
Ming Li
Assistant Professor
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). My research interests include privacy and security, crowd and social sensing, Internet of things, cyber-physical systems, and wireless networks. My research has been funded by NSF. I am an affiliated faculty of UNR Cybersecurity Center.
Openings: We are looking for self-motivated Ph.D. students who are committed to research.
Students
Publications
2018
- Beat-PIN: A User Authentication Mechanism for Wearable Devices Through Secret Beats
Ben Hutchins, Anudeep Reddy, Wenqiang Jin, Michael Zhou, Ming Li, and Lei Yang
Accepted by ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security (ASIACCS'18) - Crowd-Empowered Privacy-Preserving Data Aggregation for Mobile Crowdsensing
Lei Yang, Mengyuan Zhang, Shibo He, Ming Li, and Junshan Zhang
Accepted by ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc'18) - DPDA: A Differentially Private Double Auction Scheme for Mobile Crowd Sensing
Wenqiang Jin, Ming Li, Linke Guo, and Lei Yang
Accepted by IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS'18)
2017
- Economic-Robust Transmission Opportunity Auction for D2D Communications in Cognitive Mesh Assisted Cellular Networks
Ming Li, Weixian Liao, Xuhui Chen, Jinyuan Sun, Xiaoxia Huang, and Pan Li
Accepted by IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC) - Motivating Human-enabled Mobile Participation for Data Offloading
Xiaonan Zhang, Linke Guo, Ming Li, and Yuguang Fang
Accepted by IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC) - Pricing, Caching Selection, and Content Delivery in Wireless Networks: A Hierarchical Approach
Heli Zhang, Bowen Liu, Ming Li, Hong Ji, Xi Li, and Victor Leung
Accepted by IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM'17) - Energy-efficient Computation Automatic Offloading in Mobile Edge Computing
Changqing Luo, Sergio Salinas, Ming Li, and Pan Li
Accepted by IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC'17) (Best Paper Award) - Cascading Failure Attacks in the Power System: A Stochastic Game Perspective
Weixian Liao, Sergio Salinas, Ming Li, Kenneth Loparo, and Pan Li
Accepted by IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT) - Practical Privacy-Preserving Spectrum Query Schemes for Database-Driven CRNs with Multiple Service Providers
Jiajun Xin, Ming Li, Linke Guo, and Pan Li.
Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS'17)
2016
- Privacy-Preserving Wi-Fi Fingerprinting Indoor Localization
Tao Zhang, Sherman S. M. Chow, Zhe Zhou, and Ming Li
The 11th International Workshop on Security (IWSEC'16) - Privacy-Preserving Spectrum Query with Location Proofs in Database-Driven CRNs
Jiajun Xin, Ming Li, Changqing Luo, and Pan Li
Proceedings of IEEE Global Communication Conferences (GLOBECOM'16) - Privacy-Preserving Data Aggregation over Incomplete Data for Crowdsensing
Iman Vakinilia, Jiajun Xin, Ming Li, and Linke Guo
Proceedings of IEEE Global Communication Conferences (GLOBECOM'16) - Social-enabled Data Offloading via Mobile Participation - A Game-Theoretical Approach
Xiaonan Zhang, Linke Guo, Ming Li, and Yuguang Fang
Proceedings of IEEE Global Communication Conferences (GLOBECOM'16) - Privacy-Preserving Verifiable Set Operation in Big Data for Cloud-assisted Mobile Crowdsourcing
Gaoqiang Zhuo, Qi Jia, Linke Guo, Ming Li, and Pan Li
IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT), Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 572-582, June 2016. - Energy-Source-Aware Cost Optimization for Green Cellular Networks with Strong Stability
Weixian Liao, Ming Li, Sergio Salinas, Pan Li, and Miao Pan
IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC), Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 541-555, October 2016. - SPA: A Secure and Private Auction Framework for Decentralized Online Social Networks
Arun Thapa, Weixian Liao, Ming Li, Pan Li, and Jinyuan Sun
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Vol. 27, No. 8, pp. 2394-2407, August 2016. - Privacy-Preserving Verifiable Data Aggregation and Analysis for Cloud-assisted Mobile Crowdsourcing
Gaoqiang Zhuo, Qi Jia, Linke Guo, Ming Li, and Pan Li
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM'16). (Acceptance ratio: 18.25%). - CRIL: An Efficient Online Adaptive Indoor Localization System
Sheng Cai, Weixian Liao, Xuhui Chen, Ming Li, Xiaoxia Huang, and Pan Li
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), Vol. 66, No. 5, pp. 4148-4160, August 2016.
2015
- Privacy-Preserving Verifiable Proximity Test for Location-based Services
Gaoqiang Zhuo, Qi Jia, Linke Guo,Ming Li, and Yuguang Fang
Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM'15), 2015. (Best Paper Award) - Selfish Misbehavior in IEEE 802.11 Ad Hoc Networks: Detection, Defense, and Penalty
Ming Li, Sergio Salinas, Pan Li, Jinyuan Sun, and Xiaoxia Huang
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 1203-1217, June 2015 - Asymmetric Social Proximity Based Private Matching Protocols for Online Social Networks
Arun Thapa, Ming Li, Sergio Salinas, and Pan Li
IEEE Transaction on Parallel and Distributed System (TPDS), Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 1547-1559, June 2015 - PPER: Privacy-Preserving Economic-Robust Spectrum Auction in Wireless Networks
Ming Li, Pan Li, Linke Guo, and Xiaoxia Huang
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM'15), 2015. (Acceptance ratio: 19%) [Tech Report] - Verifiable Privacy-preserving Monitoring for Cloud-assisted mHealth Systems
Linke Guo, Yuguang Fang, Ming Li, Pan Li
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM'15), 2015. (Acceptance ratio: 19%) - Optimal Scheduling for Multi-radio Multi-channel Multi-hop Cognitive Cellular Networks
Ming Li, Sergio Salinas, Pan Li, Xiaoxia Huang, Yuguang Fang, and Savo Glisic
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), Vol.14, No. 1, pp. 139-154, January 2015 - Energy Consumption Optimization for Multihop Cognitive Cellular Networks
Ming Li, Sergio Salinas, Pan Li, Xiaoxia Huang, Yuguang Fang, and Savo Glisic
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 358-372, February 2015
2014
- Locaward: A Security and Privacy Aware Location-Based Rewarding System
Ming Li, Sergio Salinas, and Pan Li
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 343-352, February 2014 - Optimal Energy Cost for Strongly Stable Multi-hop Green Cellular Networks
Weixian Liao, Ming Li, Sergio Salinas, Pan Li, and Miao Pan
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'14), 2014. (Acceptance ratio: 66/500 = 13%)
2013
- Crowdsourcing in Cyber-Physical Systems: Stochastic Optimization with Strong Stability
Ming Li and Pan Li
IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC), Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 218-231, December 2013 - Dynamic Energy Management for the Smart Grid with Distributed Energy Resources
Sergio Salinas, Ming Li, Pan Li, and Yong Fu
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (TSG), Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 2139-2151, December 2013 - Privacy-Preserving Energy Theft Detection in Smart Grids: A P2P Computing Approach
Sergio Salinas, Ming Li, and Pan Li
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), Vol. 31, No. 9, pp. 257-267, September 2013 - Multi-Objective Optimal Energy Consumption Scheduling in Smart Grids
Sergio Salinas, Ming Li, and Pan Li
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (TSG), Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 341-348, March 2013 - n-CD: A Geometric Approach to Preserving Location Privacy in Location-Based Services
Ming Li, Sergio Salinas, Arun Thapa, and Pan Li
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM'13), 2013. (Acceptance ratio: 280/1613 = 17%) - Economic-Robust Transmission Opportunity Auction in Multi-hop Wireless Networks
Ming Li, Pan Li, Miao Pan, and Jinyuan Sun
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM'13), 2013. (Acceptance ratio: 280/1613 = 17%)
Before 2013
- Privacy-Preserving Energy Theft Detection in Smart Grids
Sergio Salinas, Ming Li, Pan Li
IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON'12), 2012