Yingshu Li
Professor
Director of Graduate Admissions

Department of Computer Science

College of Arts & Sciences

Georgia State University


25 Park Place, Suite 717

Atlanta, GA 30303, USA

Fax: 404-413-5717

EMAIL: yili@gsu.edu


Selected Publications

Google Scholar Citations

Complete Publications

Journal Articles:

  1. [TVT] Parameter Estimation for Perceptive Mobile Networks Based on Two-Level Block Sparsity, Y. Luo, X. Chen, W. Xu, Y. Wang, and Y. Li, Accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2024.3464637
  2. [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 Comsumer Electronics, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2024.3375859
  3. [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
  4. [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
  5. [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
  6. [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
  7. [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
  8. [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
  9. [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
  10. [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
  11. [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
  12. [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
  13. [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
  14. [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
  15. [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
  16. [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
  17. [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
  18. [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
  19. [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
  20. [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
  21. [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
  22. [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
  23. [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
  24. [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
  25. [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
  26. [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
  27. [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
  28. [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
  29. [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
  30. [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
  31. [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
  32. [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
  33. [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
  34. [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
  35. [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
  36. [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
  37. [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
  38. [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
  39. [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
  40. [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
  41. [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
  42. [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
  43. [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
  44. [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
  45. [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
  46. [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
  47. [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
  48. [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. [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, Oct 21-25, 2024. DOI:
  2. [VTC] Spectrum Prediction via Graph Structure Learning, D. Yang, Y. Wang, Z. Cai, and Y. Li, VTC 2024, Washington, DC, USA, Oct 7-10, 2024. DOI:
  3. [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:
  4. [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:
  5. [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:
  6. [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
  7. [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
  8. [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)
  9. [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
  10. [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
  11. [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
  12. [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
  13. [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
  14. [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
  15. [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
  16. [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
  17. [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
  18. [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
  19. [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
  20. [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
  21. [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
  22. [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
  23. [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
  24. [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
  25. [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
  26. [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)
  27. [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
  28. [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
  29. [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
  30. [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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