Prof. Zheng Yan

IEEE Fellow, IET Fellow, AAIA Fellow, Xidian University, China

Biography: Dr. Zheng Yan, Distinguished Professor at Xidian University, is an IEEE Fellow, IET Fellow, and AAIA Fellow. He is a Stanford World top 2% scientiss, an Academy Fellow of the Academy of Finland, and a highly cited researcher by Elsevier in China. Her research interests are in trust management, information and network security, privacy protection, and data analysis. He has published over 380 papers in prestigious journals and conferences worldwide, including IEEE SP, IEEE TIFS, IEEE TDSC, INFOCOM, and ICSE, with over 260 as first or corresponding author. He has authored two English books used for teaching for nearly a decade. He holds 107 international and domestic patents, including 50 PCT patents (with 30 independent inventions), with over 130 patents adopted by industry, some of which have entered international standards or are widely used. His U.S. patents are tracked by over 60 Fortune Global 500 companies. He has received numerous awards, including the Nokia Distinguished Inventor Award, three EU awards, N²Women Star in Computer Networking and Communications, IEEE TCSC Award for Excellence in Scalable Computing, IEEE TEMS Distinguished Leadership Award, 17 IEEE Outstanding Leadership and Service Awards, AALTO ELEC Impact Award, IEEE ComSoc Big Data Technical Committee Best Journal Paper, IEEE TrustCom Outstanding Paper, Shaanxi Natural Science Award, and Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Supervisor by the Electronic Association. She founded the first IEEE Blockchain International Conference and serves as the Chair of the Steering Committee. He is an Executive Editor-in-Chief/Associate Editor/Editorial Board Member of over 60 journals, including ACM Computing Surveys, Information Fusion, IEEE IoT Journal, IEEE Network Magazine, and Information Sciences. He has served as a General Chair or Program Committee Chair for over 30 international conferences and has delivered nearly 30 keynote and invited speeches at international conferences and renowned enterprises.

Title: AI-empowered Trust and Trustworthy AI

Abstract: While artificial intelligence (AI) is contributing to the advancement of human society, it also presents us with new challenges. Its trustworthiness is worthy of in-depth exploration. This talk elucidates the aids of AI for trust and indicates the problems of AI trust, especially potential attacks on AI and the factors that impact AI trust. I will introduce recent research achievements of my team, including a GNN-based robust and explainable trust evaluation model and a stealthy and practical audio backdoor attack with limited knowledge. Finally, several insights are proposed regarding AI trust management.

Prof. Xiaoyan Hu

Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Biography: Dr. Hu received the M.Eng. degree in Information and Communications Engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China, in 2016, and the Ph.D. degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from University College London (UCL), London, U.K., in 2020. From 2019 to 2021, she was a Research Fellow with the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, UCL, U.K. She is currently a Distinguished Researcher with the School of Information and Communications Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. Her research interests are in the areas of 5G&6G wireless communications, including topics such as edge computing, reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)&intelligent reflecting surface (IRS), UAV communications, integrated sensing and communications (ISAC), secure&covert communications, and learning-based communications. She has published one WILEY book chapter on IRS-Aided Mobile Edge Computing: From Optimization to Learning, and 40+ research papers including 2 ESI highly cited papers and 4 Journal Popular Papers.

Dr. Hu is an IEEE Member. She has been selected as a member of Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program of the China Association for Science and Technology, and a member of the Qin Chuang Yuan High-Level Innovation and Entrepreneurship Talent Program. She has been honored as a “Si Yuan Scholar”. She is the recipient of the IEEE Communication Society Big Data 2023 Best Influential Journal Paper Award. She has been recognized as an Exemplary Reviewer for IEEE COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS. Dr. Hu served the Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS from Jan. 2020 to Dec. 2023. Now, she is an Associate Editor IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS. She has also served as a Guest Editor for ELECTRONICS on Physical Layer Security and for CHINA COMMUNICATIONS Blue Ocean Forum on MAC and Networks. 

Title: STAR-RIS Assisted Secure Communications and Mobile Edge Computing

Abstract: Due to the advantages of low cost, programmability, and easy deployment, reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has attracted widespread attention from both academia and industry which has been considered as one of the key enabling technologies for 6G. In order to further develop and explore the applications of RIS in wireless communication networks, some new RIS structures have been proposed, including simultaneously transmitting and reflecting RIS (STAR-RIS). STAR-RIS can provide a 360° coverage, which can enhance the service of wireless communications. However, this new structure also brings new challenges. In this report, we first introduce the application potentials of the STAR-RIS in enhancing the secure communications, including the issues of physical layer security (PLS) and covert communications, to deal with the security challenges from 360° eavesdropping. Then, we propose a STAR-RIS-assisted UAV-enabled mobile edge computing (MEC) architecture, which can fulfill bi-directional task offloading as well as simultaneous communication and offloading, taking advantage of the 360° coverage range of STAR-RIS and the flexibility of the UAV.