Journal Articles:

1. [TAI] Distributed Generative Model: A Data Synthesizing Framework for Multi-Source Heterogeneous Data, Z. Xiong, W. Li, Y. Li, and Z. Cai, Accepted by IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, 2025. DOI:
2. [IOT-J] AP-CFL: Clustered Federated Learning through Dynamic Clustering and Adaptive Participation in Heterogeneous IoT, Y. Cao, J. Ma, Z. He, and Y. Li, Accepted by IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2025.3528624
3. [TCE] Human Activity Recognition in Mobile Edge Computing: A Low-Cost and High-Fidelity Digital Twin Approach with Deep Reinforcement Learning, C. Wang, Z. Cai, and Y. Li, Accepted by IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2024.3375859
4. [JDIQ] Overheard: Audio-based Integral Event Inference, H. Xu, Z. Cai, L. Ma, Y. Li, D. Seo, and W. Li, Accepted by ACM Journal of Data and Information Quality, 2024. DOI: 10.1145/3695771
5. [TVT] Parameter Estimation for Perceptive Mobile Networks Based on Two-Level Block Sparsity, Y. Luo, X. Chen, W. Xu, Y. Wang, and Y. Li, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 74(1):1121-1136, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2024.3464637
6. [HCC] Navigating the Digital Twin Network Landscape: A Survey on Architecture, Applications, Privacy and Security, A. Sai, C. Wang, Z. Cai, and Y. Li, High-Confidence Computing, 4(4):100269, 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.hcc.2024.100269
7. [TCBB] Epidemic Vulnerability Index for Effective Vaccine Distribution against Pandemic, H. Lee, M. Kang, D. Kim, D. Seo, and Y. Li, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 20(6):3332-3342, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TCBB.2022.3198365
8. [IOT-J] TMETA: Trust Management for the Cold Start of IoT Services with Digital-Twin-Aided Blockchain, C. Wang, Z. Cai, D. Seo, and Y. Li, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 10(24):21337-21348, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2023.3285108
9. [IOT-J] Sustainable Blockchain-based Digital Twin Management Architecture for IoT Devices, C. Wang, Z. Cai, and Y. Li, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 10(8):6535-6548, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2022.3153653
10. [IOT-J] Battery-Free Wireless Sensor Networks: A Comprehensive Survey, Z. Cai, Q. Chen, T. Shi, T. Zhu, K. Chen, and Y. Li, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 10(6):5543-5570, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2022.3222386
11. [IOT-J] Digital Twin Aided Product Design Framework For IoT Platforms, C. Wang and Y. Li, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 9(12):9290-9300, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2021.3100796
12. [TMC] Data Aggregation Scheduling in Battery-Free Wireless Sensor Networks, T. Zhu, J. Li, H. Gao, and Y. Li, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 21(6):1972-1984, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2020.3035671
13. [TOSN] Latency-efficient Data Collection Scheduling in Battery-free Wireless Sensor Networks, T. Zhu, J. Li, H. Gao, and Y. Li, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 16(3):25:1-25:21, 2020. DOI: 10.1145/3390956
14. [WCMC] Privacy-Enhancing Preferential LBS Query for Mobile Social Network Users, M. Siddula, Y. Li, X. Cheng, Z. Tian, and Z. Cai, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 8892321:1-8892321:13, 2020. DOI: 10.1155/2020/8892321
15. [IOT-J] Privacy Protection based on Stream Cipher for Spatio-temporal Data in IoT, T. Liu, Y. Wang, Y. Li, X. Tong, L. Qi, and N. Jiang, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 7(9):7928-7940, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2020.2990428
16. [ACCESS] A Survey on Privacy Issues in Mobile Social Networks, A. Sai, and Y. Li, IEEE Access, 8:130906-130921, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3009691
17. [TCBB] Inference Attacks and Controls on Genotypes and Phenotypes for Individual Genomic Data, Z. He, J. Yu, J. Li, Q. Han, G. Luo, and Y. Li, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 17(3):930-937, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/TCBB.2018.2810180
18. [TMC] Label Coloring Based Beaconing Schedule in Duty-Cycled Multihop Wireless Networks, Q. Chen, H. Gao, L. Cheng, and Y. Li, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 19(5):1123-1137, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2019.2907956
19. [TII] zkCrowd: A Hybrid Blockchain-based Crowdsourcing Platform, S. Zhu, Z. Cai, H. Hu, Y. Li, and W. Li, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 16(6):4196-4205, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/TII.2019.2941735
20. [TOSN] Broadcast Scheduling in Battery-Free Wireless Sensor Networks, T. Zhu, J. Li, H. Gao, and Y. Li, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 15(4):No.49, 2019. DOI: 10.1145/3356472
21. [TCS] Triangle Edge Deletion on Planar Glasses-Free RGB-Digraphs, D. Miao, Z. Cai, J. Yu, and Y. Li, Theoretical Computer Science, 788:2-11, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.tcs.2018.10.034
22. [TCSS] Anonymization in Online Social Networks based on Enhanced Equi-cardinal Clustering, M. Siddula, Y. Li, X. Cheng, Z. Tian, and Z. Cai, IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, 6(4):809-820, 2019. DOI: 10.1109/TCss.2019.2928324
23. [TCS] Vertex Cover in Conflict Graphs, D. Miao, X. Liu, Y. Li, and J. Li, Theoretical Computer Science, 774:103-112, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.tcs.2016.07.009
24. [TCS] SEF View Deletion under Bounded Condition, D. Miao, Z. Cai, and Y. Li, Theoretical Computer Science, 749:17-25, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.tcs.2017.07.033
25. [COMMAG] Data Linkage in Smart IoT Systems: A Consideration from Privacy Perspective, X. Zheng, Z. Cai, and Y. Li, IEEE Communications Magazine, 56(9):55-61, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2018.1701245
26. [MNET] Deep Learning Based Inference of Private Information Using Embedded Sensors in Smart Devices, Y. Liang, Z. Cai, J. Yu, Q. Han, and Y. Li, IEEE Network Magazine, 32(4):8-14, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/MNET.2018.1700349
27. [ACCESS] An Empirical Study on the Privacy Preservation of Online Social Networks, M. Siddula, L. Li, and Y. Li, IEEE Access, 6:19912-19922, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2822693
28. [TCSS] Truthful Incentive Mechanisms for Geographical Position Conflicting Mobile Crowdsensing Systems, J. Li, Z. Cai, J. Wang, M. Han, and Y. Li, IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, 5(2):324-334, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/TCSS.2018.2797225
29. [TDSC] Collective Data-Sanitization for Preventing Sensitive Information Inference Attacks in Social Networks, Z. Cai, Z. He, X. Guan, and Y. Li, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 15(4):577-590, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/TDSC.2016.2613521
30. [TON] On Practical Construction of Quality Fault-tolerant Virtual Backbone in Homogeneous Wireless Networks, B. Liu, W. Wang, D. Kim, Y. Li, S. Kwon, and Y. Jiang, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 26(1):412-421, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/TNET.2017.2780262
31. [IOT-J] Follow But No Track: Privacy Preserved Profile Publishing in Cyber-Physical Social Systems, X. Zheng, Z. Cai, J. Yu, C. Wang, and Y. Li, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 4(6):1868-1878, 2017. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2017.2679483
32. [TON] Exploring Connected Dominating Sets in Energy-Harvest Networks, T. Shi, S. Cheng, Z. Cai, Y. Li, and J. Li, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 25(3):1803-1817, 2017. DOI: 10.1109/TNET.2017.2657688
33. [TOSN] Approximate Holistic Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks, J. Li, S. Cheng, Z. Cai, J. Yu, C. Wang, and Y. Li, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 12(2):No.11, 2016. DOI: 10.1145/3027488
34. [TVT] Cost-efficient Strategies for Restraining Rumor Spreading in Mobile Social Networks, Z. He, Z. Cai, J. Yu, X. Wang, Y. Sun, and Y. Li, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 66(3):2789-2800, 2016. DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2016.2585591
35. [TPDS] Data Collection in Multi-Application Sharing Wireless Sensor Networks, H. Gao, X. Fang, J. Li, and Y. Li, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 26(2):403-412, 2015. DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2013.289
36. [WCMC] Multi-Regional Query Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks with Minimum Latency, M. Yan, J. He, S. Ji, and Y. Li, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 4(9):849-864, 2014. DOI: 10.1002/wcm.2238
37. [TPDS] Constructing Load-Balanced Data Aggregation Trees in Probabilistic Wireless Sensor Networks, J. He, S. Ji, Y. Pan, and Y. Li, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 25(7):1681-1690, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2013.160
38. [TOSN] Cell-based Snapshot and Continuous Data Collection in Wireless Sensor Networks, S. Ji, J. He, A. S. Uluagac, R. Beyah, and Y. Li, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 9(4), 2013. DOI: 10.1145/2489253.2489264
39. [TPDS] Continuous Data Collection Capacity of Dual-Radio Multi-Channel Wireless Sensor Networks, S. Ji, Z. Cai, Y. Li, and X. Jia, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 23(10):1844-1855, 2012. DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2011.286
40. [JOCO] On the Construction of k-Connected m-Dominating Sets in Wireless Networks, Y. Li, Y. Wu, C. Ai, and R. Beyah, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 23(1):118-139, 2012. DOI: 10.1007/s10878-010-9346-2
41. [TPDS] Transforming Complete Coverage Algorithms to Partial Coverage Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks, Y. Li, C. Vu, C. Ai, G. Chen, and Y. Zhao, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 22(4):695-703, 2011. DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2010.124
42. [TPDS] Delay Bounded and Energy Efficient Composite Event Monitoring in Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks, Y. Li, C. Ai, C. Vu, Y. Pan, and R. Beyah, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 21(9):1373-1385, 2010. DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2009.129
43. [TMC] VEBEK: Virtual Energy-Based Encryption and Keying for Wireless Sensor Networks, A. Uluagac, R. Beyah, Y. Li, and J. Copeland, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 9(7):994-1007, 2010. DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2010.51
44. [TPDS] Constructing Minimum Connected Dominating Sets with Bounded Diameters in Wireless Networks, D. Kim, Y. Wu, Y. Li, F. Zou, and D.-Z. Du, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 20(2):147-157, Feb. 2009. DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2008.74
45. [TMC] Fault Tolerant Topology Control for One-to-All and All-to-One Communications in Wireless Networks, F. Wang, M. Thai, Y. Li, X. Cheng, and D.-Z. Du, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 7(3):322-331, Mar. 2008. DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2007.70743
46. [JOCO] Designing k-Coverage Schedules in Wireless Sensor Networks, Y. Li and S. Gao, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 15(2):127-146, Feb. 2008. DOI: 10.1007/s10878-007-9072-6
47. [TMC] On the Construction of a Strongly Connected Broadcast Arborescence with Bounded Transmission Delay, Y. Li, M. Thai, F. Wang, and D.-Z. Du, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 5(10):1460-1470, Oct. 2006. DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2006.154
48. [TCS] Minimum connected dominating sets and maximal independent sets in unit disk graphs, W. Wu, H. Du, X. Jia, Y. Li, and S. Huang, Theoretical Computer Science, 352(1-3):1-7, 2006. DOI: 10.1016/j.tcs.2005.08.037
49. [WCMC] On Greedy Construction of Connected Dominating Sets in Wireless Networks, Y. Li, M. Thai, F. Wang, C. Yi, P. Wan, and D.-Z. Du, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 5(8):927-932, Dec. 2005. DOI: 10.1002/wcm.356
50. [JPDC] Optimal Topology Control for Balanced Energy Consumption in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, Y. Li, M. Cheng, and W. Wu, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 65(2):124-131, Feb. 2005. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpdc.2004.09.014
51. [TCS] A Greedy Approximation for Minimum Connected Dominating Sets, L. Ruan, H. Du, X. Jia, W. Wu, Y. Li, and K. Ko, Theoretical Computer Science, 329(1-3):325-330, Dec. 2004. DOI: 10.1016/j.tcs.2004.08.013

Conference Papers:

1. [ICDCS] PP_FCL: Privacy-Preserving Federated Continual Learning via Generative Replay and Incremental Representation Enhancement, Z. He, Y. Wang, Z. Cai, and Y. Li, ICDCS 2025, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, July 20-23, 2025. DOI:
2. [WASA] Exploring Heterogeneity in Federated Learning, T. Shannon, Y. Huang, Z. Liu, J. Yang, and Y. Li, WASA 2025, Tokyo, Japan, June 24-26, 2025. DOI:
3. [ICC] Physics-Inspired Distributed Radio Map Estimation, D. Yang, Y. Wang, S. Zhang, Y. Li, and Z. Cai, ICC 2025, Montreal, QC, Canada, June 8-12, 2025. DOI:
4. [CIKM] Quantum Cognition-Inspired EEG-based Recommendation via Graph Neural Networks, J. Han, W. Li, Y. Li, and Z. Cai, CIKM 2024, Boise, ID, USA, October 21-25, 2024. DOI: 10.1145/3627673.3679564
5. [VTC] Spectrum Prediction via Graph Structure Learning, D. Yang, Y. Wang, Z. Cai, and Y. Li, VTC 2024, Washington, DC, USA, October 7-10, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/VTC2024-Fall63153.2024.10758056
6. [ICDCS] Group-Centric Scheduling for Industrial Edge Computing Networks with Incomplete Information, T. Zhu, O. Zou, X. Fang, J. Luo, Y. Li, and Z. Cai, ICDCS 2024, Jersey City, NJ, USA, July 23-26, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/ICDCS60910.2024.00058
7. [ICC] GANFed: GAN-based Federated Learning with Non-IID Datasets in Edge IoTs, X. Fan, Y. Wang, W. Zhang, Y. Li, Z. Cai, and Z. Tian, ICC 2024, Denver, CO, USA, June 9-13, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/ICC51166.2024.10622211
8. [INFOCOM] Minimizing Latency for Multi-DNN Inference on Resource-Limited CPU-Only Edge Devices, T. Wang, T. Shi, X. Liu, J. Wang, B. Liu, Y. Li, and Y. She, INFOCOM 2024, Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 20-23, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/INFOCOM52122.2024.10621120
9. [ICDM] Exact-Fun: An Exact and Efficient Federated Unlearning Approach, Z. Xiong, W. Li, Y. Li, and Z. Cai, ICDM 2023, Shanghai, China, December 1-4, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/ICDM58522.2023.00188
10. [CIKM] Multi-Aggregator Time-Warping Heterogeneous Graph Neural Network for Personalized Micro-video Recommendation, J. Han, W. Li, Z. Cai, and Y. Li, CIKM 2022, Atlanta, GA, USA, October 17-21, 2022. DOI: 10.1145/3511808.3557403
11. [SmartData] A Self-Supervised Purification Mechnism for Adversarial Samples, B. Xie, H. Xu, Y. Li, and Z. Cai, IEEE Smart Data 2022, Espoo, Finland, August 22-25, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/iThings-GreenCom-CPSCom-SmartData-Cybermatics55523.2022.00102 (Best Paper Award)
12. [ICDCS] Query Recombination: To Process a Large Number of Concurrent Top-k Queries towards IoT Data on an Edge Server, T. Shi, Z. Cai, and Y. Li, ICDCS 2022, Bologna, Italy, July 10-13, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ICDCS54860.2022.00060
13. [INFOCOM] Computation Scheduling for Wireless Powered Mobile Edge Computing Networks, T. Zhu, J. Li, Z. Cai, Y. Li, and H. Gao, INFOCOM 2020, Beijing, China, April 27-30, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/INFOCOM41043.2020.9155418
14. [ICDE] Deletion Propagation for Multiple Select-Join Queries: Approximations and Complexity, Z. Cai, D. Miao, and Y. Li, ICDE 2019, Macau, China, April 8-12, 2019. DOI: 10.1109/ICDE.2019.00052
15. [INFOCOM] Edge-Based Beaconing in Duty-Cycled Multihop Wireless Networks, Q. Chen, H. Gao, Y. Li, S. Cheng, and J. Li, INFOCOM 2017, Atlanta, GA, USA, May 1-4, 2017. DOI: 10.1109/INFOCOM.2017.8057189
16. [GLOBECOM] Data Aggregation Scheduling in Probabilistic Wireless Networks with Cognitive Radio Capability, M. Yan, C. Ai, M. Han, Z. Cai, and Y. Li, GLOBECOM 2016, Washington, DC, USA, December 4-8, 2016. DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2016.7841716
17. [INFOCOM] Using Crowdsourced Data in Location-based Social Networks to Explore Influence Maximization, J. Li, Z. Cai, M. Yan, and Y. Li, INFOCOM 2016, San Francisco, CA, USA, April 10-15, 2016. DOI: 10.1109/INFOCOM.2016.7524471
18. [SECON] Data Aggregation Scheduling in Wireless Networks with Cognitive Radio Capability, M. Yan, S. Ji, M. Han, Y. Li, and Z. Cai, SECON 2014, University Town, Singapore, June 30-July 3, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/SAHCN.2014.6990390
19. [INFOCOM] Approximate Multiple Count in Wireless Sensor Networks, X. Fang, H. Gao, J. Li, and Y. Li, INFOCOM 2014, Toronto, ON, Canada, April 27-May 2, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/INFOCOM.2014.6848082
20. [INFOCOM] Application-Aware Data Collection in Wireless Sensor Networks, X. Fang, H. Gao, J. Li, and Y. Li, INFOCOM 2013, Turin, Italy, April 14-19, 2013. DOI: 10.1109/INFCOM.2013.6566961
21. [INFOCOM] Di-Sec: A Distributed Security Framework for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks, M. Valero, S. S. Jung, A. S. Uluagac, Y. Li, and R. Beyah, INFOCOM 2012, Orlando, FL, USA, March 25-30, 2012. DOI: 10.1109/INFCOM.2012.6195801
22. [INFOCOM] Capacity of Dual-Radio Multi-Channel Wireless Sensor Networks for Continuous Data Collection, S. Ji, Y. Li, and X. Jia, INFOCOM 2011, Shanghai, China, April 10-15, 2011. DOI: 10.1109/INFCOM.2011.5934880
23. [INFOCOM] SMITE: A Stochastic Compressive Data Collection Protocol for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks, L. Guo, R. Beyah, and Y. Li, INFOCOM 2011, Shanghai, China, April 10-15, 2011. DOI: 10.1109/INFCOM.2011.5934953
24. [INFOCOM] Sparse Target Counting and Localization in Sensor Networks Based on Compressive Sensing, B. Zhang, X. Cheng, N. Zhang, Y. Cui, Y. Li, and Q. Liang, INFOCOM 2011, Shanghai, China, April 10-15, 2011. DOI: 10.1109/INFCOM.2011.5935041
25. [ICDCS] An Energy-Efficient Distributed Algorithm for Minimum-Latency Aggregation Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks, Y. Li, L. Guo, and S. Prasad, ICDCS 2010, Genoa, Italy, June 21-25, 2010. DOI: 10.1109/ICDCS.2010.11
26. [INFOCOM] Distributed Data Aggregation Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks, B. Yu, J. Li, and Y. Li, INFOCOM 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 19-25, 2009. DOI: 10.1109/INFCOM.2009.5062140
27. [ICDCS] Data Estimation in Sensor Networks Using Physical and Statistical Methodologies, Y. Li, C. Ai, W. Deshmukh, and Y. Wu, ICDCS 2008, Beijing, China, June 17-20, 2008. DOI: 10.1109/ICDCS.2008.22
28. [MOBIHOC] Construction Algorithms for k-Connected m-Dominating Sets in Wireless Sensor Networks, Y. Wu and Y. Li, Mobihoc 2008, Hong Kong, China, May 26-30, 2008. DOI: 10.1145/1374618.1374631
29. [WASA] Constructing Connected Dominating Sets with Bounded Diameters in Wireless Networks, Y. Li, D. Kim, F. Zou, and D.-Z. Du, WASA 2007, Chicago, IL, USA, August 1-3, 2007. DOI: 10.1109/WASA.2007.8 (Best Paper Award)
30. [INFOCOM] Nearly Constant Approximation for Data Aggregation Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks, S. Huang, P. Wan, C. Vu, Y. Li, and F. Yao, INFOCOM 2007, Anchorage, AK, USA, May 6-12, 2007. DOI: 10.1109/INFCOM.2007.50
31. [IPCCC] Composite Event Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks, C. Vu, R. Beyah, and Y. Li, IPCCC 2007, New Orleans, LA, USA, April 11-13, 2007. DOI: 10.1109/PCCC.2007.358903
32. [INFOCOM] Energy-Efficient Target Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks, M. Cardei, M. Thai, Y. Li, and W. Wu, INFOCOM 2005, Miami, FL, USA, March 13-17, 2005. DOI: 10.1109/INFCOM.2005.1498475
33. [TAWN] Localized Construction of Connected Dominating Set in Wireless Networks, Y. Li, S. Zhu, M. T. Thai, and D.-Z. Du, NSF International Workshop on Theoretical Aspects of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor and Peer-to-Peer Networks (TAWN), Chicago, IL, USA, June 2004.

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