Chao REN

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Research Topic

Machine Learning, Security Assessment, Robustness Verification, Federated Learning, and Smart Grid.

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Brief Biography

Received the B.E. degree from the School of Computer Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China, in Jul. 2017. Received the Ph.D. degree in Feb. 2022, supervised by Assoc Prof. Yan Xu (EEE), Asst Prof. Arijit Khan (SCSE), and Assoc Prof. Teoh Eam Khwang from the Interdisciplinary Graduate School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Currently, I am Research Fellow in School of Computer Science and Engineering, and conduct postdoctoral research with Wallenberg-NTU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. My current supervisors are Nanyang Asst Prof. Han Yu (SCSE) and Prof. ZhaoYang Dong (EEE). My research interests include adversarial machine learning, robustness verification, interpretability, security assessment and its applications to smart grid.

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Education

• Period: Aug. 2017 – Feb. 2022, Singapore

  Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)

  Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Graduate Programme, across School of Computer Science Engineering and School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

  Supervisor: Prof. Yan Xu (EEE), Co-Supervisor: Prof. Arijit Khan (SCSE), Mentor: Prof. Teoh Eam Khwang (EEE), Chair: Prof. Dusit Niyato (SCSE)

  Thesis Title: Advanced Big-Data Analytics for Future Smart Grid Security Assessment

• Period: Sep. 2013 – Jun. 2017, Nanjing, China

  Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA)

  Bachelor of Engineering, School of Computer Science and Technology

  Supervisor: Prof. Ran Wang (CS), Co-Supervisor: Prof. Kun Zhu (CS), Prof. Qiang Xie (CS)

  Concentration on Data Analytics, Robust Optimization, and System Engineering

  Thesis Title: Robust Optimization for Performance Boundary Analysis of Microgrid Energy Dispatching Strategy

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Working Experience

• Period: Jan. 2023 – Present, Singapore
  Wallenberg-NTU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow

• Period: July. 2022 – Dec. 2022, Singapore
  Research Fellow in Trustworthy Federated Ubiquitous Learning Research Lab (AI Singapore-TrustFUL)

• Period: Jan. 2022 – Jun. 2022, Singapore
  Student Assistant in Trustworthy Federated Ubiquitous Learning Research Lab (AI Singapore-TrustFUL)

• Period: Sep. 2021 – Dec. 2021, Singapore
  Student Assistant in Singapore Power Group-NTU Joint Lab (SP Group-NTU Joint Lab)

• Period: Jan. 2021 – Sep. 2021, Singapore
  Student Assistant in Singtel Cognitive and Artificial Intelligence Lab (SCALE@NTU)

• Period: Jan. 2018 – Oct. 2018, Singapore
  Student Assistant in Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N)

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