Global Challenge: Data Science/AI/Robotics
The GLASS program gives me the opportunity to make new friends, maybe even life long friends, and create a network for my career development through cohort building activities and service projects.
Bio:
Victor Ding was born in China but moved to Australia when he was 12, an experience that exposed him to different perspectives.
Victor Ding pursued a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in NYU Tandon while also minoring in Mathematics and Cybersecurity. His academic interest lies in the area of machine learning, cybersecurity, and robotics, particularly in the intersection of these areas.
Victor’s GLASS project focuses on the security of machine learning models.
He participated in research on adversarial machine learning during his semester in NYU Abu Dhabi. Victor’s research utilized machine learning to create a naturalistic patch that can fool object detectors, which exposes the security vulnerabilities of these models and offers a method of testing the robustness of object detectors.
During his four years of undergraduate education, Victor engaged in a wide range of activities. Since freshman year, Victor has participated in the VIP team Robosub, which builds an autonomous underwater vehicle, and served as co-president for the team in his senior year. Victor also joined NYU’s cybersecurity lab, Osiris Lab, to practice his cybersecurity skill and learn from other members of the lab. In addition, Victor also interned at a startup company 10Clear to gain real world software engineering skills.