Scholar
Yixin Zou
Google Scholar ID: ukyCsPAAAAAJ
Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,718
H-index
19
i10-index
22
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Publications
Resume
Academic Achievements
- 1. Diversity and Inclusion Recognition, ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (2025)
- 2. Best Paper Honorable Mention, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2025, 2020, 2019)
- 3. Runner-up for CNIL-EHESS Award in Social Science (2025)
- 4. Google Academic Research Award on Trust and Safety (2024)
- 5. ACM SIGCHI Outstanding Dissertation Award (2024)
- 6. Meta Research Award on 'People’s Expectations and Experiences with Digital Privacy' (2023)
- 7. John Karat Usable Privacy and Security Student Research Award (2022)
- 8. Distinguished Paper Award, Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (2018)
Research Experience
- Leads the Human-Centered Security and Privacy group at MPI-SP, conducting qualitative, quantitative, design, and measurement research aimed at making technologies safer and more equitable for everyone, especially marginalized and underserved communities.
Education
- Earned a Ph.D. in Information at the University of Michigan.
Background
- Research interests include human-centered security and privacy, especially for marginalized and underserved communities. Currently a tenure-track faculty member at the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy (MPI-SP) in Bochum, Germany, and a principal investigator as part of the CASA Cluster of Excellence at Ruhr University Bochum (RUB).
Miscellany
- Personal interests and hobbies not mentioned.