Ming Li

Associate Professor

Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington

Recent News

2024.10
One paper accepted by Sensys’24 on using mmWave sensing for user authentication

2024.09
Appointed as an editor of IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (WCL)

2024.08
One paper accepted by Mobicom’24 on using physiological signals for VR video recommendations

2024.06
One paper accepted by CCS’24 on developing a VR-based evaluation system for evasion attacks against autonomous driving

2024.05
Invited to serve as a TPC member of NDSS’25 and INFOCOM’25

2024.04
Congrats to Huadi who successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Next stop: Boise State University

2024.04
Congrats to Aairish who received the Outstanding Master’s Student Award, 2 out of 2139

2024.04
One paper accepted by Mobisys’24 on EMR side-channel attacks on memory activities

2024.03
Gave a keynote at ISACA on implications of EMR on device security

2024.03
Received a grant from NSF on privacy-aware human-centered QoE assessment for VR videos

Publications

2024

Behaviors Speak More: Achieving User Authentication Leveraging Facial Activities via mmWave Sensing
ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys’24)
Chenxu Jiang, Sihan Yu, Jingjing Fu, Chun-Chih Lin, Huadi Zhu, Xiaolong Ma, Ming Li, and Linke Guo
Bere: A Novel Video Recommender System for Virtual Reality Using Human Behavioral Signals
ACM Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom’24)
Huadi Zhu, Chaowei Wang, Venkateshwar Reddy Darmanola, Hongbo Guo, and Ming Li
Avara: A Uniform Evaluation System for Perceptibility Analysis Against Adversarial Object Evasion Attacks
ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS’24)
Xinyao Ma*, Chaoqi Zhang*, Huadi Zhu*, Jean Camp, Ming Li, and Xiaojing Liao (*equal contribution)
FreeEM: Uncovering Parallel Memory EMR Covert Communication in Volatile Environments
ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys’24)
Sihan Yu, Jingjing Fu, Chenxu Jiang, ChunChih Lin, Zhenkai Zhang, Long Cheng, Ming Li, Xiaonan Zhang, and Linke Guo
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Eavesdropping on Black-box Mobile Devices via Audio Amplifier’s EMR
The Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS’24)
Huiling Chen, Wenqiang Jin, Yupeng Hu, Zhenyu Ning, Kenli Li, Zheng Qin, Mingxing Duan, Yong Xie, Daibo Liu, and Ming Li
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2023

Continuous Authentication using Human-Induced Electric Potential
Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC’23)
Srinivasan Murali, Wenqiang Jin, Vighnesh Sivaraman, Huadi Zhu, Tianxi Ji, Pan Li, Ming Li
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Locally Differentially Private Personal Data Markets using Contextual Dynamic Pricing Mechanism
IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC’23)
Mingyan Xiao, Ming Li, Jennifer Jie Zhang
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SoundLock: A Novel User Authentication Scheme for VR Devices Using Auditory-Pupillary Response
The Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS’23)
Huadi Zhu, Mingyan Xiao, Ming Li
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Privacy-Preserving Database Fingerprinting
The Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS’23)
Tianxi Ji, Erman Ayday, Emre Yilmaz, Ming Li, Pan Li

2022

SpeechQoE: A Novel Personalized QoE Assessment Model for Voice Services via Speech Sensing
ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys’22)
Chaowei Wang, Huadi Zhu, Ming Li
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Eliciting Joint Truthful Answers and Profiles from Strategic Workers in Mobile Crowdsourcing Systems
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC)
Mingyan Xiao, Wenqiang Jin, Chengkai Li, and Ming Li
CycleGuard: A Smartphone-based Assistive Tool for Cyclist Safety Using Acoustic Ranging
ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp’22)
Wenqiang Jin, Srinivasan Murali, Youngtak Cho, Huadi Zhu, Tianhao Li, Rachael Thompson Panik, Anika Rimu, Shuchisnigdha Deb, Kari Watkins, Xu Yuan, Ming Li
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EyeQoE: A Novel QoE Assessment Model for 360-degree Videos Using Ocular Behaviors
ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp’22)
Huadi Zhu, Tianhao Li, Chaowei Wang, Wenqiang Jin, Srinivasan Murali, Mingyan Xiao, Dongqing Ye, Ming Li
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2021

Periscope: A Keystroke Inference Attack Using Human Coupled Electromagnetic Emanations
ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS’21)
Wenqiang Jin, Srinivasan Murali, Huadi Zhu, and Ming Li
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Sipster: Settling IOU of Smart Meters Privately and Quickly
Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC’21)
Sherman S. M. Chow, Ming Li, Yongjun Zhao, and Wenqiang Jin
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Fall Detection via Inaudible Acoustic Sensing
ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp’21)
Jie Lian, Xu Yuan, Ming Li, and Nian-Feng Tzeng
Collusion-Resistant Worker Recruitment in Crowdsourcing Systems
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC)
Mingyan Xiao, Wenqiang Jin, Ming Li, Lei Yang, Arun Thapa, and Pan Li
Privacy-Preserving Data Aggregation for Mobile Crowdsensing with Externality: An Auction Approach
ACM/IEEE Transactions on Networking (ToN)
Mengyuan Zhang, Lei Yang, Shibo He, Ming Li, Junshan Zhang
ULPT: A User-Centric Location Privacy Trading Framework for Mobile Crowd Sensing
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC)
Wenqiang Jin, Mingyan Xiao, Linke Guo, Lei Yang, and Ming Li
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2020

Acoussist: An Acoustic Assisting Tool For People With Visual Impairments To Cross Uncontrolled Streets
ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp’21)
Wenqiang Jin, Mingyan Xiao, Huadi Zhu, Shuchisnigdha Deb, Chen Kan, and Ming Li
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BlinKey: A Two-Factor User Authentication Method for Virtual Reality Devices
ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp’21)
Huadi Zhu, Wenqiang Jin, Mingyan Xiao, Srinivasan Murali, and Ming Li
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Harnessing the Ambient Radio Frequency Noise for Wearable Device Pairing
Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS’20)
Wenqiang Jin, Ming Li, Srinivasan Murali, and Linke Guo
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STEP: A Spatio-Temporal Fine-Granular User Traffic Prediction System for Cellular Networks
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2020
Lixing Yu, Ming Li, Wenqiang Jin, Yifan Guo, Qianlong Wang, Feng Yan, and Pan Li
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2019

Securing Task Allocation in Mobile Crowd Sensing: An Incentive Design Approach
Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS’19)
Mingyan Xiao, Ming Li, Linke Guo, Miao Pan, Zhu Han and Pan Li
If You Do Not Care About It, Sell It: Trading Location Privacy in Mobile Crowd Sensing
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM’19)
Wenqiang Jin, Mingyan Xiao, Ming Li, and Linke Guo
Data-Driven Spectrum Trading with Secondary Users’ Differential Privacy Preservation
IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), 2019
Jingyi Wang, Qixun Zhang, Ming Li, Yuanxiong Guo, Zhiyong Feng, and Miao Pan

2018

Beat-PIN: A User Authentication Mechanism for Wearable Devices Through Secret Beats (A revised version with important refereces added)
Proceedings of ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security (ASIACCS’18)
Ben Hutchins, Anudeep Reddy, Wenqiang Jin, Michael Zhou, Ming Li, and Lei Yang
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Crowd-Empowered Privacy-Preserving Data Aggregation for Mobile Crowdsensing
Proceedings of ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc’18)
Lei Yang, Mengyuan Zhang, Shibo He, Ming Li, and Junshan Zhang
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DPDA: A Differentially Private Double Auction Scheme for Mobile Crowd Sensing
Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS’18)
Wenqiang Jin, Ming Li, Linke Guo, and Lei Yang
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2017

Economic-Robust Transmission Opportunity Auction for D2D Communications in Cognitive Mesh Assisted Cellular Networks
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), Vol. 17, No. 8, pp. 1806-1819, August 2018
Ming Li, Weixian Liao, Xuhui Chen, Jinyuan Sun, Xiaoxia Huang, and Pan Li
Motivating Human-enabled Mobile Participation for Data Offloading
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), Vol. 17, No. 7, pp. 1624-1637, July 2018
Xiaonan Zhang, Linke Guo, Ming Li, and Yuguang Fang
Energy-efficient Computation Automatic Offloading in Mobile Edge Computing
Proceedings of IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC’17)
Changqing Luo, Sergio Salinas, Ming Li, and Pan Li
Cascading Failure Attacks in the Power System: A Stochastic Game Perspective
IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT), Vol. 4, No. 6, pp. 2247-2259, December 2017
Weixian Liao, Sergio Salinas, Ming Li, Kenneth Loparo, and Pan Li
Practical Privacy-Preserving Spectrum Query Schemes for Database-Driven CRNs with Multiple Service Providers
Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS’17)
Jiajun Xin, Ming Li, Linke Guo, and Pan Li.

2016

Privacy-Preserving Wi-Fi Fingerprinting Indoor Localization
The 11th International Workshop on Security (IWSEC’16)
Tao Zhang, Sherman S. M. Chow, Zhe Zhou, and Ming Li
Energy-Source-Aware Cost Optimization for Green Cellular Networks with Strong Stability
IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC), Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 541-555, October 2016.
Weixian Liao, Ming Li, Sergio Salinas, Pan Li, and Miao Pan
SPA: A Secure and Private Auction Framework for Decentralized Online Social Networks
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Vol. 27, No. 8, pp. 2394-2407, August 2016.
Arun Thapa, Weixian Liao, Ming Li, Pan Li, and Jinyuan Sun
Privacy-Preserving Verifiable Data Aggregation and Analysis for Cloud-assisted Mobile Crowdsourcing
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM’16).
Gaoqiang Zhuo, Qi Jia, Linke Guo, Ming Li, and Pan Li
CRIL: An Efficient Online Adaptive Indoor Localization System
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), Vol. 66, No. 5, pp. 4148-4160, August 2016.
Sheng Cai, Weixian Liao, Xuhui Chen, Ming Li, Xiaoxia Huang, and Pan Li

2015

Privacy-Preserving Verifiable Proximity Test for Location-based Services
Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM’15), 2015. (Best Paper Award)
Gaoqiang Zhuo, Qi Jia, Linke Guo,Ming Li, and Yuguang Fang
Selfish Misbehavior in IEEE 802.11 Ad Hoc Networks: Detection, Defense, and Penalty
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 1203-1217, June 2015
Ming Li, Sergio Salinas, Pan Li, Jinyuan Sun, and Xiaoxia Huang
Asymmetric Social Proximity Based Private Matching Protocols for Online Social Networks
IEEE Transaction on Parallel and Distributed System (TPDS), Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 1547-1559, June 2015
Arun Thapa, Ming Li, Sergio Salinas, and Pan Li
PPER: Privacy-Preserving Economic-Robust Spectrum Auction in Wireless Networks
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM’15), 2015. [Tech Report]
Ming Li, Pan Li, Linke Guo, and Xiaoxia Huang
Verifiable Privacy-preserving Monitoring for Cloud-assisted mHealth Systems
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM’15), 2015.
Linke Guo, Yuguang Fang, Ming Li, Pan Li
Optimal Scheduling for Multi-radio Multi-channel Multi-hop Cognitive Cellular Networks
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), Vol.14, No. 1, pp. 139-154, January 2015
Ming Li, Sergio Salinas, Pan Li, Xiaoxia Huang, Yuguang Fang, and Savo Glisic
Energy Consumption Optimization for Multihop Cognitive Cellular Networks
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 358-372, February 2015
Ming Li, Sergio Salinas, Pan Li, Xiaoxia Huang, Yuguang Fang, and Savo Glisic

2014

Locaward: A Security and Privacy Aware Location-Based Rewarding System
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 343-352, February 2014
Ming Li, Sergio Salinas, and Pan Li
Optimal Energy Cost for Strongly Stable Multi-hop Green Cellular Networks
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS’14), 2014.
Weixian Liao, Ming Li, Sergio Salinas, Pan Li, and Miao Pan

2013

Crowdsourcing in Cyber-Physical Systems: Stochastic Optimization with Strong Stability
IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC), Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 218-231, December 2013
Ming Li and Pan Li
Dynamic Energy Management for the Smart Grid with Distributed Energy Resources
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (TSG), Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 2139-2151, December 2013
Sergio Salinas, Ming Li, Pan Li, and Yong Fu
Privacy-Preserving Energy Theft Detection in Smart Grids: A P2P Computing Approach
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), Vol. 31, No. 9, pp. 257-267, September 2013
Sergio Salinas, Ming Li, and Pan Li
Multi-Objective Optimal Energy Consumption Scheduling in Smart Grids
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (TSG), Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 341-348, March 2013
Sergio Salinas, Ming Li, and Pan Li
n-CD: A Geometric Approach to Preserving Location Privacy in Location-Based Services
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM’13), 2013.
Ming Li, Sergio Salinas, Arun Thapa, and Pan Li
Economic-Robust Transmission Opportunity Auction in Multi-hop Wireless Networks
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM’13), 2013.
Ming Li, Pan Li, Miao Pan, and Jinyuan Sun

Before 2013

Privacy-Preserving Energy Theft Detection in Smart Grids
IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON’12), 2012
Sergio Salinas, Ming Li, Pan Li