Profile

I am currently a professor in the College of Cyber Security at the  Jinan University. I received the B.S. degree in College of Computer Science and Technology from Jilin University in 2011, and the Ph.D. degree in the Department of Computer Science at the City University of Hong Kong under the supervision of Prof. Duncan S. Wong in 2015. I worked as a postdoc supervised by Prof. Jian Weng in Jinan University from 2016 to 2019, during which I visited the BBCR Lab in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Waterloo under the supervision of Prof. Xuemin (Sherman) Shen since May 2018. From September 2015 to July 2016, I worked as a research associate in the department of Computer Science at the City University of Hong Kong, cooperating with Prof. Gerhard Hancke. From November to December 2014, I worked at the Charlmers University of Technology, Sweden, as a visiting student. From December 2013 to June 2014, I was a research assistant in Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), A*STAR, Singapore.

Research Interests

Data Security, IoT Security, applied cryptography, Blockchain Security, and cloud computing, et al.

Professional Activities 

• Associate editor for EURASIP Journal on Information Security, 2024/11-present 

• Academic Editor for Security and Communication Networks, 2021-present

• Leading Guest Editor for Mathematics. (SI: Artificial Intelligence for Network Security and IoT Applications), 2024/9/29-2025/6/30 

• Guest Editor for Blockchain. (SI: Blockchain in IoT Security), 2023/11/12-2024/6/20

• Guest Editor for Symmetry (SI: The Study of Network Security and Symmetry), 2022/3/28-2023/2/28

• Guest Editor for Security and Communication Networks (SI: Security Threats and Defenses for Connected Vehicles), 2021/2/5-2021/6/11

• Organization Chair for IEEE BigComp 2026-IEEE International Conference on Big Data and Smart Computing, Guangzhou, China, February 2-5, 2026

• Invited Speech for the 2022 International Conference on Blockchain Technology (ICBCT'22), "Privacy and Security in Payment Channel Network", March 26, 2022

• Session Chair for the 18th Annual International Conference on Privacy, Security, and Trust (PST 2021), online, December 14, 2021

• Publication Chair for EAI ICECI 2024 – The International Conference on Edge Computing and IoT: Systems, Management and Security, Washington D. C, USA, 3-5 December 2024

• TPC member for AsiaCCS 2025 (The 20th ACM ASIA Conference on Computer and Communications Security), Hanoi, Vietnam, 25-29 August, 2025

• TPC member for IEEE Globecom 2025 CISS (IEEE Global Communications Conference: Communication & Information Systems Security),Taipei, Taiwan, 8-12 December, 2025

• TPC member for ICC 2025 (IEEE International Conference on Communications), Montreal, Canada, June 8-12, 2025

• TPC member for PST 2025 (22nd Annual International Conference on Privacy, Security, and Trust), Fredericton, Canada, August 26-28, 2025

• TPC member for ICCC 2025 (IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China), Shanghai, China, August 10-13, 2025

• TPC member for IEEE TrustCom 2024 (The 23rd IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications), Sanya, China, December 17-21, 2024

• TPC member for iThings-2024 (17th IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things), Copenhagen, Denmark, 19-22 August, 2024

• TPC member for MSN 2024 (20th International Conference on Mobility, Sensing and Networking), Harbin, China, 20-22 December, 2024

• TPC member for WISE 2024 (25th International Web Information Systems Engineering conference), Doha, Qatar, 2-5 December, 2024

• TPC member for Blockchain 2024 (IEEE International Conference on Blockchain), Copenhagen, Denmark, 19-22 August 2024

• TPC member for IEEE ICC 2024 (International Conference on Communications), Denver, CO, USA, 9-13 June, 2024

• TPC member for ICCC 2024 (IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China), Hangzhou, China, 7-9 August, 2024

• TPC member for PST 2024 (21th Annual International Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust), Sydney, Australia, August 28-30, 2024

• TPC member for IEEE Globecom 2024 CISS (IEEE Global Communications Conference: Communication & Information Systems Security), Cape Town, South Africa, December 8-12, 2024

• TPC member for Blockchain 2023 (IEEE International Conference on Blockchain), Ocean Flower Island, Hainan, China, December 17-21, 2023

• TPC member for IEEE TrustCom 2023 (The 22nd IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications), Exeter, UK, November 1-3, 2023

• TPC member for UbiSec 2023 (The 3rd International Conference on Ubiquitous Security),  Exeter, UK, November 1-3, 2023

• TPC member for IEEE Globecom 2023 CISS (IEEE Global Communications Conference: Communication & Information Systems Security), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 4-8, 2023

• TPC member for IEEE ICC 2023 (International Conference on Communications), Rome, Italy, May 28 -  June 01, 2023

• TPC member for PST 2023 (20th Annual International Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust), Copenhagen, Denmark, August 21-23, 2023

• TPC member for IEEE TrustCom 2022 (The 21th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications), Wuhan, China, October 28-30, 2022

• TPC member for UbiSec 2022 (The 2nd International Conference on Ubiquitous Security),  Zhangjiajie, China, December 28-31, 2022

•  TPC member for Blockchain 2022 (IEEE International Conference on Blockchain), Espoo, Finland, August 22-25, 2022

• TPC member for IEEE Globecom 2022 CISS (IEEE Global Communications Conference: Communication \& Information Systems Security), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 4-8, 2022

• TPC member for EAI AC3 2022 (2nd EAI International Conference on Applied Cryptography in Computer and Communications), Nanjing, China, May 14-15, 2022 

• TPC member for Blockchain 2021 (IEEE International Conference on Blockchain), Melbourne, Australia, December 6-8, 2021

• TPC member for UbiSec 2021 (The 1st International Conference on Ubiquitous Security),  Guangzhou, China, December 28 - 31, 2021

• TPC member for IEEE Globecom 2021 CISS (IEEE Global Communications Conference: Communication & Information Systems Security), Madrid, Spain, December 7-11, 2021

• TPC member for IEEE TrustCom 2021 (The 20th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications), Shenyang, China, August 18-20, 2021

• TPC member for PST 2021 (18th Annual International Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust), Auckland, New Zealand, December 13-15, 2021

• TPC member for IEEE Globecom 2020 CISS (IEEE Global Communications Conference: Communication & Information Systems Security), Taipei, Taiwan, December 7-11, 2020

• TPC member for IEEE TrustCom 2020 (The 19th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications), Guangzhou, China, November 10-13, 2020

• TPC member for Blockchain 2020 (IEEE International Conference on Blockchain), Rhode Island, Greece, November 2-6, 2020

• TPC member for WISTP 2019 (13th International Conference on Information Security Theory and Practice), Paris, France, December 11-12, 2019

• TPC member for SSCC 2019 (7th International Symposium on Security in Computing and Communications), Trivandrum, India, December 18-21, 2019

• TPC member for Cybersecurity 2019 (The 8th International Workshop on Cyber Security and Privacy), Guilin, China, October 17-19, 2019

• TPC member for BAT 2019 (The First International Workshop on Blockchain Applications and Theory), Rome, Italy, June 10-13, 2019

• TPC member for IEEE Globecom 2019 CISS (IEEE Global Communications Conference: Communication & Information Systems Security), Hawaii, USA, December 9-13, 2019

• TPC member for Blockchain 2019 (IEEE International Conference on Blockchain), Atlanta, USA, July 14-17, 2019

• TPC member for WISTP 2018 (12th International Conference on Information Security Theory and Practice), Brussels, Belgium, December 11-12, 2018

• TPC member for IEEE Globecom 2018 CISS (IEEE Global Communications Conference: Communication & Information Systems Security), Abu Dhabi, UAE, December 9-13, 2018

• TPC member forBlockchain 2018 (International Conference on Blockchain), Halifax, Canada, July 30-August 03, 2018

• TPC member for ICCC 2018 (IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China), Beijing, China, August 16-18, 2018

• TPC member for WISTP 2017 (11th International Conference on Information Security Theory and Practice), Heraklion, Crete, Greece, September 28-29, 2017

• Organizer committee for CCNIS 2017 (10th China Computer Networks and Information Security Conference), Guangzhou, China, October 10-12, 2017

• TPC member for IEEE Globecom 2017 CISS (IEEE Global Communications Conference: Communication & Information Systems Security), Singapore, December 4-8, 2017

• Invited talk in Blockchain Technical Forum, "A Decentralized Crowdsourcing System based on Blockchain", at Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, March 25, 2017

• TPC member and local organizer for RFIDSec 2016, Hong Kong, November 30-December 2, 2016

• Volunteer for SecureComm 2016, Guangzhou, China, October 10-12, 2016

SELECTED Research Projects

1. Research on Key Technologies for Secure Storage of Power IoT Data,  Guangzhou Basic Research Plan City-School Joint Funding Project, Project Leader; 电力物联网数据安全存储关键技术研究，广州市基础研究计划市校联合资助项目，基金号：2024A03J0405，项目负责人，2024-2026

2. Research on Key Issues of Payment Channel Network Protocols for Blockchain, Guangzhou Municipal Fundamental and Applied Basic Research Special Topic Young Doctoral "Sail" Project, Project Leader, 区块链支付通道网络协议关键问题研究,广州市基础与应用基础研究专题青年博士“启航”项目,基金号：2024A04J3458，项目负责人，2024-2026

3. Research on Key Technologies in Machine Learning with Data Security and Privacy Preserving (Grant No. 2021ZD0112802). National Key R\&D Program of China, Sub-program Leader; 数据安全与隐私保护下的机器学习技术，国家重点研发计划子课题，课题号：2021ZD0112802，子课题负责人，2021-2025

4. Research on Key Technologies in Blockchain-based Secure Data Sharing (Grant No. 62072215). National Science Foundation of China, Project Leader；（基于区块链的数据安全共享关键技术研究，国家自然科学基金面上项目，基金号：62072215）,项目负责人，2021-2024

5. 非可信环境下大数据安全融合关键技术，广东省重点领域研发计划，基金号：2020B0101360001，课题负责人，2020-2023

Reviewers

Journal Reviewer

• IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC)

• IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS)

• IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC)

• IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC)

• IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (TIE)

• IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII)

• IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC)

• IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT)

• IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (TITS)

• IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC)

• IEEE Transactions on Big Data (TBD)

• IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking (TCCN)

• IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering(TNSE)

• IEEE Communication Letters

• IEEE Internet of Things Journal

• IEEE Systems Journal

• ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems

• Computers & Security

• Computer Networks

• Future Generation Computer Systems

• CCF Transactions on Networking

• Soft Computing

• Ad Hoc Networks

• Journal of Network and Computer Applications

• Journal of Information Security and Applications

• Security and Communication Networks

• Journal of Computer Security

Conference Reviewer

ACSAC 2025, AsiaCCS 2025, TrustCom 2020-2025, GlobeCom 2017-2025, ICC 2023-2025, IEEE Blockchain Conference 2018-2024......