Postdoctoral Researcher · Privacy & AI

Sun Luyi
孙露旖

Bridging AI, privacy, and health technology — advancing human-AI interaction.

Ph.D. · Marie Curie Fellow · Zhejiang University

Position  Postdoc, Dept. of Psychology & Behavioral Science Location  Hangzhou, China Languages  Chinese · English · Norwegian
Luyi Sun performing at piano
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Research Focus

My research sits at the intersection of social psychology, AI, privacy, and information security — asking how human behavior, perception, and values shape our relationship with intelligent systems.

I take an inherently interdisciplinary approach: combining psychological theory, empirical user studies, and technical security research to understand how people navigate privacy in AI-mediated environments. My doctoral work, funded as a Marie Curie Fellow under EU Horizon 2020 (PriMa — Privacy Matters), investigated privacy preferences, threat modeling, and multi-party policy management in homecare and clinical contexts.

I now continue this work at Zhejiang University's Department of Psychology and Behavioral Science, exploring how human-centered design principles can guide the responsible development of AI — and how privacy functions not merely as a technical constraint, but as a deeply social and psychological phenomenon.

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Privacy in Health Technology

Predictive models, scoping reviews, and user studies in home care & EHR systems

Multi-Party Policy Management

Consent, policy negotiation, and data governance across healthcare stakeholders

Cybersecurity & Threat Modeling

Substation automation, smart grid security, network and VPN security

Extended Reality & Privacy

Multi-user privacy-preserving mechanisms for XR in clinical settings

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Education

Oct 2020
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Oct 2024
Ph.D. in Information Security & Communication Technology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Gjøvik, Norway

Marie Curie Fellow — EU Horizon 2020 PriMa ITN
Dissertation: AI-based privacy predictive model in the context of health monitoring

Sep 2018
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Jun 2020
M.Eng. in Communication Systems
KTH Royal Institute of Technology (3+2 Programme)
Stockholm, Sweden
GPA 4.73 / 5.0
Sep 2015
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Jun 2019
B.Eng. in Electronic & Information Engineering
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Wuhan, China

Honours Degree

Major GPA 84.4 / 100
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Selected Publications

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Book Chapter · Springer Nature Singapore · 2026  ★ New
A Human-Centered Privacy (HCP) Approach to AI
Luyi Sun, W. Xu & Z. Gao
Handbook of Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (pp. 1–47) · Springer Nature Singapore · 2026
Peer-reviewed Journal · JCR Q1 · IF 4.0 · First Author
Privacy Barriers in Health Monitoring: Scoping Review
Luyi Sun, Bian Yang, Els Kindt & Jingyi Chu
JMIR Nursing · 2024
Conference · IEEE ISCC · First Author
Your Privacy Preference Matters: A Qualitative Study Envisioned for Homecare
Luyi Sun & Bian Yang
IEEE ISCC · 2021
Conference · pHealth · Invited First Author
Response Center Services: An Exploratory Study
Luyi Sun & Bian Yang
pHealth · 2022
Conference · ACM SIET · First Author
Multi-Party Privacy Policy Management in the Context of Health Monitoring: An Exploratory Study
Luyi Sun, Bian Yang, Prosper Yeng & Muhammad Ali Fauzi
ACM SIET · 2023
Invited Book Chapter · Springer · First Author
Privacy Predictive Models for Homecare Patient Sensing
Luyi Sun, Bian Yang, Egil Utheim & Hao Luo
Springer · 2022
Invited Book Chapter · Springer PriMa Handbook · First Author
Multi-Party Privacy Policy Management in Healthcare: User Study and Proposed Solution
Luyi Sun, Bian Yang, Prosper Yeng & Muhammad Ali Fauzi
Springer PriMa Handbook
Peer-reviewed Journal · JCR Q2 · IF 2.6 · Co-author
Assessing the Legal Aspects of Information Security Requirements for Health Care in 3 Countries: Scoping Review and Framework Development
Prosper Yeng, Muhammad Ali Fauzi, Luyi Sun & Bian Yang
JMIR Human Factors · 2022
Peer-reviewed Journal · Co-author
Defending Smart Grid Infrastructure — A Scenario-Based Analysis of Cyber-security and Privacy Rules in China, France, Russia, UK, and USA
Øyvind Anders Arntzen Toftegaard, Luyi Sun & Bernhard Markus Hämmerli
Journal of Information Warfare · 2024
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Experience & Internships

2025 —
Postdoctoral Researcher
Zhejiang University, Dept. of Psychology & Behavioral Science · Hangzhou
2020
Master Thesis — Threat Modeling for Substation Automation (IEC 61850)
ABB · Västerås, Sweden
2023
PriMa Research Secondment
Fraunhofer IGD · Darmstadt, Germany
2022
PriMa Research Secondment
KU Leuven · Leuven, Belgium
2019
Summer Research
New Jersey Institute of Technology · Newark, USA
2018
Engineering Internship
Texas Instruments · Shanghai & ZTE · Nanjing
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Skills

Technical

Python C Java Machine Learning Cybersecurity Threat Modeling Penetration Testing Networking REST API Node.js MongoDB

Languages

Chinese (Native) English (TOEFL 100) Norwegian (A2)
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Beyond the Lab

Luyi Sun at the piano on stage

Music & Piano

若我不在实验室,那我就在钢琴旁。但由于一些原因,最近都在舞蹈室。

Outside research, I find balance and expression at the keyboard. Piano has been a lifelong companion — demanding the same discipline as rigorous research, yet offering something entirely different: pure feeling, unmediated by data.

Having studied and lived across China, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, and Germany, I bring a genuinely international perspective to both my science and my life — curious about how culture shapes privacy, trust, and technology adoption in ways no dataset can fully capture.

I am also a Marie Curie alumna and a strong advocate for early-career researcher networks, open science, and interdisciplinary dialogue between computer science, law, and psychology.

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