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Wang Yuntao, Assistant Professor

School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University

Office address: Pengkang Building, No. 28 Xianning West Road, Beilin District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, 710049

Email:  yuntao.wang@xjtu.edu.cn

Research interests:

• UAV security and unmanned system security
• LLM-empowered Multi-Agents
• blockchain
• metaverse optimization and security

Published papers in top journals/conference such as IEEE TIFS and IEEE TDSC in the field of network security; IEEE/ACM ToN and IEEE JSAC in the field of computer networks; IEEE INFOCOM in the field of communication. 

• Security and Privacy of Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks:

1. Yuntao Wang, Zhou Su, Jianbing Ni, Ning Zhang and Xuemin (Sherman) Shen. Blockchain-Empowered Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions[J]. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 24(1):160-209, 2022 

2. Yuntao Wang, Zhou Su, Abderrahim Benslimane, Qichao Xu, Minghui Dai, Ruidong Li. Collaborative Honeypot Defense in UAV Networks: A Learning-Based Game Approach. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 19, pp. 1963-1978, 2024, doi: 10.1109/TIFS.2023.3318942.

3. Yuntao Wang, Zhou Su, Tom H. Luan, Jiliang Li, Qichao Xu, and Ruidong Li, "SEAL: A Strategy-Proof and Privacy-Preserving UAV Computation Offloading Framework", IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 2023. 

4. Yuntao Wang, Zhou Su, Qichao Xu, Ruidong Li Tom H. Luan. and Pinghui Wang, "A Secure and Intelligent Data Sharing Scheme for UAV-Assisted Disaster Rescue," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2023, doi: 10.1109/TNET.2022.3226458.

5. Y. Wang, Z. Su, Y. Pan, T. H. Luan, R. Li, and S. Yu, "Social-aware clustered federated learning with customized privacy preservation," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, pp. 1–13, 2024, DOI: 10.1109/TNET.2024.3379439.

6. Yuntao Wang, Zhou Su, Qichao Xu, Ruidong Li and Tom H. Luan. Lifesaving with RescueChain: Energy-Efficient and Partition-Tolerant Blockchain Based Secure Information Sharing for UAV-Aided Disaster Rescue[C]. IEEE INFOCOM 2021, 1-10, 2021.
7. Zhou Su, Yuntao Wang, Qichao Xu and Ning Zhang. LVBS: Lightweight Vehicular Blockchain for Secure Data Sharing in Disaster Rescue[J]. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 19(1):19-32, 2022.
8. Yuntao Wang, Weiwei Chen, Tom H. Luan, Zhou Su, Qichao Xu, Ruidong Li  and Nan Chen. Task Offloading for Post-Disaster Rescue in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Networks[J]. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 30(4):1525-1539, 2022.

9. Zixuan Wang, Jiliang Li, Yuntao Wang, Zhou Su, Shui Yu, Weizhi Meng, Optimal Repair Strategy Against Advanced Persistent Threats Under Time-Varying Networks. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 18: 5964-5979, 2023 

10. Yuntao Wang, Zhou Su, Ning Zhang and Abderrahim Benslimane. Learning in the Air: Secure Federated Learning for UAV-Assisted Crowdsensing[J]. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 8(2):1055-1069, 2021.
11. Yuntao Wang, Haixia Peng, Zhou Su, Tom H Luan, Abderrahim Benslimane and Yuan Wu. A Platform-Free Proof of Federated Learning Consensus Mechanism for Sustainable Blockchains[J]. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2022, doi: 10.1109/JSAC.2022.3213347.
12. Yuntao Wang, Zhou Su, Tom H. Luan, Ruidong Li, Kuan Zhang: Federated Learning With Fair Incentives and Robust Aggregation for UAV-Aided Crowdsensing. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering. 9(5): 3179-3196, 2022. 
13. Yuntao Wang, Zhou Su and Ning Zhang. BSIS: Blockchain-Based Secure Incentive Scheme for Energy Delivery in Vehicular Energy Network[J]. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 15(6):3620-3631, 2019.
14. Zhou Su, Yuntao Wang, Qichao Xu, Minrui Fei, Yu-Chu Tian and Ning Zhang. A Secure Charging Scheme for Electric Vehicles With Smart Communities in Energy Blockchain[J]. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 6(3):4601-4613, 2019.
15. Y. Wang, H. Liu, Z. Li, Z. Su, and J. Li, "Combating Advanced Persistent Threats: Challenges and Solutions," IEEE Network, pp. 1-9, 2024, DOI: 10.1109/MNET.2024.3389734. 

• Security and Privacy of Metaverse:

1. Yuntao Wang, Zhou Su, Ning Zhang, Rui Xing, Dongxiao Liu, Tom H. Luan and Xuemin (Sherman) Shen. A Survey on Metaverse: Fundamentals, Security, and Privacy[J]. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2022, doi: 10.1109/COMST.2022.3202047.

2. Jinpeng Han; Manzhi Yang; Xiaoguang Chen; Hongtao Liu; Yuntao Wang; Jianhao Li; Zhou Su; Zhen Li; Xiaobo Ma, "ParaDefender: A Scenario-Driven Parallel System for Defending Metaverses[J]" IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 2022, doi: 10.1109/TSMC.2022.3228928. 

3. Yuntao Wang, Zhou Su, Miao Yan: Social Metaverse: Challenges and Solutions. IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 144-150, Sept. 2023, doi: 10.1109/IOTM.001.2200266. 

4. Y. Wang, Y. Pan, M. Yan, Z. Su and T. H. Luan, "A Survey on ChatGPT: AI–Generated Contents, Challenges, and Solutions," in IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society, vol. 4, pp. 280-302, 2023, doi: 10.1109/OJCS.2023.3300321.

PhD. Cyberspace Security, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 2022.

Academic Services: Serving as invited reviewers for over 20 SCI journals in the field of communication and information security, such as IEEE TIFS, IEEE TDSC, IEEE TMC, IEEE JSAC, IEEE TSG, ACM CSUR, and serving as members of multiple international conference program committees.

Best Paper Awards:

• IEEE BigDataSE2019 Best Paper Award, held in New Zealand, awarded by the IEEE Computer Society;
• IEEE IWCMC2022 Best Paper Award, held in Croatia, awarded by the IEEE Communications Society;
• IEEE SmartCloud2024 Best Paper Award, held in New York, USA, awarded by the IEEE Computer Society;
• IEEE AIoT2024 Best Paper Award, held in Melbourne, Australia, awarded by the IEEE Communications Society.
• IEEE MetaCom2025 Best Paper Award, held in Seoul, South Korea, awarded by the IEEE Communications Society.