About Me

I am a PhD student with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, under the supervision of Prof. Haibo Hu (ASTAPLE). I received the Master’s degree in computer technology with the School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, in 2022, under the supervision of Dr. Guyue Li. From April 2021 to September 2021, I worked as a Research Assistant with the Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, under the supervision of Prof. Bin Xiao.

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Research interests

2024.02: Our paper, “Enabling Deep Learning-based Physical-layer Secret Key Generation for FDD-OFDM Systems in Multi-Environments”, has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
2024.01: Our paper, “A Secure and Reliable Blockchain-based Audit Log System”, has been accepted by IEEE ICC’24.
2023.12: My Master’s Thesis is rated as “Excellent Master Dissertation Award of Jiangsu Province”.
2023.06: My Master’s Thesis is rated as “Excellent Master Dissertation Award of Southeast University”.
2023.01: Our paper, “DBE-voting: A Privacy-preserving and Auditable Blockchain-based E-voting System”, has been accepted by IEEE ICC’23.
2021.09: Our paper, “Deep Learning-based Physical-Layer Secret Key Generation for FDD Systems”, has been accepted by IEEE Internet of Things Journal.
2021.07: Our paper, “Secret Key Generation for FDD Systems Based on Complex-Valued Neural Network”, has been accepted by IEEE VTC-2021FALL.
2021.01: Our paper, “Secret Key Generation Scheme Based on Generative Adversarial Networks in FDD Systems”, has been accepted by IEEE INFOCOM WKSHPS.

Excellent Master Dissertation Award of Jiangsu Province, 2023.
Excellent Master Dissertation Award of Southeast University, 2023.
Outstanding Master’s Graduate, 2022.
National Scholarship, 2021.
Third prize of “National Big Data Creativity and Practice Competition of Electromagnetic Environment”, 2020.
Outstanding Graduates, 2018.
University Scholarship, 2016.

([⋅]* is the corresponding author)

Enabling Deep Learning-based Physical-layer Secret Key Generation for FDD-OFDM Systems in Multi-Environments
X. Zhang, G. Li*, J. Zhang, L. Peng, A. Hu, X. Wang
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, accepted to appear, 2024. (JCR Q1, IF=6.8)
A Secure and Reliable Blockchain-based Audit Log System
Z. Liu, X. Zhang, G. Li, H. Cui, J. Wang, B. Xiao*
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2024. (ICC-2024)
DBE-voting: A Privacy-preserving and Auditable Blockchain-based E-voting System
Z. Liu, X. Zhang, L. Lao, G. Li, B. Xiao*
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2023. (ICC-2023)
Deep Learning-based Physical-Layer Secret Key Generation for FDD Systems
X. Zhang, G. Li*, J. Zhang, A. Hu, Z. Hou, B. Xiao
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2022. (JCR Q1, IF=10.6)
Secret Key Generation for FDD Systems Based on Complex-Valued Neural Network
X. Zhang, G. Li*, Z. Hou and A. Hu
In Proc. 2021 IEEE 94th Vehicular Technology Conference, 2021.
Secret Key Generation Scheme Based on Generative Adversarial Networks in FDD Systems
Z. Hou and X. Zhang*
In Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, 2021. (INFOCOM WKSHPS 2021)

Sep. 2023- June 2026 (expected), Ph.D., The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Supervisor: Prof. Haibo Hu.
Sep. 2019- June 2022, Master, Computer Technology, Southeast University, Supervisor: Dr. Guyue Li (PLS-LAB). (Outstanding Graduates)
Sep. 2014- July 2018, Bachelor, Computer Science and Technology, Henan University of Technology. (Outstanding Graduates)

Teaching Assistant:
- 2024-Spring: EIE4118 Intrusion Detection and Penetration Test
May 2023- Aug. 2023, Research Assistant, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Supervisor: Prof. Haibo Hu.
Apr. 2021- Sep. 2021, Research Assistant, Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Supervisor: Prof. Bin Xiao (IEEE Fellow).