Guangxia Xu | Machine learning, recommendation algorithm, blockchain, big data, network information security | Member

Guangxia Xu | Machine learning, recommendation algorithm, blockchain, big data, network information security | Member

Prof Guangxia Xu Guangzhou University, China

Engaged in research on big data security and intelligent analysis, network security and control, and blockchain technology and applications. Holds a bachelor’s degree in computer applications, master’s degree in software engineering, and Ph.D. in computer science and technology from Chongqing University, with a postdoctoral fellowship from Chongqing University’s Communication and Information Engineering. Currently a professor at Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, she serves as the Executive Deputy Director of the Chongqing Engineering Laboratory for Network and Information Security Technology and the Chongqing Key Laboratory of Cyberspace and Information Security. A senior member of the China Computer Federation (CCF), member of the Blockchain Special Committee, ACM member, and IEEE senior member. Expert evaluator for the National Natural Science Foundation, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and various institutions in Chongqing. Over the past decade, she has led numerous national and provincial research projects, published extensively, and holds multiple patents.

Education:

She is a distinguished female academic born in 1974, holding a Ph.D., professorship, and serving as a doctoral supervisor. She is recognized as a leading talent in technological innovation in Chongqing, China. Her expertise lies in the research areas of big data security and intelligent analysis, network security and management, and blockchain technology and applications. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Computer Applications, Master’s degree in Software Engineering, and Ph.D. in Computer Science and Technology from Chongqing University. She also completed her postdoctoral research in Communication and Information Engineering at Chongqing University. As an accomplished scholar, she has enriched her research experience as a visiting scholar at Stevens Institute of Technology in the United States, focusing on big data analytics. Currently, she holds the position of Professor in the Software School at Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications. Additionally, she serves as the Executive Deputy Director of the Engineering Laboratory for Network and Information Security Technology and the Key Laboratory of Network Space and Information Security in Chongqing Municipality. Moreover, she leads the innovation team responsible for big data security and intelligent analysis technology in Chongqing Municipality.

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Experience :

She is a senior member of the China Computer Federation (CCF) with membership number 33651M and a member of the Blockchain Special Committee. Additionally, she is an ACM member with membership number 4577936 and an IEEE senior member with membership number 95603944. She serves as an expert evaluator for the National Natural Science Foundation and the Ministry of Science and Technology, as well as a project review expert for various institutions in Chongqing. She holds leadership positions in several organizations, including Vice Chairman of the Chongqing Information Security Association and Vice Chairman of the Chongqing Blockchain Alliance. She also contributes as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as IEEE Internet of Things, ACM Computing Surveys, and Digital Communications and Networks. Moreover, she is actively involved in conference organization, serving as the General Chair of ICBCTIS2021 (International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Information Security) and as a Program Committee Member for various workshops and conferences in the field of cybersecurity and data science.

Publications:

  1. SDN-based data transfer security for Internet of Things Cited By : 119, Published By : 2017
  2. Improvement of the DPoS consensus mechanism in blockchain based on vague sets Cited By : 104, Published By : 2019
  3. A survey for mobility big data analytics for geolocation prediction Cited By : 73, Published By : 2016
  4. A social emotion classification approach using multi-model fusion Cited By : 58, Published By : 2020
  5. Cross-domain sentiment aware word embeddings for review sentiment analysis Cited By : 43, Published By : 2021
  6. A collaborative filtering recommendation algorithm based on user confidence and time context Cited By : 41, Published By : 2019
  7. A certificateless signcryption mechanism based on blockchain for edge computing Cited By : 37, Published By : 2022
  8. A blockchain-empowered federated learning in healthcare-based cyber physical systems Cited By : 29, Published By : 2022
  9. Fixed degree of decentralization DPoS consensus mechanism in blockchain based on adjacency vote and the average fuzziness of vague value Cited By : 29, Published By : 2021
  10. UAVā€™s agricultural image segmentation predicated by clifford geometric algebra Cited By : 29, Published By : 2019

 

Mehtab Afzal | Information Security | Member

Mehtab Afzal | Information Security | Member

Assoc Prof Dr Mehtab Afzal University of Lahore – Defence Road Campus: The University of Lahore – New Campus, Pakistan

Dr.Ā MehtabĀ Afzal, received the M.S. degree in Computer Science from COMSATS University Islamabad, Abottabad campus, Pakistan, in 2009 and the Ph.D. degree from Southwest Jiotong University Chengdu, Sichuan, China in 2016. He was a Research Associate in the Department of Computer Science and IT, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abottabad campus, Pakistan, from 2007 to 2009 and Lecturer with the Department of Computer Science, Gujrat University, Gujrat, Pakistan, from 2009 to 2010. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Computer Science, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan. He has authored several research papers in international journals/conferences, such as the Knowledge-based systems (Elsevier), Neurocomputing (Elsevier), International Journal of Communication Systems (Wiley), International Conference on Multiple Classifiers Systems (Springer), etc. He also published couple of books with Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany. He has been serving as a Reviewer for several journals/conferences, including Multimedia Systems (Springer), Computers and Electrical Engineering (Elsevier), Knowledge-based Systems (Elsevier), etc. He is also a General Chair of the 4th International Conference on Advancements in Computational Sciences (ICACSā€™23). His research interests include multimedia information retrieval, computer vision and big data.

Education:

He completed his PhD in Computer Applied Technology at Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, from 2010 to 2016. Prior to that, he pursued his Master of Science in Computer Science at COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan, from 2007 to 2009. His academic journey began with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Allama Iqbal Open University in Islamabad, which he pursued from 2000 to 2004 at Paramount College of Computer Science in Wah Cantt. Throughout his educational pursuits, he has demonstrated a strong commitment to advancing his knowledge and expertise in the field of computer science.

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Experience:

He has held various academic positions throughout his career, starting as a Lecturer at Allama Iqbal Open University in Islamabad from 2005 to 2007, where he taught undergraduate courses. He then moved to the University of Gujrat in 2009-2010 as a Lecturer, continuing to teach undergraduate level courses. Subsequently, he joined the University of Lahore in 2016 as an Assistant Professor, where he taught courses and supervised thesis work at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels until 2022. Currently, he serves as an Associate Professor at the University of Lahore, where he holds the position of Conference General Chair for the ICACS23 conference and is a member of the Board of Studies.

Publications:

  1. Web Video Categorization using Category-Predictive Classifiers and Category-Specific Concept Classifiers Cited By : 7, Published By : 2016
  2. Web Video Classification with Visual and Contextual Semantics Cited By : 4, Published By : 2019
  3. Semi-supervised Evolutionary Ensembles for Web Video Categorization Cited By : 19, Published By : 2015
  4. A Base Level Ontology for Disaster Management Published By : 2017
  5. Detection of Imposter and Tampered Segments in Audio Recording using as Intelligent SystemĀ Cited By : 2, Published By : 2021Ā 
  6. GA-IRACE: Genetic Algorithm-Based Improved Resource Aware Cost-Efficient Scheduler for Cloud Fog Computing EnvironmentĀ  Published By : 2022
  7. ROCA: Auto-ResolvingOverlapping and Conflicts in ACL Policies for SDN. Published By : 2021
  8. Energy-Efficient Collaboration-BasedContent Sharing Strategy inDevice-to-Device Communication. Published By : 2021
  9. Extraction of opinion targets using syntactic rules in Urdu text Published By : 2021
  10. A Weighted Spatially Constrained Finite Mixture Model for Image Segmentation Published By : 2021