Ashley Au

About Me

I am a third year PhD student at the Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick. My supervisor is Reader Dr Ligang He. I graduated from the Department of Computer Science, University of Wawick, in 2023 with a MEng in Discrete Mathematics. In the academic year of 2023/2024, I was the Chair of the PGR Student Staff Liasion Committee (SSLC)Link opens in a new window in the Department of Computer Science. This year in the academic year of 2024/2025, I am one of the committees of SSLC and WPCCSLink opens in a new window.

Research

My research area is Federated Learning, specifically in security and privacy. In particular, the long term research goal is to develop novel solutions for striking a balance between performance of the system and its privacy under real world conditions.

Teaching

2024/25 academic year:

• Formal Systems Development (CS412)

2023/24 academic year:

• Mathematics for Computer Scientist 2 (CS131)
• Neural Computing (CS331)