🌱I’m Elisa Tsai. I am a final year Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan. I am advised by Professor Atul Prakash. Before umich, I received my B.E in Computer Science at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).

My research focuses on building pragmatic, GenAI-powered systems for web security. I also design algorithms for efficient, high-quality training data selection for vision and large language models. Outside of work, I write blogs (primarily in Chinese) and play ukulele occasionally, and once every few years I draw stuff.

Links and Contact Info: [C.V.] [Google Scholar] [Github]

Selected Publications

• ELFS: Enhancing Label-Free Coreset Selection via Clustering-based Pseudo-Labeling

  Haizhong Zheng (co-lead), Elisa Tsai (co-lead), Yifu Lu, Jiachen Sun, Brian R. Bartoldson, Bhavya Kailkhura, Atul Prakash

  In Submission

• DOLMA: Securing Speculation with the Principle of Transient Non-Observability

  Kevin Loughlin, Ian Neal, Jiacheng Ma, Elisa Tsai, Ofir Weisse, Satish Narayanasamy, Baris Kasikci

  USENIX Security 2021

• Terms of Deception: Exposing Obscured Financial Obligations in Online Agreements with Deep Learning

  Elisa Tsai, Anoop Singhal, Atul Prakash

  DLSP (Deep Learning Security and Privacy Workshop) 2024

• Detecting Social Engineering Scams While Preserving User Privacy in the Digital Era (Proposal Position Paper)

  Atul Prakash, Shivani Kumar, Elisa Tsai

  ConPro (Workshop on Technology and Consumer Protection) 2024

Teaching

GSI (Grad Student Instructor) for Computer & Network Security for Winter 24. This is a seminar-based course with an extensive reading list on various computer and network security topics.

GSI (Grad Student Instructor) for EECS 598-012 Secure and Trustworthy ML for Winter 23. This class discusses different types of adversarial machine learning attacks and their corresponding defenses, as well as model stealing, poisoning, fairness, and privacy.

GSI (Grad Student Instructor) for EECS 281 Data Structures and Algorithms for Fall 23.

Community Service

1. SECRIT (SECurity Reading Is Terrific) Reading Group Co-Host
   I started hosting SECRIT since May of 2021, where we discuss recent papers on security and privacy. [Wiki] [Calendar]

2. CSEG Outreach Chair
   I was the Outreach Chair for CSEG (CSE Grad) for year 2022-2023. We organize outreach events and workshops such as Xplore Engineering and Discover Engineering

3. CSEG Social Co-Chair
   I was one of the co-chairs for CSEG social events in 2022-2023.

Last Updated: 2024.09