Wanxin Li

Wanxin Li

Assistant Professor
Department of Communications and Networking
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU)
Suzhou Industrial Park, China
Office: EE218, SIP Campus
Email: wanxin.li_at_xjtlu.edu.cn

About Me

Hello! I am currently an assistant professor in the Department of Communications and Networking at XJTLU. My research areas include blockchain technology, federated learning, and security & privacy. Before joining XJTLU, I received my doctoral (2022) and master's (2017) degrees from the University of Delaware in the US, and my bachelor's degree (2015) from Chongqing University in China. I also hold a postgraduate certificate in Higher Education from the University of Liverpool and a fellowship from the Higher Education Academy in the UK. In my free hours, I enjoy hip-hop, rock music, and a few nostalgic collections.

News

Archived.
  • 08/2025: Paper accepted for publication in Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA).
  • 08/2025: Invited as an expert in the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology.
  • 07/2025: Shortlisted in the Jiangsu Province Science and Technology Youth Talent Promotion Program.
  • 04/2025: Paper accepted for publication in Journal of Information Security and Applications (JISA).
  • 02/2025: Received the bronze award in the 2024 National Web3.0 Innovation Hackathon.
  • 01/2025: Paper accepted at IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing and Big Data Analytics (ICCCBDA 2025).
  • 01/2025: Invited as a TPC member at ACM International Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Conference (AIBC 2025).
  • 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 2022~2023 Suzhou Natural Science Outstanding Academic Paper award.
  • 08/2024: Received the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) from University of Liverpool.
  • 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 the 3rd prize in the 2024 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).
  • 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).

Academic Services

Editorial Board Member

Journal Reviewer

Technical Program Committee Member

Conference Reviewer

Others

Publications

Dissertation

Journal Papers

  1. Information-aware Valuation and Dynamic Pricing for Textual Data in Mobile Environments [DOI / PDF]
    W. Xiong, Y. Wang, W. Li*, H. Guo*, J. Zhang* and H. Wang, Information Processing & Management, vol. 63, no. 7, 104855, 2026 ⇲ JCR Q1, CAS Tier 1, CCF B, IF 6.9
  2. Revocable Signature: Handling Valid but Unauthorized Non-Fungible Token through Auxiliary Embedded Key [DOI / PDF]
    Y. Xia, Z. Ji, J. Zhang*, W. Li, K. Man, S. Guan and D. Wojtczak, Cybersecurity, vol. 9, no. 97, pp. 2523-3246, Jan. 2026 ⇲ JCR Q1, CAS Tier 3, CCF C, IF 3.7
  3. Beyond Liability: Decentralized Forensics for Autonomous Vehicle Events via a Redactable Blockchain Approach [DOI / PDF]
    H. Guo, W. Li*, C. Meese, Y. Wang and M. Nejad, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 5390-5403, Dec. 2025 ⇲ JCR Q1, CAS Tier 2, CCF C, IF 5.4
  4. C-PFL: A Committee-based Personalized Federated Learning Framework [DOI / PDF]
    L. Pan, H. Guo* and W. Li*, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, vol. 243, 104327, Nov. 2025 ⇲ JCR Q1, CAS Tier 2, CCF C, IF 8.0
  5. Updatable Signature with Public Tokens [DOI / PDF]
    H. Yin, J. Zhang*, W. Li*, Y. Dong, EG. Lim and D. Wojtczak, Journal of Information Security and Applications, vol. 91, 104058, June 2025 ⇲ JCR Q2, CAS Tier 3, IF 3.8
  6. 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, Dec. 2024 ⇲ JCR Q1, CAS Tier 2, CCF C, IF 4.5
  7. 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, Sept. 2024 ⇲ JCR Q1, CAS Tier 1, CCF B, IF 7.9
  8. 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, Nov.-Dec. 2023 ⇲ JCR Q1, CAS Tier 2, CCF A, IF 8.1
  9. 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, Sept. 2023 ⇲ JCR Q1, CAS Tier 1, CCF B, IF 8.5, Suzhou Natural Science Excellent Academic Paper
  10. 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, June 2023 ⇲ JCR Q1, CAS Tier 2, CCF C, IF 5.3
  11. 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, Dec. 2022 ⇲ JCR Q1, CAS Tier 1, IF 8.3
  12. 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, Sept. 2022 ⇲ JCR Q1, CAS Tier 2, CCF C, IF 5.3
  13. 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, Oct. 2020 ⇲ JCR Q2, CAS Tier 3, IF 3.745
  14. 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, Oct. 2020 ⇲ JCR Q2, CAS Tier 3, IF 3.745

Conference Papers

  1. Collusion-Safe Proxy Re-Encryption [DOI / PDF]
    H. Yin, J. Zhang, W. Li, Y. Dong, EG. Lim and D. Wojtczak, Financial Cryptography and Data Security 2026 (FC 26), St. Kitts, March 2-6, 2026, accepted ⇲ CCF C
  2. Towards Trusted Textual Data Valuation: Information Entropy as the Key [DOI / PDF]
    W. Xiong, Y. Wang, W. Li*, H. Guo* and J. Zhang*, IEEE International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Information Security (ICBCTIS 2025), Haikou, China, December 5-7, 2025
  3. Bidirectional Authentication for Safe Ridesharing Empowered by Permissioned Blockchain [DOI / PDF]
    W. Li, C. Meese, M. Nejad, H. Guo and J. Zhang, IEEE Global Blockchain Conference (GBC 2025), Shanghai, China, June 20-22, 2025
  4. Integrating Blockchain and Federated Learning for Cryptocurrency Market Prediction: Major Exchanges as Nodes [DOI / PDF]
    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, 2025
  5. FSCO: A Secure and Adaptive Framework for Supply Chain Optimization [DOI / PDF]
    T. Wang, X. Fan, W. Li*, H. Guo* and J. Zhang*, IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing and Big Data Analytics (ICCCBDA 2025), Chengdu, China, April 25-27, 2025 ⇲ Excellent Presentation Award
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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

Student Advising

Current Students

  • Yetong Wang (PhD student, 01/2026 - present, primary supervision)
  • Xunuo Wang (PhD student, 06/2026 - present, co-supervision with Prof. Dongyao Jia)

Former Students

Graduate Students (12): Zhenhao Song (MS, 2026), Jiaxuan Li (MS, 2025), Jiachen Wang (MS, 2025), Zijie Wang (MS, 2025), Tianyou Wang (MS, 2025), Xuan Wang (MS, 2025), Diyang Zhu (MS, 2025), Yujun Deng (MS, 2024), Sheng Fang (MS, 2024), Wenze Xiong (MS, 2024, University of Auckland, NZ), Yiran Tian (MS, 2024), Yutong Zhang (MS, 2024)
Undergraduate Students (12): Xiang Li (BS, 2026, UCL, UK), Wufan Sun (BS, 2026, Texas A&M University, USA), Zhengxu Jing (BS, 2026, CUHK-Shenzhen), Zezheng Liu (BS, 2026), Fazhi Chen (BS, 2025), 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, UCL, UK), Haoyu Wang (BS, 2023), Bocheng Zhang (BS, 2023, University of Edinburgh, UK)

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