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Mar 10, 25
I’ve been busy focusing on my thesis and writing several grants, which involve creating and evaluating real-time surveillance systems using vision language models (VLMs). ๐งโ๐ป
The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Pilot proposal I wrote got approved for $20k in cloud credits! (Evaluating Privacy and Surveillance Risks of Large Language Models, NAIRR240418) NAIRR Grant โ๏ธ
I learned how to produce my own music. ๐ง
I gave a guest lecture for Barbara McQuade and Florian Schaub’s Law School course: Defending Against Deepfakes and Disinformation . ๐จโ๐ซ
I flew an airplane for the first time! Learning and performing all the procedures made me feel confident. Starting my journey to earn my pilot’s license. ๐ฉ๏ธ
I visited my parent’s home Taiwan for the first time in 22 years! I felt a profound sense of connection to Taipei and its culture. ๐น๐ผ
I was a finalist at the Bloomberg Summer of Puzzles Competition along with 3 other of my friends in the UMich CSE Ph.D. program! We competed in the final round at Bloomberg’s headquarters in New York. ๐ข
The Defense University Research Instrumentation Program proposal I helped write received $300k in equipment funding for the RTCL! (Advanced Instrumentation for Research on Securing Cyber-Physical System Communication and Control) ๐ธ
I was one of the finalists in the University of Michigan 3 Minute Thesis Competition ๐๏ธ
My project, Eye-Shield made it into the press ! ๐ฐ
I gave my first in-person talk for my project, Eye-Shield ! ๐ฝ๏ธ
I filed my first patent for my project, Eye-Shield ! ๐
I attended my first in-person conference at IEEE S&P at San Francisco for my paper, Detection of Inconsistencies in Privacy Practices of Browser Extensions ! ๐จ
My paper, Eye-Shield: Real-Time Protection of Mobile Device Screen Information from Shoulder Surfing , got accepted at USENIX Security 2023! ๐ฑ๐
I passed my prelim exam and am now on the path to becoming a PhD Candidate! ๐ง
My paper, Fairness Properties of Face Recognition and Obfuscation Systems , got accepted at USENIX Security 2023! ๐ ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ ๐ฟโโ๏ธ๐ ๐ฟโโ๏ธ๐ ๐ปโโ๏ธ
My paper, Do Opt-Outs Really Opt Me Out? , got accepted at ACM CCS 2022! ๐ซ
My paper, Detection of Inconsistencies in Privacy Practices of Browser Extensions , got accepted at IEEE S&P 2023! ๐ฉโโ๏ธ
My paper, Confidant: A Privacy Controller for Social Robots , got accepted at HRI 2022! ๐ค
I received the University of Michigan College of Engineering 1st Year Ph.D. Fellowship! ๐ง
I joined the Real-Time Computing Lab at the University of Michigan as a Ph.D. student! ๐ป
I graduated with a B.S. in Computer Sciences at UW - Madison! ๐
I gave my first talk (virtual) for my project, Face-Off ! ๐ฝ๏ธ๐งโ๐ป
My paper, Face-Off: Adversarial Face Obfuscation , got accepted at PoPETS 2021! ๐
I started my software engineering internship at Roblox Corporation ! ๐ฎ
I finished my first paper, Rearchitecting Classification Frameworks For Increased Robustness . ๐
I joined the Wisconsin Privacy and Security Group at the University of Wisconsin - Madison as an undergraduate student researcher! ๐
I started my software engineering internship at Optum ! ๐ฅ
I started my undergraduate degree in Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin - Madison! ๐ซ