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Meet Chen
Assistant Professor, Cybersecurity
Education
2011 Nanjing University, B.S.
2016 Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Ph.D.
Courses Taught
Network Security
Cloud Systems Security
Incident Response Management
Career Specialties
Chen Zhong's career specialties include cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, explainable AI in cybersecurity, data analytics and cybersecurity education.
Professional and Community Activities
Zhong’s research work has led to over 30 research papers published inÌýIEEE Systems Journal, Computers & Security,ÌýIEEE Conference on Cognitive and Computational Aspects of Situation Management (CogSIMA), IEEE IT Professional.ÌýShe served on the technical program committee for IEEE CogSIMA and Women in Cybersecurity Conference (WiCys). She has been long-term reviewer forÌýIEEE Systems Journal, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing.
Honors and Awards
2021 Research Innovation and Scholarly Excellence (RISE) Award
2019 Indiana University Trustees Teaching AwardÌý
2018 Women in Cybersecurity (WiCys) Faculty Scholarship
2017 Grace Hopper Faculty ScholarshipÌý
2017 SEED Summer Workshop Travel GrantÌý
2015 (ISC)2 Foundation Graduate ScholarshipÌý
2015 The FirstÌýPlace Award of Engineering, Graduate Exhibition, Pennsylvania State University
2015 HotSoS Conference Student Travel AwardÌýÌý
2015 2014 CogSIMA Conference Student Travel AwardsÌýÌý
2013 IEEE VAST Challenge 2013 Honorable MentionÌý