About
Secure and trustworthy AI. My primary research interests lie in provenance and attribution for generative image models: identifying which model produced an image and determining whether claims about its origin can be trusted. I develop and rigorously evaluate model fingerprinting and watermarking methods under realistic adversarial conditions, with applications in content authenticity, digital forensics, intellectual property protection, and legal accountability for generative AI. My broader interests include privacy, fairness, and the security foundations of trustworthy AI systems.
PhD advisor: Dr. Marc Juarez.
AI ethics and governance. Beyond security, I am also interested in the broader ethical and governance questions raised by AI, including its implications for education and learning.
AI for science. My earlier research applied AI to single-cell imaging and scientific measurement, and I remain interested in AI for science.
News
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Jul 20262 papers accepted to AIES 2026 examine what credentials should still certify and what capacities education should preserve when cognitive work is delegated to AI.
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May 2026Released SPRINT, a secret pixel reconstruction method for robust attribution of AI-generated images under adaptive attacks.
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Mar 2026Our SaTML 2026 paper Smudged Fingerprints was featured by Herald Scotland, DIGIT, and University of Edinburgh News.
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Mar 2026Gave a guest lecture on Image Provenance in the AI Era at the University of Edinburgh (slides).
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Apr 2025Presented SoK: What Makes Private Learning Unfair? at SaTML 2025 in Copenhagen.
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Dec 2024SoK: What Makes Private Learning Unfair? accepted to SaTML 2025, providing the first causal analysis of fairness degradation induced by differential privacy.
Publications
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SaTML '26
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AIES '26
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AIES '26
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arXiv
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SaTML '25
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Bio Protoc
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J. Cell Sci.
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J. Cell Biol.
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Sci. Rep.
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Biomed. Eng. Online
Note: * denotes equal contribution (co-first author).
Teaching and Mentoring
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LectureGuest lecture on Image Provenance in the AI Era for the graduate course Privacy and Security with Machine Learning — University of Edinburgh. The slides are available here.
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Teaching Assistant
- Privacy and Security with Machine Learning — University of Edinburgh (2023–2025)
- Mathematical Image Analysis — Johns Hopkins University (2019–2020)
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Research TutoringFelipe Takaesu (JHU), Eliana Crentsil (JHU), Lucia Sablich (JHU), Shannon Flanary (JHU), Chunhan Fang (UoE).
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Industry Experience
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2021–2023AI Frameworks Engineer, Intel
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2020–2021AI Algorithm Engineer, Huawei