Zhiyuan Yu

Zhiyuan Yu

Ph.D. Candidate at Washington Unviersity in St. Louis

Biography

Zhiyuan Yu is a final-year Ph.D. candidate at Washington University in St. Louis, working on the security and privacy of AI-driven cyber-physical systems. His research focuses on bridging cyber and physical components in embodied AI to develop resilient defenses, across different domains like autonomous systems, medical imaging, and generative AI (GenAI) applications.

I am on the job market in the 2024-2025 cycle, please feel free to reach out!

Download my Curriculum Vitae.

Interests

  • Cyber-Physical Security
  • Generative AI
  • Autonomous Systems

Education

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering, 2019 - 2025

    Washington University in St. Louis

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 2015 - 2019

    Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Personal

  • You can pronounce my first name like “Chi-yuen” or “Zhee-youwan”.
  • I love solving and creating CTF challenges.
  • In my free time, I enjoy tennis, mini golf, and kayaking - always happy to have partners!

News

Conference Papers

Teaching

 
 
 
 
 
CSE 569S - Recent Advances in Computer Security and Privacy
Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Mar 2024 – Present Undergraduate and Graduate
Guest Lecturer, Lecture Topic: “Security and Safety in Generative AI”
 
 
 
 
 
CSE 569S - Recent Advances in Computer Security and Privacy
Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Jan 2022 – May 2022 Undergraduate and Graduate
Overall : 6.54 (Department Average: 5.44), Inclusive : 6.74 (Department Average: 6.02)