Mentee
Md Shamsul Kaonain
Ph.D. Student, Purdue University · Jun 2025 – Present
AI-based network intrusion detection.
Outcomes:
CARE: Robust Transformer-based Network Intrusion Detection via Consistency-aware Attention-Representation Enhancement
Md Shamsul Kaonain*†, Mengdie Huang*, Imtiaz Karim, Elisa Bertino.
Submitted, 2027.
Jason Yuchen Hu
Undergraduate Student, Purdue University · Feb 2024 – Present
Robustness of foundation models.
Outcomes:
STAR: Multi-Level Robustness Injection for Vision Transformer Downstream Adaptation
Mengdie Huang, Jason Yuchen Hu†, Yingjun Lin†, Ninghui Li, Elisa Bertino.
Submitted, 2027.
Mir Imtiaz Mostafiz
Ph.D. Student, Purdue University · Jan 2025 – Present
Robustness of graph neural networks.
Outcomes:
GRAFT: Adversarially Robust Transfer Learning for Graphs Under Structural Data Scarcity
Mir Imtiaz Mostafiz*†, Mengdie Huang*, Imtiaz Karim, Elisa Bertino.
Submitted, 2027.
Chen Peng
Ph.D. Student, Purdue University · Feb 2026 – Present
Adversarial attacks in federated learning.
Outcomes:
Local Knowledge for Global Impact: Evasion Attack Against Vertical Federated Learning
Chen Peng*†, Mengdie Huang*, Ninghui Li, Elisa Bertino.
Submitted, 2027.
Yingjun (Link) Lin
Graduate Student, Georgia Institute of Technology · Aug 2024 – Dec 2025
Undergraduate Student, Purdue University · Nov 2022 – Dec 2023 Adversarial attack and robustness in deep learning. Outcomes: and published
Undergraduate Student, Purdue University · Nov 2022 – Dec 2023 Adversarial attack and robustness in deep learning. Outcomes: and published
TriXfer: Triple-Cross Transfer Attack on Vision Transformer–Adapted Downstream Classifiers
Mengdie Huang, Yingjun Lin†, Ninghui Li, Elisa Bertino.
CARD: Robustness-Preserving Transfer Learning for Network Intrusion Detection via Contrastive Adversarial Representation Distillation
Mengdie Huang, Yingjun Lin†, Ninghui Li, Xiaofeng Chen, Elisa Bertino.
Dimensional Robustness Certification for Deep Neural Networks in Network Intrusion Detection Systems
Mengdie Huang, Yingjun Lin†, Xiaofeng Chen, Elisa Bertino.
MARS: Robustness Certification for Deep Network Intrusion Detectors via Multi-Order Adaptive Randomized Smoothing
Mengdie Huang, Yingjun Lin†, Xiaofeng Chen, Elisa Bertino.
Yundong Liu
Ph.D. Student, Xidian University · Aug 2022 – Jun 2025
Encrypted network traffic analysis.
Weihao Liu
Undergraduate Student, Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications · Dec 2020 – Jun 2021
Iterative adversarial attack with projected gradient descent.
Mengchen Wang
Undergraduate Student, Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications · Dec 2020 – Jun 2021
Adversarial attack with Jacobian-based saliency map.
Wei Li
Undergraduate Student, Xidian University · Dec 2019 – Jun 2020
Adversarial attack with fast gradient sign method.
Yujie Wang
Undergraduate Student, Communication University of China · Sep 2018 – Jun 2019
Selective encryption for HEVC video.
Fengdong Li
Undergraduate Student, Communication University of China · Sep 2018 – Jun 2019
Selective encryption for HEVC video.
Teaching
- Teaching Assistant· Xidian University · Jul 2021 – Jul 2022 Course: Distributed Computing Instructor: Professor Miroslaw Kutylowski, School of Cyber Engineering
- Teaching Assistant· Xidian University · Sep 2020 – Jan 2021 Course: Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics Instructor: Professor Jianfeng Wang, School of Cyber Engineering
- Reading Group Instructor· Communication University of China · Sep 2017 – Jun 2019 Topic: Principles and Practices of H.264/H.265 Secure Video Coding Organized and led a reading group for undergraduate students