Yuhong Liu, Associate Professor at Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Santa Clara University, received her B.S. and M.S. degree from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2004 and 2007 respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from University of Rhode Island in 2012. She is the recipient of the 2019 Researcher of the Year Award at School of Engineering, Santa Clara University, and the 2013 University of Rhode Island Graduate School Excellence in Doctoral Research Award. Her research interests include trustworthy computing and cyber security of emerging applications, such as online social media, Internet-of-things and Blockchain. She has published over 90 papers on prestigious journals and peer reviewed conferences.

She has contributed as an organizing committee member for over 10 international conferences and a TPC member for over 20 conferences. She is actively contributing to professional societies including IEEE and Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association (APSIPA). She is currently serving as an IEEE Computer Society Distinguish Visitor (2022-2023), and the Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Meeting Request Committee. She is also an APSIPA Distinguished Lecturer (2021-2022). She is serving as a Youth EBM Editor of the Blockchain: Research and Applications Journal, Associate Editor for the Multimedia Applications and Tools Journal, and an Associate Editor of the APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing.