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Dr. Ren (Yanzhi Ren) is currently an Associate Professor in School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic and Science of Technology of China. Prior to  join University of Electronic and Science of Technology of China, he was a Data Analytics/Machine Learning System Engineer in FutureWei Technologies (Huawei Research), NJ, USA. Dr. Ren received the PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ in 2015. Dr. Ren has published more than 40 refereed papers in international leading journals and key conferences in the areas of wireless communications and networking, mobile computing, and security & privacy. He is the inventor of more than 10 granted and 10 pending patents. His current research interests include mobile computing and sensing, cyber security and privacy, internet of Things (IoT), smart healthcare. 



Education:

Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering                       2015

Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ

Advisor: Prof. Yingying Chen (IEEE Fellow)

 

M.S. in Wireless Communication                                   2008

University of Electronic and Science of Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China

Advisor: Prof. Youxi Tang

 

B.S. in Communication Engineering                                2005

University of Electronic and Science of Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China



Working Experience:

June 2019 - Now:  Associate Professor, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China  


August 2017 – June 2019:  Assistant Professor, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China  


June 2015 – May 2017:  Data Analytics/Machine Learning System Engineer,      FutureWei Technologies (Huawei Research), NJ, USA



Service:

Technical Program Committe(TPC)Member IEEE INFOCOM IEEE ICDCSIEEE MASSIEEE ICPADS ...


Journal/Conference Reviewer:

·         IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (IEEE TMC)

·         IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN)

·         EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

·         Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks (AHSWN)

·         Springer Wireless Networks (WiNET)

·         IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT)

·         IEEE INFOCOM

·         IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GlobeCom)

·         IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS);

·         ACM Conference on Wireless Network Security (ACM WiSec)

·         International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS)

·         IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON)

·         IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)



Selected Publication:

Journal Papers:

--Chen, Chen; Yanzhi Ren; Hongbo Liu; Yingying Chen; Hongwei Li,Acoustic Sensing Based Location Semantics Identification Using Smartphones, IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT Journal), 2022. (中科院一区)


--Yanzhi Ren, Zhourong Zheng, Sibo Xu, Hongwei Li, User Identification Leveraging Whispered Sound for Wearable Devices, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (IEEE TMC), 2021. (CCF-A期刊)

 

--Yanzhi Ren, Chen Wang, Yingying Chen, Jie Yang, Hongwei Li, “Non-invasive Fine-grained Sleep Monitoring Leveraging Smartphones, ” IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT Journal), 2019. (中科院一区)

 

--Yanzhi Ren, Chen Wang,Yingying Chen, Mooi Choo Chuah, Jie Yang,“Signature Verification Using Critical Segments for Securing Mobile Transactions, ” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (IEEE TMC), 2019. (CCF-A期刊)

   

--Yanzhi Ren, Yingying Chen,Mooi Choo Chuah, Jie Yang,"User Verification Leveraging Gait Recognition For Smartphone Enabled Mobile Healthcare Systems," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (IEEE TMC), 2015. (CCF-A期刊)

 

--Yanzhi Ren, Jie Yang, Mooi Choo Chuah, Yingying Chen,"Social Community Extraction for Disease Propagation Control Leveraging Mobile Phones," Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks (AHSWN), 2013.

 

--Yanzhi Ren, Mooi Choo Chuah, Jie Yang, Yingying Chen, "Detecting Wormhole Attacks in Delay Tolerant Networks", in IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine (IEEE WCM), special issue on Security & Privacy, vol.17, no.5, pp.36-42, October 2010. (Acceptance ratio: 17.9%) (中科院一区)

 

-- Jie Yang, Yanzhi Ren, Yingying Chen and Mooi Choo Chuah, "A Social Community Based Approach for Reducing the Propagation of Infectious Diseases in Healthcare ", ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review (ACM MC2R), 2010.

 

--Chuan Huang, Youxi Tang, Hao Liu, Yuchang Liu, Yanzhi Ren, “BER Performance Analysis of Optimum OFDM Receiver with Superimposed Sequence in Fading Channel”, Acta Electronica Sinica, 2007.

 

Referred Conference Papers and Posters:

--Yuefeng Chen, YiCong Du, Chunlong Xu, Yanghai Yu and Hongbo Liu, Huan Dai, Yanzhi Ren, Jiadi Yu, ArmSpy: Video-assisted PIN Inference Leveraging Keystroke-induced Arm Posture Changes, in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (IEEE INFOCOM 2022). (CCF-A会议)

 

--Xiangyu Xu, Jiadi Yu, Chenguang Ma, Yanzhi Ren, Hongbo Liu, Yanmin Zhu, Yi-Chao Chen and Feilong Tang,mmECG: Monitoring Human Cardiac Cycle in Driving Environments Leveraging Millimeter Wave,in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (IEEE INFOCOM 2022). (CCF-A会议)

 

--Yanzhi Ren, Zhourong Zheng, Hongbo Liu, Yingying Chen, Hongwei Li and Chen Wang,Breathing Sound-based Exercise Intensity Monitoring via Smartphones, in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on on Computer Communications and Networks (IEEE ICCCN), 2021. (CCF-C会议)

 

--Yanzhi Ren, Ping Wen, Hongbo Liu, Zhourong Zheng, Yingying Chen, Pengcheng Huang, Hongwei Li, Proximity-Echo: Secure Two Factor Authentication Using Active Sound Sensing, in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (IEEE INFOCOM 2021), May 2021. (Acceptance rate: 252/1266 = 19.9%) (CCF-A会议)

 

--Hongbo Liu, Yan Wang, Yanzhi Ren, Yingying Chen, Bipartite Graph Matching Based Secret Key Generation, in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (IEEE INFOCOM 2021), May 2021. (Acceptance rate: 252/1266 = 19.9%)  (CCF-A会议)

 

-- Zhenzhe Lin, Yucheng Xie, Xiaonan Guo, Yanzhi Ren, Yingying Chen and Chen Wang, "WiEat: Fine-grained Device-free Eating Monitoring Leveraging Wi-Fi Signals", in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on on Computer Communications and Networks (IEEE ICCCN), 2020. (CCF-C会议)

 

-- Zhenzhe Lin, Yucheng Xie, Xiaonan Guo, Chen Wang, Yanzhi Ren, Yingying Chen, WiFi-enabled Automatic Eating Moment Monitoring Using Smartphones, in Proceedings of the 6th EAI International Conference on IoT Technologies for HealthCare (HealthyIoT 2019), Braga, Portugal, December 2019. (Best Paper Award)

 

-- W. Jiang, H. Li, S. Liu, Y. Ren and M. He, "A Flexible Poisoning Attack Against Machine Learning," ICC 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Shanghai, China, 2019, pp. 1-6. (CCF-C会议)

 

-- Yanzhi Ren, Chen Wang, Yingying Chen, Mooi Choo Chuah, Jie Yang, "Critical Segment Based Real-time E-Signature for Securing Mobile Transactions," in Proceedings of CNS 2015.

 

-- Shubham Jain, Carlo Borgiattino, Yanzhi Ren, Marco Gruteser, Yingying Chen, Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini, "LookUp: Enabling Pedestrian Safety Services via Shoe Sensing," in Proceedings of MobiSys 2015. (CCF-B会议)

 

-- Yanzhi Ren, Chen Wang, Jie Yang , Yingying Chen, "Fine-grained Sleep Monitoring: Hearing Your Breathing with Smartphones," in Proceedings of INFOCOM 2015. (CCF-A会议)

 

-- Yanzhi Ren, Chen Wang, Yingying Chen, Jie Yang, "Hearing Your Breathing: Fine-grained Sleep Monitoring Using Smartphones," in Proceedings of ACM Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (ACM MobiCom), Poster Session, 2014. 

 

-- Yanzhi Ren, Yingying Chen, Jie Yang, Bin Xie, "Privacy-preserving Ranked Multi-Keyword Search Leveraging Polynomial Function in Cloud Computing," in Proceedings of IEEE Globecom, 2014. (CCF-C会议)

 

-- Shubham Jain, Carlo Borgiattino, Yanzhi Ren, Marco Gruteser, Yingying Chen, "On the Limits of Positioning-based Pedestrian Risk Awareness," in Proceedings of Workshop on Mobile Augmented Reality and Robotic Technology-based Systems (MARS) at Mobisys, 2014.

 

--Yanzhi Ren, Yingying Chen,Mooi Choo Chuah, Jie Yang,"Smartphone Based User Verification Leveraging Gait Recognition For Mobile Healthcare Systems," in Proceedings of the Tenth Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks  (IEEE SECON 2013). (CCF-B会议)

 

-- Yanzhi Ren, Yingying Chen, Mooi Choo Chuah, "Social Closeness Based Clone Attack Detection for Mobile Healthcare System," in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (IEEE MASS), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2012. (CCF-C会议)

 

-- Yanzhi Ren, Jie Yang, Mooi Choo Chuah, Yingying Chen,"Mobile Phone Enabled Social Community Extraction for Controlling of Disease Propagation in Healthcare," in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (IEEE MASS), concise paper,Valencia, Spain, 2011. (CCF-C会议)

 

--Yanzhi Ren, Mooi Choo Chuah, Jie Yang, Yingying Chen,"Distributed Spatio-Temporal Social Community Detection Leveraging Template Matching," in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Communications Conference 2009 Wireless Networking Symposium (IEEE Globecom), Houston, Texas, 2011. (CCF-C会议)

 

--Yanzhi Ren, Mooi Choo Chuah, Jie Yang, Yingying Chen, "MUTON: Detecting Malicious Nodes in Disruption-Tolerant Networks," in IEEE WCNC, Sydney, Australia, April 2010. (CCF-C会议)

 

--Yanzhi Ren, Mooi Choo Chuah, Jie Yang, Yingying Chen, “Detecting Blackhole Attacks in Disruption-Tolerant Networks through Packet Exchange Recording,” in Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Data Security and PrivAcy in wireless Networks (IEEE D-SPAN), held in conjunction with WoWMoM, page(s): 1 – 6, Montreal, QC, Canada, June 2010. 

 

--Yanzhi Ren, Mooi Choo Chuah, Jie Yang, Yingying Chen, “Discovering Wormhole Attacks in Delay Tolerant Networks via Forbidden Topology Structure Identification,”ACM Conference on Wireless Network Security (WiSec), Poster Session,Hoboken, NJ, March 2010.

 

--Yanzhi Ren, Youxi Tang, Shaoqian Li, “A Complementary Transform Technique With Imaginary Part for PAPR Reduction in OFDM Systems”, in Communications Conference of the Youth in Western Part of China, 2007.





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