Wenjuan Li received her Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. She received both Research Tuition Scholarships and Outstanding Academic Performance Award during the doctorate studies. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Information Technology, The Education University of Hong Kong. Prior to that, she was a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China. She received the Best Student Paper Award at NSS 2016 and SpaCCS 2021, SciSec 2023, and Best Paper Award at ProvSec 2022, ICA3PP 2022, IEEE DSC 2021 & EISA 2020 and AIBlock 2019. For contributions to hyper-intelligent and distributed system security, she received the IEEE HITC Award for Excellence in Hyper-Intelligence Systems (Early Career Researcher award) in 2022 and IEEE ComSoc WICE (Women in Communications Engineering Committee) Early Achievement Award in 2023.

Dr. LI is a senior member of IEEE and one of the World’s Top 2% Most-cited Scientists in the 2024 rankings published by Stanford University.

Teaching Experience

- The Education University of Hong Kong

INT6064-Coding and Computational Thinking, MIT [2024]

INT6110-Creative Multimedia and Design, MIT [2024]

- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

EIE553-Security in Data Communication, EIE

EIE2211-Logic Design, EIE

- City University of Hong Kong

CS3347-Software Engineering Principles and Practice [Semester B 2016-2019]

CS5294-Information Security Technology Management [Semester A 2018/19]

CS4394-Information Security and Management [Semester A 2018/19]

CS2204-Fundamentals of Internet Applications Development [Semester A 2016/17]

CS2611-Seminars on Contemporary Technology I & II [Semester A 2016/17]

CS1303-Introduction to Internet & Programming [Semester B 2015/16]

CS3354-Software Engineering [Semester A 2015/16]

- Editor-in-Chief

EAI Endorsed Transactions on Cloud System (ToCS) , EAI [2024-]

International Journal of Blockchain Applications and Secure Computing (IJBASC) , IGI Global [2024-]

- Area Editor

Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (AIHC), Springer [2023-2025]

- Associate Editor

Journal of Information Security and Applications (JISA) (SCIE Index), Elsevier

International Journal of Information Security (SCIE Index), Springer

Network: Computation in Neural Systems (TNET) (SCIE Index), Taylor & Francis

Heliyon (Computer Science) (SCIE Index), Cell Press [2023-]

Royal Society Open Science (SCIE Index), The Royal Society

Blockchain Journal, ELS Publishing

Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (AIHC), Springer [2021-2023]

International Journal of Blockchain Applications and Secure Computing (IJBASC) , IGI Global [2021-2024]

- Editorial Board Member

Frontiers in Communications and Networks (Security, Privacy and Authentication), Frontiers

Discover Computing, Springer [2024-]

Discover Networks, Springer [2024-]

Connection Science, Taylor & Francis [2021-2024]

Security and Communication Networks, Wiley [2020-2023]

- Editorial Advisory Board

Heliyon (Computer Science), Cell Press [2021-2023]

- Editorial Review Board

International Journal of Cyber Research and Education (IJCRE) , IGI Global

International Journal of Information Security and Privacy (IJISP) , IGI Global

- Journal Guest Editor

Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications, Blockchain for Peer-to-Peer Computing

Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JISA), Special Issue on Trends in Cybersecurity

Connection Science, Security, Trust and Privacy in Computer Networks

Conference Organizing Committee:

- General Chair

EAI International Conference on Cloud Computing (CloudComp), 2023

- Program Chair

IEEE International Conference on Smart Data (SmartData), 2024

International Symposium on Emerging Information Security and Applications (EISA), 2024

International Workshop on Attacks and Defenses for Internet-of-Things (ADIoT) with ESORICS, 2022, 2023

EAI International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Emerging Applications (BlockTEA), 2022

- Program Vice/Track Chair

IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things (iThings), 2024

Annual International Conference on Privacy, Security & Trust (PST), 2023

- Publicity Chair

European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS), 2022, 2024, 2025

International Workshop on Security and Trust Management (STM) with ESORICS, 2025,

ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2023

The Workshop on Security and Privacy in CPS&IoT (CPSIoTSec) with ACM CCS, 2022

IFIP International Conference on ICT Systems Security and Privacy Protection (IFIPSEC), 2022

International Symposium on Cyberspace Safety and Security (CSS), 2021

- Publication Chair

International Conference on Application Intelligence and Blockchain Security (AIBlock), 2025

IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain), 2024

International Conference on Information Security Practice and Experience (ISPEC), 2023

International Conference on Science of Cyber Security (SciSec), 2023

EAI International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Emerging Applications (BlockTEA), 2021, 2022, 2023

International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing (ICA3PP), 2022

International Symposium on Emerging Information Security and Applications (EISA), 2020, 2021, 2022

IEEE Conference on Dependable and Secure Computing (IEEE DSC), 2021

ACM International Symposium on Advanced Security on Software and Systems (ASSS), 2021

International Conference on Information and Communications Security (ICICS), 2020

- Workshop Chair

EAI International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous), 2025

- Web Chair

International Conference on Security and Privacy in New Computing Environments (SPNCE), 2020