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Overview

Yushu Zhang is affiliated with Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in China and has contributed extensively to the field of computer science, particularly in areas related to image processing, encryption, and machine learning security.

Their research output spans several key topics including:

  • Advanced Steganography and Watermarking Techniques
  • Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption
  • Digital Media Forensic Detection
  • Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning
  • Cryptography and Data Security
  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Face recognition and analysis

Zhang has published a notable number of works in the broad field of computer science with a focus on subfields such as:

  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Information Systems
  • Signal Processing
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Their contributions have appeared frequently in prestigious venues, including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
  • Expert Systems with Applications

Some of their recent papers illustrate the scope and specifics of their research interests:

  • "Color image compression and encryption scheme based on compressive sensing and double random encryption strategy", 2020, Signal Processing
  • "A Smart-Contract-Based Access Control Framework for Cloud Smart Healthcare System", 2020, IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • "Machine Learning Security: Threats, Countermeasures, and Evaluations", 2020, IEEE Access
  • "An efficient approach for encrypting double color images into a visually meaningful cipher image using 2D compressive sensing", 2020, Information Sciences
  • "An image encryption scheme based on multi-objective optimization and block compressed sensing", 2022, Nonlinear Dynamics

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Wenying Wen
  • Ruoyu Zhao
  • Yong Xiang
  • Mingfu Xue
  • Zhongyun Hua

Best Publications

  • Exploiting self-adaptive permutation–diffusion and DNA random encoding for secure and efficient image encryption

    Junxin Chen;Zhi-liang Zhu;Li-bo Zhang;Yushu Zhang

  • A visually secure image encryption scheme based on compressive sensing

    Xiuli Chai;Zhihua Gan;Yiran Chen;Yushu Zhang

  • An image encryption scheme based on multi-objective optimization and block compressed sensing

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  • An efficient visually meaningful image compression and encryption scheme based on compressive sensing and dynamic LSB embedding

    Xiuli Chai;Haiyang Wu;Zhihua Gan;Yushu Zhang;Yushu Zhang;Yushu Zhang

  • An image encryption scheme based on rotation matrix bit-level permutation and block diffusion

    Yushu Zhang;Di Xiao

  • Color image compression and encryption scheme based on compressive sensing and double random encryption strategy

    Xiuli Chai;Jianqiang Bi;Zhihua Gan;Xianxing Liu

  • A Review of Compressive Sensing in Information Security Field

    Yushu Zhang;Leo Yu Zhang;Jiantao Zhou;Licheng Liu

  • A Smart-Contract-Based Access Control Framework for Cloud Smart Healthcare System

    Akanksha Saini;Qingyi Zhu;Navneet Singh;Yong Xiang

  • A novel image encryption scheme based on a linear hyperbolic chaotic system of partial differential equations

    Yushu Zhang;Di Xiao;Yonglu Shu;Jing Li

  • Machine Learning Security: Threats, Countermeasures, and Evaluations

    Mingfu Xue;Chengxiang Yuan;Heyi Wu;Yushu Zhang

  • An efficient approach for encrypting double color images into a visually meaningful cipher image using 2D compressive sensing

    Xiuli Chai;Haiyang Wu;Zhihua Gan;Daojun Han

  • TPE-GAN: Thumbnail Preserving Encryption Based on GAN With Key

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  • On the Security of a Class of Diffusion Mechanisms for Image Encryption

    Leo Yu Zhang;Yuansheng Liu;Fabio Pareschi;Yushu Zhang

  • An efficient image encryption scheme using lookup table-based confusion and diffusion

    Jun-xin Chen;Zhi-liang Zhu;Chong Fu;Li-bo Zhang

  • Embedding cryptographic features in compressive sensing

    Yushu Zhang;Jiantao Zhou;Fei Chen;Leo Yu Zhang

  • Metaverse: Security and Privacy Concerns

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  • Medical image encryption algorithm based on Latin square and memristive chaotic system

    Xiuli Chai;Jitong Zhang;Zhihua Gan;Yushu Zhang;Yushu Zhang

  • An efficient chaos-based image compression and encryption scheme using block compressive sensing and elementary cellular automata

    Xiuli Chai;Xianglong Fu;Zhihua Gan;Yushu Zhang

  • Combining improved genetic algorithm and matrix semi-tensor product (STP) in color image encryption

    Xiuli Chai;Xiangcheng Zhi;Zhihua Gan;Yushu Zhang;Yushu Zhang

  • Preserving privacy while revealing thumbnail for content-based encrypted image retrieval in the cloud

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  • Low-Cost and Confidentiality-Preserving Data Acquisition for Internet of Multimedia Things

    Yushu Zhang;Qi He;Yong Xiang;Leo Yu Zhang

  • Reversible data hiding in encrypted images using cross division and additive homomorphism

    Ming Li;Di Xiao;Yushu Zhang;Hai Nan

  • An image encryption scheme using nonlinear inter-pixel computing and swapping based permutation approach

    Jun-xin Chen;Zhi-liang Zhu;Chong Fu;Li-bo Zhang

  • On the security of a class of diffusion mechanisms for image encryption

    Leo Yu Zhang;Yuansheng Liu;Kwok-Wo Wong;Fabio Pareschi

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong Xiang
Yong Xiang Deakin University
Di Xiao
Di Xiao Chongqing University
Kwok-Wo Wong
Kwok-Wo Wong City University of Hong Kong
Jiantao Zhou
Jiantao Zhou University of Macau
Xiaofeng Liao
Xiaofeng Liao Chongqing University
Yuming Fang
Yuming Fang Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics
Xiaofan Yang
Xiaofan Yang Chongqing University
Riccardo Rovatti
Riccardo Rovatti University of Bologna
Gianluca Setti
Gianluca Setti Polytechnic University of Turin
Guanrong Chen
Guanrong Chen City University of Hong Kong

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