Yuchen Zhao

Welcome!

I am a Lecturer in the Cyber Security and Privacy Research Group in the Department of Computer Science at the University of York. I got my PhD from the University of St Andrews. Before joining York, I had worked at Imperial College London, the University of Southampton, and De Montfort University.

I am broadly interested in user-centric systems powered by personal data and privacy protection in such systems. My current focus is to design and implement edge-based intelligent systems for smart healthcare in a privacy-preserving fashion through federated learning.

I am looking for self-motivated students who want to design and implement real-world systems that can actually reform our lives. If you want to do a PhD with me and are interested in topics such as usable privacy and security, edge computing, and privacy-preserving machine learning, please get in touch!