Academic Staff
Prof. LUO Xiapu Daniel
Associate Dean (Research) of Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Professor
BSc, MSc(Wuhan); PhD[PolyU(H.K.)]; SMIEEE
- PQ828
- +852 2766 7264
- daniel.xiapu.luo@polyu.edu.hk
- Personal Website
ORCID ID
SCOPUS IDBiography
Prof. Luo received his B.S. and M.S. from Wuhan University and obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, under the supervision of Prof. Rocky K.C. Chang. After that, he spent two years at the Georgia Institute of Technology as a post-doctoral research fellow advised by Prof. Wenke Lee. His current research interests include Blockchain and Smart Contracts Security, Mobile/IoT/Vehicle Security, Network Security and Privacy, and Software Engineering with papers published in top-tier security, software engineering, and networking conferences and journals. His research has led to more than ten best/distinguished paper awards, including ACM CCS'24 Distinguished Paper Award, four ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Awards in ICSE'24, Internetware'24, ISSTA'22 and ICSE’21, Best DeFi Papers Award 2023, Best Paper Award in INFOCOM'18, Best Research Paper Award in ISSRE'16, etc. and several awards from the industry. He received the BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize (FinTech) 2023 for his contribution to blockchain security. He is also listed as the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University. His research uncovered many severe vulnerabilities in critical infrastructures and applications. Moreover, his work has been utilized by industry to detect and analyze malware and cyberattacks.
He actively contributes to the community by participating in program/organization committees for major conferences in security, software engineering, and networking, and by serving as an associate editor for prestigious journals such as IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), and ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security (TOPS). He has also received several awards for his service, including the Top Reviewer Award from CCS'22 and the Distinguished TPC Member Award from
INFOCOM'23 and INFOCOM'24.
Education and Academic Qualifications
- Bachelor of Engineering, Wuhan University
- Master of Engineering, Wuhan University
- Doctor of Philosophy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
