Security and Resilience in Distributed Machine Learning: Challenges, Techniques, and Future Directions
暫譯: 分散式機器學習中的安全性與韌性：挑戰、技術與未來方向

Dr. Kai Li received the B.E. degree from Shandong University, China, in 2009, the M.S. degree from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, in 2010, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia, in 2014. In 2025, Dr. Li was a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, funded by the CMU-Portugal Visiting Faculty and Researchers Program. From 2024 to 2025, he was a Visiting Research Scholar with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, TU Berlin, Germany. From 2016 to 2025, he served as a Senior Research Scientist at the CISTER Research Centre, Porto, Portugal, and concurrently as a CMU-Portugal Research Fellow, jointly supported by CMU, USA and the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Lisbon, Portugal. From 2023 to 2024, he was a Visiting Research Scientist with the Division of Electrical Engineering, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK. In 2022, he was a Visiting Research Scholar with the CyLab Security and Privacy Institute at CMU.

Dr. Xin Yuan received the B.E. degree from the Taiyuan University of Technology, Shanxi, China, in 2013, and the dual Ph.D. degree from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, Australia, and the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China, in 2019 and 2020, respectively. She is currently a senior research scientist with CSIRO, Sydney, NSW, Australia. She is also an adjunct senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales since 2023. Her research interests include image and signal processing, data analysis, and cyber-physical security using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques and their applications to the integrity, efficiency, and security of intelligent systems and networks. Dr. Yuan has served as the editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology since 2023. She served as a PC member for the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) 2024.

Professor Wei Ni received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Electronics Engineering from Fudan University, Shanghai, China, in 2000 and 2005, respectively. He is the Associate Dean (Research) in the School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Perth, an Adjunct Professor in the University of Technology Sydney, and a Technical Committee Member at Standards Australia. He was a Deputy Project Manager at Alcatel/Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs from 2005 to 2008; Senior Research Engineer at Nokia from 2008 to 2009; Senior Principal Research Scientist and Group Leader at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation from 2009 to 2025; and Conjoint Professor at the University of New South Wales from 2022 to 2026. His research interests include distributed and trusted learning with constrained resources, quantum Internet, and their applications to system efficiency, integrity, and resilience. He was a co-recipient of the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) 2025 Distinguished Paper Award, and four Best Paper Awards. He has been an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications since 2018, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology since 2022, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security and IEEE Communication Surveys and Tutorials since 2024, and IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering and IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing since 2025. He was the Chair of the IEEE VTS NSW Chapter (2020 -- 2022), Track Chair for VTC-Spring 2017, Track Co-chair for IEEE VTC-Spring 2016, Publication Chair for BodyNet 2015, and Student Travel Grant Chair for WPMC 2014. He is a Fellow of IEEE.

Dr. Kai Li於2009年獲得中國山東大學的工學學士學位，2010年獲得香港科技大學的碩士學位，並於2014年獲得澳大利亞新南威爾士大學的計算機科學博士學位。2025年，李博士在美國賓夕法尼亞州匹茲堡的卡內基梅隆大學（CMU）工程學院電氣與計算機工程系擔任訪問學者，該計畫由CMU-葡萄牙訪問教職員和研究人員計畫資助。從2024年到2025年，他在德國柏林工業大學的電氣工程與計算機科學學院擔任訪問研究學者。從2016年到2025年，他在葡萄牙波爾圖的CISTER研究中心擔任高級研究科學家，同時擔任CMU-葡萄牙研究員，該職位由美國CMU和葡萄牙里斯本的科學與技術基金會（FCT）共同支持。2023年至2024年，他在英國劍橋大學工程系的電氣工程部擔任訪問研究科學家。2022年，他在CMU的CyLab安全與隱私研究所擔任訪問研究學者。

Dr. Xin Yuan於2013年獲得中國山西太原科技大學的工學學士學位，並於2019年和2020年分別獲得澳大利亞悉尼科技大學（UTS）和中國北京郵電大學的雙博士學位。她目前是澳大利亞悉尼CSIRO的高級研究科學家，自2023年起同時擔任新南威爾士大學的兼任高級講師。她的研究興趣包括影像與信號處理、數據分析，以及利用人工智慧（AI）和機器學習（ML）技術進行的網絡物理安全，並應用於智能系統和網絡的完整性、效率和安全性。自2023年以來，Yuan博士擔任《IEEE車輛技術學報》的編輯。她還擔任2024年ACM計算機與通信安全會議（CCS）的程序委員會成員。

魏尼教授於2000年和2005年分別獲得中國上海復旦大學的電子工程學士和博士學位。他是澳大利亞珀斯艾迪斯科文大學工程學院的副院長（研究），悉尼科技大學的兼任教授，以及澳大利亞標準協會的技術委員會成員。他曾於2005年至2008年擔任阿爾卡特/阿爾卡特-盧森貝爾實驗室的副項目經理；2008年至2009年擔任諾基亞的高級研究工程師；2009年至2025年擔任聯邦科學與工業研究組織的高級首席研究科學家及小組負責人；2022年至2026年擔任新南威爾士大學的聯合教授。他的研究興趣包括在受限資源下的分散式和可信學習、量子互聯網及其在系統效率、完整性和韌性方面的應用。他是2025年ACM計算機與通信安全會議（CCS）傑出論文獎的共同獲獎者，並獲得四項最佳論文獎。自2018年以來，他一直擔任《IEEE無線通信學報》的編輯，自2022年以來擔任《IEEE車輛技術學報》的編輯，自2024年以來擔任《IEEE信息取證與安全學報》和《IEEE通信調查與教程》的編輯，自2025年以來擔任《IEEE網絡科學與工程學報》和《IEEE雲計算學報》的編輯。他曾擔任IEEE VTS NSW分會主席（2020-2022）、VTC-Spring 2017的會議主席、IEEE VTC-Spring 2016的共同主席、BodyNet 2015的出版主席，以及WPMC 2014的學生旅行獎主席。他是IEEE的會士。