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Journal Papers:

[2026 and beyond][2025]
  1. K. Thiyagarajan, I. Hammad, and R. Lu, "EdgeAtten: Multi-stage Attention for IIoT Anomaly Detection, Correction and Diagnosis", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, to appear.
  2. Z. Jia, S. Ray, R. Lu, and P. Xiong, "Privacy-Preserving Reverse Spatial Skyline Query Scheme for Obstacle-Aware 3D Space", IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security, to appear.
  3. Z. Jia, S. Ray, R. Lu, and P. Xiong, "PLOSQ3D: Privacy-Preserving Location-Based Skyline Query over Encrypted 3D Spatial Data", IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, to appear. [PDF]
  4. Q. Li, J. Ni, M. Zulkernine, and R. Lu, "Bridging Black-Box and No-Box: Embedding Reconstruction Attacks on Deep Recognition Systems", IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, to appear. [PDF]
  5. X. Zhang, R. Lu, P. Zhao, Y. Guan, and S. Ray, "Privacy-Preserving Cross-Cloud LDoS Threat Identification via Labelled-Threshold Private Set Intersection", IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 877-888, 2026. [PDF]
  6. X. Zhang, P. Zhao, R. Lu, and S. Ray, "An Edge-Assisted Private Set Intersection Scheme for Privacy-Preserving Vehicular Crowdsensing", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Vol. 13, No. 11, pp. 24725-24737, 2026. [PDF]
  7. H. AbdelRaouf, M. Abouyoussef, M. Fouda, Z. M. Fadlullah, M. I. Ibrahem, and R. Lu, "Privacy-Aware Blockchain Approach for Efficient and Secure E-Health Applications", IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, Vol. 13, pp. 8628-8645, 2026. [PDF]
  8. M. Rabbani, M. Eskandarian, M. Mirani, G. Piya, I. Opushnyev, R. Lu, and S. Dadkhah, "URL2Path: A Robust Graph Learning Approach for Malicious URL Detection", IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. 75, pp. 1145-1159, 2026. [PDF]
  9. E. T. Ajes, M. Rabbani, Z. Anbiaee, R. Lu, M. Mirani, G. Piya, I. Opushnyev, and S. Dadkhah, "Evaluating Generative Reasoning Models for Credential Tweaking and Lightweight Client-Side Defense in IoT Ecosystems", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Vol. 13, No. 9, pp. 17815-17831, 2026. [PDF]
  10. X. Zhang, P. Zhao, R. Lu, J. Jaskolka, and S. Ray, "Enabling Private Cooperative Sensing Sharing in Vehicular Networks via Encrypted Spatial Matching", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Vol. 13, No. 7, pp. 14390-14403, 2026. [PDF]
  11. X. Zhang, P. Zhao, J. Jaskolka, H. Li, and R. Lu, "SecMLOps: A comprehensive framework for integrating security throughout the machine learning operations lifecycle", Empirical Software Engineering, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 74, 2026. [PDF]
  12. S. Shirvani, E. D. Buedi, K. Boakye-Boateng, Y. Kim, R. Lu, and A. A. Ghorbani, "An anonymization framework for IEC 61850 substation communications: Field-level and topology-aware privacy", Journal of Industrial Information Integration, Vol. 49, pp. 101013, 2026. [PDF]
  13. X.-X. Lin, P. Lin, E.-H. Yeh, Y.-B. Lin, and R. Lu, "Analytical Modeling of Active/Sleep Mode in Noncontinuously Deployed Small Base Stations for mmWave HetNets in 5G and Beyond", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Vol. 12, No. 19, pp. 40699-40710, 2025. [PDF]
  14. X. Wu, H. Yuan, X. Li, J. Ni, and R. Lu, "Evaluating Security and Robustness for Split Federated Learning Against Poisoning Attacks", IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, Vol. 20, pp. 175-190, 2025. [PDF]
  15. E. Z. Zhang, Y. Guan, R. Lu, and H. Zhang, "Optimized Sparse Vector Aggregation Under Local Differential Privacy", IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, Vol. 20, pp. 10246-10259, 2025. [PDF]
  16. K. Thiyagarajan, I. Hammad, and R. Lu, "EdgeCrypt Tracker: Object Tracking With Differential Encryption for IoAAV Surveillance", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Vol. 12, No. 9, pp. 11511-11528, 2025. [PDF]
  17. T. Sasi, A. H. Lashkari, R. Lu, P. Xiong, and S. Iqbal, "An efficient self attention-based 1D-CNN-LSTM network for IoT attack detection and identification using network traffic", Journal of Information and Intelligence, Vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 375-400, 2025. [PDF]
  18. M. Rabbani, J. Gui, Z. Zhou, F. Nejati, M. Mirani, G. Piya, I. Opushnyev, R. Lu, and A. Ghorbani, "A lightweight IoT device identification using enhanced behavioral-based features", Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 2, 2025. [PDF]
  19. R. Mahdi, J. Gui, F. Nejati, Z. Zhou, A. Kaniyamattam, M. Mirani, G. Piya, I. Opushnyev, R. Lu, and A. Ghorbani, "Device identification and anomaly detection in IoT environments", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Vol. 12, No. 10, pp. 13625-13643, 2025. [PDF]

Conference Papers:

[2026 and beyond][2025]

  1. E. Z. Zhang, H. Hassanein, and R. Lu, "Multi-Edge PRR: On the Utility of Non-Colluding Edge Nodes for LDP Frequency Estimation", IEEE GLOBECOM'26, Macau S.A.R., China, Dec. 7-11, 2026.
  2. P. Zhao, X. Zhang, R. Lu, and Y. Tang, "DiffAlloc: Diffusion-Based Bandwidth Allocation for Adaptive V2X Cooperative Perception", IEEE GLOBECOM'26, Macau S.A.R., China, Dec. 7-11, 2026.
  3. Z. Wang, R. Lu, and M. Zulkernine, "Deep Residual Fingerprinting: A Self-Supervised Spatio-Temporal Transformer for Network Anomaly Detection", IEEE GLOBECOM'26, Macau S.A.R., China, Dec. 7-11, 2026.
  4. J. Cheng, R. Lu, X. Zhang, and P. Lin, "An Efficient and Secure Cross-Group Data Deduplication Scheme for Cloud Storage", IEEE GLOBECOM'26, Macau S.A.R., China, Dec. 7-11, 2026.
  5. X. Zhang, P. Zhao, R. Lu, S. Ray, and P. Lin, "Privacy-Preserving Collaborative Disease Surveillance with Source Traceability in eHealth", IEEE GLOBECOM'26, Macau S.A.R., China, Dec. 7-11, 2026.
  6. C. Fu, G. Wang, J. Li, R. Lu, and S. Tang, "Choice is what matters after Attention", AISTATS'25, PMLR 258, pp. 262-270, 2025. [PDF]
  7. E. Z. Zhang, R. Lu, and H. S. Hassanein, "Accurate and Efficient Frequency Estimation for Traffic Monitoring under Local Differential Privacy", IEEE GLOBECOM'25, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 8-12, 2025. [PDF]
  8. Z. Jia, S. Ray, R. Lu, and M. Mamun, "Privacy-Preserving Logistic Regression Prediction over Vertically Partitioned Data for AiP System", IEEE GLOBECOM'25, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 8-12, 2025. [PDF]
  9. Z. Zhou, G. Qian, X. Jiang, G. Wang, R. Lu, L. Xiao, and S. Tang, "Combining Non-numerical Text and Numerical Sequences in LLM-Based Survival Prediction", PRICAI'25, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 16453, pp. 256-271, 2026. [PDF]
  10. X. Jiang, G. Wang, R. Lu, and S. Tang, SkyNet: An Extensible Edge-Cloud Collaborative Framework for Robots in Long-Horizon Tasks, IEEE SMC'25, Vienna, Austria, Oct. 5-8, 2025. [PDF]
  11. Z. Jia, M. Shabanijou, S. Ray, R. Lu, and P. Xiong, Privacy-Preserving Spatial Range Query for Encrypted 3D Object Data, IEEE WiSEE'25, Halifax, Canada, Oct. 13-15, 2025. [PDF]
  12. M. Shabanijou, Z. Jia, S. Ray, R. Lu, and P. Xiong, Jackpine3D: A Benchmark for Evaluating 3D Spatial Database Features, IEEE CASCON'25, Toronto, Canada, Nov. 10-13, 2025. [PDF]
  13. Z. Jia, S. Ray, R. Lu, and M. Mamun, An Efficient and Privacy-Preserving AdaBoost Federated Learning Framework for AiP System, IEEE PST'25, Fredericton, Canada, Aug. 26-28, 2025. [PDF]
  14. X. Wu, X. Li, Q. Li, J. Ni, and R. Lu, SecureT2I: No More Unauthorized Manipulation on AI Generated Images from Prompts, ESORICS'25, Toulouse, France, Sep. 22-26, 2025. [PDF]
  15. X. Jiang, T. Hu, Y. Qin, G. Wang, Z. Huan, K. Chen, G. Huang, R. Lu, and S. Tang, ChatMap: Mining Human Thought Processes for Customer Service Chatbots via Multi-Agent Collaboration, Findings of ACL'25, Vienna, Austria, Jul. 27-Aug. 1, 2025. [PDF]
  16. C. Fu, G. Wang, R. Lu, and S. Tang, Global Discovery: A Global Graph-RAG Approach for Query-Focused Multimodal Summarization Across Multiple PDF Papers, KSEM'25, Macao, China, Aug. 4-7, 2025. [PDF]
  17. E. Z. Zhang, Y. Guan, R. Lu, and H. Zhang, An Efficient Private Set Frequency Query Scheme Under Local Differential Privacy, IEEE ICC'25, Montreal, Canada, Jun. 8-12, 2025. [PDF]
  18. Z. Wang, W. Meng, and R. Lu, Traffic Accident Detection Via Fusion-Gru Based Future Frame Detection Box Prediction, IEEE ICC'25, Montreal, Canada, Jun. 8-12, 2025. [PDF]
  19. Z. Jia, J. Gui, R. Lu, and M. Mamun, Towards Efficient and Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing Scheme for Aging in Place, IEEE ICC'25, Montreal, Canada, Jun. 8-12, 2025. [PDF]
  20. J. Guo, XF. Shan, G. Wang, D. Chen, R. Lu, and S. Tang, LLAUS: A High-Quality Instruction-Tuned Large Vision Language Assistant for UltraSound, ICMR'25, Chicago, USA, Jun. 30-Jul. 3, 2025. [PDF]
  21. C. Fu, Y. Xia, G. Wang, R. Lu, and S. Tang, MedQuery: A Graph-Driven Medical Literature-Enhanced Query Answering System, ICMR'25, Chicago, USA, Jun. 30-Jul. 3, 2025. [PDF]
  22. C. Fu, G. Wang, J. Li, W. Zhang, R. Lu, and S. Tang, ITERATE: Image-Text Enhancement, Retrieval, and Alignment for Transmodal Evolution with LLMs, Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Jan. 19-24, 2025. [PDF]
  23. J. Guo, C. Fu, G. Wang, R. Lu, D. Chen, and S. Tang, MM-CARP: Multimodal Model with Cross-Modal Retrieval-Augmented and Visual Region Perception, MMM'25, Nara, Japan, Jan. 8-10, 2025. [PDF]
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Book & Book Chapters:

  1. B. Li, R. Lu, and G. Xiao, Detection of False Data Injection Attacks in Smart Grid Cyber-Physical Systems, Wireless Networks, Springer Verlag, 2020. (ISBN: 978-3-030-58671-3) [PDF]
  2. R. Lu, Privacy-Enhancing Aggregation Techniques for Smart Grid Communications, Wireless Networks, Springer Verlag, 2016. (ISBN: 978-3-319-32899-7) [PDF]
  3. R. Lu, X. Lin, C. Huang, and H. Bao, Privacy-Preserving Time Series Data Aggregation for Internet of Things, Security and Privacy in Internet of Things (IoTs): Models, Algorithms, and Implementations, Editor Fei Hu, March 30, 2016 Forthcoming by CRC Press, (ISBN 9781498723183) [PDF]
  4. L. Li and R. Lu, Anonymous Communication for Big Data, Networking for Big Data, pp. 233 - 256, Editors S. Yu, X. Lin, J. Misic, and X. Shen, CRC Press, 2015. (ISBN 978-1-4822-720696349-7) [PDF]
  5. X. Lin and R. Lu, Vehicular Ad Hoc Network Security and Privacy, June 2015, Wiley-IEEE Press. (ISBN: 978-1-118-91390-1) [PDF]
  6. M. Wen, R. Lu, X. Liang, J. Lei, and X. Shen (authors), Querying over Encrypted Data in Smart Grids, SpringerBriefs in Computer Science, Springer Verlag, 2014. (ISBN: 978-3-319-06354-6, ISBN 978-3-319-06355-3 eBook) [PDF]
  7. X. Liang, R. Lu, X. Lin, and X. Shen (authors), Security and Privacy in Mobile Social Networks, SpringerBriefs in Computer Science, Springer Verlag, 2014. (ISBN: 978-1-4614-8857-6) [PDF]
  8. K. Zhang, X. Liang, R. Lu, and X. Shen, "Exploiting Private Profile Matching for Efficient Packet Forwarding in Mobile Social Networks", Handbook on Opportunistic Mobile Social Networks, to appear. Editors J. Wu and Y. Wang, CRC Press, Taylo & Francis Group, USA, 2013. [PDF]
  9. X. Lin, H. Zhu, M. Shi, R. Lu, P.H. Ho, X. Shen, "Universal Authentication and Billing Architecture for Wireless MANs", Emerging Wireless LANs, Wireless PANs, and Wireless MANs, pp. 555 - 584, Editors Y. Xiao and Y. Pan, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009. (ISBN 978-0-471-72069-0) [PDF]

Technical Report:

  1. J. Shao, Z. Cao, L. Wang, and R. Lu, "Efficient Password-based Authenticated Key Exchange without Public Information", IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive 2007: 326, 2007. [PDF]
  2. R. Lu, Z. Cao, R. Su, and J. Shao, "Pairing-Based Two-Party Authenticated Key Agreement Protocol", IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive 2005: 354, 2005. [PDF]
  3. R. Lu and Z. Cao, "ID-based Encryption Scheme Secure against Chosen Ciphertext Attacks", IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive 2005: 355, 2005. [PDF]