Dr. Bin Xiao Homepage

Bin Xiao

Assistant Professor
Department of Computing
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Office: PQ824, Mong Man Wai Building
Phone: (852) 2766-7270
Fax: (852) 2774-0842
Email: csbxiao (at) comp.polyu.edu.hk
URL: http://www.comp.polyu.edu.hk/~csbxiao

Dr. Bin Xiao is an assistant professor in the Department of Computing in Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received the B.Sc and M.Sc degrees in Electronics Engineering from Fudan University, China, and Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from University of Texas at Dallas, USA at 2003. After his Ph.D. graduation, he joined the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Call-for-Workshop Proposal:

The Fifth International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN 2009, 14-16 December 2009, Wu Yi Mountain, China) organizing committee invites proposals for workshops to be held at the conference.

Ph.D. Opportunity: A Ph.D. position (fellowship HK$13,350 per month) is available for a 3-year study in the areas of security or wireless sensor networks. Please send me your CV and publications if you have interest.

Research Interests

My research is mainly on distributed computing systems, data management, secured communication networks.

Teaching

COMP 207: Discrete Structures and Data Model [Fall 2009]
COMP 202: Discrete Structures [Spring 2009]
COMP 305: Data Structures and Algorithms [Spring 2009]
COMP 207: Discrete Structures and Data Model [Fall 2008]
COMP 5411: Fundamentals of Operating Systems [Fall 2008]

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Students

Kai Bu (Ph.D., 2009 - present), research topic -- "Wireless localization".
Jiaqing Luo (Ph.D., 2008 - present), research topic -- "P2P network security".
Guobin Liu (Ph.D., 2008 - present), research topic -- "Wireless security".
Qingjun Xiao (Ph.D., 2007 - present), research topic -- "Mobile Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks".
Yong Tang (Previous exchange student), research topic -- "Worms".

Hu Guan (RA), research topic -- "High performance".
Yu Hua (Previous RA, now a faculty of Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology ), research topic -- "Data Storage".
Lin Chen (Previous RA, now at IBM China Research Lab), research topic -- "Reliable localization in wireless sensor networks".
Bo Yu, Hekang Chen, Zhaochun Yu, Wei Chen (Previous RAs).

Activities

Workshop Chair: The Fifth International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN 2009)
Program Chair: The 5th International Workshop on Security in Systems and Networks (SSN2009), held in conjunction with IPDPS 2009.
Program Chair: The First International Symposium on Trusted Computing (TrustCom 2008)
Program Chair: The 4th International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing (ATC-07)
Local Arrangement Chair: The 4th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC-07)
Organization Committee: SecUbiq-06, ATC-06, DASC'06, EUC'2006, SNDS'06, SecUbiq-05, PRDC 2005, SNDS'05

PC member: The International Symposium on Pervasive Systems, Algorithms, and Networks (I-SPAN 2009),
PC member: Sixth International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems (INSS 2009),
PC member: 3rd International Conference on Network and System Security (NSS 2009),
PC member: The 4th International ICST Conference on Scalable Information Systems (Infoscale 2009),
PC member: ICPADS'08, EUC 2008, Infoscale 2008, IWCMC 2008, NAS 2008, SSN 2008, WiMob'2008, SUTC2008, EUC'2007, ICPADS 2007, IWCMC 2007, Ubisafe Computing 2007, SSN2007, CCNC 2007, IWSEC2006, IWCMC 2006, UIC-06, HPSEC-06, SSN2006 , DASC'06, AINA2006, EUC'2005, WSNS'05, HPCC-05, UISW2005, MSN'05, ISPA'05, MDC'05, USW2005, ISPA'04, CIT2004.

Recent Publications

Journal:
1. Zhaochun Yu, Bin Xiao and Shuigeng Zhou, "Achieving Optimal Data Storage Position in Wireless Sensor Networks", accepted in Computer Communications (Elsevier), 2009.
2. Yong Tang, Bin Xiao and Xicheng Lu, "Using a Bioinformatics Approach to Generate Accurate Exploit-based Signatures for Polymorphic Worms ", accepted in Computers & Security (Elsevier), 2009.
3. Bin Xiao, Lin Chen, Qingjun Xiao and Minglu Li, "Reliable Anchor-Based Sensor Localization in Irregular Areas", accepted in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2009.
4. Yu Hua, Bin Xiao and Jianping Wang, "BR-tree: A Scalable Prototype for Supporting Multiple Queries of Multi-dimensional Data", accepted in IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), 2009.
5. Bin Xiao and Yu Hua, "Using Parallel Bloom Filters for Multi-attribute Representation on Network Services", accepted in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), 2009.
6. Jiannong Cao, Lin Liao, Guojun Wang, Hao Ma, Bin Xiao, "A novel dual-key management protocol based on a hierarchical multicast infrastructure in mobile internet". International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAHUC) Volume 4, Number 3/4: Pages 183-190 (2009).
7. Yong Tang, Jiaqing Luo, Bin Xiao and Guiyi Wei, "Concept, Characteristics and Defending Mechanism of Worms " (invited paper), IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, Vol. E92-D, No.5, pp. 799-809, May 2009.
8. Bin Xiao, Jiannong Cao, Qin Lu, "Dynamic SPT Update for Multiple Link State Decrements in Network Routing", Journal of Supercomputing (Springer), Volume 46, Number 3, Pages 237-256, Dec. 2008.
9. Bin Xiao, Hekang Chen, Shuigeng Zhou, "Distributed Localization Using a Moving Beacon in Wireless Sensor Networks," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 587-600, May, 2008.
10. Bin Xiao, Wei Chen, and Yangxiang He, "An Autonomous Defense against SYN Flooding Attacks: Detect and Throttle Attacks at the Victim Side", Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC - Elsevier), Volume 68, Issue 4, April 2008, Pages 456-470.
11. Bin Xiao, Jiannong Cao, Zili Shao, Edwin H.-M. Sha, "An Efficient Algorithm for Dynamic Shortest Path Tree Update in Network Routing", Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN - KICS), Volume 9, Number 4, December 2007, Pages 499-510.
12. Bin Xiao, Bo Yu, and Chuanshan Gao, "CHEMAS: Identify suspect nodes in selective forwarding attacks", Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC - Elsevier), Volume 67, Issue 11, November 2007, Pages 1218-1230.
13. Maria S. Pereza and Bin Xiao, "Special section: Security on grids and distributed systems", Future Generation Computer Systems (Elsevier), Volume 23, Issue 6, July 2007, Pages 774-775.
14. Bin Xiao, Jiannong Cao, Zili Shao, Qingfeng Zhuge and Edwin H.-M. Sha, "Analysis and Algorithms Design for the Partition of Large-Scale Adaptive Mobile Wireless Networks", Computer Communications (Elsevier), Volume 30, Issue 8, 8 June 2007, Pages 1899-1912.

Conference:
1. Qingjun Xiao, Bin Xiao, Jiaqing Luo and Guobin Liu, "Reliable Navigation of Mobile Sensors in Wireless Sensor Networks without Localization Service", accepted in Proc. of the 17th IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service (IWQoS 2009), pp. 1-9, Charleston, South Carolina, July 13-15, 2009.
2. Jiaqing Luo, Bin Xiao, Guobin Liu, Qingjun Xiao, Shijie Zhou, "Modeling and analysis of self-stopping BTWorms using dynamic hit list in P2P networks," in Proc. IPDPS 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing (SSN2009), pp.1-8, Rome - Italy, May 2009.
3. Zhigang Li, Nong Xiao, Jizhong Zhao, and Bin Xiao, "Bouncing Tracks in Sensor Networks", in Proc. of the 14th IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS'08), pp. 591-598, Melbourne Australia, Dec. 2008.
4. Baowei Wang, Xingming Sun, Xinbing Wang, and Bin Xiao, "Time-based Privacy Protection for Multi-attribute Data in WSNs", in Proc. of the 14th IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS'08), pp. 615-622, Melbourne Australia, Dec. 2008.
5. Yu Hua, Bin Xiao, Dan Feng and Bo Yu, "Bounded LSH for Similarity Search in Peer-to-Peer File Systems", in Proc. International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP 2008), pp. 644-651, Portland, Sept. 2008.
6. Bin Xiao, "Internet Worm Threat and Defending Mechanism" (invited talk), in Proc. the 3rd Joint Workshop on Information Security (JWIS 2008), pp. 27, Seoul Korea, July 10-11 2008.
7. Yong Tang, Xicheng Lu, and Bin Xiao, "Generating Simplified Regular Expression Signatures for Polymorphic Worms", in Proc. 4th International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing (ATC-07) (LNCS), pp. 478-488, Hong Kong, July 2007.
8. Bin Xiao, Hekang Chen, and Shuigeng Zhou, "A Walking Beacon-Assisted Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks", in Proc. 2007 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2007), pp. 3070-3075, Glasgow UK, June 2007.
9. Yu Hua, and Bin Xiao, "A Multi-attribute Data Structure with Parallel Bloom Filters for Network Services", in international conference on high performance computing (HiPC 2006), pp. 277-288, Bangalore India, December 18-21, 2006.
10. Bin Xiao, Bo Yu, and Chuanshan Gao, "Detection and Localization of Sybil Nodes in VANETs", in 2nd ACM/SIGMOBILE Workshop on Dependability Issues in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks and Sensor Networks (DIWANS 2006), in conjunction with MobiCom 2006, pp. 1-8, Los Angeles - USA, September 25, 2006.
11. Bo Yu, and Bin Xiao, "Detecting Selective Forwarding Attacks in Wireless Sensor Networks", Proc. 20th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium IPDPS 2006 (SSN2006), Page(s):1 – 8, Greece, 25-29 April 2006.
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