Ken Huang

Co-Chair of the AI STR Working Group at the WDTA

Ken Huang is a prolific expert in Artificial Intelligence and Web3, with an extensive portfolio of books ranging from business guides and technical manuals to cutting-edge research monographs. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the AI STR Working Group at the World Digital Technology Academy (WDTA) and a Research Fellow at the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Co-Chair of the CSA AI Security Working Group. He is also Co-Chair of the OWASP AIVSS Project.

Ken is a Visiting Professor for the graduate course Generative AI and Data Security at the University of San Francisco. He is also the CEO and Chief AI Officer (CAIO) of DistributedApps.ai, specializing in generative AI training and consulting. As a key contributor to the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, and an active participant in the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Generative AI Public Working Group, he plays a significant role in advancing global technical standards.

Selected English Publications:

AI Agent Security: Foundations, Frameworks, and Practical Deployment, Springer, Oct 2025

AI Agents: Theory and Practice, Springer, Jul 2025

Design Patterns for Large Language Models, Packt, May 2025

Beyond AI: ChatGPT, Web3, and the Future Business Landscape, Springer, 2023

Generative AI Security: Theory and Practice, Springer, 2024

AI Engineer’s Practical Guide (Vol. 1 & 2), DistributedApps.ai, 2024

The Chief AI Officer Handbook: Leading Enterprise AI Transformation, WDTA, 2024

Web3: Blockchain, the New Economy, and the Autonomous Internet, Cambridge University Press, 2024

Web3 Application Security and the New Security Paradigm, Springer, 2024

Blockchain and Web3: Cryptography, Privacy, and Security Foundations for the Metaverse, Wiley, 2023

Selected Chinese Publications:

Blockchain Security Technology Guide, Machinery Industry Press, 2018

Building the Metaverse: The Underlying Logic and Business Empowerment of Parallel Worlds (Chinese Edition), Machinery Industry Press, 2024

Beyond Artificial Intelligence: ChatGPT, Web3, and the Future Business Landscape (Chinese Edition), Peking University Press, 2025

Ken has published more than 20 peer-reviewed and vetted research papers on AI security on arXiv over the past three years.

He is a frequent global speaker on AI, blockchain security, and governance, delivering keynote and expert talks at major international conferences including RSA, OWASP, ISC², ACM, IEEE, Consensus, and the CSA AI Summit. He has also spoken at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the World Bank, and the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). As a member of the OpenAI Forum, he actively contributes to global discussions on safe and trustworthy AI.