2015 · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
Internet of Things: A Survey on Enabling Technologies, Protocols, and Applications
8,647 citationsRead
Most cited
1,965 papers in total2019 · IEEE Access
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): A Survey on Civil Applications and Key Research Challenges
2,400 citationsRead
2018 · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
Deep Learning for IoT Big Data and Streaming Analytics: A Survey
1,481 citationsRead
2017 · IEEE Access
MeDShare: Trust-Less Medical Data Sharing Among Cloud Service Providers via Blockchain
1,171 citationsRead
2020 · IEEE Access
A Comprehensive Review of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Role of IoT, Drones, AI, Blockchain, and 5G in Managing its Impact
1,128 citationsRead
2020 · IEEE Internet of Things Journal
A Survey on Federated Learning: The Journey From Centralized to Distributed On-Site Learning and Beyond
808 citationsRead
Newest first
1,965 papers in total2025
- Overview of AI and communication for 6G network: fundamentals, challenges, and future research opportunitiesScience China Information Sciences · 213 citations
2024
- State-of-the-Art and Future Research Challenges in UAV SwarmsIEEE Internet of Things Journal · 326 citations
- Generative AI for Transformative Healthcare: A Comprehensive Study of Emerging Models, Applications, Case Studies, and LimitationsIEEE Access · 250 citations
- Transforming Conversations with AI—A Comprehensive Study of ChatGPTCognitive Computation · 165 citations
- Computational Intelligence Algorithms for UAV Swarm Networking and Collaboration: A Comprehensive Survey and Future DirectionsIEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials · 133 citations
- Profit Maximization of Independent Task Offloading in MEC-Enabled 5G Internet of VehiclesIEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems · 121 citations
- Healthcare Internet of Things: Security Threats, Challenges, and Future Research DirectionsIEEE Internet of Things Journal · 109 citations
2023
- Joint Multi-Task Offloading and Resource Allocation for Mobile Edge Computing Systems in Satellite IoTIEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology · 328 citations
- A Survey on Digital Twin for Industrial Internet of Things: Applications, Technologies and ToolsIEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials · 293 citations
- Secure Federated Learning With Fully Homomorphic Encryption for IoT CommunicationsIEEE Internet of Things Journal · 206 citations
- Fairness-Based 3-D Multi-UAV Trajectory Optimization in Multi-UAV-Assisted MEC SystemIEEE Internet of Things Journal · 138 citations
- A PDDQNLP Algorithm for Energy Efficient Computation Offloading in UAV-Assisted MECIEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications · 128 citations
- NOMA-Assisted Secure Offloading for Vehicular Edge Computing Networks With Asynchronous Deep Reinforcement LearningIEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems · 127 citations
- Rethinking Wireless Communication Security in Semantic Internet of ThingsIEEE Wireless Communications · 111 citations
- VNF and CNF Placement in 5G: Recent Advances and Future TrendsIEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management · 104 citations
2022
- Digital Twin of Wireless Systems: Overview, Taxonomy, Challenges, and OpportunitiesIEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials · 327 citations
- Deep Learning-Powered Vessel Trajectory Prediction for Improving Smart Traffic Services in Maritime Internet of ThingsIEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering · 235 citations
- A Survey on IoT Intrusion Detection: Federated Learning, Game Theory, Social Psychology, and Explainable AI as Future DirectionsIEEE Internet of Things Journal · 211 citations
- Pervasive AI for IoT Applications: A Survey on Resource-Efficient Distributed Artificial IntelligenceIEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials · 186 citations
- Communication-efficient hierarchical federated learning for IoT heterogeneous systems with imbalanced dataQatar University QSpace (Qatar University) · 145 citations
- A Comprehensive Survey on the Applications of Blockchain for Securing Vehicular NetworksIEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials · 139 citations
- ELITE: An Intelligent Digital Twin-based Hierarchical Routing Scheme for Softwarized Vehicular NetworksIEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing · 133 citations
- Industrial digital twins at the nexus of NextG wireless networks and computational intelligence: A surveyJournal of Network and Computer Applications · 131 citations
- FEDGAN-IDS: Privacy-preserving IDS using GAN and Federated LearningComputer Communications · 131 citations
- Deep-Distributed-Learning-Based POI Recommendation Under Mobile-Edge NetworksIEEE Internet of Things Journal · 126 citations
- Intelligent Edge-Enabled Efficient Multi-Source Data Fusion for Autonomous Surface Vehicles in Maritime Internet of ThingsIEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking · 122 citations
- A blockchain based privacy-preserving federated learning scheme for Internet of VehiclesDigital Communications and Networks · 119 citations
- Impact of Digital Twins and Metaverse on Cities: History, Current Situation, and Application PerspectivesApplied Sciences · 119 citations
- PerFED-GAN: Personalized Federated Learning via Generative Adversarial NetworksIEEE Internet of Things Journal · 110 citations
- Blockchain and Federated Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Secure Cloud-Edge-End Collaboration in Power IoTIEEE Wireless Communications · 108 citations
Research in numbers
From OpenAlex- article196
- conference paper1
- preprint1
- review1
- other1
- IEEE Internet of Things Journal26
- IEEE Access22
- IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology18
- IEEE Wireless Communications16
- IEEE Communications Magazine13
- Xiaojiang Du38
- Vinay Chamola15
- Ala Al‐Fuqaha12
- Guangjie Han12
- Ikram Ud Din11
Experience and education
Universities
2023Tianjin University of Technology
2023University of North Texas
2022Guangdong University of Technology
2022Abu Dhabi University
2018Beijing Institute of Technology
2015New Jersey Institute of Technology
2007Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications
1990 to 2003King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
2001University of London
Industry and labs
2002United States Naval Research Laboratory