RESUME (03.2020) Zheng Yan (D.Sc Tech) 1. Basic Information Surname: YAN, Given name: ZHENG Date of Birth: 05.1972 Citizenship: China, a permanent resident of Finland orcid.org/0000-0002-9697-2108 Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Q0FDt9gAAAAJ&hl=en Current contacts: Full Professor Finnish Academy Fellow, Visiting Professor PhD supervisor (Network and Cyber Security) Docent (Information and Network Security) State Key Laboratory on Integrated Services Networks Department of Communications and Networking School of Cyber Engineering School of Electrical Engineering Xidian University Aalto University, Otakaari 5, 02150, Espoo, Finland No.2 Taibai South Road, 710071, Xi’an, China Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Mobile: +358 50 4836664 Mobile: +86 18691958048 URL:https://people.aalto.fi/index.html?profilepage=isfor URL: http://web.xidian.edu.cn/yanzheng/ #!zheng_yan CURRENT POSITIONS 07.2011 – present Full Professor State Key Lab of ISN, School of Cyber Xi’an, China Engineering Xidian University 10.2012 – present Finnish Academy Department of Communications and Networking, Espoo, Finland Fellow; Visiting School of Electrical Engineering Professor; Docent Aalto University 06.2019 – present Adjunct Professor Xi’an Jiaotong University Xi’an, China EDUCATION AND DEGREES 19.12.2007 Doctor of Science in Helsinki University of Technology Espoo, Finland Technology (Electrical (i.e., Aalto University) Engineering) PhD dissertation: Trust Management for Mobile Computing Platforms http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/2007/isbn9789512291205/, ISBN 978-951-22-9120-5 Supervisor: Prof. Raimo Kantola 24.01.2005 Licentiate of Science in Helsinki University of Technology Espoo, Finland Technology (Electrical (i.e., Aalto University) Engineering) Major in Networking Technology, Minor in Software Engineering. Passed with distinction. PhL thesis: Methodologies and Mechanisms for Building up a Trusted Mobile Environment Supervisor: Prof. Raimo Kantola 14.06.2000 Master of Engineering National University of Singapore Singapore (Electrical Engineering) Major in Information Security & Electronic Commerce. Thesis: A Smart Card Based Off-line Electronic Cash Payment System with Fair Transactions Supervisor: Prof. Robert H. Deng (IEEE Fellow, Member of Singapore Academy of Engineering) 23.06.1997 Master of Engineering Xi’an Jiaotong University Xi’an, China (Computer Science & Engineering) Major in Computer Science & Engineering. Ranked No. 1 in course studies. Entered the program with examination exemption honour. Thesis: Software Design and Implementation of an Automatic Testing System for Digital Telephone Exchange Supervisor: Prof. Jiayuan Bao 10.07.1994 Bachelor of Engineering Xi’an Jiaotong University Xi’an, China 1/8 (Electrical Engineering) Major in Information Science & Engineering. Overall GPA 3.7/4, graduated cum laude. Entered the program with examination exemption honour. EXPERIENCES: Previous Positions and Employment 7.2000 – 2.2011 Senior Researcher Nokia Research Center Helsinki, Finland (full time) Project Manager 3.1999 – 7.2000 Component Leader/ Singalab Pte Ltd (IBM partner) Singapore (full time) Software Engineer 8.1997 – 2.1999 Research Scholar Kent Ridge Digital Labs Singapore (full time) 1.1994 – 8.1997 Research Assistant Institute of Computer Information System Xi’an, China Xi'an Jiaotong University 2. Qualifications in Research and Doctoral Training AWARDS, PRIZES & HONOURS • The Best Paper Award, SpaCCS2019, Atlanta, USA (184 submissions with 20.1% acceptance rate) • IEEE Outstanding Leadership Award at IEEE SmartWorld Congress, August 2019, UK • The Best Faculty of Xidian University 2018-2019 • Eureka Innovation Award to Sigmona, EU (project award) (2019) • Outstanding Associate Editor of 2018 for IEEE Access • IEEE Outstanding Leadership Award at IEEE Blockchain, August 2018, Canada • Associate Editor of the Month for IEEE Access, July 2018 • Academy of Finland Fellowship, 2017 • The 2017 Best Journal Paper Award of IEEE ComSoc TCBD (Technical Committee on Big Data) (one best paper award issued per year) • Outstanding Associate Editor of 2017 for IEEE Access • Outstanding Service Award at SpaCCS2017 • Distinguished Leadership Award at NSS/ICA3PP/IEEE CIT-2017 • EU Eureka Excellence Award - Celtic-Plus Sigmona project (2017) • IEEE Distinguished Leadership Award at IEEE TrustCom/BigDataSE/ISPA2015 • Huashan Talent Young Professor Award of Xidian University (2015 - 2017) • Outstanding Leadership Award at IEEE CIT 2014 • Outstanding Service Award for IEEE RACIT2014 organization • Outstanding Service Award for IEEE DTWSM2014 organization • Outstanding Leadership Award at IEEE HPCC/ICESS/CSS 2014 • The Best Faculty of Xidian University 2013-2014 • Excellent Individual from Abroad in Shaanxi Province, China 2014 • Outstanding Leadership Award at IEEE TrustCom 2013 • Outstanding Leadership Award at IEEE iThings 2012 • Outstanding Service Award at IEEE TrustCom 2012 • “100 Expert Plan” Award of Shaanxi Province, China (2011) • Sisu Award, Nokia Research Center, Helsinki (2010) • Best Organizer Award for special track organization in UIC/ATC2010 (2010) • EU ITEA Bronze Achievement Award - Trust4All project (2008) • Best Student Paper Award at ATC07 (2007) • Research Fellowship Prize of Singapore Science & Technology Bureau (1997 - 1999) NATURE AND SCOPE OF PUBLICATIONS • Independently wrote a monograph “Trust Management in Mobile Environments – Usable and Autonomic Models”, which summarizes my personal research results in the area of trusted computing and trust management in mobile environments: mobile cloud computing, the mobile Internet, human-computer trust interaction, mobile applications, pervasive social networking, and autonomic and usable trust management. • Independently edited one book “Trust Modeling and Management in Digital Environments: from Social Concept to System Development” with a total of 21 chapters. The book collected recent advances in trust management from both academia and industry. It is one of the earliest books in this area. • Edit more than 30 reputable international journal special issues about blockchain, cloud data security, big data privacy, trust management, mobile multimedia communications, trust & identity, data mining and information fusion in IoT, trustworthy information fusion and data mining, trust in cyber, physical and social computing, 5G technologies, pervasive social networking, security, privacy and trust in the next generation mobile communication networks, etc. • About 30 invited talks at conferences and reputable universities to report research results on trust management, privacy, security and data management (refer to full publication list). • 260+ peer-reviewed scientific and technical publications in the area of trust, security, privacy and data analytics, including 150+ journal articles, 2 solely authored books, 9 conference proceedings, and 13 book chapters. Most 2/8 of journal and conference papers were first or corresponding authored. Many paper articles were published in highly reputable journals and conferences, such as IEEE TII, IEEE TDSC, ACM TOMM, ACM TPCS, IEEE IoT, IEEE TCC, IEEE TBD, IEEE TCSS, JCSS, Information Sciences, Information Fusion, IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE ICC, etc. (refer to full publication list). • 25 granted patents and 46 PCT patent applications adopted by industry including 28 sole inventions, 17 Chinese patent applications, (refer to full publication list). • A co-author of Nokia’s proposal for DVB-CPCM standard. Several granted patents have been adopted by international standards (e.g., ISO/IEC M3W, TCG, and DVB-CPCM). • Google Scholar H-index is 30, i10-index 113, total citation is over 5000. The highest paper citation in Google Scholar is 700+. Current ResearchGate index is 37.46. POSITIONS OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE Positions of Trust: Technical committee membership and referee of grants and awards • Referee: National Science Center, Poland, grant reviewer (03.2019) • Referee: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada – discovery grants program (01.2019, 01.2020) • Referee: China National Technology Innovation Prize 2018 (the highest level technical award in China) • Founding steering committee co-chair of IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (IEEE Blockchain) (2017 - date) • Steering committee member of IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (IEEE CIT) (2014 - date) • Steering committee member of International Conference on Security, Privacy and Anonymity in Computation, Communication and Storage (SpaCCS) (2016 - date) • NSFC grant referee (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) • Academic tenure track committee member of School of Telecommunications Engineering, Xidian University (2013 - date) • Academic tenure track committee member of School of Cyber Engineering, Xidian University (2015 - date) • Referee: National “863 projects” of Chinese Scientific and Technology Ministry (2014) • Referee: PhD program grant of Chinese Education Ministry (2012) • Referee: National Science and Technology Innovation Award of China (2014, 2018) • Referee: National Award of Science and Technology of China • Referee: Innovation Foundation of China (Scientific and Technical Ministry of China) • Referee: Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation of Chinese Education Ministry (2013) • Adjunct professor: Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications, China (12.2012 - date) • Member: IEEE Communications & Information Security Technical Committee (2013 - date) • Senior Member: IEEE (2014 - date) • IET