Zechun Cao
Assistant Professor of Computer Science @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio.
Hey, thanks for stopping by! 
I am an assistant professor of computer science in the Department of Computational, Engineering, and Mathematical Sciences at the Texas A&M University-San Antonio (TAMUSA). Before joining TAMUSA, I earned my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Houston in 2020. My research sits at the intersection of computer security and artificial intelligence, with a recent focus on algorithms and protocols for privacy-preserving systems.
Prospective students: I am actively looking for motivated graduate and undergraduate students for funded research assistant positions. Please email me with CV if you are interested in working with me on privacy-preserving machine learning or computer security projects.
news
| Sep 19, 2025 | Our paper on privacy-preserving geo-spatial queries has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Information Security and Applications (JISA). Congratulations to my student Brian Kishiyama and the team! |
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| Aug 02, 2025 | Congratulations to German Zavala Villafuerte on his official acceptance, with a full scholarship, to the Computer Science Ph.D. program at the University of Houston! |
| May 19, 2025 | It is my honor to be nominated by my student, German Zavala Villafuerte, as a recipient of the university’s Most Influential Mentor Award. |
| Aug 22, 2024 | I am deeply honored to receive the Excellence in Scholarship Award from the College of Arts and Sciences at Texas A&M University–San Antonio. |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Our proposal, “Toward Automatic and Sound Memory Safety Bug Repair,” in collaboration with the University of Illinois Chicago, has been awarded funding by CAHSI-Google. Many thanks to CAHSI and Google for their support! |