Publications

Journal Articles

  1. N. Wang, C. Zhang, Y. Xiao, Y. Chen, W. Lou, T. Hou, “FLARE: Defending Federated Learning against Model Poisoning Attacks via Latent Space Representations” [accepted], IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, Dec. 2024.
  2. N. Wang, S. Shi, Y. Chen, W. Lou, T. Hou, “FeCo: Boosting Intrusion Detection Capability in IoT Networks via Contrastive Learning” [accepted], IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, Feb. 2025.
  3. Y. Li, I. Alom, W. Sun, Y. Xiao, "DEXO: A Secure and Fair Exchange Mechanism for Decentralized IoT Data Markets” [accepted], IEEE Internet of Things Journal, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2025.3535671.

Conference Papers

  1. S. Shi, N. Wang, Y. Xiao, C. Zhang, Y. Shi, Y. T. Hou, W. Lou, "Scale-MIA: A Scalable Model Inversion Attack against Secure Federated Learning via Latent Space Reconstruction," NDSS, February 24–28, 2025, San Diego, CA, USA.
  2. C. Zhang, H. Yu, S. Shi, S. Li, Y. Shi, E. Burger, Y. T. Hou, W. Lou, "StarCast: A Secure and Spectrum-Efficient Group Communication Scheme for LEO Satellite Networks," IEEE DySPAN, May 12–15, 2025, London, United Kingdom.
  3. S. Li, X. Lyu, N. Wang, T. Li, D. Chen, Y. Chen, ‘Beyond Uniformity: Robust Backdoor Attacks on Deep Neural Networks with Trigger Selection’ [accepted], 29th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PAKDD), June 10–13, 2025, Sydney, Australia.
  4. Z. Li, H. Liu, A. Li, C.-H. Chan, Y. Vorobeychik, W. Yeoh, W. Lou, N. Zhang, “Resilient Federated Learning on Embedded Devices with Constrained Network Connectivity,” DAC, June 22–25, 2025, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  5. S. Shi, M. S. Haque, A. Parida, C. Zhang, M. G. Linguraru, Y. T. Hou, S. M. Anwar, W. Lou, “MedLeak: Multimodal Medical Data Leakage in Secure Federated Learning with Crafted Models,” IEEE/ACM CHASE, June 24–26, 2025, New York City, NY, USA.
  6. M. H. Shahriar, N. Wang, N. Ramakrishnan, Y. T. Hou, W. Lou, “Let the Noise Speak: Harnessing Noise for a Unified Defense Against Adversarial and Backdoor Attacks,” ESORICS, September 22–26, 2025, Toulouse, France.