Menu

Dr. Cong Wang is a professor at the College of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, where he was born and raised. Cong received his Ph.D from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stony Brook University (16'), advised by Dr. Yuanyuan Yang, B. Eng in Information Engineering from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (08') and M. Sc in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University (09'). From 2017-2022, he was a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at the Cybersecurity Department of George Mason University, Fairfax, VA and the Computer Science Department at the Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. Cong is the recipient of NSF CRII Award in 2019 and NSF CAREER Award in 2021.

Research Interests: Mobile and Edge Computing; Paralleled and Distributed Computing; Adversarial Machine Learning

Email Google Scholar ResearchGate

Selected Conference Publications:

  1. [KDD' 25] FLMarket: Enabling Privacy-preserved Pre-training Data Pricing for Federated Learning
    Zhenyu Wen, Wanglei Feng, Di Wu*, Haozhen Hu, Chang Xu, Bin Qian, Zhen Hong, Cong Wang*, Shouling Ji
    ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining

  2. [ICDCS' 22] Energy Minimization for Federated Asynchronous Learning on Battery-Powered Mobile Devices via Application Co-running
    Cong Wang*, Bin Hu and Hongyi Wu
    IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, 2022 | paper

  3. [CVPR' 21] You See What I Want You to See: Exploring Targeted Black-Box Transferability Attack for Hash-based Image Retrieval Systems
    Yanru Xiao and Cong Wang*
    IEEE CVPR 2021 | paper | code

  4. [CVPR' 20] Evade Deep Image Retrieval by Stashing Private Images in the Hash Space
    Yanru Xiao, Cong Wang* and Xing Gao
    IEEE CVPR 2020 | paper | code

  5. [ACM MM' 20] Gangsweep: Sweep out neural backdoors by gan
    Liuwan Zhu, Rui Ning, Cong Wang, Chunsheng Xin, Hongyi Wu
    Proceedings of the 28th ACM International Conference on Multimedia, 2020.

  6. [INFOCOM' 20] Design and Optimization of Electric Autonomous Vehicles with Renewable Energy Source for Smart Cities
    Pengzhan Zhou, Cong Wang and Yuanyuan Yang
    IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2020.

  7. [IPDPS' 20] Optimize Scheduling of Federated Learning on Battery-powered Mobile Devices
    Cong Wang*, Xin Wei and Pengzhan Zhou
    IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), New Orleans, LA, USA, 2020

  8. [ICDCS' 20] E-Sharing: Data-driven Online Optimization of Parking Location Placement for Dockless Electric Bike Sharing
    Pengzhan Zhou, Xin Wei, Cong Wang* and Yuanyuan Yang*
    International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Singapore, 2020 | paper

  9. [IJCAI' 19] Explore Truthful Incentives for Tasks with Heterogenous Levels of Difficulty in the Sharing Economy
    Pengzhan Zhou, Xin Wei, Cong Wang* and Yuanyuan Yang*
    Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence | paper

  10. [ACM MM' 19] Close the Gap between Deep Learning and Mobile Intelligence by Incorporating Training in the Loop
    Cong Wang*, Yanru Xiao, Xing Gao, Li Li, Jun Wang
    Proceedings of the 27th ACM International Conference on Multimedia, 2019.

  11. [CCS' 19] Houdini’s Escape: Breaking the Resource Rein of Linux Control Groups
    Xing Gao, Zhongshu Gu, Zhengfa Li, Hani Jamjoom, Cong Wang
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), London, UK, 2019

  12. [INFOCOM' 19] CapJack: Capture In-Browser Crypto-jacking by Deep Capsule Network through Behavioral Analysis
    Rui Ning, Cong Wang, Chunsheng Xin, Jiang Li, Liuwan Zhu and Hongyi Wu
    IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, Paris, France, 2019.

  13. [INFOCOM' 19] Self-sustainable Sensor Networks with Multi-source Energy Harvesting and Wireless Charging
    Pengzhan Zhou, Cong Wang, Yuanyuan Yang
    IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, Paris, France, 2019.

  14. [IJCAI 18'] GELU-Net: A Globally Encrypted, Locally Unencrypted Deep Neural Network for Privacy-Preserved Learning
    Qiao Zhang, Cong Wang, Hongyi Wu, Chunsheng Xin, Tran V Phuong
    Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence | paper

  15. [PerCom' 18] DeepMag: Sniffing Mobile Apps in Magnetic Field through Deep Convolutional Neural Networks
    Rui Ning, Cong Wang, Chunsheng Xin, Jiang Li and Hongyi Wu
    IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom), Athens, Greece, 2018 | Mark Weiser Best Paper Award, 1/139.

  16. [ICDCS' 17] Leverage Target k-Coverage in Wireless Rechargeable Sensor Network
    Pengzhan Zhou, Cong Wang and Yuanyuan Yang
    IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, Atlanta, GA, 2017.

  17. [ICDCS' 17] Design and Implementation of a Versatile Platform for Mobile Data Gathering in Wireless Sensor Networks
    Ji Li, Cong Wang and Yuanyuan Yang
    IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, Atlanta, GA, 2017.

  18. [INFOCOM' 16] A Hybrid Framework Combining Solar Energy Harvesting and Wireless Charging for Wireless Sensor Networks
    Cong Wang, Ji Li, Yuanyuan Yang and Fan Ye
    IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications, San Francisco, CA, 2016.

  19. [ICDCS' 15] Improve Charging Capability for Wireless Rechargeable Sensor Networks using Resonant Repeaters
    Cong Wang, Ji Li, Fan Ye and Yuanyuan Yang
    IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, Columbus, OH, 2015.

  20. [TMC] Mobile Data Gathering with Load Balanced Clustering and Dual Data Uploading in Wireless Sensor Networks
    Miao Zhao, Yuanyuan Yang and Cong Wang
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 770-785, April 1 2015.

  21. [ICPP' 15] Joint Wireless Charging and Sensor Activity Management in Wireless Rechargeable Sensor Networks
    Yuan Gao, Cong Wang and Yuanyuan Yang
    IEEE International Conference on Parallel Processing, Beijing, China, 2015.

  22. [SECON' 14] Recharging Schedules for Wireless Sensor Networks with Vehicle Movement Costs and Capacity Constraints
    Cong Wang, Ji Li, Fan Ye and Yuanyuan Yang
    IEEE International Conference on Sensing Communication and Networking (IEEE SECON), Singapore, 2014.

  23. [INFOCOM' 13] Mobile Data Gathering with Wireless Energy Replenishment in Rechargeable Sensor Networks
    Songtao Guo, Cong Wang and Yuanyuan Yang
    IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications, Turin, Italy, 2013.

Selected Journal Publications:

  1. [TMC] Energy Optimization for Federated Learning on Consumer Mobile Devices With Asynchronous SGD and Application Co-Execution
    Cong Wang* and Hongyi Wu
    in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 10235-10250, Nov. 2024

  2. [TNNLS] SENGraph: A Self-Learning Evolutionary and Node-Aware Graph Network for Soft Sensing in Industrial Processes
    Feng Yan, Cong Wang*, Zichen Wang, Yuhao Shen and Chunjie Yang*
    in IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, to be appeared

  3. [ACM TOIT] Efficient Vertical Federated Unlearning via Fast Retraining
    Zichen Wang, Xiangshan Gao, Cong Wang*, Peng Cheng and Jiming Chen
    ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, vol. 24, no. 2, Apr. 2024

  4. [TMC] A Framework for Behavioral Biometric Authentication using Deep Metric Learning on Mobile Devices
    Cong Wang*, Yanru Xiao, Xing Gao, Li Li, Jun Wang
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 19-36, 1 Jan. 2023 | paper

  5. [TMC] Design and Optimization of Solar-Powered Shared Electric Autonomous Vehicle System for Smart Cities
    Pengzhan Zhou, Cong Wang and Yuanyuan Yang
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 2053-2068, 1 April 2023

  6. [TPDS] Towards Efficient Scheduling of Federated Mobile Devices under Computational and Statistical Heterogeneity
    Cong Wang*, Yuanyuan Yang, Pengzhan Zhou
    IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, pp. 394-410, vol. 32, Feb. 2021. | paper

  7. [TOSN] Design of Self-sustainable Wireless Sensor Networks with Energy Harvesting and Wireless Charging
    Pengzhan Zhou, Cong Wang and Yuanyuan Yang
    ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, vol. 17, issue 4, no.: 45, pp. 1–38, 2021.

  8. [TMC] Static and Mobile Target k-Coverage in Wireless Rechargeable Sensor Networks
    Pengzhan Zhou, Cong Wang and Yuanyuan Yang
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 18, no. 10, pp. 2430-2445, 1 Oct. 2019.

  9. [TMC] Combining Solar Energy Harvesting with Wireless Charging for Hybrid Wireless Sensor Networks
    Cong Wang, Ji Li, Yuanyuan Yang and Fan Ye
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 17, no. 3, March 1, 2018

  10. [TMC] A Novel Framework of Multi-Hop Wireless Charging for Sensor Networks Using Resonant Repeaters
    Cong Wang, Ji Li, Fan Ye and Yuanyuan Yang
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 617-633, March 1 2017.

  11. [TMC] An Optimization Framework for Mobile Data Collection in Energy-Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks
    Cong Wang, Songtao Guo and Yuanyuan Yang
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 2969-2986, Dec. 1 2016.

  12. [TC] A Mobile Data Gathering Framework for Wireless Rechargeable Sensor Networks with Vehicle Movement Costs and Capacity Constraints
    Cong Wang, Ji Li, Fan Ye and Yuanyuan Yang
    IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 65, no. 8, pp. 2411-2427, Aug. 1 2016.

  13. [TMC] DaGCM: A Concurrent Data Uploading Framework for Mobile Data Gathering in Wireless Sensor Networks
    Songtao Guo, Yuanyuan Yang and Cong Wang
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 610-626, March 1 2016.

  14. [TMC] NETWRAP: An NDN Based Real-TimeWireless Recharging Framework for Wireless Sensor Networks
    Cong Wang, Ji Li, Fan Ye and Yuanyuan Yang
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 1283-1297, 2014.

  15. [TMC] Joint Mobile Data Gathering and Energy Provisioning in Wireless Rechargeable Sensor Networks
    Songtao Guo, Cong Wang and Yuanyuan Yang
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 13, no. 12, pp. 2836-2852, Dec. 2014.

Services

  • Charing: ACM Sensys 24, Registration Chair; ICNC 23-Edge Computing Track Chair

  • Program Committee Members of INFOCOM 2020-2025, ICDCS 23, IJCAI 23, CVPR 22, IJCAI 22, ECCV 22, ICDCS 22, INFOCOM 20, INFOCOM 19, IPDPS 20, ICDCS 19, ICPADS 17.

  • Journal Reviewers of TMC, TON, JSAC, TC, TWC, TOSN, TIS, CSUR, TSP, TCOM, TCC

  • NSF Panelist 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019.

  • PhD Students

  • Zichen Wang, 2023-Present.
  • Tianyi Wang, 2023-Present.
  • Quan Kong, 2023-Present.
  • Yuhao Shen, 2024-Present.

    Alumni

  • Yanru Xiao, 2017-2022, Applied Scientist, Amazon Research, Chicago, IL.
  • Xin Wei, 2019-2021.
  • Xiangrui Xu, 2021-2022.

  • Awards

  • 2021, NSF CAREER Award.

  • 2021, Distinguished Research Award, ODU.

  • 2020, Richard Cheng Research Innovation Award, ODU.

  • 2019, NSF CRII Award.

  • 2018, IEEE PerCom Mark Weiser Best Paper Award.

  • Miscellaneous

    I used to be an angler around the Chesapeake Bay area, along the Elizabeth River. The addiction of saltwater fishing is like when you are doing research - "you don't know what you're gonna catch", the unpredictable spinning of the reel and the exictment of fighting, especially with the big ~fish~. Happy to share some pics: