Yinfeng CAO
Yinfeng is a PhD from IMCL Group @ The Hong Kong PolyTechnic University (PolyU), supervised by Prof. Jiannong Cao.
Reach me at: csyfcao [at] comp.polyu.edu.hk, or sliverwind99 (WeChat), looking forward to connecting and collaborating!
Research Interests
- Web3
- Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
- Digital Twin
- Metaverse
- Blockchain
- Edge Computing
My research aims at developing secure and scalable decentralized infrastructures (e.g., blockchains) for Web3 and other critical applications like digital twins.
Education
- Ph.D., in the Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (香港理工大學), Hong Kong SAR, 2020-2025
- Research Visiting Student (supervised by Prof. Ruidong Li), Kanazawa University (金沢大学), Japan, 2024-2025
- B.E., Xidian University (西安电子科技大学), China, 2020
Projects
MAP Protocol
- Omnichain interoperability for BTC, stablecoins, and tokenized assets using Light Clients and MPC-TSS. Peer-to-peer cross-chain swaps without trusted third parties.
- Website: https://www.mapprotocol.io
Digital Twins
- Edge blockchain-empowered trustworthy Digital Twin networks for Metaverse and CPS.
Publications
Toshiki Takakubo, Yinfeng Cao, Ruidong Li, Jiannong Cao. (2025) UnionChain: A Graph-based Shard Partitioning for Scalable Smart Contract Execution. 3rd IEEE International Conference on Metaverse Computing, Networking and Applications (IEEE MetaCom 2025).
Hongbo Liu, Jiannong Cao, Yinfeng Cao， Dongbin Bai, Jinwen Liang, Ruidong Li. (2025) EdenDID: An Edge Computing and Blockchain-based Decentralized Identity System for Web3 Applications and DePIN. *Cluster Computing. JCR Q1.
Yinfeng Cao, Jiannong Cao, Baoxia Du, and Ruidong Li* (2025). Decentralized Digital Twin Network. IEEE Communications Magazine
Yinfeng Cao, Jiannong Cao, Dongbin Bai, Long Wen, Yang LIU, and Ruidong Li (2025). MAP the Blockchain World: A Trustless and Scalable Blockchain Interoperability Protocol for Cross-chain Applications. The ACM Web Conference 2025 (WWW 2025) Sydney, Australia
Yinfeng Cao, Jiannong Cao, Hongbo Liu, Zeyang Cui and Long Wen. (2024). Eden: An Edge Computing Empowered Proof-of-Personhood Protocol for Anti-Sybil in Blockchain-based Metaverse. The 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Metaverse Technologies & Applications (iMETA2024) 26-29 November 2024, Dubai, UAE
Yinfeng Cao, Jiannong Cao, Zeyang Cui, Dongbin Bai, Mingjin Zhang, Long Wen. (2024). PolyTwin: Edge Blockchain-empowered Trustworthy Digital Twin Network for Metaverse. The 2nd Annual IEEE International Conference on Metaverse Computing, Networking, and Applications (IEEE MetaCom 2024), 12-15 August 2024, Hong Kong.
- 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: Attacks and Countermeasures. ZTE COMMUNICATIONS, 20(4).
- 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
Services
- (Program Committee Member / Chairs) iMETA2024, HealthCom 2024, MetaCom2026.
- (Conference Reviewer) WWW, INFOCOM, etc.
- (Journal Reviewer) IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Network, IEEE IoTJ, Computer Communications, High-Confidence Computing, ZTE Communications, etc.
Teaching Experience
- Teaching Assistant, 2023 Fall, COMP5140: Metaverse Fundamentals
- Teaching Assistant, 2023 Spring, COMP4442: Service and Cloud Computing
- Teaching Assistant, 2022 Fall, COMP5311: Internet Infrastructure and Protocols
- Teaching Assistant, 2022 Spring, COMP5311: Internet Infrastructure and Protocols
- Teaching Assistant, 2021 Fall, COMP3335: Database Security
- Teaching Assistant, 2021 Spring, COMP4442: Service and Cloud Computing
- 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
- 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