Our research is focused on cyber security, in particular network and information security, human-behaviors in computer security, user-centric and user-friendly systems, insider threats, secure information sharing, data privacy, and applied cryptography.

Research Directions

• Malware Detection
• Data Anonymization
• Trust and ID Management

• Please check out the news release on our ongoing work on activity-based authentication HERE, also at AAAS EurekAlert science news HERE, Home News Tribune, Courier News, and the Asbury Park Press HERE, ACM Tech News HERE, WCTC Radio News, NSF News HERE, Futurity HERE.
• Due to family reason, Dr. Yao will move to Virginia Tech at the end of this year (2009). She will start as an assistant professor at VT Computer Science in January 2010.