Contact info

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
2044 Eaton Hall, 1520 West 15th St, Lawrence KS
phone: 785-864-7393; email: bluo <at> ku <dot> edu

Information and Telecommunication Technology Center (ITTC)
341 Nichols Hall, 2335 Irving Hill Road, Lawrence, KS 66045
phone: 785-864-7749; email: bluo <at> ittc <dot> ku <dot> edu

My PGP public key
My not-so-updated vita

Research

My current research interests lie in the intersection of security and privacy and data science. In particular, I'm interested in:
          •   Information security and privacy, database security
          •   Smart grid and IoT/CPS security
          •   Information retrieval, Web and online social networks

I am the PI of Jayhawk SFS -- CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service program at KU. For more information about the program, please visit Jayhawk SFS program homepage.

ITTC is a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAE/IAE) designated by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security.

Information Assurance Lab (IAL) : IALab Wiki
InfoSec Group Seminar     Data Science Seminar

KU has hosted The 3rd KanSec: Greater Kansas Area Security Workshop, and The 6th Central Area Networking and Security Workshop.

Education

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Ph.D., Information Sciences and Technology, August, 2008.      Advisor: Dr. Dongwon Lee

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T. Hong Kong
M.Phil., Information Engineering, December, 2003     Advisor: Dr. Xiaoou Tang

University of Sciences and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, P.R.China
B.E., Electronic and Information Engineering, July, 2001     Advisor: Dr. Nenghai Yu

Word cloud

These are two Wordle "word clouds" generated from abstracts of my papers -- (left): papers before 2012; (right): papers from 2012 to 2017.