Haowen Xu
Ph.D. Student, Computer Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
I am Haowen Xu, currently a second-year Ph.D. student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), where I am fortunate to be advised by Prof. Xiaoyan Sun and co-advised by Prof. Jun Dai. Prior to joining WPI, I earned my B.S. degree from Nanjing University in 2024.
My research focuses on Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence and Cyber-Physical System Security. I am passionate about building AI systems that are not only intelligent but also reliable, secure, and deployable in safety-critical applications. My work explores the challenges at the intersection of machine learning robustness and the security of interconnected physical systems.
News
NEW 04/30/2026 — Our paper AcMAS has been accepted at ICML 2026 🎉 (Acceptance rate: 6352/23918 = 26.6%)
NEW 03/20/2026 — Our work EMPalm has been accepted for a talk at New England Security Day (NESD) 🎤
01/29/2026 — Our work EMPalm has been accepted at ACM SenSys 2026 🎉 (Acceptance rate: 52/263 = 19.8%)
Education
Expected 2029 · Ph.D. in Computer Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA.
2020 – 2024 · B.Eng in Communication Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.