Shui Yu obtained his PhD from Deakin University, Australia, in 2004. He currently is a Professor of School of Computer Science, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Dr Yu’s research interest includes Big Data, Security and Privacy, Networking, and Mathematical Modelling. He has published four monographs and edited two books, more than 500 technical papers, including top journals and top conferences, such as IEEE TPDS, TC, TIFS, TMC, TKDE, TETC, ToN, and INFOCOM. His h-index is 66. Dr Yu initiated the research field of networking for big data in 2013, and his research outputs have been widely adopted by industrial systems, such as Amazon cloud security. He is currently serving a number of prestigious editorial boards, including IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials (Area Editor), IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, and so on. He served as a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Communications Society (2018-2021). He is a Distinguished Visitor ofIEEE Computer Society, a voting member of IEEE ComSoc Educational Services board, and an elected member of Board of Governor of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society.
Lei Cui received his PhD degree from Deakin University, Australia, in 2021. He is now working as an associate research fellow at Shandong Computer Science Center (National Supercomputer Center in Jinan), China. He has authored or co-authored more than 30 publications, including monographs, book chapters, and journal and conference papers. Some of his publications have been published in top venues such as IEEE TII, IEEE TNSM, and IEEE TPDS. His research interests include security and privacy issues in IoT, social networks, and machine learning. Dr. Lei is active in the communication society and has served as a reviewer for many Q1 journals and a TPC Member for international conferences.