Xuan Chen

Xuan Chen

CS Ph.D. Student

Purdue University

About

I am a Ph.D. student in the Computer Science Department at Purdue University, advised by Professor Xiangyu Zhang. I also work closely with Professor Wenbo Guo. Before joining Purdue, I obtained my master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and my bachelor’s degree from University of Science and Technology Beijing.

My research interests lie in AL/ML security, especially backdoor attacks and defenses and using reinformcement learning to solve complex security problems.

Interests

  • AI Security
  • Reinforcement Learning

Education

  • MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2020

    Carnegie Mellon University

  • BSc in Electrical Engineering, 2019

    University of Science and Technology Beijing

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Applied Scientist Intern

Amazon

May 2024 – Aug 2024 San Diego, CA
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant

Computer Science Department, Purdue University

Aug 2021 – Present West Lafayette, IN
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Carnegie Mellon University

Dec 2019 – Dec 2020 Pittsburgh, PA