Dr. Qian Chen received the B.S. degree in mathematics from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, in 2016, and the Ph.D. degree in Cyberspace Security from Xidian University, China, in 2024. He is currently an Associate Professor with Xidian University, Xi’an, China. From 2022 to 2024, he was a Visiting Research Fellow with iTrust, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore. His research interests are in the areas of AI security, digital forensics, and applied cryptography.
📝 Publications
2026
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CCS 2026SymSan: Mitigating Malware Embedding in Large Language Models via Parameter Space Symmetry, Ming Tan, Wei Li, Tao Hu, Qian Chen, Aodi Liu, Hailong Ma, ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), accepted. -
KBS 2026AGAM: A randomly initialized policy network for action mask fusion in reinforcement learning, Buqing Xue, Qian Chen, Zilong Wang, Linkang Du, Jiaqi Zhao, Tao Hu, Knowledge-Based Systems 350, 116563. -
TCC 2026A Privacy-Preserving and Non-Interactive Outsourced Tree Evaluation Scheme Via Trusted Execution Environments, Jiaqi Zhao, Hui Zhu, Wei Xu, Qian Chen, Xiaopeng Yang, Hui Li, IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. -
TMC 2026RankFL: Robustness and Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning Scheme Against Poisoning Attacks, Yuan Chang, Qian Chen, Tom H. Luan, Zhou Su, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. -
TCCN 2026SA-FL: Secure Aggregation Scheme in Federated Learning Against Poisoning Attacks, Yuan Chang, Qian Chen, Tom H. Luan, Zhou Su, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking.
2025
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arXiv 2025MEASER: Malware embedding attacks on open-source LLMs, Ming Tan, Wei Li, Hu Tao, Hailong Ma, Aodi Liu, Qian Chen, Zilong Wang, arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.10486. -
IoT-J 2025Efficient and Privacy-Preserving Network Intrusion Detection Based on Federated Learning in SDN-Enabled IIoT Network, Tao Hu, Qian Chen, Yuxiang Hu, Saifeng Hou, Haonan Yan, Peng Yi, Zixi Cui, IEEE Internet of Things Journal 12 (20), 41904-41923. -
IoT-J 2025Medishuffle: Auditable Coin Mixing Scheme for Internet of Medical Things, Yuan Chang, Tom H. Luan, Yinbin Miao, Qian Chen, IEEE Internet of Things Journal 12 (18), 39088-39104. -
TIFS 2025DP-DID: A Dynamic and Proactive Decentralized Identity System, Jie Yin, Yang Xiao, Qian Chen, Yong zhi Lim, Xuefeng Liu, Qingqi Pei, Jianying Zhou, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security 20, 4999-5014. -
TSC 2025DeFedGCN: Privacy-Preserving Decentralized Federated GCN for Recommender System, Qian Chen, Zilong Wang, Mengqing Yan, Haonan Yan, Xiaodong Lin, Jianying Zhou, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing 18 (2), 729-742. -
TDSC 2025A Proactive Defense Against Model Poisoning Attacks in Federated Learning, Haonan Yan, Chengbo Zheng, Qian Chen, Xiaoguang Li, Bin Wang, Hui Li, Xiaodong Lin, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing 22 (4), 3529-3543.
2024
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ICDCS 2024SG-FCB: A Stackelberg Game-Driven Fair Committee-Based Blockchain Consensus Protocol, Ningbin Yang, Chunming Tang, Zehui Xiong, Qian Chen, Jiawen Kang, Debiao He, 2024 IEEE 44th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems. -
ICC 2024Enhancing Vehicular Edge Intelligence through Distributed Collaborative Generative AI Inference, Gaochang Xie, Renchao Xie, Xinyuan Zhang, Jiangtian Nie, Qinqin Tang, Qian Chen, Dusit Niyato, ICC 2024-IEEE International Conference on Communications, 4560-4565. -
WWW 2024PAGE: Equilibrate Personalization and Generalization in Federated Learning, Qian Chen, Zilong Wang, Jiaqi Hu, Haonan Yan, Jianying Zhou, Xiaodong Lin, Proceedings of the ACM on Web Conference 2024, 2955-2964. -
IOT-JQP-LDP for Better Global Model Performance in Federated Learning, Qian Chen, Zheng Chai, Zilong Wang, Haonan Yan, Xiaodong Lin, Jianying Zhou, IEEE Internet of Things Journal. -
TDSC 2024CODER: Protecting Privacy in Image Retrieval with Differential Privacy, Haonan Yan, Xiaoguang Li, Wenjing Zhang, Qian Chen, Bin Wang, Hui Li, Xiaodong Lin, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. -
NeurIPS 2024Recess Vaccine for Federated Learning: Proactive Defense Against Model Poisoning Attacks, Haonan Yan, Wenjing Zhang, Qian Chen, Xiaoguang Li, Wenhai Sun, Hui Li, Xiaodong Lin, Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 36. -
Poisoning Attack Detection Scheme Based on Generative Adversarial Network for Federated Learning, Qian Chen, Zheng Chai, Zilong Wang, Jiawei Chen, Journal of Computer Applications 43 (12), 3790.
2023
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TPDS 2023Dap-FL: Federated Learning Flourishes by Adaptive Tuning and Secure Aggregation, Qian Chen, Zilong Wang, Jiawei Chen, Haonan Yan, Xiaodong Lin, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems 34 (6), 1923-1941. -
Computers & Security 2023PPT: A Privacy-preserving Global Model Training Protocol for Federated Learning in P2P Networks, Qian Chen, Zilong Wang, Wenjing Zhang, Xiaodong Lin, Computers & Security 124, 102966.
2022
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TrustCom 2022LLDP: A Layer-wise Local Differential Privacy in Federated Learning, Qian Chen, Hongbo Wang, Zilong Wang, Jiawei Chen, Haonan Yan, Xiaodong Lin, 2022 IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom), 631-637. -
ISC 2022CFL: Cluster Federated Learning in Large-scale Peer-to-peer Networks, Qian Chen, Zilong Wang, Yilin Zhou, Jiawei Chen, Dan Xiao, Xiaodong Lin, International Conference on Information Security, 464-472. -
MSN 2022QP-LDP for Better Global Model Performance in Federated Learning, Qian Chen, Zheng Chai, Zilong Wang, Jiawei Chen, Haonan Yan, Xiaodong Lin, 2022 18th International Conference on Mobility, Sensing and Networking, 422-426. -
Accountable and Verifiable Secure Aggregation for Federated Learning in IoT Networks, Xiaoyi Yang, Yanqi Zhao, Qian Chen, Yong Yu, Xiaojiang Du, Mohsen Guizani, IEEE Network 36 (5), 173-179.
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TIFS 2022FedDual: Pair-wise Gossip Helps Federated Learning in Large Decentralized Networks, Qian Chen, Zilong Wang, Hongbo Wang, Xiaodong Lin, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. -
ISIT 2022An Upper Bound of the Set Size of Perfect Sequences with Optimal Cross-correlation, Zilong Wang, Qian Chen, Guang Gong, 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, 532-535.
🎖 Honors and Awards
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2026, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Xidian University
- 2023, 2023 Tencent Scholarship of Xidian University（西安电子科技大学研究生社会奖学金，腾讯）
- 2021, State Scholarship Fund organized China Scholarship Council (CSC)
📖 Educations
- 2024, received Ph.D in Cyberspace Security, Xidian University, China
- 2016, received B.S. in mathematics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
💻 Working Experience
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2025–present, Associate Professor at Xidian University
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2022-2024, visiting research fellow at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
🌏 Service
- Reviewer of TIFS (2021-), INFOCOM 2024, IoTJ (2021-), IJIS (2023-), INS (2024-), OJ-COMS (2022-), etc.
- Volunteer of Asia CCS 2024.