Dr. Jeffrey Zhe PENG

Dr. Jeffrey Zhe PENG

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

About Me

Dr. Peng is currently a Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Prior to joining ISE, he was a Research Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Hong Kong Baptist University, working closely with Prof. Jianliang Xu, and was the Blockchain Technical Director at SF Technology.

He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University under the supervision of Prof. Bin Xiao, Master’s degree in Information and Communication Engineering from University of Science and Technology of China, and Bachelor’s degree in Communication Engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University. He was a visiting scholar in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Stony Brook University, supervised by Prof. Yuanyuan Yang.

His primary research interests include Blockchain, Web3, AIoT, Data Security and Privacy. He has published a series of papers in prestigious journals and conferences, such as IEEE TMC, IEEE ToN, IEEE TDSC, ACM SIGMOD, ACM CCS, IEEE ICDE, IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE IROS, etc.

He is ranked among the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University in 2024.

Openings

We are looking for highly self-motivated Postdoctoral Fellows and Ph.D. Students who are interested and experienced in Blockchain, AIoT, Data Security and Privacy. Applicants are welcome to apply for prestigious Fellowship & Scholarship Schemes. If you are interested, please email me your CV, transcripts, IELTS/TOEFL results, and publications.

Undergraduate and MSc students seeking URIS or dissertation supervision are also welcome.

News

- [2023-03] Our paper SymmeProof on Blockchain Confidential Transactions was accepted by IEEE TDSC. - [2022-10] Serving as a Guest Editor for IET Blockchain special issue on Blockchain Databases. Welcome submissions! - [2022-08] Our paper BlockShare on Blockchain Data Sharing was accepted by IEEE Data Engineering Bulletin. - [2022-06] Our paper EPAR on Augmented Reality was accepted by IROS 2022. - [2022-01] Our paper VFChain on Blockchain-based Federated Learning was selected as a popular article by IEEE TNSE. - [2021-04] Won Best Paper Award at DASFAA 2021. - [2021-03] Our paper on Privacy-Preserving Blockchain Data Verification was accepted by SIGMOD 2021. - [2021-01] Our paper on Digital Contact Tracing was accepted by DASFAA 2021. - [2020-12] Our paper VFChain on Blockchain-based Federated Learning was accepted by IEEE TNSE. - [2020-10] Awarded a grant from Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation for Blockchain research. - [2020-01] I joined the department of Computer Science at HKBU as Research Assistant Professor. - [2019-11] Delivered an Invited Talk on Blockchain Innovation at HKTDC ALMC 2019. - [2019-06] Delivered an Invited Talk on Blockchain Applications in Smart Supply Chain at GS1 HK IoT Conference 2019.