معرفی
Zhiyuan Chen is a Professor and Chair of the Information Systems Department at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Cornell University, with prior work experience including a postdoc at Microsoft Research and research roles at AT&T and IBM. His research focuses on data privacy, adversarial machine learning, database systems, and semantic web technologies.
Education:
- PhD in Computer Science, Cornell University (2002)
- MS and BS in Computer Science, Fudan University, China (1995-1997)
Research Interests:
- Privacy-preserving data mining and security
- Adversarial learning and cybersecurity defenses
- RDF triple stores and semantic data integration
- Database query optimization and compression techniques
Grants & Collaborations:
- Principal Investigator on a $1.2M ONR grant (2018-2021) for secure federated data sharing
- Collaborations with US Naval Academy on Rya triple-store enhancements
Teaching:
- Courses include Advanced Database Projects (IS 620), Database Management Systems (IS 633), and specialized topics in XML/Privacy
Key Projects:
- Developed MITRE-funded anonymization techniques for network traces
- Designed a situation-aware access control framework for coalition environments
- Led NSF-funded work on privacy-preserving classification methods
