I'm a Researcher at CISTER Research Centre , where I'm working with Kai Li, Eduardo Tovar and Luis Almeida. I obtained Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, in 2024. My main research interests include federated learning, machine learning security, and edge computing.
I am on the 2024 job market! Please reach out with any interesting opportunities :)
Education
PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Sept. 2019 - Oct. 2024
PhD Dissertation: Resource Allocation, Poisoning Attacks and Defense Strategies in Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning
Master in Control Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, Sept. 2015 - July 2018
Master Dissertation: Research on Resource Allocation and Multi-agent Co-optimization for Dynamic Heterogeneous Multi-core Processors
Employment
Jan. 2019 - Oct. 2024, Student Researcher with CISTER Research Center, ISEP/IPP, Porto, Portugal
June 2022 - Aug. 2022, Visiting Research Scholar with Wireless Sensing and Embedded Systems Lab, CyLab Security and Privacy Institute, Robert Mehrabian Collaborative Innovation Center, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Jan. 2016 - Sept. 2017, Research Assist with Guangzhou Institute of Advanced Technology Chinese of Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
Awards
ISEP PhD Research Grant (2019-Present)
Top 10% of Excellent Papers by ISEP, 2023
National College Student Mathematics Contest Second-Class by Jiangxi Province, 2014
National College Student Mathematical Modeling Competition Second-Class Granted by China, 2013
Professional Activities
Technical Program Committee Member of
ALLSENSORS 2024, May 26, 2024 to May 30, 2024 - Barcelona, Spain
ALLSENSORS 2023, April 24, 2023 to April 28, 2023 - Venice, Italy
ALLSENSORS 2022, June 26, 2022 to June 30, 2022 - Porto, Portugal
Review papers for
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security; IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing; IEEE Internet of Things Journal; IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems; IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics; IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology; IEEE Communications Magazine; Computer Network; Computer Communications.
Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks; IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks; Ad Hoc Conference; IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking.