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Yuxin Cao

Ph.D at National University of Singapore
Email: yuxincao@comp.nus.edu.sg

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I am a Ph.D student at the School of Computing, National University of Singapore (NUS), advised by Prof. Jin-Song Dong. Previously, I received M.Eng degree from Tsinghua University and B.Eng degree from Hohai University. I was a research intern at Ping An Technology, working on the robustness of face anti-spoofing. I was also an intern developer for MindSpore at Huawei. My research directions mainly include AI security, machine learning and wireless sensor networks.

Research Interests

    AI Security:
  • Adversarial attacks and defenses
  • Certified robustness
  • LLM security and privacy
  • Machine Learning:
  • Face anti-spoofing
  • 3D virtual human rendering
  • Image super-resolution
  • Other AI-related interdisciplinary fields
  • Wireless Sensor Networks:
  • Multi-target collaborative positioning
  • Underwater node converage
  • Underwater unmanned aerial vehicles

News

  • 2024/07 -- One conference paper on super-resolution is accepted to ACM MM 2024.
  • 2024/07 -- One survey paper on multi-modal large language model security is accepted to SMC 2024.
  • 2024/06 -- I am awarded with Outstanding Graduates of Beijing!
  • 2024/05 -- One conference paper on double sampling randomized smoothing is accepted to ICML 2024.
  • 2024/03 -- One conference paper on 3D face reconstruction is accepted to WWW 2024.
  • 2023/12 -- One conference paper on video adversarial attacks is accepted to AAAI 2024.
  • 2023/09 -- One conference paper on face anti-spoofing detection is accepted to NeurIPS 2024.
  • 2022/08 -- One conference paper on video adversarial attacks is accepted to IEEE S&P 2023.
  • 2022/06 -- I am awarded with Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis of Jiangsu Province!
  • 2021/05 -- I am awarded with Outstanding Undergraduates of Jiangsu Province!
  • 2021/01 -- One journal paper on enhancing UWSN localizability is accepted to Ad Hoc Networks.
  • 2020/08 -- One journal paper on three-dimensonal node coverage optimization in UWSN is accepted to Internet of Things Jounral.
  • 2020/06 -- One journal paper on optimization for dense crowd emergency evacuation is accepted to Journal of Cultural Heritage.

Publications

    2024

  • LogoStyleFool: Vitiating Video Recognition Systems via Logo Style Transfer
    Yuxin Cao, Ziyu Zhao, Xi Xiao, Derui Wang, Minhui Xue, Jin Lu
    Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2024. [CCF-A]
  • LocalStyleFool: Regional Style Transfer Attack Using Segment Anything Model
    Yuxin Cao, Jinghao Li, Xi Xiao, Derui Wang, Minhui Xue, Hao Ge, Wei Liu, Guangwu Hu
    Proceedings of the 7th Deep Learning Security and Privacy Workshop (DLSP, IEEE S&P Workshop), 2024.
  • Unbridled Icarus: A Survey of the Potential Perils of Image Inputs in Multimodal Large Language Model Security
    Yihe Fan, Yuxin Cao, Ziyu Zhao, Ziyao Liu, Shaofeng Li
    Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2024. [CCF-C]
  • Towards Evaluating the Robustness of Automatic Speech Recognition Systems via Audio Style Transfer
    Weifei Jin, Yuxin Cao, Junjie Su, Qi Shen, Kai Ye, Derui Wang, Jie Hao, Ziyao Liu
    Proceedings of the 2nd ACM Workshop on Secure and Trustworthy Deep Learning Systems (SecTL, AsiaCCS Workshop), 2024.
  • GRFormer: Grouped Residual Self-Attention for Lightweight Single Image Super-Resolution
    Yuzhen Li, Zehang Deng, Yuxin Cao, Lihua Liu
    Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACM MM), 2024. [CCF-A]
  • 3D Face Reconstruction Using A Spectral-Based Graph Convolution Encoder
    Haoxin Xu, Zezheng Zhao, Yuxin Cao, Chunyu Chen, Hao Ge, Ziyao Liu
    Proceedings of the Web Conference (WWW short paper), 2024. [CCF-A]
  • Effects of Exponential Gaussian Distribution on (Double Sampling) Randomized Smoothing
    Youwei Shu, Xi Xiao, Derui Wang, Yuxin Cao, Siji Chen, Minhui Xue, Linyi Li, Bo Li
    Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2024. [CCF-A]
  • Mitigating Unauthorized Speech Synthesis for Voice Protection
    Zhisheng Zhang, Qianyi Yang, Derui Wang, Pengyang Huang, Yuxin Cao, Kai Ye, Jie Hao
    Proceedings of the 1st ACM Workshop on Large AI Systems and Models with Privacy and Safety Analysis (LAMPS, CCS Workshop), 2024.
  • 2023

  • StyleFool: Fooling Video Classification Systems via Style Transfer
    Yuxin Cao, Xi Xiao, Ruoxi Sun, Derui Wang, Minhui Xue, Sheng Wen
    Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Security & Privacy (IEEE S&P), 2023. [CCF-A]
  • Flow-Attention-based Spatio-Temporal Aggregation Network for 3D Mask Detection
    Yuxin Cao, Yian Li, Yumeng Zhu, Derui Wang, Minhui Xue
    Proceedings of the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2023. [CCF-A]
  • Three-dimensional iterative enhancement for coverage hole recovery in UWSNs
    Lingli Zhang, Chengming Luo, Xiyun Ge, Yuxin Cao, Haobo Zhang
    Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023. [Q1]
  • A fine extraction algorithm for image-based surface cracks in underwater dams
    Gaifang Xin, Xinnan Fan, Pengfei Shi, Chengming Luo, Jianjun Ni, Yuxin Cao
    Measurement Science and Technology, 2023. [Q1]
  • Before 2022

  • Three Dimensional Coverage Optimization of Underwater Nodes under Multi-Constraints Combined with Water Flow
    Chengming Luo, Yuxin Cao, Gaifang Xin, Biao Wang, En Lu, Houlian Wang
    IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IOTJ), 2022. [Q1, top]
  • Path intelligent optimization for dense crowd emergency evacuation in heritage buildings
    Yuxin Cao, Chengming Luo, Yuanyuan Liu, Siru Teng, Gaifang Xin
    Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2021. [Q1]
  • A hybrid coverage control for enhancing UWSN localizability using IBSO-VFA
    Chengming Luo, Biao Wang, Yuxin Cao, Gaifang Xin, Cheng He, Lin Ma
    Ad Hoc Networks, 2021. [Q1]
  • Stable positioning for mobile targets using distributed fusion correction strategy of heterogeneous data
    Gaifang Xin, Xinnan Fan, Chengming Luo, Yuxin Cao, Hai Yang, Haiyan Xu, Xuewu Zhang
    Ad Hoc Networks, 2020. [Q1]
  • Polarization error analysis of an all-optical fibre small current sensor for partial discharge
    Gaifang Xin, Jun Zhu, Chengming Luo, Jing Tang, Wei Li, Yuxin Cao, Haiyan Xu
    Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology, 2020. [Q3]

Selected Awards and Honors

  • Outstanding Undergraduates of Beijing, 2024
  • IEEE S&P Travel Grant, 2023
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis of Jiangsu Province (First Prize), 2022
  • Outstanding Undergraduates of Jiangsu Province, 2021
  • ICM Meritorious Winner, 2019
  • CAMCM Outstanding Winner, 2018
  • National Scholarship, 2018
  • First Prize of National High School Mathematics Competition, 2016
  • Honor Roll of American Mathematics Competition, 2012

Services

  • Reviewer: SMC'2024, TDSC, TETCI, NCAA
  • Sub-reviewer: S&P'2023, USENIX'2023, ACML'2023, PRCV'2023, TIFS, Sustainability
  • External Reviewer: NDSS'2025

Mentorship

    I feel great honored to mentor the following talented students:
  • Ziyu Zhao (B.S. in Beijing University Of Technology) → Master Student @Tsinghua University (coauthor of AAAI2024, SMC2024)
  • Zhisheng Zhang (B.S. in Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications) → Master Student @Tsinghua University (coauthor of LAMPS2024)
  • Yian Li (B.S. in ShanghaiTech University) → Master Student @Fudan University (coauthor of NeurIPS2023)
  • Yihe Fan (B.S. in Tongji University) → Ph.D Student @Fudan University (coauthor of SMC2024)
  • Jinghao Li (B.S. in Shandong University) → Intern @JD (coauthor of DLSP2024)
  • I am always looking for related collaborations. Feel free to drop me an email if you are interested!

Miscellaneous

    Talks:
  • Invited report @ IEEE Academia-Industry Summer School (AISS), Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 2023
  • Invited talk @ ByteDance, Beijing, China, Aug. 2023


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