Education

2011 Nanjing University, B.S.
2016 Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Ph.D.

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Courses Taught

Network Security
Cloud Systems Security
Incident Response Management

Career Specialties

Chen Zhong's career specialties include cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, explainable AI in cybersecurity, data analytics and cybersecurity education.

Professional and Community Activities

Zhong’s research work has led to over 30 research papers published in IEEE Systems Journal, Computers & Security, IEEE Conference on Cognitive and Computational Aspects of Situation Management (CogSIMA), IEEE IT Professional. She served on the technical program committee for IEEE CogSIMA and Women in Cybersecurity Conference (WiCys). She has been long-term reviewer for IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing.

Honors and Awards

2021 Research Innovation and Scholarly Excellence (RISE) Award
2019 Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award 
2018 Women in Cybersecurity (WiCys) Faculty Scholarship
2017 Grace Hopper Faculty Scholarship 
2017 SEED Summer Workshop Travel Grant 
2015 (ISC)2 Foundation Graduate Scholarship 
2015 The First Place Award of Engineering, Graduate Exhibition, Pennsylvania State University
2015 HotSoS Conference Student Travel Award  
2015 2014 CogSIMA Conference Student Travel Awards  
2013 IEEE VAST Challenge 2013 Honorable Mention 

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