Publications

2026

• PoFEL: Energy-efficient Consensus for Blockchain-based Hierarchical Federated Learning
  Shengyang Li, Qin Hu, Zhilin Wang, Minghui Xu, Zhipeng Cai
  IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 2026/08
  
• What breaks embodied AI security: LLM vulnerabilities, CPS flaws, or something else?
  Boyang Ma, Hechuan Guo, Peizhuo Lv, Minghui Xu, Xuelong Dai, Yechao Zhang, Yijun Yang, Yue Zhang
  High-Confidence Computing, 2026/06
  
• PIR-DSN: A Decentralized Storage Network Supporting Private Information Retrieval
  Jiahao Zhang, Minghui Xu, Hechuan Guo, Xiuzhen Cheng
  IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Tokyo, Japan, 2026/05
  
• OrbitBFT: Enabling Scalable and Robust BFT Consensus in LEO Constellations
  Tianyi Sun, Shuo Liu, Minghui Xu, Xiuzhen Cheng
  The 46th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Seoul, South Korea, 2026/05
  
• Dynamic transaction scheduling for data elements: A multi-level queueing model with LSTM-based load prediction
  Kun Li, Guangyong Shang, Zhen Ma, Bing Xue, Y Zhang, Boyang Ma, Misheel Khulan, Yihao Guo, Xiaoke Wei, L Y Yang, Minghui Xu
  High-Confidence Computing, 2026/05
  
• Practical Asynchronous Distributed Key Reconfiguration and Its Applications
  Hanwen Feng, Yingzi Gao, Yuan Lu, Qiang Tang, Jing Xu
  The 47th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P), San Francisco, USA, 2026/05
  
• SAGE: Signal-Amplified Guided Embeddings for LLM-based Vulnerability Detection
  Zhengyang Shan, Xu Qian, Jiayun Xin, Minghui Xu, Yue Zhang, Zhen Yang, Hao Wu, Xiuzhen Cheng
  The ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA), Oakland, California, USA, 2026/04
  
• AgentDID: Trustless Identity Authentication for AI Agents
  Minghui Xu, Xiaoyu Liu, Yihao Guo, Chunchi Liu, Yue Zhang, Xiuzhen Cheng
  The 46th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Seoul, South Korea, 2026/04
  
• VDORAM: Towards a Random Access Machine with Both Public Verifiability and Distributed Obliviousness
  Huayi Qi, Minghui Xu, Xiaohua Jia, Xiuzhen Cheng
  The Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS), San Diego, California, USA, 2026/02
  
• Consensus in the Known Participation Model with Byzantine Faults and Sleepy Replicas
  Chenxu Wang, Sisi Duan, Minghui Xu, Feng Li, Xiuzhen Cheng
  The Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS), San Diego, California, USA, 2026/02
  
• xRWA: A Cross-Chain Framework for Interoperability of Real-World Assets
  Yihao Guo, Haoming Zhu, Minghui Xu, Xiuzhen Cheng, Bin Xiao
  High-Confidence Computing
  

2025

• Distributed Covert Leader Election for Private and Robust Communications in Open Wireless Networks
  Dongxiao Yu, Xingze Wu, Yifei Zou, Peng Wang, Minghui Xu, Zhiguang Shan
  IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2025/11
  
• Time Tells All: Deanonymization of Blockchain RPC Users with Zero Transaction Fee
  Shan Wang, Ming Yang, Yu Liu, Yue Zhang, Shuaiqing Zhang, Zhen Ling, Jiannong Cao, Xinwen Fu
  The 32nd ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), Taipei, China, 2025/10
  
• AD-MPC: Asynchronous Dynamic MPC with Guaranteed Output Delivery
  Wenxuan Yu, Minghui Xu, Bing Wu, Sisi Duan, Xiuzhen Cheng
  The 32nd ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), Taipei, China, 2025/10
  
• We Urgently Need Privilege Management in MCP: A Measurement of API Usage in MCP Ecosystems
  Zhihao Li, Kun Li, Boyang Ma, Minghui Xu, Yue Zhang, Xiuzhen Cheng
  The 22nd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS), Chicago, USA, 2025/10
  
• Can Large Language Models Be Trusted Paper Reviewers? A Feasibility Study
  Chuanlei Li, Xu Hu, Minghui Xu, Kun Li, Yue Zhang, Xiuzhen Cheng
  The 22nd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS), Chicago, USA, 2025/10
  
• LIFT: Automating Symbolic Execution Optimization with Large Language Models for AI Networks
  Ruoxi Wang, Kun Li, Minghui Xu, Yue Zhang, Kaidi Xu, Chunchi Liu, Yinhao Xiao, Xiuzhen Cheng
  The ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM), Coimbra, Portugal, 2025/09
  
• Asynchronous BFT Consensus Made Wireless
  Shuo Liu, Minghui Xu, Tianyi Sun, Xiuzhen Cheng
  45th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Scotland, United Kingdom, 2025/07
  
• Trinity: A Scalable and Forward-Secure DSSE for Spatio-Temporal Range Query
  Zhijun Li, Kuizhi Liu, Minghui Xu, Xiangyu Wang, Yinbin Miao, Jianfeng Ma, Xiuzhen Cheng
  IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 2025/05
  
• EC-Chain: Cost-Effective Storage Solution for Permissionless Blockchains
  Minghui Xu, Hechuan Guo, Ye Cheng, Chunchi Liu, Dongxiao Yu, and Xiuzhen Cheng
  IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), London, United Kingdom, 2025/05
  
• Partially Synchronous BFT Consensus Made Practical in Wireless Networks
  Shuo Liu, Minghui Xu, Yifei Zou, Xiuzhen Cheng, Wangjie Qiu, Gang Qu
  IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), London, United Kingdom, 2025/05
  
• On Protecting the Data Privacy of Large Language Models (LLMs) and LLM Agents: A Literature Review
  Biwei Yan, Kun Li, Minghui Xu, Yueyan Dong, Yue Zhang, Zhaochun Ren, Xiuzhen Cheng
  High-Confidence Computing, 2025/02
  

2024

• Autoiot: Automated IoT Platform Using Large Language Models
  Ye Cheng, Minghui Xu, Yue Zhang, Kun Li, Ruoxi Wang, Lian Yang
  IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2024/12
  
• Jamming-Resilient Consensus for Wireless Blockchain Networks
  Yifei Zou, Meng Hou, Li Yang, Minghui Xu, Libing Wu, Dongxiao Yu, Xiuzhen Cheng
  Tsinghua Science and Technology, 2024/09
  
• SoK: Decentralized Storage Network
  Chuanlei Li, Minghui Xu, Jiahao Zhang, Hechuan Guo, Xiuzhen Cheng
  High-Confidence Computing, 2024/09
  
• zkCross: A Cross-Chain Scheme Supporting Privacy Protection and Efficient Auditing
  Yihao Guo, Minghui Xu, Xiuzhen Cheng, Dongxiao Yu, Wangjie Qiu, Gang Qu, Weibing Wang, Mingming Song
  The 33rd USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security), Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2024/08
  
• Exploring blockchain technology through a modular lens: A survey
  Minghui Xu, Yihao Guo, Chunchi Liu, Qin Hu, Dongxiao Yu, Zehui Xiong, Dusit Niyato, Xiuzhen Cheng
  ACM Computing Surveys, 2024/06
  
• On Protecting the Data Privacy of Large Language Models (LLMs): A Survey
  Biwei Yan, Kun Li, Minghui Xu, Yueyan Dong, Yue Zhang, Zhaochun Ren, Xiuzhen Cheng
  The 1st IEEE International Conference on Meta Computing (ICMC), Qingdao, China, 2024/06
  
• Anonymity on Byzantine-Resilient Decentralized Computing
  Kehao Ma, Minghui Xu, Yihao Guo, Lukai Cui, Shiping Ni, Shan Zhang, Weibing Wang, Haiyong Yang, Xiuzhen Cheng
  The 18th International Conference on Wireless Artificial Intelligent Computing Systems and Applications (WASA), Qingdao, China, 2024/06
  
• FileDES: A Secure, Scalable and Succinct Blockchain-based Decentralized Encrypted Storage Network
  Minghui Xu, Jiahao Zhang, Hechuan Guo, Xiuzhen Cheng, Dongxiao Yu, Qin Hu, Yijun Li, Yipu Wu
  IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Vancouver, Canada, 2024/05
  
• SoK: Privacy-preserving smart contract
  Huayi Qi, Minghui Xu, Dongxiao Yu, Xiuzhen Cheng
  High-Confidence Computing, 2024/03
  
• BFT-DSN: A Byzantine Fault Tolerant Decentralized Storage Network
  Hechuan Guo, Minghui Xu, Jiahao Zhang, Chunchi Liu, Rajiv Ranjan, Dongxiao Yu, Xiuzhen Cheng
  IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2024/02
  
• FedRFQ: Prototype-Based Federated Learning with Reduced Redundancy, Minimal Failure, and Enhanced Quality
  Biwei Yan, Hongliang Zhang, Minghui Xu, Dongxiao Yu, Xiuzhen Cheng
  IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2024/01
  

2023

• An Adaptive and Modular Blockchain Enabled Architecture for a Decentralized Metaverse
  Ye Cheng, Yihao Guo, Minghui Xu, Qin Hu, Dongxiao Yu, Xiuzhen Cheng
  IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2023/10
  
• TBAC: A Tokoin-based Accountable Access Control Scheme for the Internet of Things
  Chunchi Liu, Minghui Xu, Hechuan Guo, Xiuzhen Cheng, Yinhao Xiao, Dongxiao Yu, Bei Gong, Arkady Yerukhimovich, Shengling Wang, Weifeng Lyu
  IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2023/09
  
• Jamming-Resilient Over-the-Air Computation for Federated Learning in Edge Intelligence
  Yifei Zou, Minghui Xu, Huiqun Li, Qin Hu, Xianjun Deng, Dongxiao Yu, Xiuzhen Cheng
  IEEE Smartworld, Ubiquitous Intelligence & Computing, Scalable Computing & Communications, Digital Twin, Privacy Computing, Metaverse, Autonomous & Trusted Vehicles (SmartWorld/UIC/ScalCom/DigitalTwin/PriComp/Meta), Haikou, China, 2023/07
  
• FileDAG: A Multi-Version Decentralized Storage Network Built on DAG-based Blockchain
  Hechuan Guo, Minghui Xu, Jiahao Zhang, Chunchi Liu, Dongxiao Yu, Schahram Dustdar, Xiuzhen Cheng
  IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2023/06
  
• Cross-Channel: Scalable Off-Chain Channels Supporting Fair and Atomic Cross-Chain Operations
  Yihao Guo, Minghui Xu, Dongxiao Yu, Yong Yu, Rajiv Ranjan, Xiuzhen Cheng
  IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2023/06
  
• Meta Computing
  Xiuzhen Cheng, Minghui Xu, Runyu Pan, Dongxiao Yu, Chenxu Wang, Xue Xiao, Weifeng Lyu
  IEEE Network, 2023/06
  
• Latency-First Smart Contract: Overclock the Blockchain for a while
  Huayi Qi, Minghui Xu, Xiuzhen Cheng, Weifeng Lyu
  IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), New York, USA, 2023/05
  
• Incentive Mechanism Design for Joint Resource Allocation in Blockchain-based Federated Learning
  Zhilin Wang, Qin Hu, Ruinian Li, Minghui Xu, Zehui Xiong
  IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 2023/04
  
• A Trustless Architecture of Blockchain-enabled Metaverse
  Minghui Xu, Yihao Guo, Qin Hu, Zehui Xiong, Dongxiao Yu, Xiuzhen Cheng
  Elsevier High-Confidence Computing, 2023/03
  
• Split: A Hash-based Memory Optimization Method for Zero-Knowledge Succinct Non-Interactive Argument of Knowledge (zk-SNARK)
  Huayi Qi, Ye Cheng, Minghui Xu, Dongxiao Yu, Haipeng Wang, Weifeng Lyu
  IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2023/01
  

2022

• zk-PCN: A Privacy-Preserving Payment Channel Network Using zk-SNARKs
  Wenxuan Yu, Minghui Xu, Dongxiao Yu, Xiuzhen Cheng, Qin Hu, Zehui Xiong
  The 41st International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Austin, Texas, USA, 2022/11
  
• Blockchain-based Edge Resource Sharing for Metaverse
  Zhilin Wang, Qin Hu, Minghui Xu, Honglu Jiang
  The 19th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS), Denver, Colorado, USA, 2022/09
  
• Vehicloak: A Blockchain-Enabled Privacy-Preserving Payment Scheme for Location-Based Vehicular Services
  Yihao Guo, Zhiguo Wan, Hui Cui, Xiuzhen Cheng, Falko Dressler
  IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2022/07
  
• Curb: Trusted and Scalable Software-Defined Network Control Plane for Edge Computing
  Minghui Xu, Chenxu Wang, Yifei Zou, Dongxiao Yu, Xiuzhen Cheng, Weifeng Lv
  IEEE 42nd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Bologna, Italy, 2022/07
  
• SPDL: A Blockchain-enabled Secure and Privacy-preserving Decentralized Learning System
  Minghui Xu, Zongrui Zou, Ye Cheng, Qin Hu, Dongxiao Yu, Xiuzhen Cheng
  IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2022/04
  
• BLOWN: A Blockchain Protocol for Single-Hop Wireless Networks under Adversarial SINR
  Minghui Xu, Feng Zhao, Yifei Zou, Chunchi Liu, Xiuzhen Cheng, Falko Dressler
  IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2022/03
  
• CloudChain: A Cloud Blockchain Using Shared Memory Consensus and RDMA
  Minghui Xu, Shuo Liu, Dongxiao Yu, Xiuzhen Cheng, Shaoyong Guo, Jiguo Yu
  IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2022/02
  
• Extending On-chain Trust to Off-chain--Trustworthy Blockchain Data Collection using Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)
  Chunchi Liu, Hechuan Guo, Minghui Xu, Shengling Wang, Dongxiao Yu, Jiguo Yu, Xiuzhen Cheng
  IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2022/02
  
• Fault-tolerant Consensus with NOMA in Mobile Networks
  Yifei Zou, Minghui Xu, Jiguo Yu, Feng Zhao, Xiuzhen Cheng
  IEEE Wireless Communications, 2022/02
  

2021

• A Fast Consensus for Permissioned Wireless Blockchains
  Yifei Zou, Minghui Xu, Jiguo Yu, Feng Zhao, Xiuzhen Cheng
  IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2021/11
  
• Blockchain and Federated Edge Learning for Privacy-Preserving Mobile Crowdsensing
  Qin Hu, Zhilin Wang, Minghui Xu*, Xiuzhen Cheng
  IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2021/11
  
• wChain: A Fast Fault-Tolerant Blockchain Protocol for Multihop Wireless Network
  Minghui Xu, Chunchi Liu, Yifei Zou, Feng Zhao, Jiguo Yu, Xiuzhen Cheng
  IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communication, 2021/06
  
• Sync or Fork: Node-Level Synchronization Analysis of Blockchain
  Qin Hu, Zhilin Wang, Minghui Xu, Xiuzhen Cheng
  The 15th International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications (WASA), Qingdao, China, 2020/09 [Best Paper Award]
  
• Crowd Density Computation and Diffusion via Internet of Things
  Yifei Zou, Minghui Xu, Hao Sheng, Xiaoshuang Xing, Yicheng Xu, Yong Zhang
  IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2020/06