Kui Ren, PhD

Qiushi Chair Professor
ACM Fellow
IEEE Fellow

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Office: Room 205, KeGong Building Yuquan Campus of Zhejiang University
Tel: 0571-87952558
E-mail: kuiren@zju.edu.cn

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Kui Ren is a Professor and Associate Dean of College of Computer Science and Technology at Zhejiang University, where he also directs the Institute of Cyber Science and Technology. Before that, he was SUNY Empire Innovation Professor at State University of New York at Buffalo. He received his PhD degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Kui’s current research interests include Data Security, IoT Security, AI Security, and Privacy. He received IEEE CISTC Technical Recognition Award in 2017, SUNY Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award in 2017, Sigma Xi/IIT Research Excellence Award in 2012, and NSF CAREER Award in 2011. Kui has published more than 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He has received several Best Paper Awards and Test of Time Paper Award, including IEEE ICDCS’20, ACM MobiSys’20, IEEE INFOCOM’20, IEEE Globecom’19, ChinaCrypt’18, ACM ASIACCS’18, ICPADS’18, IEEE ICDCS’17, IWQoS’17, and ICNP’11. His H-index is 80, and his total citation has exceeded 37,000, according to Google Scholar (as of November 2021). Kui is a Fellow of ACM and IEEE. He currently serves as an area/associate editor for ACM Trans. On Cyber Physical Systems, IEEE Trans. on Dependable and Secure Computing, IEEE Trans. on Service Computing, IEEE Trans. on Networking, IEEE Trans. on Mobile Computing, IEEE Wireless Communications, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, and Computer Networks.

Latest Update

  • [Jan. 2020] Kui has received the IEEE INFOCOM Test of Time Paper Award 2020!
  • [Jan. 2020] Kui is invited to serve as Chair of ACM SIGSAC China!
  • [Dec. 2019] We received the Best Paper Award from 2019 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM'19)
  • [Nov. 2019] Congratulations! Guangtong-Zhejiang University Cyberspace Security Joint Laboratory has been established!
  • [Nov. 2019] Kui received the Highly Cited Researchers of the Year Award, 2019
  • [Oct. 2019] Congratulations! Ant Financial-Zhejiang University Financial Technology Research Center of Data Security and Privacy Protection has been established!
  • [Dec. 2018] We received the Best Paper Award from the 24th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems(ICPADS'18)
  • [Oct. 2018] We received the Best Paper Award from ChinaCrypt'18
  • [Jun. 2018] Congratulations! Alibaba-Zhejiang University Joint Research Institute of Frontier Technologies(AZFT) has been established!
  • [Jun. 2018] We received the Best Paper Award from the 2018 Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security(AsiaCCS’18)
  • [Aug. 2017] Kui is named SUNY Empire Innovation Professor by University at Buffalo, State University of New York!
  • [Aug. 2017] Our research on voice hacking protection has been widely reported by the media, including CBS News, Scientific American, ACM TechNews, The Conversation, etc.!
  • [Aug. 2017] Kui is invited to join the steering committee of ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security (AsiaCCS)!
  • [Aug. 2017] Kui delivered a Keynote Talk, titled "The Security Challenges in the Internet of Things" at ChinaPrivacy'17!
  • [Jul. 2017] UbiSeC lab got one paper accepted by CCS'17
  • [Jul. 2017] UbiSeC lab received the Best Paper Award from IWQoS'17!
  • [Jun. 2017] Our voice hacking protection paper received the Best Student Paper Award from ICDCS'17!
  • [Jun. 2017] Kui delivered a Keynote Talk, titled "The Security Challenges in the Internet of Things" at IEEE DSC'17!
  • [Jun. 2017] UbiSeC lab got one paper accepted by MobiCom'17!
  • [May 2017] Kui delivered an Invited Talk, titled "The Security Challenges in the Internet of Things" at Huawei, Shenzhen!
  • [Apr. 2017] Kui receives 2017 IEEE CISTC Technical Recognition Award, with the citation "for outstanding contributions to cloud security and wireless security"!
  • [Mar. 2017] Congratulations to Zhan Qin, who just accepted a tenure track assistant professor position from the ECE Department at University of Texas at San Antonio!
  • [Mar. 2017] Kui is invited to serve as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Service Computing (TSC)!
  • [Feb. 2017] UbiSeC lab got two full papers and two short papers accepted by ICDCS'17!
  • [Feb. 2017] Kui delivered an Invited Talk, titled "Exploring Smartphone-based Side-channel Attacks Against 3D Printers" at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Feb. 22, 2017!
  • [Jan. 2017] Congratulations to Zhan Qin, who just won the "Best Graduate Research Award" from the CSE Dept. at UB!
  • [Jan. 2017] UbiSeC lab got one paper accepted by FC'17!
  • [Jan. 2017] Kui delivered an Invited Talk, titled "Towards Secure Search Over Large Encrypted Datasets" at Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan!

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Honors & Awards

  • Test of Time Paper Award, 2020 IEEE INFOCOM (paper published in the 2010 proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications), Jan. 20, 2020.
  • Best Paper Award, 2019 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Hawaii, USA, Dec. 9-13, 2019.
  • Highly Cited Researchers of the Year Award, 2019
  • Best Paper Award, the 24th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems(ICPADS'18), Sentosa, Singapore, Dec. 11-13, 2018
  • Best Paper Award, ChinaCrypt'18, Sichuan, China, Oct. 26-28, 2018
  • Best Paper Award, the 13th ACM ASIA Conference on Computer and Communications Security(AsiaCCS'18), Songdo, Korea, Jun. 4–8, 2018
  • SUNY Empire Innovation Professor, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 2017
  • Best Paper Award, IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Quality of Service (IWQoS'17), Vilanova, Barcelona, Spain, June 14-16, 2017
  • Best Student Paper Award, The 37th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'17), Atlanta, GA, June 5-8, 2017
  • Technical Recognition Award, IEEE Communications & Information Security Technical Committee (CISTC), 2017
  • Exceptional Scholar Award for Sustained Achievement, State University of New York, Buffalo, 2016
  • Member of Fellows Evaluation Committee, IEEE Computer Society, 2016
  • Fellow of IEEE (elevated within 8 years after his Ph.D, one of the quickest in IEEE history), 2015
  • SEAS Senior Researcher of the Year Award, SUNY Buffalo, 2015
  • Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, 2014
  • Top Reviewer Meritorious Service Certificate, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), 2014
  • Member of Academic Advisory Committee, School of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong University, China, since 2014
  • Early Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure, Dept. of ECE, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2012
  • Sigma Xi Research Excellence Award (Junior Faculty Category), Illinois Institute of Technology, 2012
  • National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 2011
  • Board Member, Internet Privacy Task Force of Illinois, appointed by Governor Pat Quinn, 2011
  • Best Paper Award, the 19th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP'11), Vancouver, BC, Canada, Oct. 17-20, 2011
  • Board Member, Internet Privacy Task Force, State of Illinois (Appointed by Then-Governor Pat Quinn), 2011-2012
  • Best Paper Award, the 4th International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China (Chinacom'09), Xi'an, China, Aug. 26-28, 2009
  • Best Paper Award, International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications (WASA'06), Xi'an, China, Aug. 15-18, 2006

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