nebraska at Omaha
  • Jingyu Sun (M.Sc. in IIT): now Software Engineer
  • Dr. Lan Yao (Visited in 2018 and 2019): Associate Professor, Northeastern University, China
  • Li Xu (M.Sc. in IIT): now Software Engineer in Nvidia
  • Ersin Dincelli (Ph.D. partially worked with Yuan): now Assistant Professor at University of Colorado at Denver
  • Nicholas Rizzo (Undergraduate RA-SUNY STEM): now Ph.D. in Cybersecurity and Security Specialist
  • Daniel Ziokowski (Undergraduate RA-SUNY STEM): KPMG
  • Nicole Ganz (Undergradudate RA-Honor Thesis): Risk Analyst in PwC
  • Other Undergraduate Students in Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics: Valecia Stocchetti, Brett Schenkel, Louis Smith, Pete McCarran, Faith Mills, Asif Mahamud, Jesus Arenas, Jillian Stella, Ryan Foster, Lance Porter, Rosa Bautista, Kaitlyn Kelly, Nichole Pinto, Hannah Kabir, David Lin, Chris Prince, Christina D'Antonio, etc. [First Class Graduated in 2016]