Track 1
Track 1. Secure and Trustworthy Communications
Chair: Liang Xiao, Xiamen University, China
Co-Chair: Yao Liu, University of South Florida, USA
Co-Chair: Weizhi Meng, Lancaster University, UK
This track focuses on secure and trustworthy
communications for next-generation networks. It explores security
architectures, cryptographic techniques, physical-layer security, and
privacy-preserving communication mechanisms that protect data
confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The track also addresses trust
management, authentication, and secure access control in heterogeneous and
large-scale networks. With the increasing integration of AI, edge computing,
and massive connectivity, new security challenges and threats continue to
emerge. This track welcomes contributions on theoretical models, algorithm
design, and practical solutions that enhance network resilience,
trustworthiness, and user privacy, supporting secure communication services
in future intelligent and connected systems.
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Track Chair Introduction
Liang Xiao, Xiamen University, China
Fellow of IEEE
Biography: Liang
Xiao is IEEE Fellow and a Professor in the Department of Informatics and
Communication Engineering, Xiamen University.She has served in several
editorial roles, including an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on
Information Forensics & Security, IEEE Transactions on Communication, IEEE
Transactions on Wireless Communication and IEEE Transactions on Dependable
and Secure Computing, and Guest Editor of IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in
Signal Processing. Her research interests include wireless security, privacy
protection, and wireless communications. She published three books and three
book chapters. She won 2024 IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Outstanding Paper
Award, as well as the best paper award for 2017 IEEE ICC, 2018 IEEE ICCS and
2016 IEEE INFOCOM Bigsecurity WS. She was 2022-2023 IEEE ComSoc
Distinguished Lecturer.
Yao Liu, University of South Florida, USA
Biography: Dr. Yao
Liu is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
University of South Florida. She received her Ph.D in Computer Science from
North Carolina State University in 2012. Dr. Liu's research is related to
computer and network security, with an emphasis on designing and
implementing defense approaches that protect mobile, network and computer
technologies from being undermined by adversaries. Her research interests
also lie in the security applications for cyber-physical systems, Internet
of Things, and machine learning. Dr. Liu has been active in serving in the
organization and technical program committees in premier network and
security conferences, including ACSAC, CCS, CNS, INFOCOM, NDSS, S&P, USENIX
Security, and WiSec. She has also been in the editorial boards of leading
academic journals, including IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and
Security, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, IEEE/ACM
Transactions on Networking, and ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security.
Dr. Liu was an NSF CAREER Award recipient in 2016. She received USF
Outstanding Research Achievement Award in 2017. She also received the ACM
CCS Test-of-Time Award by ACM SIGSAC in 2019. Dr. Liu is a member of ACM and
IEEE.
Biography: Weizhi
Meng is currently a Full Professor in the School of Computing and
Communications, Lancaster University, United Kingdom. He received his
bachelor degree in Computer Science from the Nanjing University of Posts and
Telecommunications, China and obtained his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science
from the City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Hong Kong SAR, China. Prior
to joining Lancaster, he was a tenured faculty in the Department of Applied
Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark (DTU),
Denmark, and worked as research scientist in Institute for Infocomm
Research, A*STAR, Singapore. He is currently directing the SPTAGE Lab.
Weizhi Meng, Lancaster University, UK
He won the Outstanding Academic Performance Award during his doctoral study,
and is a recipient of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE)
Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers/Researchers in both 2014 and
2017. He also received many Best Paper Awards and Best Student Paper Awards
from international conferences, such as Inscrypt 2019, ISC 2020, ACISP 2020,
BlockSys 2021, IEEE DSC 2021, ProvSec 2022, SciSec 2022, ICICS 2022, ML4CS
2023, IEEE HPCC 2024, etc. Other awards include the IEEE Outstanding
Leadership Award for IEEE Blockchain 2018 and IEEE ATC 2019, the Publons Top
Peer Review Award in 2018/2019, and many outstanding reviewer awards for
Elsevier journals. He received the IEEE ComSoc Best Young Researcher Award
for Europe, Middle East, & Africa Region (EMEA) in 2020, and the IEEE MGA
Young Professionals Achievement Award in 2020 for his contributions to
leading activities in Denmark and Region 8.
His primary research interests are blockchain technology, cyber security and
artificial intelligence in security including intrusion detection,
blockchain applications, smartphone security, biometric authentication, HCI
security, cloud security, trust management, malware detection,
cyber-physical system security and IoT security. He also shows a strong
interest in applied cryptography. He serves an editor role for IEEE
Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, Journal of Information
Security and Applications, and International Journal of Information
Security, etc., and was General Chair / Program chair for many reputed
conferences such as IEEE Globecom (CISS) 2020, IFIPSEC 2022, ESORICS 2022,
ACM CCS 2023, etc. He was the Founding Chair of IEEE Young Professionals
Affinity Group - Denmark Section. He is an ACM Distinguished Speaker, IEEE
Computer Society Distinguished Visitor, a senior member of IEEE, a senior
member of ACM, a senior member of CCF, an EAI Fellow, and an IARIA Fellow.