By Dr Wei Ni

Journal articles

Yu G; Wang X; Sun C; Wang Q; Yu P; Ni W; Liu RP, 2025, 'IronForge: An Open, Secure, Fair, Decentralized Federated Learning', IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 36, pp. 354 - 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2023.3329249

Li K; Yuan X; Zheng J; Ni W; Dressler F; Jamalipour A, 2025, 'Leverage Variational Graph Representation for Model Poisoning on Federated Learning', IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 36, pp. 116 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2024.3394252

Cao Y; Wang J; Shi X; Ni W, 2025, 'Lightweight and Self-Evolving Channel Twinning: An Ensemble DMD-Assisted Approach', IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2025.3564276

Li C; Qi X; Chen B; Huang S; Valls Miro J; Huang H; Ni W; Ma H, 2025, 'Marden-Based Homotopic Enclosed Safe Motion Corridor Generation for UAV Navigation in Complex Environments', IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 22, pp. 17486 - 17500, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TASE.2024.3488692

Yu X; Lv T; Li W; Ni W; Niyato D; Hossain E, 2025, 'Multi-Task Semantic Communication With Graph Attention-Based Feature Correlation Extraction', IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 24, pp. 4371 - 4388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2025.3525477

Yang C; Wang X; Ni W; Jiang Y, 2025, 'Optimal Beamforming for MIMO DFRC Systems with Transmit Covariance Constraints', IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 73, pp. 601 - 616, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSP.2025.3529722

Qi X; Li C; Ni W; Sheng QZ; Ma H, 2025, 'Practical Prescribed Time Control Framework for Decentralized Robust Steering of Connected Automated Vehicles Under Deception Attacks', IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems, 55, pp. 4915 - 4929, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.2025.3561509

Qi L; Wang L; Ding J; Ni W, 2025, 'Pricing Design for EV Platoon Charging Network With Hybrid Traffic Flows', IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 11, pp. 1431 - 1441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2024.3406130

You F; Yuan X; Ni W; Jamalipour A, 2025, 'Privacy-Preserving Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Effective Resource Auction in Multi-Access Edge Computing', IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 11, pp. 1887 - 1901, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCCN.2024.3499342

Zhang S; Sun C; Hu S; Ni W; Wang X, 2025, 'Proximal Policy Optimization With Adaptive Weight Adjustment for Airborne Integrated Sensing and Communication', IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 14, pp. 1703 - 1707, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LWC.2025.3553316

Zhang X; Ren Y; Wang J; Jiang F; Ni W; Jamalipour A, 2025, 'Random Caching Strategy Based on Scalable Video Coding: Content Placement and Delivery in Multi-Tier Heterogeneous Networks', IEEE Transactions on Communications, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCOMM.2025.3540963

Tian C; Huang C; Wang Y; Chung E; Nguyen AT; Wong PK; Ni W; Jamalipour A; Li K; Huang H, 2025, 'Recent Estimation Techniques of Vehicle-Road-Pedestrian States for Traffic Safety: Comprehensive Review and Future Perspectives', IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 26, pp. 2897 - 2920, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2024.3517162

Zhao L; Sun C; Ni W; Ng DWK, 2025, 'Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Energy-Efficient Mobile Edge Computing in OFDM Systems', IEEE Communications Letters, 29, pp. 1446 - 1450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3565260

Zhang H; Liu E; Wang R; Ni W; Xing Z; Liu Y; Jamalipour A, 2025, 'Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Localization in OFDM Systems with Carrier Frequency Offset and Phase Noise', IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2025.3557935

Sun P; Liu E; Ni W; Wang R; Xing Z; Li B; Jamalipour A, 2025, 'Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Wireless Federated Learning With Imperfect Aggregation', IEEE Transactions on Communications, 73, pp. 1058 - 1071, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCOMM.2024.3450605

Shen J; Wu B; Wang M; Zou S; Cui L; Ni W, 2025, 'RLDR: Reinforcement Learning-Based Fast Data Recovery in Cloud-of-Clouds Storage Systems', IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, 13, pp. 526 - 543, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCC.2025.3546528

Li W; Lv T; Ni W; Zhao J; Hossain E; Poor HV, 2025, 'Route-and-Aggregate Decentralized Federated Learning under Communication Errors', IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2025.3552406

Duan L; Wang Y; Liu J; Ni W; Li C; Wang W; Liu Z; Jamalipour A, 2025, 'Secure and Fine-Grained Data Sharing in Internet of Things: Integration of Interplanetary File System and Cross-Blockchain for Access Control', IEEE Internet of Things Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2025.3583969

Chen M; Qu X; Liu E; Ni W; Long Q; Ma H, 2025, 'Statistical Channel Modeling and Estimation for PMMA-Based Vehicle-Mounted Magnetic Communication Systems', IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2025.3574843

Yu H; Wu J; Wang Z; Ni W; Song L, 2025, 'Towards Accurate 3D Human Reconstruction: Segmentation-Based Supervision With Uncertainty Estimation', IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 32, pp. 1036 - 1040, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LSP.2025.3543317

Zhou X; Shen A; Hu S; Ni W; Wang X; Hossain E, 2025, 'Towards Quantum-Native Communication Systems: State-of-the-Art, Trends, and Challenges', IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/COMST.2025.3575842

Hu B; Tian H; Ni W; Fan S; Hossain E, 2025, 'User-Centric Multi-Static Sensing for Joint User and Target Tracking in Mobile Wireless Systems', IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2025.3560901

Xu C; Qu Y; Ding M; Ni W; Gao L; Li J; Vincent Poor H, 2025, 'What is the Value of Heuristic Model Selection and Aggregation in Federated Learning?', IEEE Network, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MNET.2025.3586566

Zhao X; Cui Q; Li W; Ni W; Hossain E; Sheng QZ; Tao X; Zhang P, 2025, 'Convergence-Privacy-Fairness Trade-Off in Personalized Federated Learning', IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking, 3, pp. 246 - 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tmlcn.2025.3528901

Jiang Y; Ma B; Wang X; Yu G; Sun C; Ni W; Liu RP, 2024, 'Preventing harm to the rare in combating the malicious: A filtering-and-voting framework with adaptive aggregation in federated learning', Neurocomputing, 604, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2024.128317

Zou S; Wu J; Yu H; Wang W; Huang L; Ni W; Liu Y, 2024, 'Efficiency-optimized 6G: A virtual network resource orchestration strategy by enhanced particle swarm optimization', Digital Communications and Networks, 10, pp. 1221 - 1233, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dcan.2023.06.008

Gao T; Duan L; Feng L; Ni W; Sheng QZ, 2024, 'A Novel Blockchain-based Responsible Recommendation System for Service Process Creation and Recommendation', ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3643858

Jiang Y; Ma B; Wang X; Yu G; Yu P; Wang Z; Ni W; Liu RP, 2024, 'Blockchained Federated Learning for Internet of Things: A Comprehensive Survey', ACM Computing Surveys, 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3659099

Qi L; Wu B; Chen X; Zhou L; Ni W; Jamalipour A, 2024, 'Joint Optimization of Internet of Things and Smart Grid for Energy Generation, Battery (Dis)charging, and Information Delivery', IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11, pp. 21647 - 21658, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2024.3377451

Gong Z; Cui Q; Ni W, 2024, 'Cross-Domain Knowledge Transfer for Sustainable Heterogeneous Industrial Internet-of-Things Networks', Sensors, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s24113265

Moosavi SKR; Saadat A; Abaid Z; Ni W; Li K; Guizani M, 2024, 'Feature selection based on dataset variance optimization using Hybrid Sine Cosine – Firehawk Algorithm (HSCFHA)', Future Generation Computer Systems, 155, pp. 272 - 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2024.02.017

Altaf T; Wang X; Ni W; Yu G; Liu RP; Braun R, 2024, 'GNN-Based Network Traffic Analysis for the Detection of Sequential Attacks in IoT', Electronics Switzerland, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics13122274

Yang C; Wang X; Ni W, 2024, 'Joint Transmit and Receive Beamforming Design for DPC-Based MIMO DFRC Systems', Electronics Switzerland, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics13101846

Zhang Z; Yu G; Sun C; Wang X; Wang Y; Zhang M; Ni W; Liu RP; Reeves A; Georgalas N, 2024, 'TBDD: A new trust-based, DRL-driven framework for blockchain sharding in IoT', Computer Networks, 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2024.110343

Zhou X; Lin Z; Gu R; Ni W; Jamalipour A, 2024, 'A New Meta-Learning Framework for Estimating Atmospheric Turbulence and Phase Noise in Optical Satellite Internet of Things Systems', IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11, pp. 11190 - 11201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2023.3329566

Liu B; Ni W; Liu RP; Guo YJ; Zhu H, 2024, 'Optimal Electric Vehicle Charging Strategies for Long-Distance Driving', IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 73, pp. 4949 - 4960, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2023.3332097

Ma X; Huang M; Ni W; Yin M; Min J; Jamalipour A, 2024, 'Balancing Time and Energy Efficiency by Sizing Clusters: A New Data Collection Scheme in UAV-Aided Large-Scale Internet of Things', IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11, pp. 9355 - 9367, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2023.3323321

Xing J; Lv T; Li W; Ni W; Jamalipour A, 2024, 'Joint Optimization of Beamforming and Noise Injection for Covert Downlink Transmissions in Cell-Free Internet of Things Networks', IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11, pp. 10525 - 10536, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2023.3326275

Guan Y; Zou S; Peng H; Ni W; Sun Y; Gao H, 2024, 'Cooperative UAV Trajectory Design for Disaster Area Emergency Communications: A Multiagent PPO Method', IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11, pp. 8848 - 8859, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2023.3320796

Yuan X; Hu S; Ni W; Wang X; Jamalipour A, 2024, 'Empowering Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces with Artificial Intelligence to Secure Air-To-Ground Internet-of-Things', IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, 7, pp. 14 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IOTM.001.2300129

Wang Z; Cao Y; Chang Z; Lv T; Ni W, 2024, 'Energy efficiency maximization in UAV communication networks with nonlinear energy harvesting', Computer Networks, 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2024.110222

Qu Y; Yuan X; Ding M; Ni W; Rakotoarivelo T; Smith D, 2024, 'Learn to Unlearn: Insights Into Machine Unlearning', Computer, 57, pp. 79 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MC.2023.3333319

Li Z; Zhou X; Ni W; Wang X, 2024, 'A New Photon-Counting MU-MISO Ultraviolet Communication System With MMSE Precoding in Turbulence Channels', IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 73, pp. 10805 - 10810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2024.3373655

Qi X; Li C; Ni W; Ma H, 2024, 'A novel adaptive fuzzy prescribed performance congestion control for network systems with predefined settling time', Neural Computing and Applications, 36, pp. 523 - 532, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00521-023-09022-w

Yang W; Zou S; Gao H; Wang L; Ni W, 2024, 'A Novel Method for Targeted Identification of Essential Proteins by Integrating Chemical Reaction Optimization and Naive Bayes Model', IEEE ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 21, pp. 1274 - 1286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCBB.2024.3382392

You F; Yuan X; Ni W; Jamalipour A, 2024, 'A Novel Privacy-Preserving Incentive Mechanism for Multi-Access Edge Computing', IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 10, pp. 1928 - 1943, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCCN.2024.3391303

Jin X; Lv T; Ni W; Lin Z; Zhu Q; Hossain E; Poor HV, 2024, 'A Reconfigurable Subarray Architecture and Hybrid Beamforming for Millimeter-Wave Dual-Function-Radar-Communication Systems', IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 23, pp. 12594 - 12607, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3393739

Geng Y; Liu E; Ni W; Wang R; Liu Y; Xu H; Cai C; Jamalipour A, 2024, 'Balancing Performance and Cost for Two-Hop Cooperative Communications: Stackelberg Game and Distributed Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning', IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 10, pp. 2193 - 2208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCCN.2024.3400516

Lin X; Ma B; Wang X; Yu G; He Y; Liu RP; Ni W, 2024, 'ByCAN: Reverse Engineering Controller Area Network (CAN) Messages From Bit to Byte Level', IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11, pp. 35477 - 35491, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2024.3435833

Qi X; Li C; Chen B; Ni W; Ma H, 2024, 'Correction to: Novel neural adaptive terminal sliding mode control for TCP network systems with arbitrary convergence time (Neural Computing and Applications, (2023), 35, 27, (20365-20374), 10.1007/s00521-023-08746-z)', Neural Computing and Applications, 36, pp. 519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00521-023-09048-0

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