Kaitai Liang
Dr. Liang is a tenured faculty member in the Cybersecurity group at TU Delft, where he also leads the CRYPTAI Lab. He earned his PhD in Computer Science from CityU Hong Kong. Prior to joining Delft, Dr. Liang held several academic positions, including as an information security research intern at A*STAR, a postdoctoral researcher at Aalto University, and an academic visitor at universities, e.g., UCL and Northwest University. He also served as an assistant professor in secure systems at the University of Surrey.
Since joining Delft in 2020, Dr. Liang has gained significant recognition within the cybersecurity and ICT communities. He has secured European funding for several high-impact projects related to cybersecurity and AI, serving as PI and bringing in over 3 million euros in funding to the university. His research has led to real-world impact through collaborations with partners, e.g., IBM, Fujitsu, NEC, BIBA, ATOS, with use cases, e.g., smart satellite (ASSURED, Greece), smart transportation (IRIS, Spain), and cross-border biometric data exchange (TENSOR, Portugal).
Dr. Liang’s research, which applies information security tools to tackle cybersecurity challenges, has earned over 5,500 citations. His work has been featured in top-tier conferences, e.g., USENIX Security, NDSS, CVPR, SIGMETRICS, ESORICS, Asiacrypt, and many others, as well as in leading international journals, e.g., IEEE IoT, IEEE TII, IEEE TIFS, IEEE TDSC.
A sought-after expert, Dr. Liang has been invited to serve on PC member, as General Chair, and as a Steering Committee member for renowned security and privacy conferences such as USENIX Security, ACM CCS, IEEE Euro S&P, ESORICS, IEEE CSF, PoPETs. He also serves as an Associate Editor for prominent journals, e.g., The Computer Journal, IEEE Open Journal of the Communication Society, IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE TAI.
Dr. Liang has contributed to ISO standards, as a member of the BSI (when he was in UK) and as part of the NEN standards committee 381027 "Cybersecurity & Privacy" in the Netherlands. He has also been invited to serve on funding review committees and panels for NWO (Dutch research council) and other external funding bodies.
Dr. Liang is a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy, UK, and holds a certificate of UTQ in the Netherlands. Since 2016, he has been actively involved in designing, teaching, and evaluating international Master's and Bachelor's courses, as well as supervising MSc and PhD theses in countries such as Finland, the UK, and the Netherlands.
For a personal websites please visit: https://ktliang20.github.io/
Please also visit the CRYPTAI Lab: https://sites.google.com/view/kaitailiang/home/cryptai-lab