Publications
2024
- Enhancing LLM Safety via Constrained Direct Preference Optimization
Zixuan Liu, Xiaolin Sun, and Zizhan Zheng
- Improving Targeted Mass Spectrometry Data Analysis with Nested Active Machine Learning
Duran Bao, Qingbo Shu, Bo Ning, Michael Tang, Yubing Liu, Noel Wong, Zhengming Ding, Zizhan Zheng, Christopher J. Lyon, Tony Hu, and Jia Fan
Advanced Intelligent Systems - Belief-Enriched Pessimistic Q-Learning against Adversarial State Perturbations [code]
Xiaolin Sun and Zizhan Zheng
International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)
2023
- Robust Q-Learning against State Perturbations: a Belief-Enriched Pessimistic Approach
Xiaolin Sun and Zizhan Zheng
NeurIPS Workshop on Multi-Agent Security: Security as Key to AI Safety (MASEC) - A First Order Meta Stackelberg Method for Robust Federated Learning
Yunian Pan, Tao Li, Henger Li, Tianyi Xu, Quanyan Zhu, and Zizhan Zheng
ICML Workshop on New Frontiers in Adversarial Machine Learning (AdvML-Frontiers) - Pandering in a (Flexible) Representative Democracy
Xiaolin Sun, Jacob Masur, Ben Abramowitz, Nicholas Mattei, and Zizhan Zheng
Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI) - CoBF: Coordinated Beamforming in Dense mmWave Networks
Ding Zhang, Panneer Selvam Santhalingam, Parth Pathak, Zizhan Zheng
ACM International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems (SIGMETRICS) - Learning to Backdoor Federated Learning [code]
Henger Li, Chen Wu, Sencun Zhu, and Zizhan Zheng
ICLR 2023 Workshop on Backdoor Attacks and Defenses in Machine Learning (BANDS) - Does Delegating Votes Protect Against Pandering Candidates? (Extended Abstract)
Xiaolin Sun, Jacob Masur, Ben Abramowitz, Nicholas Mattei, and Zizhan Zheng
International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS) - Towards Optimal Tradeoff Between Data Freshness and Update Cost in Information-update Systems
Zhongdong Liu, Bin Li, Zizhan Zheng, Y. Thomas Hou, and Bo Ji
IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoTJ) - Online Learning for Adaptive Probing and Scheduling in Dense WLANs
Tianyi Xu, Ding Zhang, and Zizhan Zheng
IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM)
2022
- Learning to Attack Federated Learning: A Model-based Reinforcement Learning Attack Framework [code]
Henger Li*, Xiaolin Sun*, and Zizhan Zheng (*Co-primary authors)
Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) - Robust Moving Target Defense against Unknown Attacks: A Meta-Reinforcement Learning Approach [code]
Henger Li and Zizhan Zheng
Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec) - Towards Optimal Tradeoff Between Data Freshness
and Update Cost in Information-update Systems
Zhongdong Liu, Bin Li, Zizhan Zheng, Y. Thomas Hou, and Bo Ji
International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN) - Placement and
Allocation of Virtual Network Functions: Multi-dimensional Case
Gamal Sallam, Zizhan Zheng, and Bo Ji
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC) - Networked
Beamforming in Dense mmWave WLANs
Ding Zhang, Panneer Selvam Santhalingam, Parth Pathak, and Zizhan Zheng
International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (ACM HotMobile)
2021
- Joint AP Probing and Scheduling: A
Contextual Bandit Approach
Tianyi Xu, Ding Zhang, Parth H. Pathak, and Zizhan Zheng
Military Communications Conference (MILCOM) - Coordinated Attacks Against Federated Learning: A Multi-Agent
Reinforcement Learning Approach
Wen Shen, Henger Li, and Zizhan Zheng
ICLR 2021 Workshop on Security and Safety in Machine Learning Systems (SecML), selected for travel award
2020
- Learning to Attack Distributionally Robust Federated Learning
Wen Shen, Henger Li, and Zizhan Zheng
NeurIPS-20 Workshop on Scalability, Privacy, and Security in Federated Learning (SpicyFL), selected for oral presentation - Robust Sequence
Submodular Maximization
Gamal Sallam, Zizhan Zheng, Jie Wu, and Bo Ji
Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) - Defending
Against Stealthy Attacks on Multiple Nodes with Limited Resources: A
Game-Theoretic Analysis
Ming Zhang, Zizhan Zheng, and Ness B. Shroff
IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems (TCNS) - Towards
Automatic Detection of Nonfunctional Sensitive Transmissions in
Mobile Applications
Hao Fu, Pengfei Hu, Zizhan Zheng, Aveek K. Das, Parth H. Pathak, Tianbo Gu, Sencun Zhu, Prasant Mohapatra
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC) - Spatial-Temporal Moving
Target Defense: A Markov Stackelberg Game Model [code]
Henger Li, Wen Shen, and Zizhan Zheng
International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS) - Structure Matters: Towards
Generating Transferable Adversarial Images
Dan Peng, Zizhan Zheng, Linhao Luo, and Xiaofeng Zhang
European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI)
2019
- Placement and Allocation
of Virtual Network Functions: Multi-dimensional Case
Gamal Sallam, Zizhan Zheng, and Bo Ji
IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP) - Optimal Timing of Moving Target
Defense: A Stackelberg Game Model
Henger Li and Zizhan Zheng
Military Communications Conference (MILCOM) - Characterizing Interference
Mitigation Techniques in Dense 60 GHz mmWave WLANs
Ding Zhang, Panneer Selvam Santhalingam, Parth Pathak, and Zizhan Zheng
International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN) - Keeping Context In Mind: Automating
Mobile App Access Control with User Interface Inspection
Hao Fu, Zizhan Zheng, Sencun Zhu, and Prasant Mohapatra
IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) - Structure-Preserving
Transformation: Generating Diverse and Transferable Adversarial
Examples
Dan Peng, Zizhan Zheng, and Xiaofeng Zhang
AAAI-19 Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security (AICS)
2018
- An Online Algorithm for
Power-proportional Data Centers with Switching Cost
Ming Zhang, Zizhan Zheng, and Ness B. Shroff
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) - Poster: Policy Design under
Collusion
Benjamin Sperisen, Stefano Barbieri, K. Brent Venable, and Zizhan Zheng
ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC) - Analysis of Thompson Sampling for
Graphical Bandits Without the Graphs
Fang Liu, Zizhan Zheng, and Ness B. Shroff
Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI) - Online Partial
Throughput Maximization for Multidimensional Coflow
Sungjin Im, Maryam Shadloo, and Zizhan Zheng (alphabetical order)
IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM)
2017
- The Impact
of Stealthy Attacks on Smart Grid Performance: Tradeoffs and
Implications
Yara Abdallah, Zizhan Zheng, Ness B. Shroff, Hesham El Gamal, and Tarek M. El-Fouly
IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems (TCNS) - A Stackelberg Game and
Markov Modeling of Moving Target Defense
Xiaotao Feng, Zizhan Zheng, Derya Cansever, and Prasant Mohapatra
Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec) - Concurrent Channel
Probing and Data Transmission in Full-duplex MIMO Systems
Zhenzhi Qian, Fei Wu, Zizhan Zheng, Kannan Srinivasan and Ness B. Shroff
ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc) - LeakSemantic: Identifying
Abnormal Sensitive Network Transmissions in Mobile Applications
Hao Fu, Zizhan Zheng, Somdutta Bose, Matt Bishop, and Prasant Mohapatra
IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) - A
Signaling Game Model for Moving Target Defense
Xiaotao Feng, Zizhan Zheng, Derya Cansever, Ananthram Swami, and Prasant Mohapatra
IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) - When
to Reset Your Keys: Optimal Timing of Security Updates via Learning
[technical
report]
Zizhan Zheng, Ness B. Shroff, and Prasant Mohapatra
AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
2016
- Stealthy
Attacks with Insider Information: A Game Theoretic Model with
Asymmetric Feedback
Xiaotao Feng, Zizhan Zheng, Derya Cansever, Ananthram Swami, and Prasant Mohapatra
International Conference for Military Communications (MILCOM) - Trust
Exploitation and Attention Competition: A Game Theoretic Model
Hao Fu, Hongxing Li, Zizhan Zheng, Pengfei Hu, and Prasant Mohapatra
International Conference for Military Communications (MILCOM) - FlowIntent:
Detecting Privacy Leakage from User Intention to Network Traffic
Mapping
Hao Fu, Zizhan Zheng, Aveek Kumar Das, Parth H. Pathak, and Prasant Mohapatra
IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication and Networking (SECON) - Online
Multi-Resource Allocation for Deadline Sensitive Jobs with Partial
Values in the Cloud
Zizhan Zheng and Ness B. Shroff
IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) - VSync: Cloud Based
Video Streaming Service for Mobile Devices
Eilwoo Baik, Amit Pande, Zizhan Zheng, and Prasant Mohapatra
IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM)
2015
- A
Game Theoretic Model for Defending Against Stealthy Attacks with
Limited Resources
Ming Zhang, Zizhan Zheng, and Ness B. Shroff
Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec) - Stealthy
Attacks Meets Insider Threats: A Three-Player Game Model
Xiaotao Feng, Zizhan Zheng, Pengfei Hu, Derya Cansever, and Prasant Mohapatra
International Conference for Military Communications (MILCOM) -
Provably Delay Efficient Data Retrieving in Storage Clouds
Yin Sun, Zizhan Zheng, C. Emre Koksal, Kyu-Han Kim, and Ness B. Shroff
IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) -
Ensuring Predictable Contact Opportunity for Scalable Vehicular
Internet Access On the Go
Zizhan Zheng, Zhixue Lu, Prasun Sinha, and Santosh Kumar
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
2014
-
Stealthy Attacks and Observable Defenses: A Game Theoretic Model
Under Strict Resource Constraints
Ming Zhang, Zizhan Zheng, and Ness B. Shroff
IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP) (invited) -
Online Welfare Maximization for Electric Vehicle Charging with
Electricity Cost
Zizhan Zheng and Ness B. Shroff
ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy) - Submodular
Utility Maximization for Deadline Constrained Data Collection in
Sensor Networks
Zizhan Zheng and Ness B. Shroff
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC) -
Maximizing System Throughput by Cooperative Sensing in Cognitive
Radio Networks
Shuang Li, Zizhan Zheng, Eylem Ekici, and Ness B. Shroff
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
2013
-
Maximizing Social Welfare in Operator-based Cognitive Radio Networks
under Spectrum Uncertainty and Sensing Inaccuracy
Shuang Li, Zizhan Zheng, Eylem Ekici, and Ness B. Shroff
IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) -
Maximizing Information in Unreliable Sensor Networks under Deadline
and Energy Constraints
Srikanth Hariharan, Zizhan Zheng, and Ness B. Shroff
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC)
2012
-
On the Efficiency-vs-Security Tradeoff in the Smart Grid
Yara Abdallah, Zizhan Zheng, Ness B. Shroff, and Hesham El Gamal
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) -
Maximizing System Throughput Using Cooperative Sensing in
Multi-Channel Cognitive Radio Networks
Shuang Li, Zizhan Zheng, Eylem Ekici, and Ness B. Shroff
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) -
Maximizing a Submodular Utility for Deadline Constrained Data
Collection in Sensor Networks
Zizhan Zheng and Ness B. Shroff
IEEE International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt) - Maximizing
System Throughput by Cooperative Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks
Shuang Li, Zizhan Zheng, Eylem Ekici, and Ness B. Shroff
IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) -
Sparse WiFi Deployment for Vehicular Internet Access with Bounded
Interconnection Gap
Zizhan Zheng, Prasun Sinha, and Santosh Kumar
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
Before 2012
-
Perpetual and Fair Data Collection for Environmental Energy
Harvesting Sensor Networksx
Ren-Shiou Liu, Kai-Wei Fan, Zizhan Zheng, and Prasun Sinha; IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON), 2011 - Maximizing
the Contact Opportunity for Vehicular Internet Access.
Zizhan Zheng, Zhixue Lu, Prasun Sinha, and Santosh Kumar; INFOCOM 2010 - Towards Automatic Tuning of Adaptive Computations in Autonomic
Middleware
Ying Zhang, Gang Huang, Xuanzhe Liu, Zizhan Zheng, and Hong Mei; The 9th International Workshop on Adaptive and Reflective Middleware (ARM), 2010 - Demo
Abstract: An Affordable, Long-Lasting, and Autonomous Theft
Detection and Tracking System
Somnath Mitra, Zizhan Zheng, Santanu Guha, Animikh Ghosh, Prabal Dutta, Bhagavathy Krishna, Kurt Plarre, Santosh Kumar, and Prasun Sinha; ACM SENSYS 2009 -
Trap Coverage: Allowing Coverage Holes of Bounded Diameter in
Wireless Sensor Networks
Paul N. Balister, Zizhan Zheng, Santosh Kumar, and Prasun Sinha; INFOCOM 2009 - Alpha
Coverage: Bounding the Interconnection Gap for Vehicular Internet
Access
Zizhan Zheng, Prasun Sinha, and Santosh Kumar; INFOCOM 2009 (mini-conference) - Buffer
Coding for Reliable Transmissions over Wireless Networks
Zizhan Zheng and Prasun Sinha; Elsevier Computer Communications (COMCOM), 2009. - Steady
and Fair Rate Allocation for Rechargeable Sensors in Perpetual
Sensor Networks
Kai-Wei Fan, Zizhan Zheng, and Prasun Sinha; ACM SENSYS 2008 - Distributed
Roadmap Aided Routing in Sensor Networks [technical
report]
Zizhan Zheng, Kai-Wei Fan, Prasun Sinha, and Yusu Wang; IEEE MASS 2018 (short paper) - XBC:
XOR-based Buffer Coding for Reliable Transmissions over Wireless
Networks
Zizhan Zheng and Prasun Sinha; IEEE BROADNETS 2007