About Me

Welcome to my homepage! I am currently an assistant professor in the School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence at Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU). I received my Ph.D. from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) under the supervision of Prof. Chase Wu and Prof. Qiang Tang. My research interests include:

• Blockchain Techniques
• Security and Privacy
• Applied Cryptography
• Provably Secure DAPPs
  • P2P Content Delivery Network (CDN)
  • Industrial Chain and Value Chain
  • Cyber Security
  • Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
  • Decentralized Identity

Selected Publications

• Optimized Deliverer Selection in Blockchain-Based P2P Content Delivery Networks
  with Zhenchao Yan, Aiqin Hou and Chase Wu. In IEEE International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference (IPCCC), 2024, Best Paper Award.
• Trap Contract Detection in Blockchain with Improved Transformer
  with Tong Gu, Min Han and Xiaotong Chen. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GlobeCOM), 2023.
• Blockchain-Based P2P Content Delivery With Monetary Incentivization and Fairness Guarantee
  with Yuan Lu, Qiang Tang, Guiling Wang and Chase Wu, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), 2022.
• Blockchain-Based Automated and Robust Cyber Security Management
  with Eric Ficke, Mir Mehedi Ahsan Pritom, Huashan Chen, Qiang Tang, Qian Chen, Marcus Pendleton, Laurent Njilla, Shouhuai Xu. In Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC), 2022.
• Fair Peer-to-Peer Content Delivery via Blockchain
  with Yuan Lu, Qiang Tang, Guiling Wang, Chase Wu. In the European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS), 2021.
• Decentralizing IoT Management Systems Using Blockchain for Censorship Resistance
  with Qiang Tang, Chase Q. Wu, and Xuewen Shen. In IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII), 2019.

Grants

• Research on Key Technologies of Secure and Efficient Peer-to-Peer Content Delivery Network, NSFC, PI, 2024 - 2026
• Research on the Core of Industrial Interconnection OS, Key R&D, Co-PI, 2024 - 2026
• Research on the Industrial Chain Networking Collaboration and Service Platform, Key R&D, Co-PI, 2024 - 2026

Awards

• Special Award, Science and Technology Award, Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society (CMES), 2023
• Best Paper Award, IEEE International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference (IPCCC), 2024

Selected Patents

• Document signing and storage using data models and distributed ledgers
  with Tong Sun, Rajiv Jain, Nedim Lipka, Curtis Wigington, Anindo Roy, US Patent, 2024
• Filling Digital Documents Using Multi-Tiered User Identity Models Based on Decentralized Identity
  with Tong Sun, Nedim Lipka, Curtis Wigington, Rajiv Jain, Anindo Roy, US Patent, 2024
• Method and system for blockchain-based cyber security management
  with Shouhuai Xu, Eric Ficke, Mir Mehedi Ahsan Pritom, Huashan Chen, Qiang Tang, Qian Chen, Marcus Pendleton, Laurent Njilla, US Patent, 2024

Professional Activities

• Guest Editor: Science Progress
• Program Chair: International Conference on Blockchain (ICBC), SCF
• Technical Program Committee:
  • The International Conference on Computer and Communications (ICCC)
  • The International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies (UBICOMM)
  • The International Multi-Conference on Computing in the Global Information Technology (ICCGI)
  • Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Conference (B2C)
• Reviewer:
  • Conferences: WWW, ESORICS, AsiaCCS, WPES, IEEE ICBC, IEEE TrustCom, IEEE GlobeCom, etc.
  • Journals: IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics (TII), IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics (TII), IEEE Transaction on Intelligent Transportation Systems (TITS), IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoTJ), etc.