Ronghua Xu

Rekhi Hall 107

1400 Townsend Drive

Houghton, MI 49931-1295

I am looking for self-motivated Ph.D. students to join my research group (supported as RA/TA). If you are interested, shoot my email (ronghuax AT mtu DOT edu) with your research plan, CV, and any other relevant materials that you believe would support your application (transcripts, TOEFL and GRE scores, etc.).

About me:

I joined the Department of Applied Computing at Michigan Technological University in 2023. [Curriculum Vitae]

I obtained a Ph.D. and an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Binghamton University - State University of New York (SUNY), supervised by Dr. Yu Chen. I received a M.S. in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics (NUAA) in 2010 and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Nanjing University of Science & Technology (NJUST) in 2007. Prior to joining Binghamton University, I have been worked in Siemens on software development and system integration from 2010 to 2016.

Research Interests:

Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology, Internet-of-Things (IoT), Machine Learning, Cloud/Fog/Edge Computing Paradigm.
Scalablility and Interoperability of the Decentralized Security Network Intrastructure.
Intelligence, Assurance and Resilience of Next-G Network (NGN).

news

Jan 8, 2024	Our research was funded ($6K) by ICC Rapid Seeding Awards (Spring24) from MTU about designing intelligent and resillent computing and networking infrastructures for nextG Internet of vehicles networks (PI: Ronghua Xu).
Oct 13, 2023	I gave a talk at EAI SmartSP 23, Chicago, Title: A Hierarchical Microchain Network Architecture for Next Generation Smart Vehicular Network.
Apr 14, 2023	I will be joining the Department of Applied Computing at the Michigan Technological University as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Fall 2023.
Jan 10, 2023	Our paper titled SAUSA: Securing Access, Usage, and Storage of 3D Point Cloud Data by a Blockchain-Based Authentication Network has been accepted at the MDPI/Future Internet and selected as a title story on the front page of /Future Internet.
Jan 6, 2023	Congratulation! I have been received Graduate Student Excellence Award in Research which acknowledges distinguished work in Ph.D research.
Jun 30, 2022	Our paper titled Fairledger: A Fair Proof-Of-Sequential-Work Based Lightweight Distributed Ledger for IoT Networks has been accepted at the First International Symposium on Recent Advances of Blockchain Evolution: Architecture, Intelligence, Incentive, and Applications (BlockchainEvo 2022).
May 29, 2022	Our paper titled μDFL: A Secure Microchained Decentralized Federated Learning Fabric atop IoT Networks has been accepted at the IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management.
Apr 25, 2022	Our paper titled A Secure Dynamic Edge Resource Federation Architecture for Cross-Domain IoT Systems has been accepted into a workshop program (The 4th International Workshop on Smart City Communication and Networking) at the ICCCN 2022.

selected publications

A Decentralized Digital Watermarking Framework for Secure and Auditable Video Data in Smart Vehicular Networks

Xinyun Liu, Ronghua Xu, and Yu Chen

Future Internet, 2024

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@article{liu2024watermarking,
  title = {A Decentralized Digital Watermarking Framework for Secure and Auditable Video Data in Smart Vehicular Networks},
  author = {Liu, Xinyun and Xu, Ronghua and and Chen, Yu},
  journal = {Future Internet},
  volume = {16},
  number = {11},
  pages = {390},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute},
  doi = {10.3390/fi16110390},
}

A Secure Interconnected Autonomous System Architecture for Multi-Domain IoT Ecosystems

Ronghua Xu, Deeraj Nagothu, Yu Chen, and 3 more authors

IEEE Communications Magazine, 2024

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@article{xu2024secure,
  title = {A Secure Interconnected Autonomous System Architecture for Multi-Domain IoT Ecosystems},
  author = {Xu, Ronghua and Nagothu, Deeraj and Chen, Yu and Aved, Alex and Ardiles-Cruz, Erika and Blasch, Erik},
  journal = {IEEE Communications Magazine},
  volume = {62},
  number = {7},
  pages = {52--57},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers},
  doi = {10.1109/MCOM.001.2300354},
}

LightMAN: A Lightweight Microchained Fabric for Assurance-and Resilience-Oriented Urban Air Mobility Networks

Ronghua Xu, Sixiao Wei, Yu Chen, and 2 more authors

Drones, 2022

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@article{xu2022lightman,
  title = {LightMAN: A Lightweight Microchained Fabric for Assurance-and Resilience-Oriented Urban Air Mobility Networks},
  author = {Xu, Ronghua and Wei, Sixiao and Chen, Yu and Chen, Genshe and Pham, Khanh},
  journal = {Drones},
  volume = {6},
  number = {12},
  pages = {421},
  year = {2022},
  publisher = {Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute},
  doi = {10.3390/drones6120421},
}

SAUSA: Securing Access, Usage, and Storage of 3D Point Cloud Data by a Blockchain-Based Authentication Network

Ronghua Xu, Yu Chen, Genshe Chen, and 1 more author

Future Internet, 2022

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@article{xu2022sausa,
  title = {SAUSA: Securing Access, Usage, and Storage of 3D Point Cloud Data by a Blockchain-Based Authentication Network},
  author = {Xu, Ronghua and Chen, Yu and Chen, Genshe and Blasch, Erik},
  journal = {Future Internet},
  volume = {14},
  number = {12},
  pages = {354},
  year = {2022},
  publisher = {Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute},
  doi = {10.3390/fi14120354},
}

μDFL: A Secure Microchained Decentralized Federated Learning Fabric atop IoT Networks

Ronghua Xu, and Yu Chen

IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 2022

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@article{xu2022mudfl,
  title = {μDFL: A Secure Microchained Decentralized Federated Learning Fabric atop IoT Networks},
  author = {Xu, Ronghua and Chen, Yu},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management},
  year = {2022},
  publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers},
  doi = {10.1109/TNSM.2022.3179892},
}

Blendcac: A blockchain-enabled decentralized capability-based access control for iots

Ronghua Xu, Yu Chen, Erik Blasch, and 1 more author

In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things (iThings) and IEEE Green Computing and Communications (GreenCom) and IEEE Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom) and IEEE Smart Data (SmartData), 2018

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@inproceedings{xu2018blendcac1,
  title = {Blendcac: A blockchain-enabled decentralized capability-based access control for iots},
  author = {Xu, Ronghua and Chen, Yu and Blasch, Erik and Chen, Genshe},
  booktitle = {2018 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things (iThings) and IEEE Green Computing and Communications (GreenCom) and IEEE Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom) and IEEE Smart Data (SmartData)},
  pages = {1027--1034},
  year = {2018},
  organization = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers},
  doi = {10.1109/Cybermatics_2018.2018.00191},
}

Lightweight Blockchain for Internet of Things: Rationale and a Case Study

Ronghua Xu, Yu Chen, and Erik Blasch

In Lightweight Blockchain for Internet of Things: Rationale and a Case Study, 2023

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@incollection{xu2023lightBC,
  title = {Lightweight Blockchain for Internet of Things: Rationale and a Case Study},
  author = {Xu, Ronghua and Chen, Yu and Blasch, Erik},
  booktitle = {Lightweight Blockchain for Internet of Things: Rationale and a Case Study},
  pages = {1--50},
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {SPIE Press},
  doi = {10.1117/3.2670000},
}