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MA, Xiaobo，Professor

National level young talent

Winner of the Shaanxi Provincial Outstanding Youth Fund
Tang Scholar / Siyuan Scholar

IEEE member, CCF outstanding member

XJTU Tang  and Siyuan Scholar

 

MOE Key Lab for Intelligent Networks & Network Security (KLINNS) Lab

School of Computer Science and Technology,

Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering,

Xi'an Jiaotong University

 

 

Contact

Address: No. 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, 710049 

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About Me

I received my Ph.D. degree in Control Science and Engineering supervised by Academician Guan Xiaohong in 2014, and was a post-doctoral researcher in the Computer Department of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2015. Now I am a professor in Computer Science and Technology at Xi'an Jiaotong University.


I have been recruiting master's students, doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows in the School of Computer Science and the School of Software for a long time!


My research directions are closely centered around the academic frontiers, including: network security monitoring, DNS security, encrypted traffic analysis, botnets, connected vehicle security, Internet of Things (IoT) and industrial control security, machine learning, blockchain, etc.


For students who are recommended for exemption from the entrance examination of our university and join the research group in advance after passing the interview, a generous research assistantship bonus will be provided!


I have served as the principal investigator for more than ten national-level projects. The research atmosphere within our team is both relaxed and vibrant, and we enjoy excellent experimental conditions along with favorable benefits!


I sincerely welcome students who have a strong interest and a strong desire for self-development to join us!


Let's grow together, conduct research and publish high-level academic achievements, and jointly commit ourselves to the cause of network security to achieve world-class influential results.

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Research Interests

Research Interests: Cybersecurity and Privacy, Big Data Analysis of Internet of Vehicles, Blockchain.

 

"Security" mainly addresses two important aspects of issues:

 
  1. The security of network infrastructure (such as routing links, DNS).
  2. The security of people within the network (such as urban counter-terrorism based on big data analysis of the Internet of Vehicles).
 

"Privacy" mainly focuses on classic privacy protection measures:

 
  1. Discover privacy vulnerabilities in classic measures. For example, SSH encrypted proxies, VPNs, etc. have been proven unable to fully protect privacy.
  2. Study the corresponding reinforcement methods, develop and deploy practical systems, and ultimately prevent users' privacy from being illegally eavesdropped.
 

Specifically, it involves:
Network attack and defense (such as botnet detection, DDoS attack defense against infrastructure);
Privacy analysis and protection (such as website fingerprinting defense, anonymous networks, location privacy of mobile phones);
Big data security monitoring of the Internet of Vehicles (such as analysis of safe driving behaviors, urban counter-terrorism strategies based on big data analysis of the Internet of Vehicles), etc.

 

Research Philosophy: Drive innovative research with practical problems and cultivate students' passion for scientific research through innovative research!

 

Academic Services

Guest Editor of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220) Special Issue "Threat Identification and Defence for Internet-of-Things 2021-2022"

 

Organizing committee of conferences: 

ACM CoNEXT  2019 (The 15th International Conference on Emerging Networking Experiments and Technologies)  Student Workshop Co-Chair

 

Program committee member of conferences:

19th EAI International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks (SecureComm 2023)

International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD 2023)

International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD 2022)

Application of Intelligent Technology in Security (AITS 2021) Co-located with the 51th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN 2021)

The 4th International Workshop on Attacks and Defenses for Internet-of-Things (ADIoT 2021) In Conjunction with ESORICS 2021

The 2nd International Workshop on Attacks and Defenses for Internet-of-Things (ADIoT 2019) In Conjunction with ESORICS 2019

The 5th International Symposium on Security and Privacy in Social Networks and Big Data (SocialSec 2019)

The 11th International Symposium on Cyberspace Safety and Security (CSS 2019)

The 28th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2019)

The 16th IEEE International Conference on Advanced and Trusted Computing (ATC 2019)

The 12th International Conference on Network and System Security (NSS 2018)

The 1st International Conference on Data Intelligence and Security (ICDIS 2018)

The 9th International Symposium on Cyberspace Safety and Security (CSS 2017).

The 24th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS2018)

 

Reviewer of journals:

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Communications Magazine, Computer & Security, IEEE Access, IEEE Communications Letters. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (IEEE TNSM), Chinese Journal of Computers.