| ♦ | Title: An Active Identification Overriding Attack against RFID: Attack Strategy and Defense Design, Authors: Jiaohao Xue, Xiao Han, Shangqing Zhao, Yao Liu, and Zhuo Lu, Proc: IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), May 2025. Acceptance Rate: 18.66%. PDF BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Detecting Adversarial Spectrum Attacks via Distance to Decision Boundary Statistics, Authors: Wenwei Zhao, Xiaowen Li, Shangqing Zhao, Jie Xu, Yao Liu, and Zhuo Lu, Proc: IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), May, 2024. Acceptance Rate: 19.6%. PDF BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Guessing on Dominant Paths: Understanding the Limitation of Wireless Authentication Using Channel State Information, Authors: Zhe Qu, Rui Duan, Xiao Han, Shangqing Zhao, Yao Liu, and Zhuo Lu, Proc: IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P), May 2024. Acceptance Rate: 17.8%. PDF BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Parrot-Trained Adversarial Examples: Pushing the Practicality of Black-Box Audio Attacks against Speaker Recognition Models, Authors: Rui Duan, Zhe Qu, Leah Ding, Yao Liu, and Zhuo Lu, Proc: Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS), Feb 2024. Acceptance Rate: 15%. PDF Summary Video BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Location Heartbleeding: The Rise of Wi-Fi Spoofing Attack Via Geolocation API, Authors: Xiao Han, Junjie Xiong, Wenbo Shen, Zhuo Lu, and Yao Liu, Proc: ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), Nov 2022. Acceptance Rate: 22.3%. PDF BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Perception-Aware Attack: Creating Adversarial Music via Reverse-Engineering Human Perception, Authors: Rui Duan, Zhe Qu, Shanqing Zhao, Leah Ding, Yao Liu, and Zhuo Lu, Proc: ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), Nov 2022. Acceptance Rate: 17.90%. PDF Summary Video BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Generalized Federated Learning via Sharpness Aware Minimization, Authors: Zhe Qu, Xingyu Li, Rui Duan, Yao Liu, Bo Tang and Zhuo Lu, Proc: International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), Jul 2022. Acceptance Rate: 21.94%. PDF BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: DyWCP: Dynamic and Lightweight Data-Channel Coupling towards Confidentiality in IoT Security, Authors: Shengping Bi, Tao Hou, Tao Wang, Yao Liu, Zhuo Lu, and Qingqi Pei, Proc: ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (WiSec), May 2022. PDF BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: MUSTER: Subverting User Selection in MU-MIMO Networks, Authors: Tao Hou, Shengping Bi, Tao Wang, Zhuo Lu, Yao Liu, Satyajayant Misra, and Yalin Saguduyu, Proc: IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), May, 2022. Acceptance Rate: 19.93%. PDF BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Warmonger: Inflicting Denial-of-Service via Serverless Functions in the Cloud, Authors: Junjie Xiong, Mingkui Wei, Zhuo Lu, and Yao Liu, Proc: ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), Nov. 2021. Acceptance Rate: 22.3%. PDF BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: ProTO: Proactive Topology Obfuscation Against Adversarial Network Topology Inference, Authors: Tao Hou, Zhe Qu, Tao Wang, Zhuo Lu, and Yao Liu, Proc: IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), July, 2020. Acceptance Rate: 19.8%. PDF Slides BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Learning Optimal Sniffer Channel Assignment for Small Cell Cognitive Radio Networks, Authors: Lixing Chen, Zhuo Lu, Pan Zhou, and Jie Xue, Proc: IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), July, 2020. Acceptance Rate: 19.8%. PDF Slides BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Comb Decoding towards Collision-Free WiFi, Authors: Shangqing Zhao, Zhe Qu, Zhengping Luo, Zhuo Lu and Yao Liu, Proc: USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI), Feb. 2020. Acceptance Rate: 17.45%. PDF Slides Presentation Video BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Entrapment for Wireless Eavesdroppers, Authors: Song Fang, Tao Wang, Yao Liu, Shangqing Zhao, and Zhuo Lu, Proc: IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Apr. 2019. Acceptance Rate: 19.7%. PDF Slides BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Orthogonality-Sabotaging Attacks against OFDMA-based Wireless Networks, Authors: Shangqing Zhao, Zhengping Luo, Zhuo Lu, and Yao Liu, Proc: IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Apr. 2019. Acceptance Rate: 19.7%. PDF Slides BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Contextual Combinatorial Multi-armed Bandits with Volatile Arms and Submodular Reward, Authors: Lixing Chen, Jie Xu, and Zhuo Lu, Proc: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), Dec. 2018. Acceptance Rate: 20.8%. PDF Slides BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: No Training Hurdles: Fast Training-Agnostic Attacks to Infer Your Typing, Authors: Song Fang, Ian Markwood, Yao Liu, Shangqing Zhao, Zhuo Lu, and Haojin Zhu, Proc: ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), Oct. 2018. Acceptance Rate: 16.6%. PDF Slides BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: How Can Cyber-Physical Interdependence Affect the Mitigation of Cascading Power Failure?, Authors: Mingkui Wei, Zhuo Lu, Yufei Tang, and Xiang Lu (The first two authors are co-primary authors), Proc: IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Apr., 2018. Acceptance Rate: 19.24%. PDF BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Stateful Inter-Packet Signal Processing for Wireless Networking, Authors: Shangqing Zhao, Zhengping Luo, Zhuo Lu, Xiang Lu, and Yao Liu, Proc: ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom), Oct., 2017. Acceptance Rate: 18.82%. PDF Slides Summary Video BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: PDF Mirage: Content Masking Attack Against Information-Based Online Services, Authors: Ian Markwood, Dakun Shen, Yao Liu, and Zhuo Lu (The first two authors are co-primary authors), Proc: USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security), Aug., 2017. Acceptance Rate: 16.28%. PDF Slides Presentation Video BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: When Seeing Isn't Believing: On Feasibility and Detectability of Scapegoating in Network Tomography, Authors: Shangqing Zhao, Zhuo Lu and Cliff Wang, Proc: IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), May, 2017. Acceptance Rate: 16.95%. PDF Slides BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: How They Interact? Understanding Cyber and Physical Interactions against Fault Propagation in Smart Grid, Authors: Zhuo Lu, Mingkui Wei, and Xiang Lu, Proc: IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), May. 2017. Acceptance Rate: 20.93%. PDF Slides BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Network Anti-Inference: A Fundamental Perspective on Proactive Strategies to Counter Flow Inference, Authors: Zhuo Lu and Cliff Wang, Proc: IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Apr. 2015. Acceptance Rate: 19.3%. PDF Slides BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Queuing the Trust: Secure Backpressure Algorithm against Insider Threats in Wireless Networks, Authors: Zhuo Lu, Yalin Sagduyu, and Jason Li, Proc: IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Apr. 2015. Acceptance Rate: 19.3%. PDF Slides BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: How Can Botnets Cause Storms? Understanding the Evolution and Impact of Mobile Botnets, Authors: Zhuo Lu, Wenye Wang, and Cliff Wang, Proc: IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Apr. 2014. Acceptance Rate: 19.4%. PDF Slides BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Hiding Traffic with Camouflage: Minimizing Message Delay in the Smart Grid under Jamming, Authors: Zhuo Lu, Wenye Wang, and Cliff Wang, Proc: IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, Mini-Conference (INFOCOM), Apr. 2012. Acceptance Rate: 25%. PDF Slides BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Reliable and Secure Communication Platforms of FREEDM Systems in Smart Grid, Authors: Xiang Lu, Zhuo Lu, Wenye Wang, and Jianfeng Ma, Proc: ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, Demo Session (MobiCom), Sept. 2011. BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: From Jammer to Gambler: Modeling and Detection of Jamming Attacks against Time-Critical Traffic, Authors: Zhuo Lu, Wenye Wang, and Cliff Wang, Proc: IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Aug. 2011. Acceptance Rate: 16%. PDF Slides BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: On Order Gain of Backoff Misbehaving Nodes in CSMA/CA-Based Wireless Networks, Authors: Zhuo Lu, Wenye Wang, and Cliff Wang, Proc: IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), June. 2010. Acceptance Rate: 17.5%. PDF Slides BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Bandwidth Allocation for Federated Learning with Wireless Providers and Cost Constraints, Authors: Jiaohao Xue, Zhe Qu, Jie Xu, Yao Liu, and Zhuo Lu, Journal: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 7470-7482, Jun 2024. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: CrossVision: Real-time On-Camera Video Analysis via Common RoI Load Balancing, Authors: Letian Zhang, Zhuo Lu, Linqi Song, and Jie Xu, Journal: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 5027-5039, May 2024. BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: FedLGA: Towards System-Heterogeneity of Federated Learning via Local Gradient Approximation, Authors: Xingyu Li, Zhe Qu, Bo Tang, and Zhuo Lu, Journal: IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 401-414, Jan 2024. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: On the Convergence of Multi-Server Federated Learning with Overlapping Area, Authors: Zhe Qu, Xingyu Li, Jie Xu, Bo Tang, Zhuo Lu, and Yao Liu, Journal: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 22, no. 11, pp. 6647-6662, Nov 2023. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: Proactive Anti-Eavesdropping With Trap Deployment in Wireless Networks, Authors: Qiuye He, Song Fang, Tao Wang, Yao Liu, Shangqing Zhao, and Zhuo Lu, Journal: IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 637-649, Jan 2023. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: LoMar: A Local Defense Against Poisoning Attack on Federated Learning, Authors: Xingyu Li, Zhe Qu, Shangqing Zhao, Bo Tang, Zhuo Lu, and Yao Liu (The first two authors are co-primary authors), Journal: IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 437-450, Jan 2023. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: Context-Aware Online Client Selection for Hierarchical Federated Learning, Authors: Zhe Qu, Rui Duan, Lixing Chen, Jie Xu, Zhuo Lu, and Yao Liu, Journal: IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 22, pp. 4353-4367, Dec 2022. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: Wireless Training-free Keystroke Inference Attack and Defense, Authors: Edwin Yang, Song Fang, Ian Markwood, Yao Liu, Shangqing Zhao, Zhuo Lu, and Haojin Zhu, Journal: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 1733-1748, Aug. 2022. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: When Attackers Meet AI: Learning-empowered Attacks in Cooperative Spectrum Sensing, Authors: Zhengping Luo, Shangqing Zhao, Zhuo Lu, Jie Xu, and Yalin Sagduyu, Journal: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 1892-1908, May 2022. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: Combating Adversarial Network Topology Inference by Proactive Topology Obfuscation, Authors: Tao Hou, Tao Wang, Zhuo Lu, and Yao Liu, Journal: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 2779-2792, Dec. 2021. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: Measurement Integrity Attacks against Network Tomography: Feasibility and Defense, Authors: Shangqing Zhao, Zhuo Lu, and Cliff Wang, Journal: IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, vol. 18, pp. 2617-2630, Nov. 2021. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: How to Test the Randomness from the Wireless Channel for Security?, Authors: Zhe Qu, Shangqing Zhao, Jie Xu, Zhuo Lu, and Yao Liu, Journal: IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 16, pp. 3753-3766, June 2021. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: How Can Randomized Routing Protocols Hide Flow Information in Wireless Networks?, Authors: Shangqing Zhao, Zhuo Lu, and Cliff Wang, Journal: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 19, pp. 7224-7236, Nov, 2020. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: Cyber and Physical Interactions to Combat Failure Propagation in Smart Grid: Characterization, Analysis and Evaluation, Authors: Mingkui Wei, Zhuo Lu, Xiang Lu, and Yufei Tang, Journal: Computer Networks, July 2019. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: Integrating Social Links into Wireless Networks: Modeling, Routing, Analysis and Evaluation, Authors: Zhuo Lu, Yalin Sagduyu, and Yi Shi, Journal: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 111-124, Jan. 2019. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: Cyber Deception: Overview and The Road Ahead, Authors: Cliff Wang and Zhuo Lu, Journal: IEEE Security & Privacy, vol. 16, pp. 80-85, Apr. 2018. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: On Characterizing Information Dissemination During City-Wide Cascading Failures in Smart Grid, Authors: Mingkui Wei, Zhuo Lu, and Wenye Wang, Journal: IEEE Systems Journal, 2018. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: Securing the Backpressure Algorithm for Wireless Networks, Authors: Zhuo Lu, Yalin Sagduyu, and Jason Li, Journal: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 1136-1148, Apr. 2017. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: Enabling Network Anti-Inference via Proactive Strategies: A Fundamental Perspective, Authors: Zhuo Lu and Cliff Wang, Journal: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 43-55, Feb. 2017. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: On the Evolution and Impact of Mobile Botnets in Wireless Networks, Authors: Zhuo Lu, Wenye Wang, and Cliff Wang, Journal: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 15, pp. 2304-2316, Sep. 2016. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: On Topology and Resilience of Large-Scale Cognitive Radio Networks under Generic Failures, Authors: Lei Sun, Wenye Wang, and Zhuo Lu, Journal: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 3390-3401, Jun. 2015. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: Camouflage Traffic: Minimizing Message Delay for Smart Grid Applications under Jamming, Authors: Zhuo Lu, Wenye Wang, and Cliff Wang, Journal: IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, vol. 12, pp. 31-44, Jan. 2015. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: Modeling, Evaluation and Detection of Jamming Attacks in Time-Critical Wireless Applications, Authors: Zhuo Lu, Wenye Wang, and Cliff Wang, Journal: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 13, pp. 1746-1759, Aug. 2014. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: Cyber Security in the Smart Grid: Survey and Challenges, Authors: Wenye Wang and Zhuo Lu, Journal: Computer Networks, vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 1344-1371, Apr. 2013. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Backoff Misbehaving Nodes in CSMA/CA Networks, Authors: Zhuo Lu, Wenye Wang, and Cliff Wang, Journal: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 1331-1344, Aug. 2012. PDF BibTeX |
| ♦ | Title: Understanding the Ineffectiveness of the Transfer Attack in Intrusion Detection System, Authors: Rui Duan, Wenwei Zhao, Zhengping Jay Luo, Ning Wang, Yao Liu, and Zhuo Lu, Publisher: Network Security Empowered by Artificial Intelligence, Springer, 2024. BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Adversarial Machine Learning: A New Threat Paradigm for Next-generation Wireless Communications, Authors: Yalin E Sagduyu, Yi Shi, Tugba Erpek, William Headley, Bryse Flowers, George Stantchev, Zhuo Lu, and Brian Jalaian, Publisher: AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning: A Security Perspective, CRC Press, 2023. BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Federated Learning for IoT Applications, Attacks and Defense Methods, Authors: Zhe Qu, Rui Duan, Yao Liu, Zhuo Lu, Publisher: AI Embedded Assurance for Cyber Systems, Springer, 2023. BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Cyber Deception for Computer and Network Security: Survey and Challenges, Authors: Zhuo Lu, Cliff Wang, and Shangqing Zhao, Publisher: arXiv:2007.14497, Jul. 2020. PDF BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Autonomous Security Mechanisms for High-Performance Computing Systems: Review and Analysis, Authors: Tao Hou, Tao Wang, Dakun Shen, Zhuo Lu, and Yao Liu, Publisher: Autonomous Adaptive Cyber Systems, Springer, 2020. BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Proactive and Dynamic Network Defense, Authors: Cliff Wang and Zhuo Lu, Publisher: Advances in Information Security, Springer, 2019. BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: A Proactive and Deceptive Perspective for Role Detection and Concealment in Wireless Networks, Authors: Zhuo Lu, Cliff Wang, and Mingkui Wei, Publisher: Cyber Deception: Building the Scientific Foundation, Springer, 2016. BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Modeling and Evaluating Denial of Service Attacks for Wireless and Mobile Applications, Authors: Zhuo Lu, Wenye Wang, and Cliff Wang, Publisher: Springer, 2015. BibTex |
| ♦ | Title: Cyber Defense and Situational Awareness: Network-Wide Awareness, Authors: Nicholas Evancich, Zhuo Lu, Jason Li, Yi Cheng, Joshua Tuttle, and Peng Xie, Publisher: Advances in Information Security Series, Springer, 2014. BibTex |
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