Bian Yang

Bian Yang is a Professor at the Department of Information Security and Communication Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering. His research focuses on biometric data protection, privacy-enhancing technologies, and healthcare cybersecurity since joining NTNU in 2008.

• Education: Ph.D. (2006), M.S. (2002), B.S. (2000)
• Research Interests: Secure health data management, privacy-preserving computing, human factors in security, secure biometrics, and multimedia security

His work includes establishing the eHealth and Welfare Security (eHWS) group under NTNU's Center for Cyber and Information Security (CCIS) in 2016, aiming to bridge cybersecurity and healthcare sectors. Recent publications emphasize privacy-preserving continuous authentication, generative AI in biometrics, and consent management in IoT. Articles span journals like Pattern Recognition, IEEE Access, and Journal of Personalized Medicine, reflecting interdisciplinary applications of machine learning, GANs, and policy frameworks to healthcare security.

Scientific Contributions: Over 15 recent publications address topics such as AI-driven stress detection, security for wearable devices, and cybersecurity in low-income healthcare, with a focus on privacy barriers, adaptive protocols, and multi-party data governance.