Yang Zhang
Faculty Member at CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security
Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany
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Top SchoolYang Zhang is a tenured faculty member at CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Saarbrücken, Germany, with 11 years of research experience focused on trustworthy machine learning, misinformation measurement, and detection of unsafe content such as hateful memes. He has a strong publication record at top security venues (CCS, NDSS, Oakland, USENIX Security) and his work has earned notable recognition including the NDSS 2019 distinguished paper award and runner-up for CCS 2022 best paper. Trained in computer science with a PhD on privacy in social networks from the University of Luxembourg, he blends rigorous academic foundations with practical security impact. Beyond publications, he leads research efforts at CISPA that bridge machine learning robustness and real-world content moderation challenges, often producing tools and datasets that inform both academia and industry.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Computer Science, Master's Degree, Computer Science at University of LuxembourgBachelor's Degree, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Software Engineering at Shandong University
English, Chinese, French
Github Skills (4)
ranking7
science6
react6
computer-science5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
yangzhangalmo/walk2friends
Aug 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:19 commits, 4 PRs, 24 pushes in 7 months
yangzhangalmo/easy-bib
Jun 2018 - Dec 2019
Contributions:4 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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