Leah Ding

Leah Ding is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at American University. Her research focuses on trustworthy machine learning with applications in cybersecurity and scientific data analytics.

Her expertise spans:

• Adversarial attacks on multimedia systems
• Deepfake detection techniques
• Secure AI for climate science applications
• Robust machine learning models

Her publications demonstrate significant contributions to audio security, deepfake detection, and AI applications in atmospheric science. Recent work shows increasing focus on adversarial robustness in AI systems.

Awards include:

• IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Outstanding Paper Award