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General Information

Full Name Nils Hendrik Lukas
Languages English, German

Education

  • since 2019
    PhD in Computer Science
    University of Waterloo, Canada
  • Fall 2016
    Master of Science in Computer Science
    Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
  • 2016-2018
    Master of Science in Computer Science
    RWTH-Aachen, Aachen, Germany
  • Fall 2014
    Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
    Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
  • 2012-2016
    Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
    RWTH-Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Experience

  • 05/2022 - 08/2022
    Research Internship
    Microsoft Research
    • Analyzing Leakage of Personally Identifiable Information in Large Language Models
  • 09/2021 - 12/2021
    Instructional Advisor
    University of Waterloo
    • Course Title: Object-Oriented Software Development
  • 09/2020 - 05/2021
    Teaching Assistant
    University of Waterloo
    • Course Title: Computer Security and Privacy
  • 06/2017 - 12/2018
    Instructional Advisor
    RWTH-Aachen
    • Course Title: Data-driven Medicine

Open Source Projects

Honors and Awards

  • 2022
    • David R. Cheriton Scholarship [20,000 CAD]
  • 2019
    • Outstanding Poster Award sponsored by Rogers [1,000 CAD]
    • Student Board Member of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute
  • 2016
    • Korea University Global Scholarship [3,000 EUR]
  • 2014
    • MOGAM Scholarship [3,000 EUR]

Academic Interests

  • Provenance Verification in Deep Neural Networks
    • Watermarking
    • Fingerprinting
  • Privacy in Deep Neural Networks
    • Leakage of privacy-sensitive information when training large language models.
  • Integrity for Deep Neural Networks
    • Defenses against data poisoning attacks.