Short Bio

Dr. Yao Liu received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from North Carolina State University in 2012. Dr. Liu's research is related to computer and network security, with an emphasis on designing and implementing defense approaches that protect mobile, network and computer technologies from being undermined by adversaries. Her research interests also lie in the security applications for cyber-physical systems, Internet of Things, and machine learning. Dr. Liu has been active in serving in the organization and technical program committees in premier network and security conferences, including ACSAC, CCS, CNS, INFOCOM, NDSS, S&P, USENIX Security, and WiSec. She has been in the editorial boards of leading academic journals, including IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, and ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security. She has also served as a Senior Area Editor for IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing and IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. Dr. Liu was an NSF CAREER Award recipient in 2016. She received USF Outstanding Research Achievement Award in 2017. She also received the ACM CCS Test-of-Time Award by ACM SIGSAC in 2019. Dr. Liu is a member of ACM and IEEE.

Current Students and Alumni

• Changjia Zhu, Ph.D. Student, Spring 2023 - Present
• Chi Zhang, Ph.D. Student, Fall 2022 - Present
• Xiaowen Li, Ph.D. Student, Fall 2021 - Present
• Yuwen Cui, Ph.D. Student, Fall 2021 - Present
• Xiao Han, Ph.D. Student, Fall 2019 - Present
• Junjie Xiong, Ph.D., Fall 2019 - Spring 2025, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at University of Missouri Science and Technology.
  
• Tao Hou, Ph.D., Fall 2016 - Summer 2022, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at University of North Texas.
  
• Abed Alanazi, Ph.D., Fall 2016 - Fall 2021, Assistant Professor, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.
  
• Ahmad Alagil, Ph.D., Spring 2015 - Spring 2020 , Associate Professor, Umm Al Qura University, Saudi Arabia.
  
• Dakun Shen, Ph.D., Spring 2014 - Summer 2019, Research Fellow of Computer Science at Zhejiang University.
  
• Tao Wang, Ph.D., Fall 2016 - Summer 2019, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at University of North Texas.
  
• Ian Markwood, Ph.D., Fall 2013 - Spring 2018, BlackHorse Solutions.
  
• Song Fang, Ph.D., Fall 2013 - Summer 2018, Associate Professor, Computer Science, University of Oklahoma..