About Ian

I am a tenure-track assistant professor at Miner School of CIS at UMASS Lowell. I work on machine learning, security, and privacy. Before joining UMASS Lowell, I was a postdoc at CNSR@VT and obtained my Ph.D. at CNSG@ASU. I received my B.S. from PKU and M.Phil from CUHK, Hong Kong.

• We have ongoing Colloquium at CS@UMass Lowell. Check out the exciting talks here!

News

• Ian is to serve as a TPC member for NDSS 2026. (Apr. 2025)
• Both DIARY and Physical Backdoors are accepted to IEEE ICDCS 2025. (Mar. 2025)
• Ian is to serve as a TPC member for IEEE MILCOM 2025 and PETs 2026. (Mar. 2025)
• Our OpenTrigger attack on deep learning is accepted by PAKDD 2025 Special Session DSFA. (Project, Code)
• Ian is to serve as a TPC member for IEEE CNS 2025. (Feb. 2025)
• Our AirTrojan attack on Federated Learning is accepted by IEEE CNS 2024. (Project, Code)