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JOURNAL & MAGAZINE PUBLICATIONS


TWC Toward Covert and Reliable Communication for Anti-eavesdropping Transmission in V2X Networks
Authors: R. Xu, G. Li, J. Wu, J. Li, Y. Zhao, Y. Liu, and M. Chen
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), to appear, 2025
JSAC Contextual Combinatorial Beam Management via Online Probing for Multiple Access mmWave Wireless Networks
Authors: Z. Li, X. Luo, M. Chen, C. Xu, S. Mao, and Y. Liu
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), 2025
TMC Continual Reinforcement Learning for Digital Twin Synchronization Optimization
Authors: H. Tong, M. Chen, J. Zhao, Y. Hu, Z. Yang, Y. Liu, and C. Yin
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2025
TCCN Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Model for Radio Map Estimation in Generative Wireless Networks
Authors: X. Luo, Z. Li, Z. Peng, M. Chen, and Y. Liu
IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking (TCCN), 2025
TWC Passive Inter-Satellite Localization Accuracy Optimization in Low Earth Orbit Satellite Networks
Authors: Y. Zhu, M. Chen, S. Wang, Y. Hu, Y. Liu, C. Yin, and T. Quek
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), 2025
WCM Synergizing AI and Digital Twins for Next-Generation Network Optimization, Forecasting, and Security
Authors: Z. Zhang, M. Fang, D. Chen, X. Yang, and Y. Liu
IEEE Wireless Communications (WCM), 2025
OJVT Exploring Graph Neural Backdoors in Vehicular Networks: Fundamentals, Methodologies, Applications, and Future Perspectives
Authors: X. Yang, G. Li, K. Zhou, J. Li, X. Lin, and Y. Liu
IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology (OJVT), to appear, 2025
TCCN QoS-Aware Multi-AIGC Service Orchestration at Edges: An Attention-Diffusion-Aided DRL Method
Authors: Y. Liu, S. Li, X. Lin, X. Chen, G. Li, Y. Liu, B. Liao, and J. Li
IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking (TCCN), to appear, 2025
IoT-J Optimizing Wireless Resource Management and Synchronization in Digital Twin Networks
Authors: H. Yu, Y. Liu, Z. Yang, H. Sun, and M. Chen
IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT-J), to appear, 2025
JSAC Digital Twin-Assisted Data-Driven Optimization for Reliable Edge Caching in Wireless Networks
Authors: Z. Zhang, Y. Liu, Z. Peng, M. Chen, D. Xu, and S. Cui
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), 2024
TMC Map-Driven mmWave Link Quality Prediction with Spatial-Temporal Mobility Awareness
Authors: Z. Li, M. Chen, G. Li, X. Lin, and Y. Liu
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2024
ComCom Open RAN Testbeds with Controlled Air Mobility
Authors: M. Mushi, Y. Liu, S. Sreenivasa, O. Ozdemir, I. Guvenc, M. Sichitiu, R. Dutta, and R. Gyurek
Elsevier Computer Communications (ComCom), 2024
TMC Collaborative Reinforcement Learning Based Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Trajectory Design for 3D UAV Tracking
Authors: Y. Zhu, M. Chen, S. Wang, Y. Hu, Y. Liu, and C. Yin
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2024
IoT-J HSESR: Hierarchical Software Execution State Representation for Ultra-low-Latency Threat Alerting over Internet of Things
Authors: X. Yi, G. Li, B. Chen, X. Lin, Z. Peng, Y. Liu, and J. Li
IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT-J), 2024
IoT-J Joint Vehicle Connection and Beamforming Optimization in Digital Twin Assisted Integrated Sensing and Communication Vehicular Networks
Authors: W. Ding, Z. Yang, M. Chen, Y. Liu, and M. Shikh-Bahaei
IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT-J), 2024
JSTSP A Joint Communication and Computation Framework for Digital Twin over Wireless Networks
Authors: Z. Yang, M. Chen, Y. Liu, and Z. Zhang
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing (JSTSP), 2024
IoT-J Securing Distributed Network Digital Twin Systems Against Model Poisoning Attacks
Authors: Z. Zhang, M. Fang, M. Chen, G. Li, X. Lin, and Y. Liu
IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT-J), 2024
IoT-J Complex-Valued Neural Network based Federated Learning for Multi-user Indoor Positioning Performance Optimization
Authors: H. Yu, Y. Liu, and M. Chen
IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT-J), 2024
JSAC Graph Neural Networks for Joint Communication and Sensing Optimization in Vehicular Networks
Authors: X. Li, M. Chen, Y. Liu, Z. Zhang, D. Liu, and S. Mao
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), 2023
JPDC Algorithms for Addressing Line-of-Sight Issues in mmWave Wi-Fi Systems using Access Point Mobility
Authors: Y. Jian, C. Tai, S. Venkateswaran, M. Agarwal, Y. Liu, D. Blough, and R. Sivakumar
Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC), Elsevier, 2022
ToN Maximizing Line-of-Sight Coverage for mmWave Wireless LANs with Multiple Access Points
Authors: Y. Liu, Y. Jian, R. Sivakumar, and D. Blough
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), 2021
ComNet Blockage Tolerance in Roadside Millimeter-Wave Backhaul Networks
Authors: Y. Liu and D. Blough
Computer Networks (ComNet), Elsevier, 2021
ComCom Joint Link-level and Network-level Reconfiguration for Urban mmWave Wireless Backhaul Networks
Authors: Y. Liu and D. Blough
Computer Communications (ComCom), Elsevier, 2020
JSCN A Lightweight Authentication Scheme based on Self-updating Strategy for Space Information Network
Authors: Y. Liu, A. Zhang, S. Li, J. Tang, and J. Li
International Journal of Satellite Communications & Networking (JSCN), 2017
JLT Spun-Related Effects on Optical Properties of Spun Silica Optical Fibers
Authors: J. Wen, W. Liu, Y. Huang, Y. Liu, Y. Luo, G. Peng, and T. Wang
Journal of Lightwave Technology (JLT), 2015



CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS


WoWMoM Rank-Based Modeling for Universal Packets Compression in Multi-Modal Communications
Authors: X. Luo, Z. Li, Z. Peng, R. Yu, and Y. Liu
IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM), to appear, 2025
CISS Joint Optimization of Model Splitting and Device Task Assignment for Private Multi-Hop Split Learning
Authors: D. Wei, Q. Zhang, Y. Liu, M. Chen
59th IEEE Annual Conference on Information Science and Systems (CISS), to appear, 2025
WWW Poisoning Attacks and Defenses to Federated Unlearning
Authors: W. Wang, Q. Ma, Z. Zhang, Y. Liu, Z. Liu, and M. Fang
ACM The Web Conference (WWW), 2025
INFOCOM Adaptive Traffic Steering in Open RAN: Integrating Rule-Based Policies with Reinforcement Learning
Authors: U. Sharma, H. Wei, J. Xu, M. Chen, and Y. Liu
Deep Learning for Wireless Communications, Sensing, and Security Workshop on IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), to appear, 2025
ICC BFMLoc: Transformer-Based Indoor Positioning Leveraging Beamforming Feedback Matrices
Authors: Z. Li, X. Luo, M. Chen, C. Xu, and Y. Liu
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), to appear, 2025
ICC Fluid Antenna System (FAS)-assisted 3D UAV Positioning Performance Optimization
Authors: X. Xu, H. Xu, H. Yu, Y. Liu, and M. Chen
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), to appear, 2025
ICC Joint Optimization of Communication and Device Clustering for Secure Clustered Federated Learning
Authors: D. Wei, H. Yu, S. Mao, Y. Liu, and M. Chen
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), to appear, 2025
PerCom AdaOrb: Adapting In-Orbit Analytics Models for Location-aware Earth Observation Tasks
Authors: Z. Li, P. Wang, X. Liang, X. Luo, Y. Liu, X. Wang, H. Gu, and R. Yu
Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom), to appear, 2025
WCNC Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Based Multi-Objective Optimization in Emergency Task Offloading
Authors: C. Chen, C. Zhang, G. Li, and Y. Liu
Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), to appear, 2025
CCNC Transforming Network Intrusion Detection Using Large Language Models
Authors: D. Wu, Z. Peng, M. Chen, and Y. Liu
Proc. of IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), to appear, 2025
IPCCC Revolutionizing Wireless Modeling and Simulation with Network-Oriented LLMs (🏆Best Paper Award Runner-up)
Authors: J. Liu, Z. Peng, D. Xu, and Y. Liu
Proc. of 43rd IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), to appear, 2024
ICNIP Spikewhisper: Temporal Spike Backdoor Attacks on Federated Neuromorphic Learning over Low-power Devices
Authors: H. Fu, G. Li, J. Wu, J. Li, K. Zhou, and Y. Liu
Proc. of 31st International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICNIP), 2024
GLOBECOM A Joint Gradient and Loss Based Clustered Federated Learning Design
Authors: L. Lin, M. Chen, Z. Yang, Y. Wu, and Y. Liu
Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), to appear, 2024
GLOBECOM Joint Communication and Synchronization Performance Optimization in Digital Twin Enabled Networks
Authors: H. Yu, Y. Liu, and M. Chen
Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), to appear, 2024
GLOBECOM Mixture Gaussian Distribution-Based Collaborative Reinforcement Learning for 3D UAV Localization Optimization Against Jamming Attacks
Authors: Y. Zhu, M. Chen, S. Wang, Y. Liu, G. Li, C. Yin, and T. Quek
Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), to appear, 2024
MM OSNeRF: On-demand Semantic Neural Radiance Fields for Fast and Robust 3D Object Reconstruction
Authors: R. Xu, G. Li, C. Li, Z. Yang, Y. Liu, and M. Chen
ACM Multimedia Conference (MM), to appear, 2024
ICDCS Visualizing the Shadows: Unveiling Data Poisoning Behaviors in Federated Learning
Authors: X. Zhang, J. Zhang, K. Chow, J. Chen, Y. Mao, M. Rahouti, X. Li, Y. Liu, and W. Wei
IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Demo paper, 2024
Networking Mapping Wireless Networks into Digital Reality through Joint Vertical and Horizontal Learning
Authors: Z. Zhang, M. Chen, Z. Yang, and Y. Liu
IFIP/IEEE Networking (Networking), 2024. (AR: 24.6%)
Networking RM-Gen: Conditional Diffusion Model-Based Radio Map Generation for Wireless Networks
Authors: X. Luo, Z. Li, Z. Peng, D. Xu, and Y. Liu
IFIP/IEEE Networking, 2024. (AR: 24.6%)
Networking Poisoning Attacks on Federated Learning-based Wireless Traffic Prediction (🏆Best Paper Award Runner-up 2/195)
Authors: Z. Zhang, M. Fang, J. Huang, and Y. Liu
IFIP/IEEE Networking, 2024. (AR: 24.6%)
Networking Wireless Signal Source Localization by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle using AERPAW Digital Twin and Testbed
Authors: B. Chatterjee, S. Chaudhari, Z. Li, Y. Liu, and R. Dutta
IFIP/IEEE Networking, Workshop on Thought Experiments, Data and Reproducibility for Networking and FutureG Research (SLICES), 2024
CCS Toward Byzantine-Robust Decentralized Federated Learning
Authors: M. Fang, Z. Zhang, F. Hairi, P. Khanduri, J. Liu, S. Lu, Y. Liu, and N. Gong
ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2024
SecDev Secure Parameter Sharing in Federated Learning via Over-the-Air Computing
Authors: X. Cao, S. Zhao, Y. Pan, and Y. Liu
Poster, IEEE Secure Development Conference (SecDev), 2024
ICC GemNet: Analysis and Prediction of Building Materials for Optimizing Indoor Wireless Networks
Authors: Z. Yang, Y. Wang, M. Chen, J. Liu, and Y. Liu
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2024
ICC Context-Aware Beam Management via Online Probing in Combinatorial Multi-Armed Bandits
Authors: Z. Li, X. Luo, M. Chen, C. Xu, and Y. Liu
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2024
WCNC Covert and Reliable Semantic Communication Against Cross-layer Privacy Inference over Wireless Edge Networks
Authors: R. Xu, G. Li, Z. Yang, M. Chen, Y. Liu, and J. Li
IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2024
ICASSP Optimizing Synchronization Delay for Digital Twin over Wireless Networks
Authors: Z. Yang, M. Chen, and Y. Liu
IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2023
HPCC PBE-Plan: Periodic Backdoor Erasing Plan for Trustworthy Federated Learning
Authors: B. Chen, G. Li, M. Chen, Y. Liu, X. Yi, and J. Li
The 25th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC), 2023
ISPA Ensuring Minority Group Rights in Social IoT with Fairness-aware Federated Graph Node Classification
Authors: Q. Mao, X. Lin, G. Li, L. Chen, Y. Liu, and J. Li
IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications (ISPA), 2023
EMNLP Gentopia.AI: A Collaborative Platform for Tool-Augmented LLMs
Authors: B. Xu, X. Liu, H. Shen, Z. Han, Y. Li, M. Yue, Z. Peng, Y. Liu, Z. Yao, and D. Xu
System Demonstration Program, The Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP), 2023
CCS MMP: A Dynamic Routing Protocol Design to Proactively Defend against Wireless Network Inference Attacks
Authors: J. Chen, S. Zhao, Y. Liu, and Z. Luo
ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) Workshop on Moving Target Defense, 2023
SecDev Enabling Covert Communication With Full-Duplex Receiver Against Location-Uncertain Eavesdropper
Authors: R. Xu, G. Li, and Y. Liu
Poster, IEEE Secure Development Conference (SecDev), 2023
GLOBECOM Spatial-Temporal Attention-based mmWave Link Quality Prediction under Dynamic Blockages
Authors: Z. Li, M. Chen, G. Li, and Y. Liu
Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2023
GLOBECOM Trajectory Design for 3D UAV Localization in UAV Based Network
Authors: Y. Zhu, S. Wang, Y. Liu, and C. Yin
Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2023
GLOBECOM Complex Neural Networks for Indoor Positioning with Complex-Valued Channel State Information
Authors: H. Yu, M. Chen, Z. Yang, and Y. Liu
Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2023
SCN Few-Shot Multi-Domain Knowledge Rearming for Context-Aware Defence Against Advanced Persistent Threats
Authors: G. Li, Y. Zhao, W. Wei, and Y. Liu
Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Smart Applications, Communications and Networking (SCN), 2023
IC3N E-App: Adaptive mmWave Access Point Planning with Environmental Awareness in Wireless LANs (🏆Best Paper Award)
Authors: Y. Liu, M. Chen, D. Xu, Z. Yang, and S. Zhao
Proc. of Int’l Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (IC3N), 2023
DSN IVSign: Interpretable Vulnerability Signature via Code Embedding and Static Analysis
Authors: A. Ding, G. Li, X. Yi, and Y. Liu
Proc. of IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN) Workshop on Data-Centric Dependability and Security, 2023
ICC Joint Optimization of Sensing and Communications in Vehicular Networks: A Graph Neural Network-based Approach
Authors: X. Li, M. Chen, Z. Zhang, D. Liu, Y. Liu, and S. Mao
Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2023
MobiWac Environment-Aware Link Quality Prediction for Millimeter-Wave Wireless LANs (🏆Best Paper Award)
Authors: Y. Liu and D. Blough
Proc. of ACM International Symposium on Mobility Management and Wireless Access (MobiWac), 2022
LANMAN Exploring Performance Limits on Proactive Fair Scheduling for mmWave WLANs (🏆Best Paper Award)
Authors: A. Deng, Y. Liu, and D. Blough
Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN), 2022
WNS3 Performance Study of Statistical and Deterministic Channel Models for mmWave Wi-Fi Networks in ns-3
Authors: Y. Liu, S. Crisp, and D. Blough
Proc. of ACM Workshop on ns-3 (WNS3), 2021
ICC Maximizing Coverage for mmWave WLANs with Dedicated Reflectors
Authors: A. Deng, Y. Liu, and D. Blough
Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2021
LCN Blockage Robustness in Access Point Association for mmWave Wireless LANs with Mobility (🏆Best Paper Award Finalist)
Authors: Y. Liu and D. Blough
Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), 2020
LANMAN On the Potential Benefits of Mobile Access Points in mmWave Wireless LANs
Authors: Y. Liu, Y. Jian, R. Sivakumar, and D. Blough
Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN), 2020
MobiWac WiMove: Toward Infrastructure Mobility in mmWave WiFi
Authors: Y. Jian, M. Agarwal, S. Venkateswaran, Y. Liu, R. Sivakumar, and D. Blough
Proc. of ACM International Symposium on Mobility Management and Wireless Access (MobiWac), 2020
ICC A Quantitative Exploration of Access Point Mobility for mmWave WiFi Networks
Authors: Y. Jian, Y. Liu, S. Venkateswaran, D. Blough, and R. Sivakumar
Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2020
MSWiM Joint Link-level and Network-level Reconfiguration for mmWave Backhaul Survivability in Urban Environments (🏆Best Paper Award Finalist)
Authors: Y. Liu, Q. Hu, and D. Blough
Proc. of Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM), ACM, 2019
MSWiM Optimal Access Point Placement in Multi-AP mmWave WLANs
Authors: Y. Liu, Y. Jian, R. Sivakumar, and D. Blough
Proc. of Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM), ACM, 2019
MobiCom Poster: Hawkeye - Predictive Positioning of a Ceiling-Mounted Mobile AP in mmWave WLANs for Maximizing Line-of-sight
Authors: Y. Jian, M. Agarwal, Y. Liu, D. Blough, and R. Sivakumar
ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom), 2019
ICC Analysis of Blockage Effects on Roadside Relay-assisted mmWave Backhaul Networks
Authors: Y. Liu and D. Blough
Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2019
WNGW End-to-end Simulation of mmWave Out-of-band Backhaul Networks in ns-3
Authors: Q. Hu, Y. Liu, Y. Yan, and D. Blough
Proc. of the Workshop on Next-Generation Wireless with ns-3 (WNGW), 2019
PIMRC Blockage Avoidance in Relay Paths for Roadside mmWave Backhaul Networks
Authors: Y. Liu, Q. Hu, and D. Blough
Proc. of IEEE Int’l Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2018
ICC An Anonymous Distributed Key Management System based on CL-PKC for Space Information Network
Authors: Y. Liu, A. Zhang, J. Li, and J. Wu
Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2016
MILCOM Analysis and Design of an Authentication Protocol for Space Information Network
Authors: W. Zhao, A. Zhang, J. Li, X. Wu, and Y. Liu
Proc. of IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), 2016
ISC A Lightweight Authentication and Key Agreement Scheme for Mobile Satellite Communication Systems
Authors: X. Wu, A. Zhang, J. Li, W. Zhao, and Y. Liu
Proc. of International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology (ISC), Springer, 2016



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