Yinfeng CAO
Yinfeng is currently a PhD candidate in the IMCL Group @ The Hong Kong PolyTechnic University (PolyU), supervised by Prof. Jiannong Cao.
Research Interests
- Blockchain-empowered Edge Computing
- Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS)
- Applied Cryptography
- Metaverse and Web3
Thesis Topic (TBD)
- Edge-Blockchain Joint Enabled Computing for Web3 Applications
Education
- Ph.D candidate in the Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (香港理工大學), Hong Kong, 2024 (expected)
- B.S. in Information Security (experimental class), Xidian University (西安电子科技大学), China, 2020
Publications
- Yinfeng Cao, Jiannong Cao, Dongbin Bai, Zhiyuan Hu, Kaile Wang, Mingjin Zhang* (2023). PolyVerse: An Edge Computing-Empowered Metaverse with Physical-to-Virtual Projection, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Metaverse Technologies and Applications (iMETA2023), 18-20 September 2023, Tartu, Estonia. Best Paper Award Nomination
- Yinfeng Cao, Jiannong Cao, Yuqin Wang, Kaile Wang, and Xun Liu (2022). Security in Edge Blockchains Security in Edge Blockchains: Attacks and Countermeasures. ZTE COMMUNICATIONS, 20(4).
- Houda Ferradi, Jiannong Cao, Shan Jiang, Yinfeng Cao, and Divya Saxena (2022). Security and Privacy in Big Data Sharing: State-of-the-Art and Research Directions. arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.09230.
- Shan Jiang, Jiannong Cao, Juncen Zhu, and Yinfeng Cao (2021). Polychain: a generic blockchain as a service platform. In Blockchain and Trustworthy Systems: Third International Conference, BlockSys 2021, Guangzhou, China, August 5–6, 2021, Revised Selected Papers 3 (pp. 459-472). Springer Singapore. Best Paper Award
Teaching Experience
- Teaching Assistant, 2023 Fall, COMP5140: Metaverse Fundamentals
- Teaching Assistant, 2023 Spring, COMP4442: Service and Cloud Computing
- Teaching Assistant, 2022 Spring, COMP5311: Internet Infrastructure and Protocols
- Teaching Assistant, 2022 Fall, COMP5311: Internet Infrastructure and Protocols
- Teaching Assistant, 2021 Spring, COMP4442: Service and Cloud Computing
- Teaching Assistant, 2021 Fall, COMP3335: Database Security
- Teaching Assistant, 2020 Fall, COMP4422: Computer Graphics
Awards
- Best Paper Award Nomination, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Metaverse Technologies and Applications (iMETA2023), 2023
- Best Paper Award, Blockchain and Trustworthy Systems: Third International Conference, BlockSys 2021
- First Prize of Microsoft Imagine Cup, Blockchain Section, 2019
- Second Prize of The “Challenge Cup” National College Student Competition, Shaanxi, 2019
- Third Prize of The China National Cryptographic Technology Competition, 2018
- Gold award of The China International College Students “Internet +” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, 2018
Scholarships
- Xidian University Innovation Scholarship, 2019
- Xidian-Shenzhen Whale Foundation Innovation Scholarship, 2018