PhD in Privacy-Preserving Computer Vision
CurrentFriedrich Schiller University Jena · Germany
Industrial PhD programme funded by HUAWEI.
Dong Han (韩东)
Industrial PhD Candidate
HUAWEI · Friedrich Schiller University Jena
I am an industrial PhD candidate working on privacy-preserving computer vision. Previously, I completed the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Computational Colour and Spectral Imaging (COSI) with a €49,000 full scholarship, studying across four countries and earning three master's degrees.
Affiliations
News
May 2026
Paper accepted to ICML 2026
Our paper, ForceForget: Reinforcement Concept Removal for Enhancing Safety in Text-to-Image Models, was accepted to ICML 2026 in Seoul.
November 2025
Paper accepted to AAAI 2026
Our paper, Realistic Face Reconstruction from Facial Embeddings via Diffusion Models, was accepted to AAAI 2026 in Singapore.
December 2024
Paper accepted to ICASSP 2025
Our paper, Diffusion-based Identity-Preserving Facial Privacy Protection, was accepted to ICASSP 2025 in Hyderabad, India. [IEEE]
June 2024
Paper accepted to ICIP 2024
Our paper, Robust Skin Color Driven Privacy-Preserving Face Recognition via Function Secret Sharing, was accepted to ICIP 2024 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. [arXiv]
December 2023
Paper accepted to VISAPP 2024
Our paper, Privacy-Preserving Face Recognition in Hybrid Frequency-Color Domain, was accepted to VISAPP 2024 in Rome, Italy. [arXiv]
March 2023
Began industrial PhD
Began an industrial PhD at HUAWEI in collaboration with Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
September 2022
Completed COSI
Completed the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Computational Colour and Spectral Imaging (COSI).
Publications
Education
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master — COSI
Computational Colour and Spectral Imaging
An Erasmus Mundus joint programme across four European countries, completed with a full scholarship and three master's degrees.
Erasmus Mundus
€49,000 Full Scholarship
Three Master's Degrees
Study Path
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NTNU
Gjøvik, Norway
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University of Granada
Granada, Spain
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University of Eastern Finland
Joensuu, Finland
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Université Jean Monnet
Saint-Étienne, France
Degrees Awarded
M.Sc. in Colour and Visual Computing
NTNU
M.Sc. in Photonics, Image and Vision
University of Granada
M.Sc. in Computational Spectral Imaging
University of Eastern Finland
B.Sc. in Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering
Dalian University · Dalian, China
Bachelor's degree focused on optoelectronic information science and engineering.
Research Experience
Industrial PhD Candidate
CurrentHUAWEI · Germany
Research focuses on trustworthy AI, privacy preservation, biometric data security, and the safety of generative models and AI agents, in collaboration with Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
Trustworthy AI
Privacy Preservation
Biometric Security
Generative Model Safety
Research Intern
Laboratoire Hubert Curien · Saint-Étienne, France
01/2022–08/2022Completed a master's thesis titled Deep Learning-Based Illumination SPD Estimation from an RGB Camera under the supervision of Dr Philippe Colantoni and Dr Éric Dinet.
Research Intern
Mihaly Group · Paris, France
06/2021–07/2021Conducted research on image-processing methods for 3D printing.
Academic Service
Conference Reviewer
ECML PKDD (2024–2026) — European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases
ICASSP 2026 — IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing
ICML 2026 — International Conference on Machine Learning
Journal Reviewer
IJCV 2026 — International Journal of Computer Vision
Get in Touch
I welcome research collaborations, discussions of new ideas, and questions about my work.