Chien-Ming Chen is a Professor with the School of Artificial Intelligence at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China, where he joined the faculty in 2023. He began his academic career at Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen) in 2012, where he progressed from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, in 2010, and subsequently worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at National Tsing Hua University. His research interests include security and privacy, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, wireless and network technologies, federated learning, and blockchain-based secure and trustworthy computing.

He has published about 150 SCI-indexed journal papers, including work in ACM TOSN, ACM TMIS, and major IEEE Transactions (TCE, TII, TDSC, TPDS, TIFS, TITS, TC, TMM, SysJ, IoT-J, Networks), as well as about 30 conference papers in venues such as IEEE Big Data and IEEE SMC. Several of his papers are ESI Highly Cited Papers, and his work has received nearly 10,000 citations with an H-index of 56 (Google Scholar). He has edited five books and holds 20 patents across China and the United States. His research contributes to secure and trustworthy intelligent networked systems and has established a strong international research footprint in cybersecurity and intelligent computing.

He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a recipient of the Overseas High-Level Talent Program (Shenzhen, China). He has extensive editorial experience, currently serving as Executive Editor of the International Journal of Information and Computer Security, and Associate Editor for Security and Privacy (Wiley), the International Journal of Communication Systems (Wiley), and the Information Security Journal: A Global Perspective. He has also served as Editor for the Journal of Communications and Networks and as a Technical Committee member for Computer Communications. In addition, he has led and organized special issues for IEEE and other leading publishers. He has taken leadership roles in more than 50 international conferences, including serving as co-chair, program committee chair, and publication chair. As principal investigator, he has led multiple national, provincial, and industry-funded research projects. He has been recognized in Stanford University’s “World’s Top 2% Scientists” list for five consecutive years (2020–2024). With strong editorial expertise, academic leadership, and extensive international collaboration experience, he is committed to advancing high-quality research and supporting the journal’s strategic development in emerging secure and intelligent computing systems.