Jinkai Zheng

Jinkai Zheng

Xidian University

Jinkai Zheng

Jinkai Zheng received his Ph.D. degree in Cyberspace Security from Xidian University in 2024, supervised by Prof. Tom H. Luan (Senior Member of IEEE). From 2023 to 2024, he was a visiting Ph.D. student with the Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, supervised by Prof. Jianping Pan (Fellow of IEEE). He is currently a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, supervised by Prof. Xuemin (Sherman) Shen (Fellow of IEEE, RSC, CAE, and EIC). He has published several papers in leading journals and international conferences, including IEEE INFOCOM, TMC, TWC, WCM, TVT, and TNSE. His research interests currently include the Internet of Vehicles, Digital Twins, Reinforcement Learning, and Game Theory.

📚 Employment

  • 2024-2026    Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, the School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China.
                         Supervisor: Prof. Tom H. Luan and Prof. Xuemin (Sherman) Shen (Fellow of IEEE, RSC, CAE, and EIC).

📖 Educations

  • 2023-2024    Visiting Ph.D., University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
                         Supervisor: Prof. Jianping Pan (Fellow of IEEE).
  • 2020-2024    Ph.D. in Cyber Security, Xidian University, China.
                         Supervisor: Prof. Tom H. Luan.
  • 2018-2020    M.Sc. in Cyber Security (transferred to PhD program), Xidian University, China.
                         Supervisor: Prof. Tom H. Luan.
  • 2014-2018    B.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology, Qingdao Agricultural University, China.

📝 Publications

Journals and Magazines

  • Jinkai Zheng, Tom H. Luan, Guanjie Li, Yanfeng Zhang, Mingfeng Yuan, and Jianping Pan, “QTER: QoS-Aware Three-Dimensional Efficient and Reliable Routing for LEO Satellite Networks”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2025.
  • Jinkai Zheng, Tom H. Luan, Guanjie Li, Jinwei Zhao, Zhisheng Yin, Nan Cheng, and Jianping Pan, “Low Earth Orbit Satellite Networks: Architecture, Key Technologies, Measurement, and Open Issues”, IEEE Network, 2025.
  • Jinkai Zheng, Tom H. Luan, Guanjie Li, Zhisheng Yin, Yuan Wu, and Mianxiong Dong, “ACDV: Adaptive Content Delivery for Vehicular Digital Twin Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2024.
  • Jinkai Zheng, Tom H. Luan, Yao Zhang, Guanjie Li, Zhou Su, and Wen Wu, “Digital Twin in 6G: Embracing Comprehensive Network Intelligence”, IEEE Wireless Communications, 2024.
  • Jinkai Zheng, Tom H. Luan, Yao Zhang, Rui Li, Yilong Hui, Longxiang Gao and Mianxiong Dong, “Data Synchronization in Vehicular Digital Twin Network: A Game Theoretic Approach”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2023.
  • Jinkai Zheng, Yao Zhang, Tom H. Luan, Phil K. Mu, Guanjie Li, Mianxiong Dong and Yuan Wu, “Digital Twin Enabled Task Offloading for IoV: A Learning Based Approach”, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 2023.
  • Jinkai Zheng, Tom H. Luan, Yilong Hui, Zhisheng Yin, Nan Cheng, Longxiang Gao and Lin X. Cai, “Digital Twin Empowered Heterogeneous Network Selection in Vehicular Networks with Knowledge Transfer”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2022.
  • Guanjie Li, Tom H. Luan, Jinkai Zheng, Chengzhe Lai, Kuan Zhang, and Shui Yu, “SECR: A Secure and Efficient Charging Reservation Scheme based on Digital Twin in Vehicular Network”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2024.
  • Guanjie Li, Tom H Luan, Jinkai Zheng, Dihao Hu, Jie Cao, YaLun Wu, “A Secure and Lightweight Data Sharing Scheme in Vehicular Digital Twin Network”, Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications, 2024.
  • Guanjie Li , Tom H. Luan, Xinghao Li , Jinkai Zheng, Chengzhe Lai, Zhou Su and Kuan Zhang, “Breaking Down Data Sharing Barrier of Smart City: A Digital Twin Approach”, IEEE Network, 2022.
  • Phil K. Mu, Jinkai Zheng, Tom H. Luan, Lina Zhu, Zhou Su and Mianxiong Dong, “AMIS-MU: Edge Computing Based Adaptive Video Streaming for Multiple Mobile Users”, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2022.
  • Ruhan Liu, Jinkai Zheng, Tom H. Luan, Longxiang Gao, Yilong Hui, Yong Xiang and Mianxiong Dong, “ROS-based Collaborative Driving Framework in Autonomous Vehicular Network”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2022.

Conference Papers

  • Jinkai Zheng, Tom H. Luan, Guanjie Li, Yanfeng Zhang, Weiwei Yang, Haixia Peng, and Zhou Su, “Content Delivery in Vehicular Digital Twin Using Heterogeneous Networks,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2025.
  • Jinkai Zheng, Tom H. Luan, Jinwei Zhao, Guanjie Li, Yao Zhang, Jianping Pan, and Nan Cheng, “Adaptive multi-link data allocation for LEO satellite networks”, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GlobeCom), 2024
  • Jinkai Zheng, Guanjie Li, Wencong Wang, Tom H. Luan, Zhou Su and Mi Wen, “Long-Term Incentive Mechanism for Federated Learning: A Dynamic Repeated Game Approach”, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, (PIMRC), 2023.
  • Jinkai Zheng, Phil K. Mu, Ziqian Man, Tom H. Luan, Lin X. Cai and Hangguan Shan, “Device Placement for Autonomous Vehicles using Reinforcement Learning”, IEEE International Conferences on Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom), 2022.
  • Mu, Phil K, Jinkai Zheng, Tom H. Luan, Lina Zhu, Mianxiong Dong and Zhou Su, “AMIS: Edge Computing Based Adaptive Mobile Video Streaming”, IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), 2021.
  • Xiaoqing Yang, Jinkai Zheng, Tom H. Luan, Rui Li, Zhou Su and Mianxiong Dong, “Data Synchronization for Vehicular Digital Twin Network”, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GlobeCom), 2022.
  • Yaqi Yang, Jinkai Zheng, Guanjie Li, Tom Luan, Zhou Su and Mianxiong Dong, “A Game Theoretic Approach for Data Asset Protection in Metaverse”, IEEE International Conference on Metaverse Computing, Networking and Applications (MetaCom), 2023. (Best Paper Award)
  • Guanjie Li, Tom H. Luan, Jinkai Zheng, Chengzhe Lai, Zhou Su and Haixia Peng, “A Secure and Efficient Handover Authentication based on Digital Twin in 5G-V2X”, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GlobeCom), 2023.
  • Guanjie Li, Tom H. Luan, Jinkai Zheng, Dihao Hu, Chengzhe Lai, Zhou Su and Haixia Peng, “Digital Twin-enabled Secure Charging Reservation for Electric Vehicle”, IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC), 2023.
  • Jingru Tan, Xiaoqing Yang, Jinkai Zheng, Tom H. Luan, Longxiang Gao, and Zhou Su, “A Data Synchronization Incentive Scheme in Vehicular Digital Twin Network with Stackelberg Game”, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2024-Spring), 2024.
  • Yalun Wu, Qiong Li, Yingxiao Xiang, Jinkai Zheng, Xingyu Wu, Zhen Han, Jiqiang Liu, and Wenjia Niu, “Nightfall Deception: A Novel Backdoor Attack on Traffic Sign Recognition Models via Low-Light Data Manipulation,” International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications (ADMA), 2024.
  • Yanfeng Zhang, Xi’an Fan, Hui Liang, Weiwei Yang, Jinkai Zheng, and Tom H. Luan, “Semi-Tensor Sparse Vector Coding for Short-Packet URLLC With Low Storage Overhead”, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (IEEE WCNC), 2025.
  • Weiwei Yang, Lixin Luo, Xiaoyan Li, Yanfeng Zhang, Jinkai Zheng, Zhenman Gao, and Kaihui Liu, “Stackelberg Game-Based Resource Trading in DAG Blockchain-Aided MEC Network”, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (IEEE WCNC), 2025.

Submitted Technical Report

  • Jinkai Zheng, Tom H. Luan, Longxiang Gao, Yao Zhang, Yuan Wu, “Learning Based Task Offloading in Digital Twin Empowered Internet of Vehicles”, arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.09076, 2021.

Preprints

  • Guanjie Li, Tom H. Luan, Chengzhe Lai, Jinkai Zheng, and Rongxing Lu, “DTHA: A Digital Twin-Assisted Handover Authentication Scheme for 5G and Beyond”, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 2024.
  • Weiwei Yang, Xiaoyi Zeng, Jinkai Zheng, Yanfeng Zhang, Kaihui Liu, and Kangle Mu, “Resource Trading for Vehicular Edge Computing Networks: A Trust-Based Double Auction Approach”, IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), 2025.
  • Yuan Chang, Tom H. Luan, Yinbin Miao, Yinuo Li, Jinkai Zheng, and Zhou Su, “AuditCT: Decentralized and Efficient Identity Traceability Scheme for Monero Transactions,” IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 2025.
  • Yuan Chang, Yinbin Miao, Tom H. Luan, Yinuo Li, Jinkai Zheng, and Zhou Su, “TCRS: Traceable and Conditional Release System for Monero Transactions,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2025.
  • Weiwei Yang, Jinan Liu, Jinkai Zheng, Xiaoyan Li, Kaihui Liu, and Yalun Wu, “Computation Reuse and Imitation Learning-Enabled Task Offloading for Vehicular Edge Networks,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GlobeCom), 2025.
  • Yanfeng Zhang, Xu Zhu, Jinkai Zheng, Weiwei Yang, Xianhua Yu, Haiyong Zeng, Yujie Liu, and Yongliang Guan, “Dual-Mapping Sparse Vector Transmission for Short Packet URLLC,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GlobeCom), 2025.

💬 Services

TPC Members

  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2025-Spring).
  • The 14th IEEE International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPScom).
  • IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE Globecom), Session Chair.

Reviewers

  • Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (IEEE TMC).
  • Reviewer for IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (IEEE JSAC).
  • Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (IEEE TWC).
  • Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Communications (IEEE TCOM).
  • Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (IEEE TDSC).
  • Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking (IEEE TCCN).
  • Reviewer for IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IEEE IOTJ).
  • Reviewer for IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine (IEEE WCM).
  • Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (IEEE TII).
  • Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (IEEE TVT).
  • Reviewer for IEEE Communications Magazine (IEEE COMMAG).
  • Reviewer for IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (IEEE OJ-COMS).
  • Reviewer for IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology (IEEE OJVT).
  • Reviewer for IEEE Access.
  • Reviewer for IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE Globecom).
  • Reviewer for IEEE International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS).
  • Reviewer for IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence of Things and Systems (AIoTSys).

🎖 Honors and Awards

  • Xidian University, Scholarship, 2018-2022.
  • Xidian University, School of Cyber Engineering, Cyber Security Competition, Second Prize, 2020.
  • Outstanding Graduate of Shandong Province, 2018.
  • Outstanding Students of Higher Education Institutions in Shandong Province, 2018.
  • National Scholarship, 2017.
  • MCM/ICM, Honorable Award, 2017.
  • NECCS, Second Prize, 2017.
  • National Encouragement Scholarship, 2016.

📚 Teaching

  • Game Theory, Spring, 2020, 2021, 2022.