Dr. Hou's research interests lie in the broad areas of cybersecurity and machine learning. He is especially interested in research problems that arise from practical domains, with a focus on both experimental/empirical study and sound theoretical footings. His specific areas of focus include:

Network Security: Intrusion Detection, Traffic Fingerprinting, IoT Security, 5G Security

System Security: Web Security, User Privacy, Malware Detection, Binary Analysis

Machine Learning: Machine Learning for Cybersecurity, Trustworthy Machine Learning, Adversarial Machine Learning