Hello! I am a PhD student in the School of Computing at Macquarie University, jointly supervised by Prof. Mark Dras and Dr. Qiongkai Xu. My primary research interest is in tackling privacy and security challenges in ML/NLP models and their applications.

I approach these challenges from two directions:

• Data privacy: auditing potential leakage throughout the lifecycle of machine learning models (e.g., reconstruction attacks) and evaluating or improving defenses such as differential privacy.
• Security: investigating mechanisms that make models vulnerable to adversarial manipulation, particularly backdoor attacks, and developing interpretable defenses to enhance robustness and trustworthiness.

Beyond these areas, I am keen to explore advanced and emerging topics in privacy and security, and I welcome opportunities for collaboration on related challenges.

I completed a Master of Research at Macquarie University in 2024, where I received a thesis score of 93 (High Distinction), leading to my admission into the PhD program with a full scholarship. Before that, I earned an M.S. in Information Technology with Distinction from The University of Melbourne in 2023, an M.S. in Control Engineering in 2016, and a B.A. in Mechanical Engineering in 2013, both from Chongqing University.