Qian Wang, Ph.D.

Associate Dean
Professor
Director of NIS&P Lab
School of Cyber Science and Engineering
OfficeRoom B421, School of Cyber Science and Engineering
Emailqianwang@whu.edu.cn
ORCID iD iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8967-8525


Brief Bio

Qian Wang (Fellow, IEEE) is currently a Professor with the School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Wuhan University, China. He has published more than 200 papers, with more than 120 publications in top-tier international conferences, including USENIX NSDI, IEEE S\&P, ACM CCS, USENIX Security, NDSS, ACM MobiCom, ICML, with more than 20000 Google Scholar citations. He was selected into the National High-level Young Talents Program of China and listed among the World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University. He is a member of the ACM. He also received the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars of China in 2018. He has long been engaged in the research of cyberspace security, with a focus on AI security, data outsourcing security and privacy, wireless systems security, and applied cryptography. He was a recipient of the 2018 IEEE TCSC Award for Excellence in Scalable Computing (early Career Researcher) and the 2016 IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Outstanding Young Researcher Award. He was a co-recipient of eight best paper and best student paper awards from prestigious conferences, including ICDCS and IEEE ICNP. His Ph.D. student was selected under Huawei's "Top Minds" Recruitment Program in 2021. He serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS), and IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC).

Dr. Wang is currently the Director of the Wuhan University Networking Information System Security and Privacy (NIS&P) Lab, where he work with the most brilliant students and colleagues to build smart algorithms that enable networking systems to have security and privacy guarantee, as well as to discover how to make the world safer and better.

Dr. Wang's H-index is 57, and the total citation has exceeded 24,000, according to Google Scholar (as of Oct. 2023).

Research Interests

AI Security, Data Storage, Search and Computation Outsourcing Security and Privacy, Wireless Systems Security, Big Data Security and Privacy, and Applied Cryptography etc.

Honors and Awards

  • ICICS'21 Best Paper Award, 2021
  • IJCAI-DCM'20 Best Paper Award, 2020
  • FL-IJCAI'20 Best Paper Award, 2020
  • IEEE TCSC Award for Excellence in Scalable Computing (Early Career Researcher), 2018
  • National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars, 2018
  • ACM SIGSAC China Rising Star Award, 2018
  • Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Hubei Province, 2017
  • IEEE ICDCS'17 Best Student Paper Award, 2017
  • IEEE Asia-Pacific Outstanding Young Researcher Award, 2016
  • IEEE TrustCom'16 Best Paper Award, 2016
  • Top 100 Distinguished TPC Members of IEEE INFOCOM'16, 2016
  • Outstanding Contributions in Education Award, Wuhan University, 2016
  • Distinguished Professor of Hubei Province, China, 2015
  • Outstanding Innovative Talents Award of Wuhan University, 2015
  • Outstanding Individual of Student Education, Wuhan University, 2014
  • Intel Early Career Faculty Honor Program, 2014
  • WAIM'14 Best Paper Award, 2014
  • Leading Talents of Longcheng Excellence Program, Changzhou, China, 2013
  • National "1000 Young Talents Program" of China, 2013
  • IEEE ICNP'11 Best Paper Award, 2011
  • Professional Actitivies

  • Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC) (since 2023).
  • Technical Program Committee Member for USENIX Sec.'24, NDSS'24, CCS'22'23, ICDCS'23, TheWebConf'23 (WWW'23), AAAI'22, NDSS'22 etc.
  • IEEE Fellow for contributions to secure cloud data storage and wireless system security.
  • Editorial Board Member for 电子学报 (Chinese Journal of Electronics) (since 2022).
  • Associate Dean of School of Cyber Science and Engineering.
  • Associate Dean of Cyber Space Security Research Institute at Wuhan University.
  • ACM Member, IEEE Member.
  • Associate Editor for IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoTJ) (since 2018).
  • Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (T-DSC) (since 2017).
  • Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (T-IFS) (since 2016).
  • Area Editor for KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (since 2017).
  • Associate Editor for Frontiers of Computer Science (since 2012).
  • Lead Co-chair for IEEE Globecom 2019 symposium "Communication & Information Systems Security"
  • Publicity Chair for CANS'17
  • Publicity Chair for IEEE IPCCC'15
  • Program Vice Chair and Track Co-Chair of "Security and Trustworthy Computing" for ICPADS'16
  • Technical Program Committee Member for IEEE INFOCOM'14'16'17, IEEE ICDCS'16, ACM AsiaCCS'16, SecureComm'16, IEEE ICCCN'15'16, IEEE ICPADS'15, IEEE ICPP'15, IEEE HPCC'14, IEEE ICCC'14, IEEE TrustCom'15'16, IEEE Globecom'12'13'14'15, MILCOM'12'13'14'15, WASA'13'14 and IEEE WCNC'13'14 etc.
  • Reviewer for ACM Computing Surveys, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, IEEE Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Transaction on Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications, IEEE Network, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics etc.
  • Lingchen Zhao, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor
    Co-Director of NIS&P Lab
    School of Cyber Science and Engineering
    OfficeRoom B508, School of Cyber Science and Engineering
    Emaillczhaocs@whu.edu.cn

    Former Members


    Yanjiao Chen
    Zhejiang University, College of Electrical Engineering
    Professor
    Zhibo Wang
    Zhejiang University, College of Computer Science and Technology
    Professor
    Qin Zou
    Wuhan University, School of Computer Science
    Associate Professor

    Current Members


    Shuangke Wu (Ph.D. student)
    Information Security
    Peipei Jiang (Ph.D. student)
    Information Security
    Zheng Zheng (Ph.D. student)
    Information Security
    Yanling Wang (Ph.D. student)
    Information Security
    Yunjie Ge (Ph.D. student)
    AI Security
    Ningping Mou (Ph.D. student)
    AI Security
    Shenyi Zhang (Ph.D. student)
    AI Security
    Machine Learning
    Yuchen Liu (Ph.D. student)
    AI Security
    Explainable AI
    Chunlin Qiu (Ph.D. student)
    AI Security
    Huayang Huang (Master student)
    AI Security
    Jiayi Yu (Master student)
    AI Security
    Bowei Zhang (Master student)
    Information Security
    Wang Yang (Master student)
    AI Security
    Yi Zhao (Master student)
    Information Security
    Han Zhang (Master student)
    AI Security
    IoT Security
    Yiheng Duan (Master student)
    Adversarial Example
    Wenbing Ding (Master student)
    AI Security
    Zheng Fang (Master student)
    AI Security
    Geling Liu (Master student)
    AI Security
    Binqing Guo (Master student)
    AI Security
    Yihao Wu (Master student)
    AI Security
    Information Security
    Bowen Li (Master student)
    AI Security
    Xinli Yue (Master student)
    AI Security
    Tao Wang (Master student)
    AI Security
    Yue Xiao (Master student)
    IoT Security
    Wei Xiong (Master student)
    Privacy Computing
    Xi Cai (Master student)
    Privacy Computing
    Xinjing Chu (Master student)
    AI Security
    Yuchen Zhai (Master student)
    AI Security
    Shengnan Guo (Master student)
    AI Security
    Zikai Mao (Master student)
    AI Security
    Linkun Wang (Master student)
    Cryptography
    Secure Multi-party Computing
    Juntao Zhou (Undergraduate)
    AI Security
    Pinji Chen (Undergraduate)
    AI Security
    Cheng Zeng (Undergraduate)
    Explainable AI
    Houze Cao (Undergraduate)
    AI Security
    Peiyan Zhang (Undergraduate)
    Information Security
    Haoping Qin (Undergraduate)
    AI Security
    Yuji Wang (Undergraduate)
    AI Security

    Alumni


    Shengshan Hu
    Ph.D., 2014-2019
    Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Associate Professor
    Lingchen Zhao
    Ph.D., 2016-2021
    Wuhan University, Associate Professor
    Man Zhou
    Ph.D., 2016-2021
    Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Associate Professor
    Minghui Li
    Ph.D., 2016-2021
    Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Lecturer
    Xueluan Gong
    Ph.D., 2018-2023
    Xiaoyi Pang
    Ph.D., 2018-2023
    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Postdoc
    Qihang Sun
    Undergraduate, 2010-2014
    University of Hong Kong, Ph.D.
    Bo Feng
    Undergraduate, 2011-2015
    Stony Brook University, Ph.D.
    Meiqi He
    Undergraduate, 2011-2015
    University of Hong Kong, Ph.D.
    Xiao Lu
    Postgraduate, 2014-2016
    China UnionPay, Software Engineer
    Jikun Li
    Undergraduate, 2012-2016
    Univerisity of Southern California, Master
    Xiaobing Chen
    Undergraduate, 2012-2016
    Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ph.D.
    Guanchen Li
    Undergraduate, 2012-2016
    Peking University, Master
    Chenbo Xia
    Undergraduate, 2012-2016
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Master
    Junchao Wang
    Undergraduate, 2012-2016
    King's College London, Master
    Jingjun Wang
    Master, 2014-2017
    Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Software Engineer
    Yan Zhang
    Master, 2014-2017
    Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Software Engineer
    Menghong Wang
    Master, 2014-2017
    Sangfor, Software Engineer
    Jincheng Du
    Undergraduate, 2013-2017
    University of Southern California, Master
    Jing Wen
    Undergraduate, 2013-2017
    University of Hong Kong, Ph.D.
    Ran Tan
    Undergraduate, 2013-2017
    University of British Columbia, Ph.D.
    Jing Zhao
    Undergraduate, 2013-2017
    Peking University, Ph.D.
    Minxin Du
    Master, 2015-2018
    Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ph.D.
    Yongquan Zhang
    Master, 2016-2018
    Didi Technology, Software Engineer
    Feng Xiao
    Undergraduate, 2014-2018
    Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D.
    Mingxue Zhang
    Undergraduate, 2014-2018
    Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ph.D.
    Xiuying Chen
    Undergraduate, 2014-2018
    Peking University, Ph.D.
    Jing Huang
    Master, 2016-2019
    Beijing Zhenguanyu Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Software Engineer
    Xin Tian
    Master, 2016-2019
    State Grid Corporation of China
    Jiahui Hu
    Master, 2016-2019
    Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Software Engineer, Software Engineer
    Lihao Ni
    Master, 2016-2019
    Shenzhen city Tencent computer system Co., Ltd., Software Engineer
    Zheng Zhang
    Master, 2016-2019
    Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co.,Ltd., Software Engineer
    Tao Lei
    Master, 2016-2019
    Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Software Engineer
    Yuejing Yan
    Master, 2017-2019
    Wuhan University, Ph. D.
    Xingcan Shang
    Master, 2016-2019
    Wuhan University, Ph.D.
    Weiye Xu
    Undergraduate, 2015-2019
    Zhejiang University, Ph.D.
    Zihan Zhang
    Undergraduate, 2015-2019
    Tsinghua University, Ph.D.
    Heyu Wang
    Undergraduate, 2015-2019
    TP-Link Technologies Co., Ltd., Software Engineer
    Xiu Lin
    Master, 2017-2020
    Alibaba Group, Software Engineer
    Siyan Zheng
    Master, 2017-2020
    Government Services and Big Data Administration of Wuhan
    Zixi Li
    Master, 2017-2020
    SF Express Group Co., Ltd., Software Engineer
    Mengkai Song
    Master, 2017-2020
    Shenzhen city Tencent computer system Co., Ltd., Algorithm Engineer
    Jingxiao Yang
    Master, 2017-2020
    Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Software Engineer
    Yuke Hu
    Undergraduate, 2016-2020
    Zhejiang University, Master
    Yichen Zang
    Undergraduate, 2016-2020
    City University of Hong Kong, Ph.D.
    Zhuo Chen
    Undergraduate, 2016-2020
    Wuhan University, Master
    Haobo Yuan
    Undergraduate, 2016-2020
    Wuhan University, Master
    Jianlin Jiang
    Master, 2018-2021
    Alibaba Group, Software Engineer
    Dian Chen
    Master, 2018-2021
    ByteDance Ltd., Algorithm Engineer
    Baolin Zheng
    Master, 2018-2021
    Alibaba Group, Algorithm Engineer
    Yuting Huang
    Master, 2018-2021
    Agricultural Bank of China, Software Engineer
    Wenxin Liu
    Master, 2018-2021
    Ant Financial Services Group, Software Engineer
    Qingyang Teng
    Undergraduate, 2017-2021
    University of California, Davis, Ph.D.
    Zizhuo Chen
    Undergraduate, 2017-2021
    City University of Hong Kong, Ph.D.
    Muqi Huang
    Undergraduate, 2017-2021
    Wuhan University, Master
    Dan Liu
    Master, 2019-2022
    State Taxation Administration of The People's Republic of China
    Ye Liu
    Master, 2019-2022
    Shenzhen city Tencent computer system Co., Ltd., Software Engineer
    Wenbin Yang
    Master, 2020-2023
    Pdd Holdings, Software Engineer
    Xiaoxue Hu
    Master, 2020-2023
    Beijing Institute of Applied Science and Technology
    Xinlu Zhuang
    Master, 2020-2023
    State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co., Ltd.
    Yike Zhan
    Master, 2020-2023
    China Telecom Research Institute
    Jianhao Cheng
    Master, 2020-2023
    Tencent, Software Engineer
    Yinli Li
    Undergraduate, 2018-2022
    Peking University, Master
    Lingshuo Meng
    Undergraduate, 2018-2022
    Zhejiang University, Master
    Yufei Zhang
    Undergraduate, 2018-2022
    Yuhang Li
    Undergraduate, 2018-2022
    Ziyao Wang
    Undergraduate, 2019-2023
    University of Maryland, College Park, Ph.D.
    Yunzhu Zhang
    Undergraduate, 2019-2023
    Jianshuo Dong
    Undergraduate, 2019-2023
    Tsinghua University, Master
    Weihan Kong
    Undergraduate, 2019-2023
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Ph.D.
    Jiayuan Yu
    Undergraduate, 2019-2023
    National University of Singapore, Master
    Xiaoyuan Li
    Undergraduate, 2019-2023
    University of Science and Technology of China, Master