Selected Publications

[1] Tao Wang, Yushu Zhang*, Xiangli Xiao, Kun Xu, Lin Yuan, Wenying Wen, and Yuming Fang. Make Identity Unextractable yet Perceptible: Synthesis-Based Privacy Protection for Subject Faces in Photos. arXiv, 2025. [code], [API], [TL;DR]

[2] Tao Wang, Yushu Zhang*, Zixuan Yang, Xiangli Xiao, Hua Zhang, and Zhongyun Hua. Seeing is not Believing: An Identity Hider for Human Vision Privacy Protection. IEEE Trans. Biometr., Behav., Identity Sci., 2025, 7(2): 170-181. JCR Q2, [code]

[3] Tao Wang, Wenying Weng*, Xiangli Xiao, Zhongyun Hua, Yushu Zhang, and Yuming Fang. Beyond Privacy: Generating Privacy-Preserving Faces Supporting Robust Image Authentication. IEEE Trans. Inf. Forensics Secur., 2025, 20: 2564-2576. CCF A, JCR Q1, [code], [TL;DR]

[4] Tao Wang, Yushu Zhang*, Xiangli Xiao, Lin Yuan, Zhihua Xia, and Jian Weng. Make Privacy Renewable! Generating Privacy-Preserving Faces Supporting Cancelable Biometric Recognition. ACM Int. Conf. Multimedia, 2024: 10268-10276. CCF A, [code]

[5] Tao Wang, Yushu Zhang*, Shuren Qi, Ruoyu Zhao, Zhihua Xia, and Jian Weng. Security and Privacy on Generative Data in AIGC: A Survey. ACM Comput. Surv., 2024, 57(4): 1-34. IF 28, JCR Q1, 🏆 ESI Highly Cited Paper, [reading list]

[6] Wenying Wen, Zhouxin Wu, Yushu Zhang*, Tao Wang, Xiangli Xiao, and Yuming Fang. Medical Archive in an Image: Generating a High-Capacity Customizable Cover Image for Medical Privacy Protection. IEEE Trans. Dependable Secure Comput., 2025. CCF A, JCR Q1

[7] Yushu Zhang, Junhao Ji*, Tao Wang, Ruoyu Zhao, Wenying Wen, and Yong Xiang. Make Identity Indistinguishable: Utility-Preserving Face Dataset Publication with Provable Privacy Guarantees. IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell., 2025, 48(1): 127-139. CCF A, JCR Q1

[8] Yushu Zhang, Zixuan Yang, Tao Wang*, Zhongyun Hua, and Jian Weng. Tailor-made Face Privacy Protection via Class-wise Targeted Universal Adversarial Perturbations. IEEE Trans. Dependable Secure Comput., 2025, 20(5): 5108-5120. CCF A, JCR Q1

[9] Zixuan Yang, Yushu Zhang*, Tao Wang, Zhongyun Hua, Zhihua Xia, and Jian Weng. Once-for-all: Efficient Visual Face Privacy Protection via Person-specific Veils. ACM Int. Conf. Multimedia, 2024: 7705-7713. CCF A, 🏆 Honourable Mention Award, [TL;DR]

[10] Yushu Zhang, Tao Wang, Ruoyu Zhao*, Wenying Wen, and Youwen Zhu. RAPP: Reversible Privacy Preservation for Various Face Attributes. IEEE Trans. Inf. Forensics Secur., 2023, 18: 3074-3087. CCF A, JCR Q1, [TL;DR]