Research Activities

Research Interests

• Access control techniques
• Authentication and cryptography with noisy data (e.g., biometrics)
• Privacy protection in LBS
• Security issues in outsourced databases services
• Information security visualization
• Blockchains and applications
• Open (big) data for smart cities: architecture, security, and applications

Recent Professional Activities:

· PC Co-chair: ICT-EurAsia13, ICT-EurAsia14, ACOMP 2013, FDSE 2014, ACOMP 2014, Globe 2014 (in conjunction with DEXA 2014), FDSE 2015, ACOMP 2015, FDSE 2016, ACOMP 2016, RCCIE 2017, FDSE 2017, ACOMP 2017, FDSE 2018, FDSE 2019, FDSE 2020, FDSE 2021

· General Co-chair: ACOMP 2018

· Reviewer: DEXA 2002, DEXA 2004, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), CSSE Journal, ACM Transactions on the Web (TWEB), Distributed and Parallel Databases (DAPD), IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IET Biometrics, ECR Journal/Springer, TLDKS/Springer

· Guest/Associate Editor: TLDKS/Springer, Secure and Communication Networks, JMM (River Publishers), SNCS (Springer), IJWIS (Emerald Publishing)

· PC member of IIWAS 2002, IIWAS 2004, IBIMA2005, IIWAS 2005, WAR2005, WAR2006, UWSI 2005, COSCI2005, DEXA 2006, DEXA 2007, ACOMP 2007, iiWAS2007, ACOMP 2008, DEXA 2008, iiWAS2008, ICTFIT2008, CST2009, ACOMP 2009, ICTFIT2009, ICTFIT2010, ACOMP 2010, ICTACS2010, ACIIDS2010, ACOMP 2011, ACIIDS2011, ACSEAC2011, STA2011, iiWAS2011, MobiWIS11, ICTFIT2012, HPSC2012, AINA12, DATA ANALYTICS12, ACSEAC2012, ICUIMC 2012, EIDWT 2013, MC 2013, ACIIDS 2013, ICUIMC 2013, ACIIDS 2014, ICUIMC 2014, Globe 2015, ICUIMC 2016, IMCOM 2017-2021

· Organizing committee member: COSCI 2005, ACOMP 2010, ACOMP 2011, RCICT 2011, VLDB Summer School 2011, HPSC 2012, ACOMP 2013-2018, FDSE 2014-2021

Recent Talks:

· International: HPSC1998, iiWAS2001, IDIMT2001, WAIM2002, DEXA2002, iiWAS2002, FQAS2002, iiWAS2004, COSCI2005, PDM2005, iTrust2005, HPSC2006, DEXA2007, ACOMP2008, HPSC2009, ACIIDS2010, ApWeb2010, VLDB2010 (SDM), RCICT2011, ISIC2011, ICCCI2012, RCCIE 2013, ACOMP 2013, ICT-EurAsia2013, ACOMP 2013-2021, FDSE 2014-2021

· National: CST1999, CST2005, ICTFIT2008, CITA2008 (invited talk)

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