Zhihong Tian

Prof. Zhihong Tian

Cyberspace Institute of Advanced Technology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Academic Career Length

21Years (2006-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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15 June 2020 in IEEE Internet of Things Journal
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Muhammad ShafiqMuhammad Shafiq
Muhammad Shafiq
Zhihong TianZhihong Tian
Zhihong Tian
Ali Kashif BashirAli Kashif Bashir
Ali Kashif Bashir
Xiaojiang DuXiaojiang Du
Xiaojiang Du
Mohsen GuizaniMohsen Guizani
Mohsen Guizani
Identification of anomaly and malicious traffic in the Internet of things (IoT) network is essential for the IoT security to keep eyes and block unwanted traffic flows in the IoT network. For this purpose, numerous machine learning (ML) technique models are presented by many researchers to block malicious traffic flows in the IoT network. However, due to the inappropriate feature selection, several ML models prone misclassify mostly malicious traffic flows. Nevertheless, the significant problem still needs to be studied more in-depth that is how to select effective features for accurate malicious traffic detection in IoT network. To address the problem, a new framework model is proposed. Firstly, a novel feature selection metric approach named CorrAUC proposed, and then based on CorrAUC, a new feature selection algorithm name Corrauc is develop and design, which is based on wrapper technique to filter the features accurately and select effective features for the selected ML algorithm by using AUC metric. Then, we applied integrated TOPSIS and Shannon Entropy based on a bijective soft set to validate selected features for malicious traffic identification in the IoT network. We evaluate our proposed approach by using the Bot-IoT dataset and four different ML algorithms. Experimental results analysis showed that our proposed method is efficient and can achieve >96% results on average.

24 January 2020 in IEEE Internet of Things Journal
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JQJing Qiu
Jing Qiu
Zhihong TianZhihong Tian
Zhihong Tian
CDChunlai Du
Chunlai Du
QZQi Zuo
Qi Zuo
SSShen Su
Shen Su
BFBinxing Fang
Binxing Fang
With the development of Internet of Things (IoT) technology, various types of information, such as social resources and physical resources, are deeply integrated for different comprehensive applications. Social networking, car networking, medical services, video surveillance and other forms of the IoT information service model gradually change people’s daily lives. Facing the vast amounts of IoT information data, IoT search technology is used to quickly find accurate information to meet the real-time search needs of users. However, IoT search requires using a large amount of user private information, such as personal health information, location information and social relations information, to provide personalized services. Employing private information from users will encounter security problems if an effective access control mechanism is missing during the IoT search process. An access control mechanism can effectively monitor the access activities of resources and ensure that authorized users access information resources under legitimate conditions. This survey examines the growing literature on access control for an IoT search. Problems and challenges of access control mechanisms are analyzed to facilitate the adoption of access control solutions in real-life settings. This paper aims to provide theoretical, methodological and technical guidance for IoT search access control mechanisms in large-scale dynamic heterogeneous environments. Based on a literature review, we also analyzed the future development direction of access control in the age of IoT.

1 July 2019 in Information Sciences
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Zhihong TianZhihong Tian
Zhihong Tian
MLMohan Li
Mohan Li
MQMeikang QIU
Meikang QIU
YSYanbin Sun
Yanbin Sun
SSShen Su
Shen Su

30 August 2019 in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
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Zhihong TianZhihong Tian
Zhihong Tian
CLChaochao Luo
Chaochao Luo
JQJing Qiu
Jing Qiu
Xiaojiang DuXiaojiang Du
Xiaojiang Du
Mohsen GuizaniMohsen Guizani
Mohsen Guizani
With the development of Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud technologies, numerous IoT devices and sensors transmit huge amounts of data to cloud data centers for further processing. While providing us considerable convenience, cloud-based computing and storage also bring us many security problems, such as the abuse of information collection and concentrated web servers in the cloud. Traditional intrusion detection systems (IDS) and web application firewalls (WAF) are becoming incompatible with the new network environment, and related systems with machine learning or deep learning are emerging. However, cloud-IoT systems increase attacks against web servers, since data centralization carries a more attractive reward. In this paper, based on distributed deep learning, we propose a web attack detection system that takes advantage of analyzing URLs. The system is designed to detect web attacks and is deployed on edge devices. The cloud handles the above challenges in the paradigm of the Edge of Things (EoT). Multiple concurrent deep models are used to enhance the stability of the system and the convenience in updating. We implemented experiments on the system with two concurrent deep models and compared the system with existing systems by using several datasets. The experimental results with 99.410% in accuracy, 98.91% in TPR and 99.55% in DRN demonstrate the system is competitive in detecting web attacks.

24 November 2021 in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
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LLLingling Lv
Lingling Lv
ZWZongyu Wu
Zongyu Wu
JZJinhua Zhang
Jinhua Zhang
LZLei Zhang
Lei Zhang
Zhiyuan TanZhiyuan Tan
Zhiyuan Tan
Zhihong TianZhihong Tian
Zhihong Tian
As the basis for the static security of the power grid, power load forecasting directly affects the safety of grid operation, the rationality of grid planning, and the economy of supply–demand balance. However, various factors lead to drastic changes in short-term power consumption, making the data more complex and thus more difficult to forecast. In response to this problem, a new hybrid model based on variational mode decomposition and long short-term memory with seasonal factors elimination and error correction is proposed in this article. Comprehensive case studies on four real-world load datasets from Singapore and the United States are employed to demonstrate the effectiveness and practicality of the proposed hybrid model. The experimental results show that the prediction accuracy of the proposed model is significantly higher than that of the contrast models.

1 July 2020 in Computers & Security
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MSMuhammad Shafiq
Muhammad Shafiq
Zhihong TianZhihong Tian
Zhihong Tian
Ali Kashif BashirAli Kashif Bashir
Ali Kashif Bashir
XDXiaojiang Du
Xiaojiang Du
MGMohsen Guizani
Mohsen Guizani