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Shengwei An

Computer Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2015Rising activity

Publications

47

Citations

634

Est. group size

~13

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

12

Publishing since 2015

Research summary
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Shengwei An's research centers on the security and trustworthiness of machine learning systems, particularly detecting and defending against 'backdoor' attacks—hidden manipulations that cause AI models to behave maliciously under specific triggers. Recent work extends this focus to newer AI systems such as diffusion-based language models and multimodal agents, alongside contributions to privacy-preserving learning and model verification. The publication record also includes some unrelated work in environmental science and educational technology, likely from collaborative or cross-disciplinary projects.

AI/ML security and backdoor attacksAdversarial robustness and defenseTrojan/malware detection in neural networksPrivacy-preserving machine learningProgram synthesis and formal verification

Publication output grew substantially from near zero in 2017-2020 to a peak in 2022, and has remained active with roughly 8 papers per year on average over the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 8.0/year recently
17182019: 2 publications19202021: 3 publications212022: 13 publications13222023: 6 publications232024: 10 publications242025: 5 publications252026: 6 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×18
  • Lecture notes in computer science×2
  • 2022 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP)×2
  • Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence×2
  • Journal of Environmental Management×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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