Zhuo Lu (吕卓), Ph.D., Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering / Florida Center for Cybersecurity, University of South Florida.
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, ENG030, Tampa, FL 33620.
Office: ENB 347. Email: zhuolu@usf.edu.
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Short Biography

Dr. Zhuo Lu is an Associate Professor in Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida. He is also affiliated with the Florida Center for Cybersecurity (CyberFlorida) and by courtesy with Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Dr. Lu received his Ph.D. degree from North Carolina State University in 2013. He currently leads the Communications, Security, and Analytics (CSA) Lab at University of South Florida. His research has been supported by NSF, ARO, ONR, DOE and Florida Center for Cybersecurity. He received the NSF CISE CRII award in 2016, the Best Paper Award from IEEE GlobalSIP in 2019, and the NSF CAREER award in 2021. Dr. Lu's research has been mainly focused on wireless mobile design and security, IoT and cyber-physical systems, and seucre AI systems. He is an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. He is a senior member of IEEE and a member of ACM and USENIX.

Current Students

  • ◇ Wenwei Zhao; Ph.D. Student; 2021 - Present.
  • ◇ Xiaowen Li; Ph.D. Student (CSE); 2021 - Present.
  • ◇ Haiyun Liu; Ph.D. Student (CSE); 2023 - Present.
  • ◇ Jiahao Xue; Ph.D. Student; 2021 - Present.
  • ◇ Chi Zhang; Ph.D. Student (CSE); 2022 - Present.




Past Lab Members

  • ◇ Rui Duan; Ph.D.; 2024; Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Missouri - Kansas City, MO.
  • ◇ Zhe Qu; Ph.D.; 2022; Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, China.
  • ◇ Tao Hou; Ph.D.; 2022; Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, TX.
  • ◇ Shangqing Zhao; Ph.D.; 2021; Assistant Professor of Computer Sceince, University of Oklahoma, OK.
  • ◇ Zhengping Luo; Ph.D.; 2021; Assistant Professor of Computer Sceince, Rider University, NJ.
  • ◇ Mohammed Albekairi; Ph.D.; 2020; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Al Jouf University, Saudi Arabia.
  • ◇ Minh Nguyen; Undergraduate Student (CSE); 2023 - 2024.
  • ◇ Kuan-Hsun Chou; Master; 2022.
  • ◇ Nupur Thakur; Master; 2021.
  • ◇ Lei Pi; Master; 2017; Amazon.