Yan Zhang

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  • IEEE Fellow
  • IET Fellow
  • Elected member, Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (NTVA)
  • The World 2019 "Highly Cited Researcher", (Web of Science top 1% most cited worldwide)
  • The World 2018 "Highly Cited Researcher"，(Web of Science top 1% most cited worldwide)
  • Among World's Top 1000 Scientists of Computer Science and Electronics in 2020 Guide2Research ranking, Dr. Zhang is ranked 1 in Norway and 943 worldwide. The ranking is based on H-index, Google Scholar, DBLP and citations values gathered by May 16th 2020. More information in Guide2Research
  • Chair, IEEE ComSoc TCGCC (Technical Committee on Green Communications & Computing)
  • IEEE VTS (Vehicular Technology Society) Distinguished Lecturer
  • Member, IEEE VTS Fellowship and Scholarship Committee
  • CCF (China Computer Federation) 2019 Distinguished Speaker
  • Elected member, CCF Technical Committee on Blockchain
  • Google Scholar citations: 16000+; H-index: 69

Research Interest

  • Energy Informatics, Energy Internet
  • Edge intelligence, Edge computing
  • Blockchain

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Editor in top-ranked IEEE Transactions/Magazine

  • Editor, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

  • Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

  • Editor, IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking

  • Editor, IEEE System Journal

  • Editor, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials

  • Associate Technical Editor, IEEE Communications Magazine

  • Editor, IEEE Network Magazine

  • Editor, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine

  • Editor, IEEE Internet of Things Journal

  • Editor, IEEE Blockchain Technical Briefs

Guest Editor

  • Guest Editor, IEEE Wireless Communications, special issue on "Edge Intelligence for Beyond 5G"

  • Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transport Systems, special issue on "Edge Intelligence for Internet of Vehicles"
  • Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, special issue on "Blockchain for Vehicular and Intelligent Communications"
  • Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, special issue on "Blockchain Solutions for Industrial Internet of Things"
  • Guest Editor, IEEE Internet of Things journal, special issue on "Intelligent Blockchain for Internet of Things"
  • Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, special issue on "Blockchain for Industrial Internet of Things"

  • Guest Editor, IEEE Network Magazine, special issue on "AI for Network Traffic Control"

  • Guest Editor, IEEE Communications Magazine, special issue on "Multi-Access Mobile Edge Computing for Heterogeneous IoT"

  • Guest Editor, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, special issue on "Mobile Edge Computing for Vehicular Networks"

  • Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, special issue on "Energy Informatics for Green Cities" (deadline: July 1, 2017)

  • Guest Editor, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, special issue on "Wireless Big Data: Technologies and Applications" (deadline: May 1, 2017)

  • Guest Editor, IEEE Access, special issue on "The Internet of Energy: Architectures, Cyber Security, and Applications" (deadline: December 31, 2016)

  • Guest editor for IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Network Magazine, IEEE Wireless Communications, IEEE TSG, IEEE TII, IEEE TDSC, IEEE Systems, IEEE Internet of Things

Conferences

  • Symposium Chair, SAC Big Data, IEEE ICC 2021

  • TPC Chair, IEEE ICCT 2020

  • General Chair, BlockSys 2020, BlockSys 2019

  • Symposium Chair, "Green Communications Systems and Networks" Symposium, IEEE GLOBECOM 2017

  • Symposium Chair, "Green Communications and Networks" Symposium, IEEE VTC2017-Spring

  • Track Chair, "Green and Sustainable Communications and Network Computing" Track, IEEE WiMob 2017

  • Demonstration Co-Chair, IEEE WoWMoM 2017

  • Track Co-Chair, IEEE CloudCom 2016

  • Track Co-chair, "Mobile and Wireless Networks" track, IEEE PIMRC 2016

  • Demo Co-chair, IEEE CCNC 2016

  • Symposium Co-Chair, Cyber Security Symposium,  IEEE SmartGridComm 2015

Teaching

Tags: Energy Informatics; Edge computing, Blockchain

Publications

·  X. Huang, R. Yu, S. Xie and Y. Zhang, "Task-Container Matching Game for Computation Offloading in Vehicular Edge Computing and Networks", IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, accepted

·  W. Zhong, K. Xie, Y. Liu, C. Yang, S. Xie, and Y. Zhang, "Distributed Demand Response for Multi-Energy Residential Communities with Incomplete Information", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, accepted

·  Y. Lu, X. Huang, K. Zhang, S. Maharjan and Y. Zhang, "Blockchain Empowered Asynchronous Federated Learning for Secure Data Sharing in Internet of Vehicles", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol.69, no.4, pp.4298-4311, April 2020

·  H. Liu, P. Zhang, G. Pu, T. Yang, S. Maharjan and Y. Zhang, "Blockchain Empowered Cooperative Authentication with Data Traceability in Vehicular Edge Computing", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol.69, no.4, pp.4221-4232, April 2020

·  Y. Dai, D. Xu, K. Zhang, S. Maharjan, and Y. Zhang, "Deep Reinforcement Learning and Permissioned Blockchain for Content Caching in Vehicular Edge Computing and Networks", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol.69, no.4, pp.4312-4324, April 2020

·  Y. Wei, Y. Chen, M. Xiao, S Maharjan, and Y. Zhang, "Protecting Machine Learning Integrity in Distributed Big Data Networking", IEEE Network Magazine, accepted

·  X. Chen, C. Wu, T. Chen, H. Zhang, Z. Liu, Y. Zhang, and M. Bennis "Age of Information-Aware Radio Resource Management in Vehicular Networks: A Proactive Deep Reinforcement Learning Perspective", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.19, no.4, vol. 2268 - 2281, April 2020.

·  S. Mao, S. Leng, S. Maharjan, and Y. Zhang, "Energy Efficiency and Delay Tradeoff for Wireless Powered Mobile-Edge Computing Systems with Multi-Access Schemes", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.19, no.3, pp.1855 - 1867, March 2020.

·  W. Zhong, K. Xie, Y. Liu, C. Yang, S. Xie, and Y. Zhang, "Online Control and Near-Optimal Algorithm for Distributed Energy Storage Sharing in Smart Grid", IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, accepted

·  Z. Zhou, X. Chen, Y. Zhang, and S. Mumtaz, "Blockchain-Empowered Secure Spectrum Sharing for 5G Heterogeneous Networks", IEEE Network Magazine, vol.34, no.1, pp.24 - 31, Jan/Feb. 2020

·  Q. Li, H. Yao, T. Mai, C. Jiang and Y. Zhang, "Reinforcement and Belief Learning based Double Auction Mechanism for Edge Computing Resource Allocation", IEEE Internet of Things, accepted

·  Y. Xu, J. Ren, Y. Zhang, C. Zhang, B. Shen and Y. Zhang, "Blockchain Empowered Arbitrable Data Auditing Scheme for Network Storage as a Service", IEEE Transactions on Service Computing, vol.13, no.2, pp. 289-300, March/April 2020

·  K. Zhang, J. Cao, H. Liu, S. Maharjan and Y. Zhang,"Deep Reinforcement Learning for Social-Aware Edge Computing and Caching in Urban Informatics", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, accepted

·  L. Jiang, S. Xie, S. Maharjan, and Y. Zhang, "Joint Transaction Relaying and Block Verification Optimization for Blockchain Empowered D2D Communication", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol.69, no.1, pp.828 - 841, Jan. 2020.

·  Y. Lu, X. Huang, Y. Dai, S. Maharjan and Y. Zhang, "Blockchain and Federated Learning for Privacy-preserved Data Sharing in Industrial IoT", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol.16, no.6, pp.4177-4186, June 2020

·  Y. Lu, X. Huang, Y. Dai, S. Maharjan and Y. Zhang, "Differentially Private Asynchronous Federated Learning for Mobile Edge Computing in Urban Informatics", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol.16, no.3, pp. 2134 - 2143, March 2020.

·  Y. Lu, X. Huang, Y. Dai, S. Maharjan and Y. Zhang, "Federated Learning for Data Privacy Preservation in Vehicular Cyber-Physical Systems", IEEE Network Magazine, accepted

·  K. Anoh, S. Maharjan, A. Ikpehai, Y. Zhang and B. Adebisi, "Energy Peer-to-Peer Trading in Virtual Microgrids in Smart Grids: A Game-Theoretic Approach", IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol.11, no.2, pp. 1264 - 1275, March 2020

·  G. Qiao, S. Leng, S. Maharjan, Y. Zhang and N. Ansari, "Deep Reinforcement Learning for Cooperative Content Caching in Vehicular Edge Computing and Networks", IEEE Internet of Things, vol.7, no.1, pp.247-257, Jan.2020.

·  W. Zhong, K. Xie, Y. Liu, C. Yang, S. Xie, and Y. Zhang, "ADMM Empowered Distributed Computational Intelligence for Internet of Energy", IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, vol.14, no.4, pp.42-51, Nov.2019

·  Y. Liu, H. Yu, S. Xie and Y. Zhang, "Deep Reinforcement Learning for Offloading and Resource Allocation in Vehicle Edge Computing and Networks", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol.68, no.11, pp.11158 - 11168, Nov.2019.

·  L. Liu, C. Chen, Q. Pei, and Y. Zhang, "Vechicular Edge Computing and Networking: A Survey", ACM/Springer Mobile Networks and Applications, accepted

·  H. Dai, Z. Zhen, and Y. Zhang, "Blockchain for Internet of Things: A Survey", IEEE Internet of Things, vol.6, no.5, pp.8076 - 8094, Oct.2019

·  W. Chen, Z. Zhang, Z. Hong, C. Chen, J. Wu. S. Maharjan, Z. Zheng and Y. Zhang, "Cooperative and Distributed Computation Offloading for Blockchain-Empowered Industrial Internet of Things", IEEE Internet of Things, vol.6, no.5, pp.8433 - 8446, Oct. 2019.

·  K. Zhang, Y. Zhu, S. Maharjan, and Y. Zhang, "Edge Intelligence and Blockchain Empowered 5G Beyond for Industrial Internet of Things", IEEE Network Magazine, vol.33, no.5, pp.12-19, Sep/Oct.2019.

·  B. Li, Z. Fei, Y. Zhang, and M. Guizani, "Secure UAV Communication Networks over 5G", IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, vol.26, no.5, pp.114-120, Oct.2019.

·  L. Jiang, S. Xie, S. Maharjan, and Y. Zhang, “Blockchain Empowered Wireless Power Transfer for Green and Secure Internet of Things", IEEE Network Magazine, vol.33, no.6, pp.164-171, Nov/Dec. 2019.

·  Z. Zheng, Y. Yang, J. Liu, H. Dai and Y. Zhang, “Deep and Embedded Learning Approach for Traffic Flow Prediction in Urban Informatics", IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol.20, no.10, pp. 3927-3939, Oct.2019.

·  K. Gai, Y. Wu, L. Zhu, L. Xu, and Y. Zhang, “Permissioned Blockchain and Edge Computing Empowered Privacy-preserving Smart Grid Networks", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol.6, no.5, pp.7992-8004, Oct.2019.

·  K. Zhang, Y. Zhu, S. Leng, Y. He, S. Maharjan and Y. Zhang, “Deep Learning Empowered Task Offloading for Mobile Edge Computing in Urban Informatics", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol.6, no.5, pp.7635-7647, Oct.2019.

·  C. Wu, X. Chen, T. Yoshinaga, Y. Ji and Y. Zhang, "Integrating Licensed and Unlicensed Spectrum in Internet-of-Vehicles with Mobile Edge Computing", IEEE Network Magazine, vol.33, no.4, pp.48 - 53, July-August 2019

·  Y. Liu, C. Yang, L. Jiang, S. Xie and Y. Zhang, "Intelligent Edge Computing for IoT-Based Energy Management in Smart Cities", IEEE Network Magazine, vol.33, no.2, pp.111-117, March/April 2019

·  Y. Dai, D. Xu, S. Maharjan, Z. Chen, Q. He and Y. Zhang, "Blockchain and Deep Reinforcement Learning Empowered Intelligent 5G Beyond", IEEE Network Magazine, vol.33, no.3, pp.10-17, May/June 2019.

·  Z. Zhou, P. Liu, J. Feng, Y. Zhang, S. Mumtaz, and J. Rodriguez, "Computation Resource Allocation and Task Assignment Optimization in Vehicular Fog Computing: A Contract-Matching Approach", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol.68, no.4, pp.3113-3125, April 2019.

·  Y. Dai, D. Xu, S. Maharjan, G. Qiao, and Y. Zhang, “Artificial Intelligence Empowered Edge Computing and Caching for Internet of Vehicles", IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, vol.26, no.3, pp.12-18, June 2019.

·  B. Li, Z. Fei, and Y. Zhang, “UAV Communications for 5G and Beyond: Recent Advances and Future Trends", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol.6, no.2, pp. 2241-2263, April 2019.

·  L. Xu, T. Bao, L. Zhu and Y. Zhang,"Trust-based Privacy-Preserving Photo Sharing in Online Social Networks", IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol.21, no.3, pp.591-602, March 2019.

·  E. Kure, P. Engelstad, S. Maharjan, S. Gjessing and Y. Zhang, “Distributed Uplink Offloading for IoT in 5G Heterogeneous Networks under Private Information Constraints", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol.6, no.4, pp.6151 - 6164, August 2019

·  X. Wang, Z. Ning, M. Zhou, X. Hu, L. Wang, Y. Zhang, F. Richard Yu, and B. Hu, “Privacy-Preserving Content Dissemination for Vehicular Social Networks: Challenges and Solutions,” IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol.21, no.2, pp. 1314-1345, 2019.

·  Z. Zhou, B. Wang, Y. Guo and Y. Zhang, "Blockchain and Computational Intelligence inspired Incentive-Compatible Demand Response in Internet of Electric Vehicles", IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, vol.3, no.3, pp.205-216, June 2019

·  Y. Dai, D. Xu, S. Maharjan, and Y. Zhang, "Joint Computation Offloading and User Association in Multi-task Mobile Edge Computing", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol.67, no.12, pp.12313-12325, Dec.2018.

·  Y. Dai, D. Xu, S. Maharjan, and Y. Zhang, "Joint Load Balancing and Offloading in Vehicular Edge Computing and Networks", IEEE Internet of Things, vol.6, no.3, pp.4377-4387, June 2019.

·  J. Kang, R. Yu, X. Huang, M. Wu, S. Maharjan, S. Xie and Y. Zhang, "Blockchain for Secure and Efficient Data Sharing in Vehicular Edge Computing and Networks", IEEE Internet of Things, vol.6, no.3, pp.4660-4670, June 2019.

·  K. Zhang, S. Leng, X. Peng, P. Li, S. Maharjan, and Y. Zhang, "Artificial Intelligence Inspired Transmission Scheduling in Cognitive Vehicular Communications and Networks", IEEE Internet of Things, vol.6, no.2, pp.1987-1997, April 2019

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