CityU

Assistant Professor Qi Zhong


Dr. Qi Zhong

Assistant Professor Master Supervisor 

 

Email：qizhong@cityu.edu.mo

Tel：(853)8590 2263

Office address: Room T406, Tai Fung Building, City University of Macau (Taipa)

 

Educational qualifications 

2023, Doctor of Philosophy in IT, Deakin University, Australia 

2017, Master of Mathematics, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, China 

2014, Bachelor of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Nanchang Hangkong University, China 

 

Incumbent 

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Data Science, City University of Macau 

 

Research direction 

Copyright protection of machine learning models, Machine learning backdoors, Adversarial machine learning, Data privacy protection in cloud and Internet of Things 

 

Research and publishing 

Zhang X., Zhang Z., Zhong Q., Zheng X., Zhang Y., Hu S., & Zhang L. Y. (2023). Masked Language Model Based Textual Adversarial Example Detection. In AsiaCCS. 

  • Zhong Q., Zhang L. Y., Hu S., Gao L., Zhang J., & Xiang Y. (2022). Attention Distraction: Watermark Removal Through Continual Learning with Selective Forgetting. In ICME. 

  • Abbasi B. H., Zhong Q., Zhang L. Y., Gao S., Kelly A. R., & Doss R. (2022). A Generic Enhancer for Backdoor Attacks on Deep Learning Networks. In ICONIP. (Abbasi B. H. and Zhong Q. are Co-first authors) 

  • Zhao F., Zhou L., Zhong Q.*, Lan R., & Zhang L. Y. (2022). Natural Backdoor Attacks on Deep Neural Networks via Raindrops. Security and Communication Networks. (Zhong Q. is the corresponding author) 

  • Zhong Q., Zhang L. Y., Zhang J., Gao L., & Xiang Y. (2020). Protecting IP of Deep Neural Networks with Watermarking: A New Label Helps. In PAKDD 

  • Li M., Zhong Q., Zhang L. Y., Du Y., Zhang J., & Xiang Y. (2020). Protecting the Intellectual Property of Deep Neural Networks with Watermarking: The Frequency Domain Approach. In TrustCom. (Li M. and Zhong Q. are Co-first authors) 

  • Song J., Zhong Q., Wang W., Su C., Tan Z., & Liu Y. (2020). FPDP: Flexible Privacy-preserving Data Publishing Scheme for Smart Agriculture. IEEE Sensors Journal. 

  • Liu Y., Zhong Q., Chang L., Xia Z., He D., & Cheng C. (2017). A Secure Data Backup Scheme Using Multi-factor Authentication. IET Information Security. (This paper receives The IET Information Security Premium Award in 2019.) 

  • Liu Y., Guo W., Zhong Q., & Yao G. (2017). LVAP: Lightweight V2I Authentication Protocol Using Group Communication in VANETs. International Journal of Communication Systems. 

  • Liu Y., Zhong Q., Xie M., Chen Z. (2017). A Novel Multiple-level Secret Image Sharing Scheme. Multimedia Tools and Applications. 

  • Liu Y., Zhong Q., Shen J., Chang C.C. (2017). A Novel Image Protection Scheme Using Bit-plane Compression and Secret Sharing. Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers.