External Research Grants

2019/20

• Edge Learning: the Enabling Technology for Distributed Big Data Analytics in Cloud-Edge Environment (PC: Prof. GUO Song)

2018/19

• Tackling Grand Challenges in Food Safety: A Big Data and IoT Enabled Approach (PC: Prof. CAO Jiannong)
• Next Generation Digital Camera Imaging: Human Centered Image Reconstruction, Enhancement and Evaluation (PC: Prof. ZHANG Lei)

2023/24

• Heterogeneity-aware Collaborative Edge AI Acceleration (PC: Prof. CAO Jiannong)
• Towards Next-generation Artificial Auditory System with Brain-inspired Technologies  (PC: Prof. TAN Kay Chen)

2021/22

• High Performance Deep Learning Clusters for Big Data Analytics  (Co-PI: Prof. CAO Jiannong)

2020/21

• Development of Next-Generation Key Technologies for Smart Buildings (Co-PIs: Prof. CAO Jiannong, Prof. WANG Dan )

2018/19

• Multi-stage Big Data Analytics for Complex Systems: Methodologies and Applications (PC: Prof. CAO Jiannong)
• Multi-sourced Event Detection and Multi-dimensional Analysis based on Event Cube (PC: Prof. LI Qing)
• A Human-Powered Machine Learning System (Co-PI: Prof. CAO Jiannong)

2016/17

• Security and Privacy-enhancing Technologies for Cloud Storage of Big Data (Co-PI: Prof. CAO Jiannong)

2024/25

• Safe and Reliable Autonomous Cooperation of Intelligent Edge Nodes: A Distributed Reinforcement Learning Approach (PI: Prof. CAO Jiannong)

• Recommender Systems in the Era of Large Language Models (LLMs): Method, Vulnerability, and Robustness (PI: Dr FAN Wenqi)

• Exploring Efficient Folding Schemes: New Designs of Zero-Knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine and Other Cryptography Systems (PI: Dr GAO Shang)

• Advancing Robustness and Generalization in Edge AI Systems via Multi-view Representation-aware Model Refactoring (PI: Dr GUO Jingcai)

• Unified Fair Graph Condensation Framework for Scalable GNN Training (PI: Prof. LI Qing)

• Pushing the Boundary: Empowering Foundation Models with Tools (PI: Prof. LI Maggie)

• Security of Deployed Smart Contracts: Threat Detection and Attack Prevention (PI: Dr LI Zecheng)

• Towards Data-Efficient GANs Through Dynamic Architectural Reconfigurations (PI: Dr SAXENA Divya)

• Large-Scale Multilayer Graph Management: Queries, Indexes, and Algorithms (PI: Dr SHI Jieming)

• Towards Efficient Large Model Training via Learning from Small Models (PI: Prof. TAN Kay Chen)

• Edge Computing for the Segment Anything Model: Framework, Algorithms, and Applications (PI: Prof. WANG Dan)

• A Template-based Design Methodology of Safety-Guaranteed Cyber-Physical Systems (PI: Dr WANG Qixin)

• Sense Like Your Brain: Advancing Audio-Visual Perception and Understanding with Brain-inspired Technologies (PI: Dr WU Jibin)

• Turning Dust to Gold: Reliable Data Transfer Framework for LoRaWAN (PI: Dr XIA Xianjin)

• Towards Privacy-preserving and Secure Authentication of Decentralized Identity (PI: Prof. XIAO Bin)

• LocGPT: Understanding Indoor Localization by Large AI Models (PI: Dr YANG Lei)

• Towards Next-Generation LPWAN: Supporting Massive Concurrent IoT Connectivity (Dr ZHENG Yuanqing)

2023/24

• Unified Graph Learning Framework for Multimodal Relation Extraction via Hierarchical Contrastive Learning (PI: Prof. LI Qing)

• Vulnerability Analysis and Robustness Improvement of 3D Point Cloud Models (PI: Prof. XIAO Bin)

• Data Availability and Decentralization of Blockchain Zero-Knowledge Rollups in Layer 2 Networks (PI: Dr GAO Shang)

• Advancing Learned Index Structures for Databases via Non-linear Functions (PI: Dr YIU Man Lung)

• Integrated Sensing and Communication for Large-scale LoRa Networks (PI: Dr ZHENG Yuanqing)

• Giving Me a Hand: Towards Emotional Support Conversation Machines (PI: Prof. LI Maggie)

• Towards Lightweight Optimization for Complex Problems (PI: Prof. TAN Kay Chen)

• Empowering TinyML with Low-shot Learning for Edge AI Systems (PI: Dr GUO Jingcai)

• Neural-enhanced Edge Perception: Representation-aware Analytics on Collaborative Devices (PI: Prof. GUO Song)

• Allocating Resources with Imperfect Information: from Cardinal to Epistemic Fairness (PI: Dr LI Bo)

• Elastic Multimodal learning over Internet of Vehicles (PI: Dr XU Wenchao)

• Hierarchical Distributed Reinforcement Learning for Low-latency Autonomous Cooperation in Collaborative Edge Computing (PI: Prof. CAO Jiannong)

• Investigating Scene Graph Generation as an Effective Semantic Communication Mechanism for Time-Critical and Task-Specific Internet-of-Video-Things (PI: Prof. CHEN Changwen)

• Boosting the Security of Blockchain DApps by Speeding Up Vulnerability Discovery and Defending Against Stealthy Attacks (PI: Prof. LUO Xiapu)

2022/23

• Federated Analytics for Real-time Environment Construction: Framework, Algorithm and Application (PI: Prof. WANG Dan)
• Follow Me: Towards Target-Guided Recommendation-oriented Conversation Machines (PI: Prof. LI Maggie)
• Enhancing Robustness via Explainability against Adversarial Attacks for Trustworthy Graph Neural Networks (PI: Dr FAN Wenqi)
• Anonymous DeFi: Enabling Private Transactions on Public Programmable Blockchains (PI: Dr GAO Shang)
• Towards Privacy-Preserving Explainability for Graph Neural Networks (PI: Dr LIN Wanyu)
• Security Assessment of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Protocols by Exploiting Trading, Liquidity and Real Market (PI: Prof. XIAO Bin)
• Investigating Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Empowered Wireless Networking for Internet-of-Video-Things (PI: Prof. CHEN Changwen)
• Editable Learning with Fast Adaptation over Evolutionary Edges (PI: Prof. GUO Song)
• Enabling Bulk Data Transfers for Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (PI: Dr XIA Xianjin)
• Advancing Multi-task Designs for Large-scale Multi-objective Optimization (PI: Prof. TAN Kay Chen)
• Distributed Resource Management for Scalable and High Performance Collaborative Edge Computing (PI: Prof. CAO Jiannong)
• Seeing the World Behind 2D Images: Neural Light Fields for 3D Scene Representation and Understanding (PI: Prof. KUMAR Ajay)

2021/22

• Towards Scalable Multi-Objective Bilevel Optimization: Foundations, Methodologies and Applications (PI: Prof. TAN Kay Chen)
• Attacking Black-box Recommendations via User Profiles Generation under Hierarchical-structure Policy Gradient (PI: Prof. LI Qing)
• Protocol Adaptation for Real-Time Streaming: Architecture, Algorithms and Implementation (PI: Dr WANG Dan)
• Decentralized Model Learning with Unlabeled Streaming Data for Edge AI (PI: Prof. CAO Jiannong)
• Conversational Question Answering: When Question Answering Meets Multi-Round Conversation (PI: Dr LI Maggie)
• Towards IoT-Oriented Sparse Antenna Arrays with Minimal Resolution Redundancy: Theory, Design and Application (PI: Dr YANG Lei)
• Efficient and Post-Quantum Lattice-Based Confidential Transaction Protocols in Blockchain Systems (PI: Dr GAO Shang)
• Providing Novel Authenticated Query Services by Exploiting the Blockchain Technology: Privacy-Preserving Graph Query and Efficient kNN Query (PI: Dr XIAO Bin)
• Opportunistic Federated Learning over Internet of Vehicles (PI: Dr XU Wenchao)
• Security Analysis of Cross-Platform Blockchain DApps and its Applications (PI: Dr LUO Daniel)
• Collaborative Training in Resource-constrained Edge Networks via Generative Mutual Knowledge Transfer (PI: Prof. GUO Song)

2020/21

• E-Tree Learning: A Novel Decentralized Model Learning Framework for Edge AI (PI: Prof. CAO Jiannong)
• Federated Learning with Non-IID Data over Resource-Constrained Mobile Edge Networks (PI: Prof. GUO Song)
• Approximation Algorithms for Phylogenetic Networks (PI: Dr JANSSON Jesper)
• Towards Knowledge-Grounded Neural Conversation Machines (PI: Dr LI Maggie)
• Hardening Blockchains Against DoS Attacks Exploiting Gas Mechanism (PI: Dr LUO Daniel)
• Federated Learning in a Peer-to-Peer Environment: Architecture, Algorithms, and Implementation (PI: Dr WANG Dan)
• 2-D Graph Convolution for Learning on Graphs: Methodology and Applications (PI: Dr WU Xiaoming)
• Towards Secure Blockchain-based DNS and Log Systems: Data Authenticity, Availability and Traceability (PI: Dr XIAO Bin)
• A Protocol-Free Tracking Platform for the Internet of Things (PI: Dr YANG Lei)
• Exploiting Smart Memory/Storage for Accelerating Data Mining on Vector Data (Dr YIU Ken)

• Task Partition and Migration for High Performance Collaborative Edge Computing (PI: Prof. CAO Jiannong)
• Proactive and Cooperative Resource Allocation in Wide-scale Edges (PI: Prof. GUO Song)
• Algorithms for building phylogenetic trees and networks (PI: Dr JANSSON Jesper)
• Generating Adversarial Examples by Adversarial Networks for Semi- Supervised Image Classification (PI: Prof. LI Qing)
• Reinforced Reading, Reasoning and Writing for Question-focused Summarization (PI: Dr LI Maggie)
• Exposing Undesirable Behaviors in Smart Contracts via Hybrid Analysis (PI: Dr LUO Daniel)
• Towards Developing an Evidence-Based Service-Learning Model: A Machine Learning-based Investigation of Factors
• Affecting the Student Learning Process in Service-Learning in University Students (PI: Dr NGAI Grace)
• Network-induced Delays in Video Analytics in the Edge: Sources and Solutions (PI: Prof. WANG Dan)
• Threats in Mining and Blockchain Networks: Novel Attacks and Countermeasures (PI: Prof. XIAO Bin)
• Fast Approximate Data Analytics for Analytic Databases (PI: Dr YIU Ken)
• Towards A Scalable and Secure LPWAN: A Collaborative Edge Computing Framework (PI: Dr ZHENG Yuanqing)
  

2018/19

• Data Aware Task Allocation for Collaborative Edge Computing (PI: Prof. CAO Jiannong)
• Towards Emotion-Enhanced Social Conversation Machines (PI: Prof. LI Maggie)
• Vetting the Security of Appified Bare-Metal IoT Systems (PI: Dr LUO Daniel)
• Designs of Oracles for Control-CPS Software Bug Localization (PI: Dr WANG Qixin)
• Learning Knowledge Driven Deep Models for Complex Visual Enhancement with Small Data (PI: Prof. ZHANG Lei)

2017/18

• Super-Polynomial Approximation of Graph Problems (PI: Dr CAO Yixin)
• Exploring Neural Network Models for Generationbased Text Summarization (PI: Dr LI Maggie)
• Transfer Learning for Image Analysis by both Probabilistic Latent Variable and Space Reconstruction (PI: Prof. ZHANG David)
• Thinking Locally, Acting Globally: Breaking the Boundaries in Contactless Biometrics Identification under Less Constrained Environments (PI: Dr KUMAR Ajay )
• Demand dispatching for emerging on-demand services: a data driven approach (PI: Prof. CAO Jiannong)
• Improving Mobile Users' Privacy Decisions via Exposing Unexpected Sensitive Operations in Hardened Apps (PI: Dr LUO Daniel)

2016/17

• Graph Algorithms Based on Modular Decomposition (PI: Dr CAO Yixin)
• SmartFix: Scaling Automated Program Repair to Handle Composite Fixes (PI: Dr PEI Yu)
• Network-Centric Mobile Malware Detection via Synthesizing Traffic and App Analysis (PI: Dr LUO Daniel)
• Efficient Spatial Data Management for Crowdsourced Transportation (PI: Dr YIU Ken)
• Robust Visual Recognition on Large Datasets with Minimal Manual Annotation (PI: Prof. ZHANG Lei)

2023/24

• High-performance Collaborative Edge Computing Enabling Smart City Applications: Framework and Methodologies (PC: Prof. CAO Jiannong)

2020/21

• A High-performance Distributed Machine Learning Framework for Graph-based Streaming Data with Smart City Applications (Co-PI: Prof. CAO Jiannong)
  

2019/20

• SureFire: Smart Urban Resilience and Firefighting (Co-PI: Dr WANG Qixin)

2018/19

• Sustainable Marine Infrastructure Enabled by the Innovative Use of Seawater Sea-Sand Concrete and Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composites (Co-I: Prof. CAO Jiannong)

2024/25

• Towards Adversarial Resilience on Blockchain-Based Crowdsourcing Platforms (PI: Dr ZHANG Chen)

2023/24

• Towards Neuroscience-inspired Neural Architecture Design (PI: Dr WU Jibin)

2022/23

• Learning Semantics and Geometries of Large-scale 3D Point Clouds without Human Annotations (PI: Dr YANG Bo)
• Error-Aware and Contrastive Knowledge Graph Learning (PI: Dr HUANG Xiao)

2021/22

• Social-Transformers: A Deep Pre-training Framework for Social Media Language Understanding (PI: Dr LI Jing)
• Algorithmic Fair Division under Combinatorial Constraints (PI: Dr LI Bo)
• GPU-based Approximate Query Processing of High-Order Proximities on Billion-Scale Graphs (PI: Dr SHI Jieming)
• Adversarial Robustness of Graph-based Anomaly Detection under Structural Attacks (PI: Dr ZHOU Kai)

2017/18

• When Backscattering Meets Sensing: Batteryless and Sensorless Recognition of Motion Induced Signals (PI: Dr YANG Lei)

2021/22

• Thin Tasklets: Integration of a Distributed Computing Environment of Internet of Things (PI: Prof. CAO Jiannong)

2019/20

• Thin Tasklets: Integration of a Distributed Computing Environment in the Internet of Things (PI: Prof. CAO Jiannong)

2016/17

• Testing Control Cyber-Physical Systems Software: A Symbolic Execution Approach that Exploits Physical Subsystem Features (PI: Dr WANG Qixin)

2017/18

• Middleware for distributed control and coordination of robot networks (PI: Prof. CAO Jiannong)
• Task Scheduling of Multi-platform Computing Resources in Mobile Crowdsourcing Networks (PI: Prof. GUO Song)
• A new approach to inspect mechanical vibrations using backscatter signals (PI: Dr YANG Lei)

2019/20

• Research on emergence and self-organized of evolutionary behaviors of swarm intelligence (Co-PI: Prof. LI Qing)
• Smart Sensing and Communication Technology for Regional Ecological Environment (Co-PI: Dr YANG Lei)
• Joint Research on IPv6 network management: research, development and demonstration (Co-PI: Dr WANG Dan)

2017/18

• Human-computer fusion cloud computing architecture and software definition method (PI: Prof. CAO Jiannong)
• Programming environment and supporting libraries for heterogeneous graphic computer (PI: Prof. GUO Song)