Qiyi Yao
Qiyi Yao

Ph.D. Candidate

University of Science & Technology of China

I am currently a Ph.D. Candidate at the School of Cyber Science & Technology, University of Science & Technology of China (USTC). I work in a number of areas related to the theoretical and practical aspects of computer science, but primarily in steganography and coding theory. I will approximately graduate in June, 2025.

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Education

  1. Ph.D. in Cyber Science & Technoloogy (Cyberspace Security)

    University of Science & Technology of China (USTC)

  2. B.Eng. in Computer Science & Technology

    Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU)
Publications
Zijin Yang, Xin Zhang, Kejiang Chen, Kai Zeng, Qiyi Yao, Han Fang, Weiming Zhang, Nenghai Yu (2025). Gaussian Shading++: Rethinking the Realistic Deployment Challenge of Performance-Lossless Image Watermark for Diffusion Models. Submitted, IEEE TPAMI.
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Yuang Qi, Na Zhao, Qiyi Yao, Benlong Wu, Weiming Zhang, Nenghai Yu, Kejiang Chen (2025). STEAD: Robust Provably Secure Linguistic Steganography with Diffusion Language Model. Submitted, NeurIPS 2025.
Qiyi Yao, Weiming Zhang, Kai Zeng, Kejiang Chen (2025). Rate-Distortion Theory of Robust Adaptive Steganographic Coding. Submitted, IEEE JSAC.
Muhammad Waqas, Sian-Jheng Lin, Bin Liu, Qiyi Yao, Adnan Fazil (2025). A New Weight Function for Highest Random Weight Scheme and its Efficient Lookup Implementations. Submitted, IEEE TNSM.
Qiyi Yao, Weiming Zhang, Kejiang Chen, Nenghai Yu (2025). Lossy Polar Coding for a Symmetric Discrete Memoryless Source with a Time-Varying Distortion Measure. In Preparation.
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Miscellaneous

Awards and Honors

I was bestowed the USTC Outstanding Graduate Award in 2025.

Miscellaneous Duties

I serve as a reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Communications.

Teaching

In Fall 2024, I am the Teaching Assistant (TA) of CYSC6405P.01: Information Hiding.

Contact Information
Please contact me via e-mail and I will respond as soon as possible.
E-mail: qyyao@mail.ustc.edu.cn