Zhen Ling
Scholar

Zhen Ling

Google Scholar ID: di6y1p8AAAAJ
Professor, Southeast University
NetworkIoT
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
1,792
 
H-index
23
 
i10-index
48
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
13
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Recipient of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars, Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars, and the Southeast University Young Chair Professorship. Awarded the CCF Doctoral Dissertation Award in 2015, ACM China Doctoral Dissertation Award and ACM Nanjing Chapter Excellent PhD Award in 2014. Received the Award of Excellence at GeekPwn in both 2016 and 2020, Best Application Paper Award at IEEE CSCWD 2017, Distinguished Paper Award at IEEE ICDCS 2024, and Honorable Mention Award at USENIX Security 2025. Honored as a Distinguished Member of the INFOCOM Technical Program Committee in 2022 and 2023. Actively involved in numerous national, provincial, and ministerial-level research projects. Published in prestigious conferences such as ACM CCS, IEEE S&P, USENIX Security, NDSS, and IEEE INFOCOM. Work also appears in leading journals, including IEEE/ACM ToN, IEEE TDSC, IEEE TPDS, IEEE TIFS, IEEE TC, IEEE JSAC, and IEEE TIP. Research presented at Black Hat and featured on CCTV 10.
Research Experience
  • Research Associate in the Department of Computer Science at City University of Hong Kong (Aug. 2008 - Nov. 2009); Visiting PhD research student in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Victoria, B.C., Canada (Aug. 2011 - Aug. 2013).
Education
  • PhD in Computer Science from Southeast University, China, supervised by Prof. Junzhou Luo (2014). Research Associate in the Department of Computer Science at City University of Hong Kong (Aug. 2008 - Nov. 2009), working with Prof. Xinwen Fu and Prof. Weijia Jia. Visiting PhD research student in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Victoria, B.C., Canada (Aug. 2011 - Aug. 2013), working with Prof. Xinwen Fu and Prof. Kui Wu.
Background
  • Professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Southeast University. Research interests include Artificial Intelligence of Things and System Security, Network Security and Privacy, Confidential Computing.