Zhihua Cui

Dr. Zhihua Cui

Complex System and Computational Intelligence Laboratory, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan 030024, Shanxi, China

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Academic Career Length

24Years (2003-Present)

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

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11 November 2022 in International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics
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JWJie Wen
Jie Wen
ZZZhixia Zhang
Zhixia Zhang
YLYang Lan
Yang Lan
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Zhihua Cui
JCJianghui Cai
Jianghui Cai
WZWensheng Zhang
Wensheng Zhang

19 May 2015 in Neural Computing and Applications
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Gai-Ge WangGai-Ge Wang
Gai-Ge Wang
SDSuash Deb
Suash Deb
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Zhihua Cui

3 April 2018 in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
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Zhihua Cui
FXFei Xue
Fei Xue
XCXingjuan Cai
Xingjuan Cai
YCYang Cao
Yang Cao
Gai-Ge WangGai-Ge Wang
Gai-Ge Wang
JCJinjun Chen
Jinjun Chen
With the development of the Internet, malicious code attacks have increased exponentially, with malicious code variants ranking as a key threat to Internet security. The ability to detect variants of malicious code is critical for protection against security breaches, data theft, and other dangers. Current methods for recognizing malicious code have demonstrated poor detection accuracy and low detection speeds. This paper proposed a novel method that used deep learning to improve the detection of malware variants. In prior research, deep learning demonstrated excellent performance in image recognition. To implement our proposed detection method, we converted the malicious code into grayscale images. Then, the images were identified and classified using a convolutional neural network (CNN) that could extract the features of the malware images automatically. In addition, we utilized a bat algorithm to address the data imbalance among different malware families. To test our approach, we conducted a series of experiments on malware image data from Vision Research Lab. The experimental results demonstrated that our model achieved good accuracy and speed as compared with other malware detection models.

7 January 2020 in IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
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ZCZhihua Cui
Zhihua Cui
XXXianghua Xu
Xianghua Xu
FXFei Xue
Fei Xue
XCXingjuan Cai
Xingjuan Cai
YCYang Cao
Yang Cao
JCJinjun Chen
Jinjun Chen
Recommendation technology is an important part of the Internet of Things (IoT) services, which can provide better service for users and help users get information anytime, anywhere. However, the traditional recommendation algorithms cannot meet user's fast and accurate recommended requirements in the IoT environment. In the face of a large-volume data, the method of finding neighborhood by comparing whole user information will result in a low recommendation efficiency. In addition, the traditional recommendation system ignores the inherent connection between user's preference and time. In reality, the interest of the user varies over time. Recommendation system should provide users accurate and fast with the change of time. To address this, we propose a novel recommendation model based on time correlation coefficient and an improved K-means with cuckoo search (CSK-means), called TCCF. The clustering method can cluster similar users together for further quick and accurate recommendation. Moreover, an effective and personalized recommendation model based on preference pattern (PTCCF) is designed to improve the quality of TCCF. It can provide a higher quality recommendation by analyzing the user's behaviors. The extensive experiments are conducted on two real datasets of MovieLens and Douban, and the precision of our model have improved about 5.2% compared with the MCoC model. Systematic experimental results have demonstrated our models TCCF and PTCCF are effective for IoT scenarios.

7 January 2020 in IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
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ZCZhihua Cui
Zhihua Cui
FXFei Xue
Fei Xue
SZShiqiang Zhang
Shiqiang Zhang
XCXingjuan Cai
Xingjuan Cai
YCYang Cao
Yang Cao
JCJinjun Chen
Jinjun Chen
Internet of Things (IoT) equipment is usually in a harsh environment, and its security has always been a widely concerned issue. Node identity authentication is an important means to ensure its security. Traditional IoT identity authentication protocols usually rely on trusted third parties. However, many IoT environments do not allow such conditions, and are prone to single point failure. Blockchain technology with decentralization features provides a new solution for distributed IoT system. In this paper, a blockchain based multi-WSN authentication scheme for Internet of Things is proposed. The nodes of IoT are divided into base stations, cluster head nodes and ordinary nodes according to their capability differences, which are formed to a hierarchical network. A blockchain network is constructed among different types of nodes to form a hybrid blockchain model including local chain and public chain. In this hybrid model, nodes identity mutual authentication in various communication scenarios are realized, ordinary node identity authentication operation is accomplished by local blockchain, and cluster head node identity authentication is realized in public blockchain. The analysis of security and performance shows that the scheme has comprehensive security and better performance.

1 March 2017 in Information Sciences
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HWHui Wang
Hui Wang
WWWenjun Wang
Wenjun Wang
XZXinyu Zhou
Xinyu Zhou
HSHui Sun
Hui Sun
JZJia Zhao
Jia Zhao
ZCZhihua Cui
Zhihua Cui