Curriculum Vitae

Professional Positions

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2020.12 – 2024.07)

@ NIH Center for Genetic Privacy and Identity in Community Settings, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Risk assessment for the Genomic Information Commons Platform of the Boston Children Hospital.
Developed a game theoretical approach to protect biomedical data sharing from multistage privacy attacks.
Developing game theoretic risk mitigation framework for privacy-preserving sharing of public health data – A case study on individual-level COVID-19 data

Research Assistant (2013.06 – 2020.12)

@ Health Information Privacy Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University

Developed accurate estimation methods for Quasi-Identifier anonymity.
Risk assessment and risk management for identifiability disclosure in genomics research.
Developed a game theoretical framework on privacy protection during health and genomic data sharing.

Teaching Assistant (2012.08 – 2013.05)

@ Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University

Graded and taught help-sessions on Discrete Structures and Introduction to Programming with MATLAB (which is available on Coursera since April 15, 2015).

Research Assistant (2011.01 – 2012.06)

@ Center for Information Engineering Science Research, Xi’an Jiaotong University

Compared performance evaluation metrics (e.g. root-mean-square error) for estimation algorithms.

Information-technology Talent Program (ITP) Member and Intern (2009.06 – 2010.12)

@ Ministry of Education Key Lab for Intelligent Networks & Network Security, Xi’an Jiaotong University

Proposed a honeynet-based collaborative defense framework, and improved a blacklisting algorithm.
Supported and Tested Botwarden – A Botnet Detecting and Tracking System.
Presented to the planning committee of the National High-tech R&D Program (863 Program).

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Awards and Honors

2023

Inaugural Bridge2AI Voice Symposium Poster Competition, Winner (2023.04)

2019

Russell G. Hamilton Graduate Leadership Institute Travel Grant, $1,000 USD (2019.11)

2018

2018 IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics Best Papers, One of the best papers (2018.08)

2017

Vanderbilt University Graduate Student Travel Grant, $500 USD (2017.03)

2016

2016 iDASH Privacy and Security Competition Track 1, Winner (2016.11)
iDASH Travel Award, $1,250 USD (2016.11)

2010

Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU) Outstanding Graduate, Top 2% (2010.12)
XJTU Outstanding Student, Top 10% (2010.09)
Hainan Airlines Chi Hong Scholarship (~$3,000 USD), Top 60 graduates in China (2010.09)
COMAP’s Mathematical Contest in Modeling, Honorable Mention (2010.02)
XJTU Mathematical Contest in Modeling (English) , First Prize (2010.01)

2009

China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling, Second Prize (2009.09)
XJTU Outstanding Student, Top 10% (2009.09)
XJTU Siyuan Scholarship, Top 10% (2009.09)
XJTU Mathematical Contest in Modeling, First Prize (2009.06)
XJTU ACM/ICPC Collegiate Programming Contest, Third Prize (2009.04)
COMAP’s Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling, Successful Participant (2009.02)

2008

China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling, Second Prize (2008.09)
XJTU Outstanding Student, Top 10% (2008.09)
XJTU Fuji Xerox (Shenzhen) Scholarship, Top 5% (2008.09)
XJTU Mathematical Contest in Modeling, First Prize (2008.06)

2006

XJTU Siyuan Scholarship, Top 10% (2006.09)

Computer Science Courses

Vanderbilt University

CS 396 (8396) Special Topics – Data Privacy in Biomedicine (A-)
CS 388 (6388) Model-Integrated Computing (A+)
CS 381 (6381) Advanced Operating Systems (Distributed Systems) Principles (A)
CS 362 (6362) Machine Learning (A)
CS 360 (6360) Advanced Artificial Intelligence (B+)
CS 310 (6310) Design and Analysis of Algorithms (B+)
CS 292 (3892) Special Topics – Big Data (A)
CS 292 (3892) Special Topics – Cloud Computing (A)
CS 285 (4285) Network Security (A)
CS 283 (4283) Computer Networks (A)

Xi’an Jiaotong University

Network Security (98/100)
Computer Networks and Communication(87/100)
Database (84/100)
Operating System (94/100)
Data Structures and Algorithm (87/100)
Object-Oriented Programming (94/100)
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery (86/100)
Image Processing and Pattern Recognition (89/100)
Discrete Mathematics (90/100)
Fundamentals of Programming (83/100)
Fundamentals of Computer (94/100)
Microcomputer Principles and Interface Techniques (93/100)
Computer Control Techniques (93/100)
Mathematical Modeling (85/100)
Probability Theory and Stochastic Process (100/100)
Functions of Complex Variables and Integral Transformations (100/100)
Analog Electronics (94/100)
Digital Logic Circuit (89/100)
Digital Signal Processing (90/100)
Signals and Systems (82/100)
Methods of System Engineering (91/100)
Multisensor Information Fusion (94/100)
Distributed Control (93/100)
Automatic Control Theory (80/100)
Intelligent Control (92/100)

Selected Course Projects

A Game Theoretic Framework for Protecting Genomic Privacy, Preliminary Exam (Spring 2015)
Freelancer Recommender System based on Mahout, Big Data (Spring 2014)
Community Detection in Social Networks, Machine Learning (Spring 2014)
More Accurate Estimation of Quasi-Identifier Anonymity, Data Privacy in Biomedicine (Spring 2013)
Instant Messenger with Multimedia Messages, Computer Networks (Spring 2013)
Security and Privacy Preservation in Healthcare Data Flows, Advanced Operating Systems Principles (Fall 2012)
Botnet attacks on Cyber-Physical Systems, Network Security (Fall 2012)

Technical Skills

Programming Languages: Python, MATLAB, Java, C/C++, VB, Delphi, MASM, CORBA, UML;

Simulation Platforms: MATLAB Simulink, LabVIEW, OMNeT++, GME, Formula;

Network Security Tools: VMware, GnuPG, OpenSSL, Netcat, Nessus, Wireshark, Sniffer;

Website Development: HTML, PHP, ASP, JavaScript, SQL Server, Dreamweaver;

Big Data: Mahout, Scala, Spark, Hive;

Cloud Computing: Hadoop, Hbase.

Leadership and Memberships

Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Association (VPA) (2021.08 – 2023.07)

Position: Vice Chair on Communications, Co-chair on Community Building, Annual VPA Symposium Committee Member
Activities: Annual VPA Symposium, “Speak Easy” – a postdoc talk series, Communications with other organizations, Management of social accounts.

Vanderbilt University Chinese Students and Scholars Association (VUCSSA) (2015.05 – 2018.05)

Position: Vice President General, Vice President of IT
Activities: Spring Festival Gala, Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, 3v3 Basketball Championship, Badminton Championship, administrations of the official website and the mailing list, etc.

Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU) EIE Class 72 (2010.09 – 2011.09)

Position: Class President
Activities: Organizing events.

XJTU Changshu Student Club (2006.09–2011.06)

Position: Founder
Activities: Organizing events, communications, networking.

XJTU Office of Admissions (2009.03 – 2010.03)

Position: Student Assistant
Activities: XJTU 2009&2010 SCGY admission interview.

XJTU Taekwondo Association (2008.09 – 2009.09)

Position: Core Member
Activities: XJTU New Year Evening Gala Show, XJTU Taekwondo Contest.

XJTU Sports Department in Undergraduate Students’ Union (2007.09 – 2008.02)

Position: Core Organizer
Activities: XJTU Undergraduate Basketball Contest, XJTU Undergraduate Football Contest.

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (2014.01 – present)

Position: Student Member or Member

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2015.01 – present)

Position: Student Member or Member

American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) (2016.11 –

present)

Position: Student Member or Member
Activities: AMIA Annual Symposia 2016/2019/2020/2021/2022/2023.

American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) (2016.09 – 2020.12)

Position: Student Member

European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) (2016.12 – 2020.12)

Position: Student Member

Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) (2017.03 – 2020.12)

Position: Student Member
Activities: AAAI Spring Symposium 2017.

Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE) (2015.09 – present)

Position: Member

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) (2022.09 – 2022.12)

Position: Member
Activities: 2022 INFORMS Annual Meeting