Hello! I am currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communications and Networking at XJTLU. Prior to that, I received my bachelor's degree from Chongqing University and master's & doctoral degrees from the University of Delaware in the US. I also hold a postgraduate certificate in Education from the University of Liverpool and a fellowship from the Higher Education Academy in the UK. My research areas include blockchain technology, security & privacy, and federated learning. In my free hours, I've been into hip-hop music and sneaker game since the early 2000s.

Accepting Ph.D. Students. Please email me with your resume, transcript, and any other supporting materials you believe will strengthen your application. Click here to find the program and funding information.

12/2024: Paper accepted at IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data (ICAIBD 2025).
11/2024: Invited as a TPC member at ACM Blockchain and Internet of Things Conference (BIOTC 2025).
10/2024: Invited as a reviewer for the U.S. CUTC best Ph.D. dissertations.
09/2024: Received the Fellowship of UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
08/2024: Received the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) from University of Liverpool.
08/2024: Received the 2022~2023 Suzhou Natural Science Outstanding Academic Paper award.
07/2024: Paper accepted at IEEE Global Blockchain Conference (GBC 2024).
07/2024: Paper accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems (TCSS).
06/2024: Received third prize in the Jiangsu Blockchain Excellent Solution Competition.
04/2024: Invited as a TPC member at ACM Blockchain and Internet of Things Conference (BIOTC 2024).
03/2024: Paper accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (T-ITS).
03/2024: Joined the editorial board of IET Blockchain (Special Issue on Blockchain Evolution: Architecture and Applications).
02/2024: Paper accepted at IEEE/ACM International Conference on Connected Health: Applications, Systems and Engineering Technologies (CHASE 2024).
01/2024: Invited as a TPC member at ACM International Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Conference (AIBC 2024).
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11/2023: Paper accepted at ACM International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Applications (ICBTA 2023).
10/2023: Invited as a reviewer for the U.S. CUTC best Ph.D. dissertations.
10/2023: Paper accepted at IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain 2023).
09/2023: Paper accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC).
07/2023: Received the Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award 2022 from IEEE TEMS.
05/2023: Received a grant from XJTLU Research Development Fund (RDF).
04/2023: Paper accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (T-ITS).
03/2023: Paper accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM).
01/2023: Received a grant from XJTLU Teaching Development Fund (TDF).
12/2022: Received the Best Dissertation Award 2022 from IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society (ITSS).
12/2022: Paper published in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies (TR_C).
09/2022: Paper published in IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM).
08/2022: Joined Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.
05/2022: Received the Graduate Research Award from the University of Delaware.
03/2022: Defended my Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Delaware.
02/2022: Paper accepted at IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing (CCGrid 2022).

• CAN402: Social Web Programming, every Spring Semester
• CAN301: Mobile Computing, every Fall Semester

Recruiting Teaching Assistants. I am seeking multiple Teaching Assistants with experience in JavaScript and PHP to support CAN402 or experience in Android programming to support CAN301. If you are interested in these positions, please email me for further details.

• Editorial Board Member
• Guest Lead Editor of IET Blockchain


• Technical Program Committee Member
• ACM Blockchain and Internet of Things Conference (BIOTC), 2024 and 2025
• ACM International Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Conference (AIBC), 2024
• ACM International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Applications (ICBTA), 2023


• Journal Reviewer
• IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC)
• IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT)
• IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (T-ITS)
• IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM)
• IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT-J)
• IEEE Access
• ELSP Blockchain
• Information Processing & Management
• Blockchain: Research and Applications


• Conference Reviewer
• ACM International Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Conference (AIBC), 2024
• ACM International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Applications (ICBTA), 2023
• IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain), 2023
• IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), 2023
• IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain), 2022
• IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain), 2021
• International Congress on Blockchain and Applications (BLOCKCHAIN), 2021


• Student Awards Committee of U.S. Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC), 2023 and 2024
• Member of IEEE, ACM and IET

• Frontiers in Blockchain for Secure Information Sharing in Next Generation Transportation Systems
  ⇲ IEEE ITSS Best Dissertation Award 2022
  ⇲ IEEE TEMS Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award 2022

1. An Advanced Pricing Mechanism for Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) Based on Rarity and Market Dynamics [DOI / PDF]
   W. Xiong, Y. Wang, W. Li*, Y. Zhang, J. Zhang and H. Guo, IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 7671-7684, 2024 ⇲ JCR Q1, 中科院2区, CCF C


2. Adaptive Traffic Prediction at the ITS Edge with Online Models and Blockchain-based Federated Learning [DOI / PDF]
   C. Meese, H. Chen, W. Li*, D. Lee, H. Guo, C. Shen and M. Nejad, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 10725-10740, 2024 ⇲ JCR Q1, 中科院1区, CCF B


3. B²SFL: A Bi-level Blockchained Architecture for Secure Federated Learning-based Traffic Prediction [DOI / PDF]
   H. Guo, C. Meese, W. Li*, C. Shen and M. Nejad, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 4360-4374, 2023 ⇲ JCR Q1, 中科院2区, CCF A


4. Aggregated Zero-knowledge Proof and Blockchain-Empowered Authentication for Autonomous Truck Platooning [DOI / PDF]
   W. Li, C. Meese, H. Hao and M. Nejad, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 24, no. 9, pp. 9309-9323, 2023 ⇲ JCR Q1, 中科院1区, CCF B, 苏州市自然科学优秀学术论文


5. A Hybrid Blockchain-Edge Architecture for Electronic Health Records Management with Attribute-based Cryptographic Mechanisms [DOI / PDF]
   H. Guo, W. Li*, M. Nejad and C. Shen, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 1759-1774, 2023 ⇲ JCR Q1, 中科院2区, CCF C


6. Traffic Prediction using Artificial Intelligence: Review of Recent Advances and Emerging Opportunities [DOI / PDF]
   M. Shaygen, C. Meese, W. Li, X. Zhao and M. Nejad, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, vol. 145, 103921, 2022 ⇲ JCR Q1, 中科院1区


7. A Hierarchical and Location-aware Consensus Protocol for IoT-Blockchain Applications [DOI / PDF]
   H. Guo, W. Li* and M. Nejad, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 2972-2986, 2022 ⇲ JCR Q1, 中科院2区, CCF C


8. Proof-of-Event Recording System for Autonomous Vehicles: A Blockchain-based Solution [DOI / PDF]
   H. Guo, W. Li, M. Nejad and C. Shen, IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 182776-182786, 2020 ⇲ JCR Q2, 中科院3区


9. Privacy-Preserving Traffic Management: A Blockchain and Zero-Knowledge Proof Inspired Approach [DOI / PDF]
   W. Li, H. Guo, M. Nejad and C. Shen, IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 181733-181743, 2020 ⇲ JCR Q2, 中科院3区

1. Integrating Blockchain and Federated Learning for Cryptocurrency Market Prediction: Major Exchanges as Nodes
   Z. Wang, Z. Guo, W. Li*, J. Zhang* and H. Guo*, IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data (ICAIBD 2025), Chengdu, China, May 23-26, 2024, accepted


2. Bidirectional Authentication for Safe Ridesharing Empowered by Permissioned Blockchain
   W. Li, C. Meese, M. Nejad, H. Guo and J. Zhang, IEEE Global Blockchain Conference (GBC 2024), Shanghai, China, TBA, accepted


3. Decentralized Electronic Health Records Management via Redactable Blockchain and Revocable IPFS [DOI / PDF]
   H. Guo, W. Li, C. Meese and M. Nejad, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Connected Health: Applications, Systems and Engineering Technologies (CHASE 2024), Wilmington, DE, USA, June 19-21, 2024


4. ZK-BFT: A Zero-knowledge and Byzantine Fault Tolerant Consensus for Permissioned Blockchain Networks [DOI / PDF]
   W. Li, C. Meese, M. Nejad and H. Guo, ACM International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Applications (ICBTA 2023), Xi'an, China, December 15-17, 2023


5. Pricing Mechanism of Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Driven by Rarity Design [DOI / PDF]
   W. Xiong, Y. Wang, W. Li*, J. Zhang and H. Guo, IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain 2023), Hainan, China, December 17-21, 2023


6. BFRT: Blockchained Federated Learning for Real-time Traffic Flow Prediction [DOI / PDF]
   C. Meese, H. Chen, S. Asif, W. Li, C. Shen and M. Nejad, IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGrid 2022), Taormina, Italy, May 16-19, 2022 ⇲ CCF C


7. A Location-based and Hierarchical Framework for Fast Consensus in Blockchain Networks [DOI / PDF]
   H. Guo, W. Li and M. Nejad, IEEE International Conference on Hot Information-Centric Networking (HotICN 2021), Nanjing, China, November 25-27, 2021


8. P-CFT: A Privacy-preserving and Crash Fault Tolerant Consensus Algorithm for Permissioned Blockchains [DOI / PDF]
   W. Li, C. Meese, M. Nejad and H. Guo, IEEE International Conference on Hot Information-Centric Networking (HotICN 2021), Nanjing, China, November 25-27, 2021


9. Location-aware Verification for Autonomous Truck Platooning Based on Blockchain and Zero-knowledge Proof [DOI / PDF]
   W. Li, C. Meese, Z. Zhong, H. Guo and M. Nejad, IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC 2021), Sydney, Australia, May 3-6, 2021


10. Blockchain-enabled Identity Verification for Safe Ridesharing Leveraging Zero-Knowledge Proof [DOI / PDF]
    W. Li, C. Meese, H. Guo and M. Nejad, IEEE International Conference on Hot Information-Centric Networking (HotICN 2020), Hefei, China, December 12-14, 2020


11. Attribute-based Multi-Signature and Encryption for EHR Management: A Blockchain-based Solution [DOI / PDF]
    H. Guo, W. Li, E. Meamari, M. Nejad and C. Shen, IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC 2020), Toronto, Canada, May 2-6, 2020


12. Access Control for Electronic Health Records with Hybrid Blockchain-Edge Architecture [DOI / PDF]
    H. Guo, W. Li, M. Nejad and C. Shen, IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain 2019), Atlanta, USA, July 14-17, 2019


13. A Blockchain-based Architecture for Traffic Signal Control Systems [DOI / PDF]
    W. Li, M. Nejad and R. Zhang, IEEE International Congress on Internet of Things (ICIOT 2019), Milano, Italy, July 8-13, 2019

• Master's Students (6)
  • Jiaxuan Li
  • Jiachen Wang
  • Zijie Wang
  • Tianyou Wang
  • Xuan Wang
  • Diyang Zhu
  
  
• Undergradute Students (1)
  • Fazhi Chen

• Master's Students (5)
  • Yujun Deng (MS, 2024)
  • Sheng Fang (MS, 2024)
  • Wenze Xiong (MS, 2024, University of Auckland, NZ)
  • Yiran Tian (MS, 2024)
  • Yutong Zhang (MS, 2024)
  
  
• Undergradute Students (7)
  • Jiayun Yu (BS, 2024, Georgetown University, USA)
  • Yuntao Nie (BS, 2023)
  • Yetong Wang (BS, 2023, Australian National University, AU)
  • Bo Wang (BS, 2023)
  • Wenrui Liu (BS, 2023, University College London, UK)
  • Haoyu Wang (BS, 2023)
  • Bocheng Zhang (BS, 2023, University of Edinburgh, UK)

• Natural Science Outstanding Academic Paper in 2022~2023, Suzhou Municipal People's Government
• Blockchain Excellent Solution, Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, 2024
• Fellowship of UK Higher Education Academy, 2024
• IEEE ITSS Best Dissertation Award 2022
• IEEE TEMS Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award 2022
• Graduate Research Award, University of Delaware, 2022
• Professional Development Award, University of Delaware, 2019
• Excellent Graduate Leadership, Chongqing University, 2015
• Yangtze Power Scholarship, China Yangtze Power, 2014