Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Dr. Ni’s research interests focus on cybersecurity and digital trust, aiming to build secure, reliable and efficient cyber-physical systems (CPS) to achieve trustworthy computing and confidential sensing in mobile devices and critical infrastructures. His work emphasizes identifying side-channel vulnerabilities and protecting sensing-involved computation in diverse CPS, including mobile computing platforms and machine learning-powered systems via the integration of hardware-software co-design and cutting-edge AI techniques. Dr Ni's team is dedicated to exploring cyberattacks in emerging technologies (e.g., IoT, extended reality, medical devices, humanoid robots), and developing low-cost and software-defined defence mechanisms.
Postdoctoral Fellow, City University of Hong Kong, 2024-2025
Ph.D., City University of Hong Kong, 2021-2024
M.Sc., Australian National University, 2019-2021
B.Eng., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2014-2018