Zesheng
Chen Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
E-mail: zchen@fiu.edu
Biography
Dr. Chen received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the
Teaching
- EEL4510
Introduction to Digital Signal Processing (Spring 2009)
- TCN6210
Telecommunications Network Analysis and Design (Fall 2008)
- TCN4081
Telecommunication Network Security (Spring 2008)
- TCN6210
Telecommunications Network Analysis and Design (Fall 2007)
Research Interests
- Network security, especially modeling and defending against Internet worm attacks
- Routing in delay tolerant networks
- Performance evaluation of communication networks
- Data mining and machine learning
Publications
Referred Journal Publications
An Information-Theoretic View
of Network-Aware Malware Attacks
Zesheng Chen and Chuanyi Ji
to appear in IEEE
Transactions on Information Forensics & Security (T-IFS), 2009
(A more complete version can be found at arXiv:0805.0802)
Exploiting
Contact Spatial Dependency for Opportunistic Message Forwarding
Chao Chen and Zesheng Chen
to appear in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2009
Towards A Routing
Framework in Ad Hoc Space Networks
Chao Chen and Zesheng Chen
to appear in International Journal of Ad Hoc and
Ubiquitous Computing (IJAHUC), 2009
Deriving a
Closed-Form Expression for Worm-Scanning Strategies
Zesheng Chen, Chao Chen, and Yubin Li
to appear in International Journal of Security and
Networks (IJSN), 2009
Optimal
Worm-Scanning Method Using Vulnerable-Host Distributions
Zesheng Chen and
Chuanyi Ji
International Journal of Security and
Networks (IJSN): Special Issue on Computer and Network Security, vol. 2, no. 1/2, 2007
Comments on “Modeling
TCP Reno Performance: A Simple Model and Its Empirical Validation”
Zesheng Chen, Tian
Bu, Mostafa Ammar, and Don Towsley
IEEE/ACM Transactions
on Networking (TON), vol. 14, no. 2, April, 2006
Spatial-Temporal
Modeling of Malware Propagation in Networks
Zesheng Chen and Chuanyi Ji
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks
(TNN): Special Issue on Adaptive Learning Systems in Communication Networks, vol.
16, no. 5, Sept. 2005
Referred Conference and Workshop Publications
Packet-mode Asynchronous Scheduling Algorithm for Partially Buffered Crossbar Switches
Masoumeh Karimi, Zhuo Sun, Deng Pan, and Zesheng Chen
to appear in IEEE Globecom 2009 (Acceptance ratio: 34.8%)
Zesheng Chen, Chao Chen, and Qian Wang
to appear in SecureCPN 2009, in conjunction with ICCCN 2009
PAIDS: A Proximity-Assisted
Intrusion Detection System for Unidentified Worms
Zhenyun Zhuang, Ying Li, and Zesheng Chen
to appear in COMPSAC 2009 (Full paper. Acceptance ratio: 20%)
Zesheng Chen, Erik Pazos, Darian Garcia, Dayron Garcia, and Julio Duharte
ASEE Annual Conference
& Exposition 2009
Understanding
Divide-Conquer-Scanning Worms (Slides)
Yubin Li, Zesheng Chen, and Chao Chen
IEEE IPCCC 2008 (Acceptance ratio: 32.6%=46/141) Best Paper Award
Inferring Internet
Worm Temporal Characteristics (Slides)
Qian Wang, Zesheng Chen, Kia Makki, Niki Pissinou, and Chao Chen
IEEE GLOBECOM 2008 (Acceptance ratio: 36.8%=1051/2854)
A Closed-Form Expression
for Static Worm-Scanning Strategies (Slides)
Zesheng Chen and Chao Chen
IEEE ICC 2008 (Acceptance ratio: 35%=1102/3135)
Spatial-Temporal
Characteristics of Internet Malicious Sources (Slides)
Zesheng Chen, Chuanyi Ji, and Paul Barford
IEEE INFOCOM 2008 Mini-Conference (Acceptance ratio: 27%=(236+75)/1152)
Routing Different Traffic
in Deep Space Networks
Chao Chen and Zesheng Chen
International Workshop on Satellite and Space Communications (IWSSC 2007)
Misleading and
Defeating Importance-Scanning Malware Propagation
Guofei Gu, Zesheng Chen, Phillip Porras, and Wenke Lee
SecureComm 2007 (Acceptance
ratio: 26% = 31/119)
Evaluating Contacts for
Routing in Highly Partitioned Mobile Networks
Chao Chen and Zesheng Chen
ACM/SIGMOBILE MobiOpp
2007 (Acceptance ratio: 28.5% = 10/35)
Measuring
Network-Aware Worm Spreading Ability
Zesheng Chen and
Chuanyi Ji
IEEE INFOCOM 2007 (Acceptance ratio: 18% = 252/1400)
Understanding
Localized-Scanning Worms
Zesheng Chen, Chao
Chen, and Chuanyi Ji
IEEE IPCCC 2007 (Acceptance ratio:
37% = 44/119)
A Self-Learning Worm
Using Importance Scanning
Zesheng Chen and
Chuanyi Ji
ACM CCS Workshop on Rapid Malcode (WORM’05), 2005 (Acceptance ratio: 24.3% = 9/37)
Importance-Scanning
Worm Using Vulnerable-Host Distribution
Zesheng Chen and
Chuanyi Ji
IEEE GLOBECOM 2005 (Acceptance
ratio: 47.7% = 770/1638)
Modeling
the Spread of Active Worms
Zesheng Chen, Lixin Gao, and Kevin Kwiat
IEEE INFOCOM 2003 (Acceptance ratio: 20.8% = 224/1078)
Other
Intelligent
Worms: Searching for Preys
Zesheng Chen and
Chuanyi Ji
Mathematics Awareness Month:
Mathematics and Internet Security Theme Essays, 2006
Zesheng Chen
Mathematics Awareness Month:
Mathematics and Internet Security Theme Essays, 2006
On
Effectiveness of Defense Systems against Active Worms
Zesheng Chen, Lixin Gao, and Chuanyi Ji
Technical Report 2003
Ph.D. Dissertation
Modeling and Defending
Against Internet Worm Attacks
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007
Honors and Awards
- Outstanding Leadership Award in the HPCC’09 conference, 2009
- Best Paper Award in the IPCCC’08 conference, 2008
- Outstanding ECE Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, 2006
- Invited Articles for National Mathematics Awareness Month on Internet Security, 2006
- Colonel Oscar P. Cleaver Award (outstanding graduate students in ECE of Georgia Institute of Technology as determined by scores made on the doctoral preliminary examinations), 2003
Professional Service
- Program Vice Chair: HPCC (Trust, Security and Privacy Track) 2009
- Workshop Chair: NSS 2009
- Workshop Chair: IEEE ICPADS 2008
- TPC Member: IEEE ICC 2008, 2009
- TPC Member: CHINACOM 2008, 2009
- TPC Member: NSS 2008, 2009
- TPC Member: MOBILWARE 2008, 2009
- TPC Member: SECRYPT 2009
- TPC Member: CMC (Computer and Network Security Symposium) 2009
- TPC Member: IWCMC (Computer and Network Security Symposium) 2009
- TPC Member: NSP 2008
- TPC Member: ICCCN (Network Security Track) 2008