Kui Ren @Zhejiang University

Selected Recent Publications (Full List):

Conference Articles

HybrIDX: New Hybrid Index for Volume-hiding Range Queries in Data Outsourcing Services.
Kui Ren, Yu Guo, Jiaqi Li, Xiaohua Jia, Cong Wang, Yajin Zhou, Sheng Wang, Ning Cao and Feifei Li
The 40th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2020), Singapore, November 29 - December 1, 2020 (Acceptance rate: 105/584= 17.9%)(Best Paper Award)
Towards differentially private truth discovery for crowd sensing systems.
Yaliang Li, Houping Xiao, Zhan Qin, Chenglin Miao, Lu Su, Jing Gao, Kui Ren, Bolin Ding
The 40th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2020), Singapore, November 29 - December 1, 2020 (Acceptance rate:105/584= 17.9%)
Boosting Privately: Federated Extreme Gradient Boosting for Mobile Crowdsensing.
Yang Liu, Zhuo Ma, Ximeng Liu, Siqi Ma, Surya Nepal, Robert H. Deng, Kui Ren
The 40th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2020), Singapore, November 29 - December 1, 2020 (Acceptance rate: 105/584= 17.9%)
VocalPrint: exploring a resilient and secure voice authentication via mmWave biometric interrogation.
Huining Li, Chenhan Xu, Aditya Singh Rathore, Zhengxiong Li, Hanbin Zhang, Chen Song, Kun Wang, Lu Su, Feng Lin, Kui Ren, Wenyao Xu
The 18th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys 2020), Japan, November 16-19, 2020 (Acceptance rate:44/213= 20.6%)
Accelerometer-based smartphone eavesdropping.
Z Ba, T Zheng, Z Qin, H Yu, L Liu, B Li, X Liu, Kui Ren
The 26th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom 2020), London, United Kingdom, September 21-25, 2020 (Acceptance rate:62/384= 16.1%)
Deaf-aid: mobile IoT communication exploiting stealthy speaker-to-gyroscope channel.
Ming Gao, Feng Lin, Weiye Xu, Muertikepu Nuermaimaiti, Jinsong Han, Wenyao Xu, Kui Ren
The 26th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom 2020), London, United Kingdom, September 21-25, 2020 (Acceptance rate:62/384= 16.1%)
An Empirical Study on ARM Disassembly Tools.
Muhui Jiang, Yajin Zhou, Xiapu Luo, Ruoyu Wang, Yang Liu, Kui Ren
The 28th ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA 2020) , Los Angeles, USA, July 18-22, 2020 (Acceptance rate: 43/162= 26.5%)
From Homogeneous to Heterogeneous: Leveraging Deep Learning based Power Analysis across Devices. (to appear)
Fan Zhang, Bin Shao, Guorui Xu, Bolin Yang, Ziqi Yang, Zhan Qin, Kui Ren
The 57th Annual Design Automation Conference 2020 (DAC 2020), San Francisco, California at Moscone Center West, July 19-23 , 2020 (Acceptance rate: 23%)
SonicPrint: A Generally Adoptable and Secure Fingerprint Biometrics in Smart Devices.
Aditya Singh Rathore, Weijin Zhu, Afee Daiyan, Chenhan Xu, Kun Wang, Feng Lin, Kui Ren, Wenyao Xu
The 18th ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (Mobisys 2020), Toronto, Cannada, June 16-18, 2020 (Acceptance rate: 34/175= 19.4%)(Best Paper Award)

Journal Articles

e-PoS: Making Proof-of-Stake Decentralized and Fair.
Muhammad Saad, Zhan Qin, Kui Ren, DaeHun Nyang, David Mohaisen
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems(TPDS 2021)
Scanning the Voice of Your Fingerprint with Everyday Surfaces.
Aditya Singh Rathore, Chenhan Xu, Weijin Zhu, Afee Daiyan, Kun Wang, Feng Lin, Kui Ren, Wenyao Xu
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing(TMC 2021)
Injecting Reliable Radio Frequency Fingerprints Using Metasurface for The Internet of Things.
S Rajendran, Z Sun, F Lin, Kui Ren
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security(TIFS 2020)
Enabling efficient user revocation in identity-based cloud storage auditing for shared big data.
Yue Zhang, Jia Yu, Rong Hao, Cong Wang, Kui Ren
IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing(TDSC 2020)
Look-Aside at Your Own Risk: Privacy Implications of DNSSEC Look-Aside Validation.
Aziz Mohaisen, Zhongshu Gu, Kui Ren, Zhenhua Li, Charles A. Kamhoua, Laurent L. Njilla, DaeHun Nyang, Kui Ren
IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing(TDSC 2020)
CSI-Fuzz: Full-speed edge tracing using coverage sensitive instrumentation.
Xiaogang Zhu, Xiaotao Feng, Xiaozhu Meng, Sheng Wen, Seyit Camtepe, Yang Xiang, Kui Ren
IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing(TDSC 2020)
EmIr-Auth: Eye Movement and Iris-Based Portable Remote Authentication for Smart Grid.
Zhuo Ma, Yilong Yang, Ximeng Liu, Yang Liu, Siqi Ma, Kui Ren, Chang Yao, Kui Ren
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics(TII 2020)
Design and Evaluation of Fluctuating Power Logic to Mitigate Power Analysis at the Cell Level.
Fan Zhang, Bolin Yang, Bojie Yang, Yiran Zhang, Xuanle Ren, Shivam Bhasin, Kui Ren
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems(TCAD 2020)

[Full List]

Funded Research Projects:

[Huawei Tech.] Huawei-Zhejiang University Joint Innovation Research on Security for Mobile Devices , 2019 - 2023, Role: PI

[Ant Financial] Ant Financial-Zhejiang University Joint Research Laboratory on Data Security and Privacy Protection, 2019 - 2021, Role: PI

[Guangtong Tech.] Guangtong-Zhejiang University Joint Research on Cyber Security, 2019 - 2021, Role: PI

[CAST] Research on the Internet of Things Security Frontier and Development Trend, 2019, Role: PI

[ZSF] Image big data-based security technology R & D and innovation team project, 2019 - 2021, Role: PI

[ZSF] Multi-source cross-border big data fusion technology and application in typical industries: research and application of full-link secure multi-source big data technology, 2018 - 2021, Role: PI

[Alibaba Group] Alibaba-Zhejiang University Joint Research Institute of Frontier Technologies (AZFT), 2018 - 2021, Role: PI

[NNSFC] Crowdsourcing-based group-perceived privacy protection research, 2018 - 2021, Role: PI

[NRFK] Big Data Approach to the Analyzing, Characterizing, Modeling, and Defending Against Distributed Denial of Service Attacks, 2016-2022, Role: Senior Personnel

[Department of Energy] A Resilient and Trustworthy Cloud and Outsourcing Security Framework for Power Grid Applications, 2015 - 2020, Role: PI

[NSF] Preserving User Privacy in Server-driven Dynamic Spectrum Access System, 2016-2018, Role: PI

[NSF] Realizing Visual and Acoustic Near Field Communication Systems for Smartphones: Performance Optimization and Security Assurance, 2014-2017, Role: PI

[NSF] Student Travel Support for the INFOCOM 2014 Conference , 2014, Role: PI

[Microsoft Research] Windows Azure Research Pass Grant, Indoor 3D Maps from the Power of the Crowd, 2014-2015, Role: PI

[NSF] Enabling Robust Communication in Cognitive Radio Networks with Multiple Lines of Defense, 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2016, Role: PI

[NSF] Mobile Content Distribution in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks, 08/01/2011 - 07/31/2014, Role: PI

[NSF] Engineering Secure Data Computation Outsourcing in Cloud Computing, 09/01/2011 - 08/31/2013. Role: PI

[AirForce] Exploiting Pairing-based ZKP for Tactical Network Authentication, 08/01/2011 - 09/31/2011. Role: PI

[NSF] CAREER: Secure and Privacy-assured Data Service Outsourcing in Cloud Computing, 08/01/2011 - 07/31/2016. Role: PI

[Department of Energy] A World-class Smart Grid Workforce Training Center, 03/01/2010 - 02/28/2013, Role: Co-PI

[Amazon Web Service] Free Amazon EC2 Service Usage, 2010-2013, Role: PI

[NSF] REU: New Approaches for Secure and Dependable Data Storage and Access Control in Mission-critical Wireless Sensor Networks, 08/01/2009 - 07/31/2010. Role: PI

[NSF] New Approaches for Secure and Dependable Data Storage and Access Control in Mission-critical Wireless Sensor Networks, 09/01/2008 - 08/31/2012. Role: PI