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Yao Liu

Y. Liu

Professor

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Biography

Dr. Yao Liu is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Florida. She received her Ph.D in Computer Science from North Carolina State University in 2012. 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 also 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. Dr. Liu is 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. 

Research Interests

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. 

Teaching Interests

Computer and network security; secure coding; algorithms

Education

PhD in Computer Science, North Carolina State University (2012)
MS in Telecommunications, Xidian University (2007)
BS in Computer Science, Xidian University (2004)

Honors and Awards

  • AI-2000 Most Influential Scholar Award Honorable Mention in Security and Privacy, 2020.
  • IEEE GlobalSIP Best Paper Award, 2019.
  • ACM SIGSAC CCS Test-of-Time Award, 2019.
  • University of South Florida Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award, 2017.
  • USENIX Security’17 Grant for Women by Google, 2017.
  • University of South Florida Outstanding Faculty Award, 2017.
  • College of Engineering Outstanding Junior Research Achievement Award, 2016.
  • National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, 2016.
  • Faculty Research Fellow of Air Force Research Lab, 2015.
  • Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), 2010.

Key Activities

  • Senior Area Editor for IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
  • Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
  • Editor for ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security
  • Editor for IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
  • Program Committee, International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM)
  • Program Committee, ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS)
  • Program Committee, USENIX Security Conference (Security) 
  • Program Committee, IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P)