**About the Editors**

### **Tao Huang**

Dr. Huang is a Senior Member of IEEE and holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Dr. Huang is an Electronic Systems and IoT Engineering lecturer at James Cook University, Cairns, Australia. He was an Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Research Fellow, a visiting scholar at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, a research associate at the University of New South Wales, and a postdoctoral research fellow at James Cook University. Dr. Huang has received the Australian Postgraduate Award, the Engineering Research Award at The University of New South Wales, the Best Paper Award from the IEEE WCNC, the IEEE Outstanding Leadership Award, and the Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning at James Cook University. Dr. Huang is a co-inventor of an international patent for MIMO systems. Dr. Huang is a member of the IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, and IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. He serves as the MTT-S/COM Chapter Chair and Young Professionals Affinity Group Chair for the IEEE Northern Australia Section. He also serves in various capacities at international conferences as TPC chair/vice chair, program vice chair, symposium chair, local chair, and TPC member. Dr. Huang is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Open Journal of Communications Society, IEEE Access, and IET Communications. He is also a Topical Advisory Panel Member and Guest Editor of MDPI's Electronics. His research interests include IoT security, wireless communications, deep learning, intelligent sensing, computer vision, pattern recognition, and electronic systems.

### **Shihao Yan**

Dr. Yan received a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia, in 2015. He received a B.S. in Communication Engineering and an M.S. in Communication and Information Systems from Shandong University, Jinan, China, in 2009 and 2012, respectively. He was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Australian National University, a University Research Fellow at Macquarie University, and a Senior Research Associate at the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW, Sydney, Australia. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in the School of Science, Edith Cowan University (ECU), Perth, Australia. He is also the Theme Lead for Emerging Technologies for Cybersecurity in the Security Research Institute (SRI) at ECU. He was a Technical Co-Chair and Panel Member of a number of IEEE conferences and workshops, including the IEEE GlobeCOM 2018 Workshop on Trusted Communications with Physical Layer Security and IEEE VTC 2017 Spring Workshop on Positioning Solutions for Cooperative ITS. He was also awarded the Endeavour Research Fellowship by the Department of Education, Australia. His current research interests are in the areas of signal processing for wireless communication security and privacy, including covert communications, covert sensing, location spoofing detection, physical layer security, IRS-aided wireless communications, and UAV-aided communications.

### **Guanglin Zhang**

Prof. Zhang is currently a professor, doctoral supervisor, and vice dean at the College of Information Science and Technology in Donghua University, Shanghai. He has been recognized with several prestigious honors, including the Excellent Academic Leader in Shanghai in 2023, the Eastern Scholar in 2022, the Shuguang Scholar in Shanghai in 2020, and the Young Top-notch Talent in Shanghai awards in 2019. He completed his B.S. degree in Applied Mathematics at Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China, in 2003. He further pursued his M.S. degree in Operational Research and Cybernetics at Shanghai University, Shanghai, China, in 2006. In 2012, he obtained his Ph.D. degree in Information and Communication Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai. From 2013 to 2014, he served as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Institute of Network Coding, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Dr. Zhang's research primarily focuses on intelligent IoT, 5G vehicular networking, energy internet, intelligent edge computing, machine learning, and their applications. He has led many projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, projects of the Municipal Science Committee, projects of the Municipal Education Committee, and projects in cooperation with enterprises. Over the years, he has published more than 100 papers in prestigious international and domestic academic journals and conferences, including IEEE/ACM TON, ACM TOSN, IEEE JSAC, IEEE TCOM, IEEE TWC, IEEE TCC, IEEE TVT, IEEE TII, IEEE TCST, IEEE TNSE, IOTJ, China Communications, ACM MOBICOM, TURC, IEEE GLOBECOM, and IEEE ICC.

### **Li Sun**

Prof. Sun received B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Information and Communications Engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, in 2006 and 2011, respectively. Since 2012, he has been with Xi'an Jiaotong University as an Associate Professor and the Deputy Director of Wireless Communications Institute. His research interests include physical layer security and wireless AI. He has published over 150 papers and has more than 60 granted patents. He received the IEEE Communications Letters Exemplary Reviewers Certificate from IEEE ComSoC in 2013 and 2016, the Best Paper Award of China Communications (2017 and 2020), the Best Paper Award of the IEEE 8th International Conference on Computer and Communication Systems (2023), the Outstanding Scientific Paper Award of Shaanxi Province of China (2016), the Outstanding Master Thesis Supervisor Award of Chinese Institute of Electronics (2021), and the First Price of the Teaching Achievement Award of Shaanxi Province of China (2018). He is serving or has served as the Editor of KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, the Guest Editors of IEEE Network, Electronics, and Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. He was the TPC Co-chair of the IEEE GLOBECOM'17 Workshop on PHY and Cross-Layer Security Solutions for 5G Networks, and the TPC Co-chair of the IEEE ICC'16 Workshop on Novel Medium Access and Resource Allocation for 5G Networks.

### **Tsz Hon Yuen**

Dr. Tsz Hon Yuen is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Hong Kong. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Wollongong in 2010. His research interests include cryptography (such as public key encryption, digital signatures and identity-based encryption), privacy-preserving protocols (such as anonymous credentials and zero-knowledge proof systems) and blockchain (such as payment channels and confidential transactions). He has published more than 50 technical papers, including top journals and conferences such as Crypto, Eurocrypt, CCS and IEEE S&P. He received the Best Paper Award in ESORICS 2014. He is also active in industrial fields, with more than 10 patents. He has served as the PC members and reviewers for many security and cryptography conferences, workshops and journals.

### **YoHan Park**

Dr. Park received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in electronic engineering from Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea in 2006, 2008, and 2013, respectively. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at Keimyung University in Daegu. Prior to this, he held the same position at Nazarene University from 2017 to 2019, worked as a BK21 Postdoctoral Researcher at Kyungpook National University from 2016 to 2017, and lectured there from 2014 to 2016. In addition, he held a postdoctoral research position at Singapore National University from 2013 to 2014. Dr. Park's research interests include computer networks, mobile security, blockchain, and the Internet of Things (IoT).

### **Changhoon Lee**

Prof. Changhoon Lee is a prominent researcher and professor in the fields of information security and computer science. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Graduate School of Information Management and Security (GSIMS) at Korea University in Korea. With a career spanning multiple institutions, he has held positions such as a research professor at the Center for Information Security Technologies in Korea University, a professor at School of Computer Engineering in Hanshin University, and Dr. Lee is currently a professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Seoul National University of Science and Technology (SeoulTech) in Korea. Dr. Lee actively contributes to the academic community, chairing conferences, serving on program committees, and acting as a Guest Editor for international journals. His research interests encompass cyber threats intelligence (CTI), information security, cryptography, digital forensics, IoT security, and blockchain. He is a member of renowned societies including IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Communications, IACR, KIISC, KDFS, KIPS, KITCS, KMMS, KONI, and KIIT. Dr. Changhoon Lee's extensive expertise and involvement in the academic community make him a respected figure in the field of information security and computer science in Korea and internationally.
