💻 About Me

Kai Wang is a full Professor with School of Computer Science and Technology (Weihai 264209) and with Faculty of Computing (Harbin 150001), Harbin Institute of Technology, China. He received the B.S. and Ph.D. degree from the National Engineering Research Center of Advanced Network Technologies led by Prof. Hongke Zhang (Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, IEEE Fellow), Beijing Jiaotong University, in 2009 and 2014, respectively. From 2017 to 2019, he was a postdoc researcher in Tsinghua University, China. His research interests include trustworthy AI and network intrusion detection. He has published more than 40 papers in prestigious international journals, including IEEE TSC, IEEE TITS, ACM TOIT, ACM TIST, etc.

📖 Publications since joining HIT ( * corresponding author)

2025


STATGRAPH: Effective In-vehicle Intrusion Detection via Multi-view Statistical Graph Learning

arXiv:2311.07056v2, Mar. 2025

Kai Wang*, Qiguang Jiang, Bailing Wang, Yulei Wu, Hongke Zhang

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ATHENA: An In-vehicle CAN Intrusion Detection Framework Based on Physical Characteristics of Vehicle Systems

arXiv:2503.17067, Mar. 2025

Kai Wang*, Zhen Sun, Bailing Wang, Qilin Fan, Ming Li, Hongke Zhang

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TFLAG: Towards Practical APT Detection via Deviation-Aware Learning on Temporal Provenance Graph

arXiv:2501.06997, Jan. 2025

Wenhan Jiang, Tingting Chai, Hongri Liu, Kai Wang*, Hongke Zhang

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Optimizing Consistency in Distributed Data Services: The CP-Raft Protocol for High-Performance and Fault-Tolerant Replication

IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 2025, DOI: 10.1109/TSC.2025.3577505

Haiwen Du, Kai Wang*, Yulei Wu, Hongke Zhang

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Graph Optimization via Decoupled Edge Tuning for Efficient Industrial Anomaly Detection

IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 2025, DOI: 10.1109/TNSE.2025.3567671

Kai Wang, Shuaiyi L(y)u*, Yang Liu, Bailing Wang*

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Anomaly Detection via Semantically Conjugate View Learning on Industrial Temporal Data

IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 4120-4131, June 2025

Kai Wang, Shuaiyi L(y)u*, Bailing Wang*, Yongzheng Zhang

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KDRSFL: A knowledge distillation resistance transfer framework for defending model inversion attacks in split federated learning

Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 166, Article 107637, pp. 1-10, May. 2025

Renlong Chen, Hui Xia*, Kai Wang*, Shuo Xu, Rui Zhang

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DRL-Based Time-Varying Workload Scheduling With Priority and Resource Awareness

IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 2838-2852, 2025, DOI: 10.1109/TNSM.2025.3559610

Qifeng Liu, Qilin Fan, Xu Zhang, Xiuhua Li, Kai Wang, Qingyu Xiong

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KERMIT: Knowledge graph completion of enhanced relation modeling with inverse transformation

Knowledge-Based Systems, Article 113500, 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2025.113500

Haotian Li, Bin Yu, Yuliang Wei, Kai Wang, Richard Yi Da Xu, Bailing Wang*

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An original model for multi-target learning of logical rules for knowledge graph reasoning

Applied Intelligence, vol. 55, no. 138, pp. 1-19, 2025

Haotian Li, Bailing Wang, Kai Wang, Rui Zhang, Yuliang Wei*

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Advancing CAN Network Security through RBM-Based Synthetic Attack Data Generation for Intrusion Detection Systems

arXiv:2503.21496, Mar. 2025

Huacheng Li, Jingyong Su, Kai Wang*

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2024


LiPar: A Lightweight Parallel Learning Model for Practical In-Vehicle Network Intrusion Detection

arXiv:2311.08000v2, Dec. 2024

Aiheng Zhang, Qiguang Jiang, Kai Wang*, Ming Li

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Computation Cost-driven Offloading Strategy based on Reinforcement Learning for Consumer Devices

IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 4120-4131, Feb. 2024

Rui Zhang, Hui Xia*, Zijun Chen, Zi Kang, Kai Wang*, Wei Gao*

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Multi-agent DRL for edge computing: A real-time proportional compute offloading

Computer Networks, vol. 252, Article 110665, pp. 1-13, Oct. 2024

Kunkun Jia, Hui Xia*, Rui Zhang, Yue Sun, Kai Wang

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2023


Analysis of Recent Deep Learning-based Intrusion Detection Methods for In-Vehicle Network

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 1843-1854, Feb. 2023

Kai Wang, Aiheng Zhang, Haoran Sun, Bailing Wang*

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GNN-based Advanced Feature Integration for ICS Anomaly Detection

ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology, vol. 14, no. 6, Article 106, pp. 1-32, Nov. 2023

Shuaiyi Lyu(Lu), Kai Wang*, Yuliang Wei, Hongri Liu, Qilin Fan, Bailing Wang*

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Process-Oriented Heterogeneous Graph Learning in GNN-Based ICS Anomalous Pattern Recognition

Pattern Recognition, vol. 141, Article 109661, Sept. 2023

Shuaiyi L(y)u, Kai Wang*, Liren Zhang, Bailing Wang*

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2022


Global-Local Integration for GNN-based Anomalous Device State Detection in Industrial Control Systems

Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 209, Article 118345, Dec. 2022

Shuaiyi L(y)u, Kai Wang, Liren Zhang, Bailing Wang*

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2021


PA-Cache: Evolving Learning-Based Popularity-Aware Content Caching in Edge Networks

IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 1746-1757, Jun. 2021

Qilin Fan, Xiuhua Li*, Jian Li, Qiang He, Kai Wang, Junhao Wen

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2020


Analyzing NDN NACK on Interest Flooding Attack via SIS Epidemic Model

IEEE Systems Journal, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 1862-1873, Jun. 2020

Kai Wang, Dongchao Guo*, Wei Quan

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InterestFence: Simple but Efficient Way to Counter Interest Flooding Attack

Computers & Security, vol. 88, Article 101628, Jan. 2020

Jiaqing Dong, Kai Wang*, Wei Quan, Hao Yin

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2019


Betweenness Centrality Based Software Defined Routing: Observation from Practical Internet Datasets

ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, vol. 19, no. 4, Article 50, Nov. 2019

Kai Wang, Wei Quan*, Nan Cheng, Mingyuan Liu, Yu Liu, H. Anthony Chan

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Graph Structure and Statistical Properties of Ethereum Transaction Relationships

Information Sciences, vol. 492, pp. 58-71, Aug. 2019

Dongchao Guo, Jiaqing Dong, Kai Wang*

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