About ME

Hi, I’m Rong DU, and I am working as an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science and Technology at Taiyuan University of Technology.

My research spans multiple cutting-edge areas, including Security & Privacy, Blockchain, and Differential Privacy. I am passionate about solving real-world challenges through advanced technologies, and dedicated to contributing my expertise through academic research and education.

Research Interests

• Data Science: Data fusion, data integrity, high-dimensional/spatiotemporal data processing.
• AI Security: Byzantine robustness, differential privacy.
• Index and Query Techniques: Heavy hitter/histogram statistics, membership tests, Cuckoo hashing.

Feel free to reach out via email at durong@tyut.edu.cn for potential collaborations and opportunities.

Education

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  Ph.D., Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  Supervisor: Haibo Hu, Qingqing Ye
  (September 1, 2020 – February 1, 2025)

• Peking University
  Master (by research), School of Electronic and Computer Engineering
  Supervisor: Dagang Li
  (September 15, 2017 – July 15, 2020)

• Beijing Normal University
  Bachelor of Science, School of Computer Science and Technology
  (September 15, 2013 – July 15, 2017)

Positions

• Program Committee (PC) Member, PAKDD 2026
• Panel Chair, IEEE CyberC 2025, “Cybersecurity and Privacy: An Academic-Industry Dialogue on AI-Driven Offensive and Defensive Innovations”
• Invited Keynote Speaker, IEEE CyberC 2025, “Local Differential Privacy for Data Analytics: From Theory to Practice”

Projects

• Young Scientists Fund (Category C), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2026.01–2028.12

Honors

• ACM China Taiyuan Chapter Rising Star Award, 2025
• Outstanding Keynote Speech Award, IEEE CyberC 2025