About Me
I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. I obtained my Ph.D. degree from Southeast University on Dec. 19, 2022. Prior to that, I obtained my B.S. degree from Southeast University in 2016. In the period from Sep. 2019 to May 2023, I studied at UMass Lowell, USA as a visiting scholar. My past work mainly focuses on the permissioned blockchain (especially Hyperledger Fabric). Currently, I am working on application of crypto in blockchain and blockchain user anonymity.
Research Interests: Blockchain
Email: shanwangsec@gmail.com
shan-cs.wang@polyu.edu.hk (Note: This PolyU email is no longer active and will no longer be used.)
News!
June 2026: I will serve as a PC member for USENIX Security 2027!
Apr. 2026: I will serve as the General Co-Chair for The IEEE Workshop on Data Security and LLM Safety in Smart Systems (DLS) 2026 (co-located with IEEE MASS 2026)!
Mar. 2026: I will serve as a TPC member for The International Symposium on Research in Attacks, Intrusions and Defenses (RAID) 2026, IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS) 2026, and International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN) 2026!
Mar. 2026: One paper on Network Covert Channel has been accepted by TDSC 2026!
Feb. 2026: I will serve as a Track Co-Chair for IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), 2027 (Communications and Information Security Track)!
Jan. 2026: Our work on Ethereum Anonymity was funded by Ethereum Foundation again via Direct Grant!
Dec. 2025: One paper on Freenet Anonymity has been accepted by INFOCOM 2026!
Oct. 2025: I will serve as a Guest Editor for Blockchain (ISSN 2958-8138), Special Issue “Blockchain User Privacy and Anonymity: From Vulnerabilities to Protections”!
Oct. 2025: I will serve as a TPC member for IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2026!
Sep. 2025: I will serve as a Youth Editorial Board member for Blockchain (ISSN 2958-8138)!
Sep. 2025: One paper on Tor Anonymity has been accepted by IEEE S&P 2026!
Sep. 2025: I will serve as a Guest Editor for IET Communications, Special Issue “Safeguarding the Communication and Networking for AIoT Systems”!
Sep. 2025: I will serve as a TPC member for IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS) 2025!
Aug. 2025: One paper on blockchain user anonymity is accepted by ACM CCS 2025!
Aug. 2025: I will serve as a TPC member for The 27th ACM/IFIP Middleware Conference 2026, MSN 2025 (Track of Security, Privacy, Trust and Blockchain), and ICBC 2026!
July 2025: I will serve as a TPC member for the 30th IEEE Pacific Rim International Symposium on Dependable Computing (PRDC) 2025!
July 2025: Our research on Ethereum user anonymity was funded by the Ethereum Foundation Academic Grants! It’s my first time serving as a Principal Investigator (PI)! (EF_ESP Announcement at Twitter, Farcaster, Lens, Bluesky)
May 2025: I will serve as a TPC member for The 22nd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS 2025)!
April 2025: I will serve as the TPC Chair for The IEEE Workshop on Data Security and LLM Safety in Smart Systems (DLS) 2025 (co-located with IEEE MASS 2025)!
March 2025: I will serve as a TPC member for IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS) 2025!
Feb. 2025: We received a bug bounty of $5000 [CVE-2025-43968] !
Jan. 2025: I will serve as a web chair for The International Conference on Blockchain Research and Applications (BCRA) 2025!
Nov. 2024: I will serve as a TPC member for The 26th ACM/IFIP Middleware Conference 2025!
Oct. 2024: I will serve as a TPC member for IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC) 2025!
Oct. 2024: I will serve as a TPC member for IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2025, Communication & Information System Security Symposium
Sep. 2024: I will serve as a Guest Editor for special issue “Secure Data Privacy and Encryption in Digital Networks”, MDPI Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292), JCR-Q2, IF 2.6!
August 2024: I will serve as a TPC member for IEEE International Conference on Mobility, Sensing and Networking (MSN) 2024, Track of Security, Privacy, Trust and Blockchain!
July 2024: I was awarded a Travel Grant supported by IEEE to attend ICDCS 2024!
July 2024: Our Blockchain paper won the 44th IEEE ICDCS 2024 Distinguished Paper Award!
July 2024: I will serve as a TPC member for IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS) 2024, and the Sixth International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA) 2024!
June 2024: I will serve as a TPC member for 29th IEEE PRDC 2024, and for 6th International Workshop on SLICE 2024 (Co-localted with MASS 2024)!
May 2024: I will serve as a Guest Editor for special issue “Symmetry and Asymmetry in IoT Security” of MDPI Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994), JCR-Q2, IF 2.7！
May 2024: I will serve as a TPC member for The 25th ACM/IFIP Middleware Conference 2024 (Spring/Summer Cycle)!
April 2024: One paper on blockchain and crypto is accepted by ICDCS 2024!
March 2024: One paper on blockchain-based data sharing system is accepted by Elsevier Journal of Systems Architecture (JSA)!
March 2024: I will serve as an organizing chair for The IEEE MetaCom Workshop on Secure and Trustworthy Infrastructures for Metaverse (STIM 2024)!
Feb. 2024: I will serve as Publicity Chair for The 5th EAI International Conference on Edge Computing and IoT: Systems, Management and Security (ICECI 2024)!
Jan. 2024: I will serve as a TPC member for The 21th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS 2024), Security and Privacy Track!
Jan. 2024: I will serve as a local organization and registration co-chair for ACM/IFIP Middleware 2024!
Dec. 2023: Two INFOCOM 2024 papers on Blockchain accepted!
Nov. 2023: I will serve as a TPC member for IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC) 2024!
July. 2023: I will serve as a TPC member for IEEE International Conference on Mobility, Sensing and Networking (MSN) 2023, Track of Security, Privacy, Trust and Blockchain!
May. 2023: I join the Department of Computing at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University as a Postdoctoral Fellow!