// assistant professor · cybersecurity & sensing

Zi Wang

School of Computer and Cyber Sciences, Augusta University

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About Me

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I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Computer and Cyber Sciences at Augusta University. My research sits at the intersection of cybersecurity, physical sensing, and human-computer interaction, specifically around biometric authentication for wearable devices, deepfake and generative AI defenses, and privacy-preserving wireless sensing.

Before joining Augusta University in 2022, I earned my Ph.D. in Computer Science from Florida State University under the supervision of Prof. Jie Yang. My work has appeared at UbiComp, CHI, ACSAC, HICSS, and IEEE TMC.

Biometric Authentication Wearable Sensing Deepfake Detection RF & WiFi Sensing Privacy-Preserving Systems UbiComp IEEE TMC CHI

// beyond the lab

When not running experiments or advising students, I'm a big fan of video games, MTG, and D&D.

Research Directions

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Novel Biometric Authentication for the Wearable AI Era

Pioneering acoustic, biomechanical, and physiological biometrics — toothprints, ear canal deformation, lip articulation dynamics — for continuous, implicit authentication on head-worn wearable devices.

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Cybersecurity Against Deepfake & Generative AI Threats

Developing physical-layer and behavioral defenses that verify authenticity through signals generative AI cannot replicate — liveness detection via lip dynamics and RF-based presence verification.

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Privacy-Preserving Wireless Sensing for Health & Smart Environments

Building RF and acoustic sensing systems (WiFi, UWB radar) that extract behavioral and environmental information without cameras, enabling privacy-preserving security and health monitoring.

Selected Publications

News & Activities

Apr 2026
Invited Speaker at the 3rd International Summit on Robotics, AI & Machine Learning (ISRAI2026), Frankfurt, Germany.
Jan 2026
Two papers accepted at HICSS-59: UWB-PostureGuard and Geospatial Wildfire Analysis.
2025
DynamicLip published in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (IF: 9.2).
Nov 2025
BuildSys '25 paper on Multi-Temporal LiDAR-Derived Geospatial Dataset for Coastal Hazard Assessment, Hangzhou, China.
Oct 2024
EarSlide presented at UbiComp 2024, Melbourne, Australia.

Teaching

CYBR 2600
Networking & Cyber Security
Instructor of Record · Augusta University
Fall 2024
Spr 2025
Fall 2025
AIST 2220
Introduction to Web Development
Instructor of Record · Augusta University
Fall 2023
AIST 2120
Scripting and Automation
Instructor of Record · Augusta University
Spr 2024
COP 4020
Programming Language Concepts
Teaching Assistant & Guest Lecturer · Florida State University
Spr 2018–2020
Fall 2020
CDA 3100
Computer Organization
Teaching Assistant · Florida State University
Fall 2018
Fall 2019
CIS 4403 / 4360
Introduction to Computer Security
Teaching Assistant · Florida State University
Fall 2017
Fall 2021