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Zhenyong Zhang (张镇勇)

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Professor, School of Computer Science and Technology
Vice director, Department of Information Security
Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
Building Boxue, Room 513
E-mail: zyzhangnew AT gmail.com

News

  1. 2024.07.28: Local Organization Chair of The 18th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Software Engineering

  2. 2024.05.28: Our paper was accepted by IEEE TIFS!

  3. 2024.05.07: Our paper was accepted by IEEE TSG!

  4. 2024.02.29: Our paper was accepted by 《软件学报》!

  5. 2024.02.26: Our survey paper was accepted by IEEE TSG!

  6. 2023.12.25: Our survey paper was accepted by IoT-J!

  7. 2023.11.02: Our paper was accepted by IoT-J!

  8. 2023.10.27: 中国计算机大会工控安全技术论坛负责人 新型电力系统信息物理安全范式

  9. 2023.10.24: CMC special issue "Enhancing IoT Cyber-Resilience: Convergence of AI, Digital Twins, and the Metaverse"

  10. 2023.08.18: Our paper was accepted by ACSAC 2024!

  11. 2023.06.06: Our paper was accepted by Applied Energy!

  12. 2023.05.16: Our paper was accepted by IEEE TIFS!

  13. 2023.05.05: Our paper was accepted by IEEE TSG!

  14. 2023.03.25: Our paper was accepted by IEEE IoT-J!

  15. 2023.03.15: Our paper was accepted by IEEE TSG!

  16. 2023.03.05: Our paper was accepted by IEEE TAC!

  17. 2022.12: With Dr. Mengxiang Liu and Dr. Chensheng Liu, ICPS special session: Cybersecurity of the Future DER-based Power Grid

  18. 2022.11.06: Our paper was accepted by IEEE TIFS!

  19. 2022.11.06: Our paper was accepted by IEEE TSMC:System!

  20. 2022.09.06: Our paper was accepted by IEEE/CAA JAS!

  21. 2022.08.25: Our paper was accepted by IEEE/CAA JAS!

  22. 2022.07.17: Our paper was accepted by IEEE TPS!

  23. 2022.06.20: Our paper was accepted by IEEE/CAA JAS!

  24. 2022.06.01: Serve as Editor of Computer Networks and Communications

  25. 2022.05.26: Our paper was accepted by IEEE IoT-J!

  26. 2022.05.05: With Prof. Peng Cheng (Zhejiang University) and Prof. Ruilong Deng (Zhejiang University), SmartGridComm 2022 Workshop: Intelligence and Security for Smart Energy Systems

  27. 2022.05.03: One paper was submitted to ACM CCS!

  28. 2022.05.03: Our paper was accepted by IEEE TNSM!

  29. 2022.04.17: Our paper was accepted by IEEE TPS!

  30. 2022.04.02: Our paper was accepted by CCC 2022

  31. 2022.03.21: Our paper was accepted by IEEE IoT-J!

  32. 2022.03.08: Our three papers were accepted by ASCC 2022

  33. 2022.02.10: Serve as TPC member of GlobeCom 2022 SAC SGC

  34. 2022.02.06: Our paper was accepted by IEEE TPS!

  35. 2022.02.14: With Prof. Chengcheng Zhao (Zhejiang University) and Dr. Yan Qin (Nanyang Technological University), ASCC 2022 Special Session: Security, Privacy, and Optimization of Industrial Intelligent Systems

Research Interests

  1. Cyber-physical system security, Industrial control system security, Machine learning security, Metaverse Security, Big data analysis

Education

Central South University, Changsha, Hunan province, China

 Undergraduate,

 Control Science and Engineering, Sept. 2011 — June 2015

  • Thesis Topic: Research on multi-robot formation modeling

Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

 Ph.D. Candidate,

 Control Science and Engineering, Sept. 2015 — June 2020

Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, Singapore

 Visiting Ph.D. Student,

 Information Systems Technology and Design, Oct. 2018 — Oct. 2019

  • Topic: Security Enhancement of Power Grids with Moving Target Defense

  • Advisor: David K. Y. Yau

Work experience

Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China

 Professor,

 CPS Security, July 2021 — Present


Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

 Research Fellow,

 Cybersecurity, June 2020 — July 2021

  • Topic: Smart grid and machine learning security

  • Advisor: Peng Cheng

Master Students

  1. Junjie Song (B.S. from East China University of Science and Technology (华东理工大学))

  2. Zhibo Yang(B.S. from Peking University (北京大学))

PhD Students

  1. Kedi Yang

  2. Ze Yang

Jornal Papers

  1. Ke Zuo, Mingyang Sun, Zhenyong Zhang, Peng Cheng, Goran Strabac, and Chongqing Kang. Transferability-Oriented Adversarial Robust Security-Constrained Optimal Power Flow, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Accept. (中科院一区)

  2. Zhenyong Zhang, Kedi Yang, Youliang Tian, Jianfeng Ma. An Anti-disguise Authentication System Using the First Impression of Avatar in Metaverse, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security, vol. 19, pp. 6393-6408, June 2024. (CCF A, 中科院一区)

  3. 邵宽，张镇勇(通讯作者), 杨科迪, 朱俊彦, 王鑫, 田有亮,马建峰. 基于国密的数字藏品网络拍卖隐私保护方法, 软件学报，即将刊出. (CCF A)

  4. Zhenyong Zhang, Mengxiang Liu, Mingyang Sun, Ruilong Deng, Peng Cheng, Dusit Nyato, Moyuen Chow, and Jiming Chen. Vulnerability of Machine Learning Approaches Applied in IoT-based Smart Grid: A Review, IEEE IoT-J, 2024, vol. 11, no. 11, pp. 18951-18975, June 1, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2024.3349381. (中科院一区)

  5. 程鹏，张镇勇，魏强. 护卫国之重器：工控系统安全的矛与盾 , CCF CCCF, 2023. (特邀论文)

  6. Zhenyong Zhang，Bingdong Wang, Mengxiang Liu, Yan Qin, Jingpei Wang, Youliang Tian, and Jianfeng Ma. Limitation of Reactance Perturbation Strategy Against False Data Injection Attacks on IoT-based Smart Grid, IEEE IoT-J, vol. 11, no. 7, pp. 11619-11631, 2023. (中科院一区)

  7. Jie Meng, Zeyu Yang, Zhenyong Zhang, Yangyang Geng, Ruilong Deng, Peng Cheng, Jiming Chen, and Jianying Zhou.SePanner: Analyzing Semantics of Controller Variables in Industrial Control Systems based on Network Traffic, ACSAC 2024. Distinguished Paper Award (安全领域顶会，CCF B)

  8. Lanting Zeng, Mingyang Sun, Xu Wan, Zhenyong Zhang, Ruilong Deng, and Yan Xu. Physics-Constrained Vulnerability Assessment of Deep Reinforcement Learning-based SCOPF, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 2690-2704, May 2023. (中科院一区)

  9. Zhenyong Zhang, Zhibo Yang, David K. Y. Yau, Youliang Tian, and Jianfeng Ma. Data Security of Machine Learning Applied in Low-carbon Smart Grid: A Formal Model for the Physics-constrained Robustness, Volume 347, 1 October 2023, 121405, Applied Energy. (中科院一区)

  10. Kedi Yang, Zhenyong Zhang (共同一作) , Youliang Tian, and Jianfeng Ma. A Secure Authentication Framework to Guarantee the Traceability of Avatars in Metaverse, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security, vol. 18, pp. 3817-3832, June 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TIFS.2023.3288689, to appear. (中科院一区)

  11. Zhenyong Zhang, Ruilong Deng, and David K. Y. Yau. Vulnerability of the Load Frequency Control Against the Network Parameter Attack, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 921-933, Jan. 2024. (中科院一区)

  12. Zhenyong Zhang, Ke Zuo, Ruilong Deng, Fei Teng, and Mingyang Sun. Cybersecurity Analysis of Data-Driven Power System Stability Assessment, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 10, no. 17, pp. 15723-15735, Sept. 2023. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2023.3264492, to appear. (中科院一区)

  13. Sha Peng, Zhenyong Zhang, Ruilong Deng, and Peng Cheng. Localizing False Data Injection Attacks in Smart Grid: A Spectrum-based Neural Network Approach, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, DOI: ‪10.1109‬/TSG.‪2023.3261970‬, to appear. (中科院一区)

  14. Mengzhi Wang, Peng Cheng, Zhenyong Zhang, Mufeng Wang, and Jiming Chen. Periodic Event-triggered MPC for Continuous-time Nonlinear Systems with Bounded Disturbances, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, to appear. (中科院一区)

  15. Zhenyong Zhang, Ruilong Deng, Youliang Tian, Peng Cheng, and Jianfeng Ma. SPMA: Stealthy Physics-Manipulated Attack and Countermeasures in Cyber-Physical Smart Grid. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security, vol. 18, pp. 581-596, Dec. 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TIFS.2022.3226868, to appear. (中科院一区)

  16. Zhenyong Zhang, Ruilong Deng, David K. Y. Yau, Peng Cheng, and Moyuen Chow. Security Enhancement of Power System State Estimation With An Effective and Low-cost Moving Target Defense. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics：Systems, vol. 53, no. 5, pp. 3066-3081, May 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TSMC.2022.3222793, to appear. (中科院一区)

  17. Zhenyong Zhang* and David K. Y. Yau. CoRE: Constrained Robustness Evaluation of Machine Learning-based Stability Assessment for Power Systems. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 557–559, Feb. 2023. (中科院一区)

  18. Zhenyong Zhang, Yan Qin, Jingpei Wang, Hui Li, and Ruilong Deng. Detecting the One-shot Dummy Attack on the Power Industrial Control Processes with An Unsupervised Data-Driven Approach. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 550–553, Feb. 2023. (中科院一区)

  19. Zhenyong Zhang* and Ruilong Deng. Impact Analysis of Moving Target Defense on the Frequency Stability in Smart Grid. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 275–277, Jan. 2023. (中科院一区)

  20. Jingpei Wang, Mufeng Wang，Zhenyong Zhang*, and Hengye Zhu. Towards A Trust Evaluation Framework against Malicious Behaviors of Industrial IoT. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 9, no. 21, pp. 21260-21277, Nov. 2022. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2022.3179428, to appear.(中科院一区)

  21. Jingpei Wang, Zhenyong Zhang, and Mufeng Wang. A Trust Management Method against Abnormal Behavior of Industrial Control Networks under Active Defense Architecture. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 2549-2572, Sept. 2022, DOI: 10.1109/TNSM.2022.3173398, to appear.(中科院二区)

  22. Zhenyong Zhang, Mingyang Sun, Ruilong Deng, Chongqing Kang, and Mo-Yuen Chow. Physics-Constrained Robustness Evaluation of Intelligent Security Assessment for Power Systems. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 872-884, Jan. 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2022.3169139, to appear.(中科院一区)

  23. Zhenyong Zhang, Youliang Tian, Ruilong Deng, and Jianfeng Ma. A Double-Benefit Moving Target Defense Against Cyber-Physical Attacks in Smart Grid. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 9, no. 18, pp. 17912-17925, Sept. 2022. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2022.3161790, to appear.(中科院一区)

  24. Mengxiang Liu, Chengcheng Zhao, Zhenyong Zhang, Ruilong Deng, Peng Cheng and Jiming Chen. Converter-based Moving Target Defense Against Deception Attacks in DC Microgrids. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2021.3129195, to appear.(中科院一区)

  25. Mengxiang Liu, Chengcheng Zhao, Zhenyong Zhang, and Ruilong Deng. Explicit Analysis on Effectiveness and Hiddenness of Moving Target Defense in AC Power Systems. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 4732-4746, Nov. 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2022.3152801, to appear.(中科院一区)

  26. Zhenyong Zhang, Ruilong Deng, Peng Cheng, and Qiang Wei. “On Feasibility of Coordinated Time-Delay and False Data Injection Attacks on Cyber-Physical Systems”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 8720-8736, June 2022, DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2021.3118065.(中科院一区)

  27. Zhenyong Zhang, Shibo He, Yuanchao Shu, and Zhiguo Shi. “A Self-Evolving WiFi-based Indoor Navigation System Using Smartphones”, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 19, no. 8, pp. 1760-1774, Aug. 2020.(CCF A, 中科院二区)

  28. Zhenyong Zhang, Ruilong Deng, David K. Y. Yau, Peng Cheng, and Jiming Chen. “Analysis of Moving Target Defense Against False Data Injection Attacks on Power Grid”, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security, vol.15, no. 1, pp. 2320-2335, Feb. 2020.(中科院一区)

  29. Zhenyong Zhang, Ruilong Deng, David K. Y. Yau, Peng Cheng, and Jiming Chen. “On Hiddenness of Moving Target Defense against False Data Injection Attacks on Power Grid”, ACM Transactions on Cyber-physical Systems, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 1-29, March. 2020.(ACM顶刊)

  30. Zhenyong Zhang, Junfeng Wu, Peng Cheng, and Jiming Chen. “Secure State Estimation using Hybrid Homomorphic Encryption Scheme”, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 1704-1720, July 2021.(中科院二区)

  31. Zhenyong Zhang, Ruilong Deng, David K. Y. Yau, and Peng Cheng. “Zero-Parameter-Information Data Integrity Attacks and Countermeasures in IoT-based Smart Grid”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 6608-6623, Apr. 2021.(中科院一区)

  32. Zhenyong Zhang, Ruilong Deng, Peng Cheng, and Moyuen Chow. “Strategic Protection against FDI Attacks with Moving Target Defense in Power Grids”, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 245-256, March 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TCNS.2021.3100411

  33. Shisheng Fu, Zhenyong Zhang*, Yang Jiang, Jing Chen, Xiaoxiao Peng, and Weiguo Zhao. “An Automatic RF-EMF Radiated Immunity Test System for Electricity Meters in Power Monitoring Sensor Network”, Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, vol. 50, pp. 173-192, 2021.

  34. Rongkuan Ma, Peng Cheng, Zhenyong Zhang, Wenwen Liu, Qingxian Wang, and Qiang Wei. “Stealthy Attack against Redundant Controller Architecture of Industrial Cyber-Physical System”. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 9783-9793, June 2019.(中科院一区)

  35. Ke Liu, Mufeng Wang, Rongkuan Ma, Zhenyong Zhang, and Qiang Wei. “Detection and Localization of Cyber Attacks on Water Treatment System: An Entropy-Based Approach”. Frontiers of Information Technology and Electronic Engineering, Available: http://www.jzus.zju.edu.cn/iparticle.php?doi=10.1631/FITEE.2000546.(中科院二区)

  36. Ke Liu, Jing-Yi Wang, Qiang Wei, Zhenyong Zhang, Jun Sun, Rong-Kuan Ma, Rui-Long Deng. HRPDF: A Software-Based Heterogeneous Redundant Proactive Defense Framework for Programmable Logic Controller. Journal of Computer Science and Technology, 36(6): 1307-1324, Nov. 2021.(中科院二区)

  37. Senjie Zhang, Jinbo Wang, Shan Zhou, Jingpei Wang, Zhenyong Zhang*, and Ruixue Wang. Identification of Important FPGA Modules Based on Complex Network, Computers, Materials & Continua, vol. 78, no. 1, pp. 1027-1047, Jan. 2024.

  38. Ruobing Zuo, Xiaohan Huang, Xuguo Jiao, and Zhenyong Zhang*. An Improved YOLOv5s-Based Smoke Detection System for Outdoor Parking Lots, Computers, Materials & Continua, accepted, Jan. 2024.

  39. Zhibo Yang, Xiaohan Huang, Bingdong Wang, Bin Hu, and Zhenyong Zhang*. Physics-Constrained Robustness Enhancement for Tree Ensembles Applied in Smart Grid, Computers, Materials & Continua, accepted, July 2024.

  40. Xuguo Jiao, Guozhong Wang, Xin Wang, Zhenyong Zhang*, Yanbing Tian, and Xiwen Fan. Anti-Windup Pitch Angle Control for Wind Turbines Based on Bounded Uncertainty and Disturbance Estimator, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, vol. 12, no. 473, pp. 1-16, May 2024.

中文期刊

  1. 邵宽，张镇勇(通讯作者), 杨科迪, 朱俊彦, 王鑫, 田有亮,马建峰. 基于国密的数字藏品网络拍卖隐私保护方法, 软件学报，即将刊出， 2024. (CCF A)

  2. 彭莎，孙铭阳，张镇勇，邓瑞龙，程鹏. 机器学习在电力信息物理系统网络安全中的应用. 电力系统自动化, 2022.

Conference Papers

  1. Ze Yang, Zhenyong Zhang, Youliang Tian. “Experimental Validation of Encrypted Quadratic Optimization Implemented on Raspberry Pi”, 2022 13th Asian Control Conference (ASCC), May 2022.

  2. Xuguo Jiao, Xiaowen Zhou, Qinmin Yang, Zhenyong Zhang, Wenfeng Liu, and Jingbo Zhao. “An Improved Optimal Torque Control Based on Estimated Wind Speed for Wind Turbines”, 2022 13th Asian Control Conference (ASCC), May 2022.

  3. Zhenyong Zhang, Xin Che, Xuguo Jiao, Wanke Yu, and Liang Wan. “Quadratic Optimization Using Additive Homomorphic Encryption in CPS”, 2022 13th Asian Control Conference (ASCC), May 2022.

  4. Zhenyong Zhang, Xin Che, Xuguo Jiao, and Jingpei Wang. “Enhance Smart Grid Security With A Coordinated Cyber-Physical Defensive Mechanism”, 2022 41st Chinese Control Conference (CCC), July 2022.

  5. Bingdong Wang, Junjie Song, Liang Wan, Youliang Tian, Xin Wang, Zhenyong Zhang. “Impact Analysis of Moving Target Defense on the Small-Signal Stability in Power Systems”, IEEE IEEE 6th International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS), May 2023.

  6. Zhenyong Zhang, Ruilong Deng, David K. Y. Yau, Peng Cheng, and Jiming Chen. “Zero-Parameter-Information FDI Attacks Against Power System State Estimation”, IEEE America Control Conference (ACC), July 2020. Invited Paper

  7. Zhenyong Zhang, Junfeng Wu, David K. Y. Yau, Peng Cheng, and Jiming Chen. “Secure Kalman Filter State Estimation by Partially Homomorphic Encryption”, in ACM/IEEE Int. Conf. Cyber-Physical Syst. (ICCPS), Apr. 2018. DOI: 10.1109/ICCPS.2018.00046.

  8. Zhenyong Zhang, Ruilong Deng, David K. Y. Yau, Peng Cheng, and Jiming Chen. “On Effectiveness of Detecting FDI Attacks on Power Grid using Moving Target Defense”, in IEEE-PES Int. Conf. Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT NA 2019), Feb. 2019. DOI: 10.1109/ISGT.2019.8791651

  9. Zhuoying Shi, Zhenyong Zhang, Yuanchao Shu, Shibo He, and Jiming Chen. “Indoor Navigation Leveraging Gradient WiFi Signals”, in ACM Int. Conf. Embeded Netw. Sensor Syst. (Sensys), Demo, Nov. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1145/3131672.3136993.

  10. Mengxiang Liu, Zheyuang Cheng, Zhenyong Zhang, Mingyang Sun, Ruilong Deng, Peng Cheng, and Mo-Yuen Chow. “A Multi-Agent System Based Hierarchical Control Framework for Microgrids”. The IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting 2021, accepted.

  11. Mengxiang Liu, Chengcheng Zhao, Zhenyong Zhang, Ruilong Deng, Peng Cheng, and Mo-Yuen Chow. “Analysis of Moving Target Defense in Unbalanced and Multiphase Distribution Systems Considering Voltage Stability”. IEEE SmartGridComm’21, accepted.

Awards

Student Awards — Central South University

  • June 2015    Outstanding Graduate Student Award

  • May 2014    Outstanding Student Award

  • May 2013    National Encouragement Scholarship

Student Awards — Zhejiang University

  • Dec 2019    Outstanding Graduate PHD Student

  • Dec 2019    National Scholarship

  • Dec 2018/2019    Outstanding Postgraduate Scholarship

  • Oct 2018    Second price of China graduate contest on application, design and innovative of mobile-terminal

  • Feb 2017    Outstanding reviewer of Pervasive and Mobile Computing

  • Aug 2018    Outstanding reviewer of Journal of the Franklin Institute

Foreign academic experience

Visiting

  • September 2017    Centre for Research in Cyber Security-iTrust, Singapore

Competition

  • April 2016    Microsoft Indoor Location Competition, Vienna, Austria

Presentations

  • Nov 2017    The ACM International Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems, Delft, Netherlands

  • April 2018    ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, Porto (aka Oporto), Portugal

Service

Editor of

  • Frontiers In Communications And Networks

  • Computer Networks and Communications

TPC member of

  • iSCI 2022

  • Globecom2021/2022 SAC SGC

  • Asian Control Conference 2022

Reviewer of

  • IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security

  • IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

  • IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

  • IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

  • ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems

  • IEEE Wireless Networks

  • Elsevier Pervasive and Mobile Computing

  • International Journal of Communication Systems

  • Pervasive and Mobile Computing

  • Journal of the Franklin Institute

  • Globecom, SmartGridComm, ACC, INFOCOM


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