Professional Membership:

• IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer 2024-2025
• Serving as the steering committee member of the IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC) since Jan. 2023.
• The Chair (2022-2023) of CISTC (Communications and Information Security Technical Committee) in IEEE Communication Society
• The Vice Chair (Conferences) (2020-2021) of CISTC (Communications and Information Security Technical Committee) in IEEE Communication Society
• The Vice Chair (Publication) (2018-2019) of CISTC (Communications and Information Security Technical Committee) in IEEE Communication Society
• The Secretary (2016-2017) of CISTC (Communications and Information Security Technical Committee) in IEEE Communication Society
• IEEE Fellow
• IEEE ComSoc Member
• IEEE Computer Society Member
• IEEE Vehicular Society Member

Editorship:

• Editor-at-large for the IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (OJ-COMS), for the Communications and Information Security area, March 2020 - present
• Editorial Board Member, IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology (OJVT), Jan. 2020 - present
• Technical Editor, IEEE Network, Jan. 2018 – present
• Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Security and Networks, Feb. 2015 – present
• Editorial Board Member, Sensors, May 2017 - present
• Editor-in-Chief, International Journal on Communications Antenna and Propagation, Jun. 2014 – May 2017
• Editor Board Member, International Journal on Communications Antenna and Propagation, Jun. 2017- present
• Technical Editor, IEEE Network, Dec. 2013 – Dec. 2015
• Editorial Board Member, Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, since 2013
• Editorial Board Member, Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications (since 2013)
• Associate Editor, Wiley’s Security and Communication Networks Journal (2013-2016)
• Editor, KSII Transactions on Internet and Information System (TIIS) (2012-2018)
• Editorial Review Board, International Journal of Privacy and Health Information Management (IJPHIM) (since 2012)
• Associate Editor, Smart Computing Review (since 2012)
• Associate Editor, International Journal on Communications Antenna and Propagation (2011-2013)
• Editorial Board Member, Parallel and Distributed Computing and Network (2011-2013)
• Guest Editor, IET Information Security, Special Issue on Usable Security and Privacy for Large Model Systems, 2024.
• Guest Editor, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Special Issue on Recent Advances of Security, Privacy, and Trust in Mobile Crowdsourcing, 2024.
• Guest Editor, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications, Special Issue on Security and Privacy of Avatar in Metaverse, 2023.
• Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, Special Issue on Security and Privacy Issues of Smart Network Systems, 2020.
• Guest Editor, IEEE Access, Special Issue on Internet-of-Things Attacks and Defenses: Recent Advances and Challenges, 2020.
• Guest Editor, Security and Privacy, Special Issue on Secure Data Aggregation Techniques in Internet of Things, 2019.
• Guest Editor, Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications, Special Issue on Security and Privacy of Machine Learning Assisted P2P Networks, 2019.
• Guest Editor, Elsevier Journal “Computer Communications”, Advanced Computing and Communication Technologies for Internet of Drones, 2019.
• Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Special Issue on Blockchains in Emerging Vehicular Social Networks, 2019.
• Guest Editor, IET Smart Cities, Special Issue on Security and Privacy for Smart Cities, 2019.
• Guest Editor, MDPI Journal “Applied Sciences”, Cognitive Computing with Big Data System over Secure Internet of Things, 2019.
• Guest Editor, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Special Issue on The convergence of Blockchain and IoT: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solution, 2018.
• Guest Editor, Security and Communication Networks, Security and Privacy in Cloud-Assisted Big Data Processing, 2018.
• Guest Editor, IEEE Communication Magazine, Special Issue on Achieving Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Edge/Fog Deployment, 2017.
• Guest Editor, IEEE Network, Special Issue on Security and Privacy of Connected Vehicular Cloud Computing, 2017.
• Guest Editor, Future Generation Computer Systems, Special Issue on Security and Privacy in Cyber Physical Systems, 2017.
• Guest Editor, Future Generation Computer Systems, Special Issue on Security and Privacy for RFID and IoTs, 2017.
• Guest Editor, Future Generation Computer Systems, Special Issue on Security and Privacy Issues in Fog Computing, 2015.
• Guest Editor, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Special Issue on Big Security Challenges in Big Data Era, 2015.
• Guest Editor, Sensors (ISSN1424-8220), Special Issue on Security and Privacy in Sensor Networks, 2015.
• Guest Editor, Sensors (ISSN1424-8220), Special Issue on Security and Privacy Challenges in Emerging Fog Computing, 2016.
• Guest Editor, Sensors (ISSN1424-8220), Special Issue on Recent Advances in Array Signal Processing and Its Applications in IoT Security, 2017.
• Guest Editor, Wiley’s Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience, Special Issue on Recent Advances in Security and Privacy in Large-Scale Networks, 2015.
• Guest Editor, Hindawi’s Mobile Information Systems Journal, Special Issue on Security and Privacy Challenges in Vehicular Cloud Computing, 2016
• Guest Editor, Wiley’s Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience, Special Issue on Recent Advances in Security and Privacy in Large-Scale Networks, 2015.
• Guest Editor, Hindawi’s Security and Communication Networks Journal, Special Issue on Security and Privacy in Emerging Wireless Networks, 2017
• Guest Editor, Wiley’s Security and Communication Networks Journal, Special Issue on systematic network optimizations for security parameters, 2014.
• Guest Editor, Wiley’s Security and Communication Networks Journal, Special Issue on Security and Privacy Preservation in Vehicular Communications, 2008

Conference/Workshop Chair:

• The 17th IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things (iThings 2024), General Co-Chair
• IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (IEEE ICCC 2024), Technical Program Committee Co-Chair
• IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids (SmartgridCom 2024), ``Privacy and Security" Symposium Co-Chair.
• International Conference on Quantum Communications, Networking, and Computing (QCNC 2024), ``Security in the Quantum Age" Track Co-Chair
• The 4th International Conference on Emerging Information Security and Applications (EISA 2023), General Chair
• The 2023 IEEE 11th International Conference on Information, Communication and Networks (ICICN), General Co-Chair
• The 6th IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain 2023), General Chair
• The Sixth International Conference on Frontiers in Cyber Security (FCS 2023), Program Co-chair
• IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (IEEE ICCC 2023), Publicity Co-Chair
• IEEE International Conference on Metaverse Computing, Networking and Applications (IEEE MetaCom 2023), Security, Privacy, and Trust Track Chair
• The 30th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), Publicity Chair
• The 20th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST 2023), Privacy Track Co-Chair
• The 3rd International Conference on Emerging Information Security and Applications (EISA 2022), Program Chair
• The 22nd International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing (ICA3PP 2022), Program Chair
• The 19th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST 2022), Technical Program Committee Co-Chair
• The 18th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST 2021), Technical Program Committee Co-Chair
• The 18th IEEE International Conference on Advanced and Trusted Computing (ATC 2021), Program Chair
• IEEE ICC 2021, Communication & Info. Systems Security Symposium Co-Chair
• The 16th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob 2020), Technical Program Committee Co-Chair
• The 18th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST’20), Technical Program Committee Chair
• Technical Symposium Co-Chair, Communications and Information Security, International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC 2020)
• IEEE TrustCom 2019, Track Chair (Emerging Technologies)
• The International Conference on Cyberspace Data and Intelligence 2019 (CyberDI 2019), Program Chair
• The 12th International Conference on Security, Privacy and Anonymity in Computation, Communication and Storage (SpaCCS 2019), Technical Program Co-Chair
• IEEE WiMob 2019, Publicity co-Chair
• The 17th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST’19) Special Sessions Chair
• The 16th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST’18) Privacy Track Chair
• The 20th International Conference on Information and Communications Security (ICICS 2018) Publication Chair
• The 9th International Symposium on Cyberspace Safety and Security (CSS'17) Privacy Preserving Track Chair
• 13th EAI International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks (Securecomm'17) Publicity and Social Media Co-Chair
• IEEE Globecom’16, Communication & Info. Systems Security Symposium Co-Chair
• IEEE WiMob 2016, Track co-chair of “Security on Wireless and mobile Networks (SWMN)”
• Co-Workshop Organizer, International Workshop on Cloud and Big Data Security 21st & 22nd Sept 2015, School of EEE, NTU, Singapore (Interviewed by Computerweekly.com http://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500254910/Singapore-and-UK-researchers-investigate-privacy-in-big-data-era )
• Technical Symposium Co-Chair, PSC: Privacy and Security in Communications, IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC 2015), Shenzhen, China, February 2-4, 2015
• Technical Symposium Co-Chair, Communications and Information Security, International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC 2015), Anaheim, California, USA, February 16-19, 2015
• Technical Program Co-Chair, International Workshop on Secure Networking and Forensic Computing (SNFC 2014), in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2014, June 10-14, 2014, Sydney, Australia
• Demos and Tutorials Co-Chair, 9th International Conference on Communications and Networking in China (CHINACOM 2014), August 14-16, 2014 Maoming, People’s Republic of China
• Technical Symposium Co-Chair, Wireless Communications Symposium, International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC 2014), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, February 3-6, 2014
• Technical Symposium Co-Chair, Wireless Networking Symposium, 2013 International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP 2013), October 24-26, 2013, Hangzhou, China
• Publication co-chair, 8th International Conference on Communications and Networking in China (Chinacom 2013), August 14-16, 2013 Guilin, People’s Republic of China
• Technical Program Co-Chair, IEEE International Workshop on Security in Computers, Networking and Communications (SCNC 2011), in conjunction with IEEE Infocom 2011, April 10-15, 2011, Shanghai, China

Conference/Workshop Technical Program Committee Member:

• IEEE ICC 2024, IEEE Globecom 2024, IEEE PRMIC 2024, ICICS 2024
• IEEE ICC 2023, IEEE Globecom 2023, IEEE PRMIC 2023, CSNet 2023, IEEE ICCC 2023, WPES 2023, ISPEC 2023, ICICS 2023, Cloud S\&P 2023, ACNS-SCI 2023, ACISP 2023, MetaCom 2023, ICA3PP 2023, CANAI 2023, IEEE DSC 2023
• IEEE ICC 2022, IEEE Globecom 2022, ESORICS 2022, CanadianAI 2022, ACISP 2022, NSS 2022, ProvSec 2022, BST 2022, IEEE DSC 2022, Cloud SP 2022, Canadian AI 2022, ICICS 2022, APCC 2022, APWiMob 2022, CSI 2022, IEEE Healthcom 2022, IEEE ICCC 2022, IEEE MeditCom 2022, IEEE WCNC 2022, IWCMC 2022, IWQoS 2022, WINCOM 2022, TrustCom 2022
• IEEE ICC 2021, IEEE Globecom 2021, ESORICS 2021, CanadianAI 2021, ACM TURC 2021, ACISP 2021, Asiacrypt 2021
• IEEE Globecom 2020, ESORICS 2020, CanadianAI 2020, ACM TURC 2020, ACISP 2020, ACMUMAP2020, 2020 National Cyber Summit Research Track
• SecureComm 2019, ProvSec 2019, FCS-2019, ADIoT 2019, DSC 2019, ICCT 2019, SocialSEc 2019, NCS 2019, PriCom 2019, ISPEC 2019, ACM TURC 2019, CanAI 2019, ACM UMAP 2019, WiMob 2019, APCC 2019, ITNAC 2019, IEEE Globecom 2019， IEEE ICC 2019, IEEE WCNC 2019, IEEE SmartGridComm 2019, IEEE Healthcom 2019, DPNoC 2019, IWCMC-security 2019, NTMS 2019, SpaCCS 2019, HPCC 2019, MobiApps 2019
• ICNC 2018, IEEE ICC 2018, IEEE Globecom 2018, WCSP 2018, WiMob 2018, IEEE Healthcom 2018, IEEE ICCS 2018, IEEE SmartGridComm 2018, CHASE-MedSPT 2018, ISTA-2018, ACMiNS 2018, DPNoC 2018, IWCMC Security 2018, MobiApps 2018, FCS 2018, DSC 2018, ICICS 2018, ISPEC 2018, Securecomm 2018, CAI 2018, GPC 2018, ITST 2018
• DSC 2017, ICCCN 2017, ISPEC 2017, ACM TUR-C 2017, AsiaCCS-SCC 2017, IEEE ICCC 2017, SSCC 2017, IEEE Healthcom 2017, WiMob 2017, IWCMC 2017

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• Provsec 2016
• ACISP 2016
• AsiaCCS 2016
• IEEE INFOCOM 2016
• IEEE ICC 2016
• IEEE WCNC 2016
• IEEE ICNC 2016

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• IEEE INFOCOM 2015
• IEEE ICC 2015
• IEEE WCNC 2015
• IEEE GLOBECOM 2015
• IEEE Healthcom 2015
• IEEE SmartGridComm 2015
• Milcom 2015

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• IEEE INFOCOM 2014
• IEEE ICC 2014
• IEEE GLOBECOM 2014
• IEEE WCNC 2014
• IEEE CCNC 2014
• IEEE ICNC 2014
• IEEE SmartGridComm'14 Symposium - Security and Privacy
• IWCMC 2014 Security Symposium
• INFOCOM'2014 Workshop on Dynamic Social Networks
• INFOCOM'2014 Workshop on Mobile Cloud Computing
• INFOCOM'2014 Workshops on GCCCN
• INFOCOM'2014 Workshop on Security and Privacy in Big Data

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• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2011, 2013
• IEEE SmartGridComm Symposium - The Whole Picture, 2012
• IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2011, 2012, 2013
• IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), 2010 Fall
• IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2010, 2011, 2012
• IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), 2012
• IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (IEEE MASS 2011), 2011
• Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), 2012
• International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, Cloud Computing and Networking Symposium, (ICNC'12 - CLD), 2012
• International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless (ADHOC-NOW), 2011
• International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), 2010, 2011, 2012
• International Wireless Internet Conference (WiCON), 2010
• International Conference on Communications and Networking in China (ChinaCom), 2009, 2010
• International Workshop on Wireless Sensor, Actuator and Robot Networks (WiSARN), 2010 Fall, 2011 Spring, 2011 Fall, 2012 Fall
• IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), 2011
• International symp. on Intelligent Systems Techniques for Ad hoc and Wireless Sensor Networks (IST-AWSN), 2011
• The 2nd International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT-2011)

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