🧑 About Me

I am a Ph.D. candidate (expected to graduate in 2027) at the College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, in Changsha, Hunan, China.
My primary advisor is Researcher Dongsheng Li (Google Scholar),
and my co-advisor is Associate Researcher Tao Sun (Homepage).

Published academic papers:

Research Interests:

  • Federated Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
  • Distributed Systems
  • Algorithm Optimization

🎓 Education

  • 2023.09 - Present, College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, Ph.D.
  • 2020.09 - 2023.06, College of Computer Science and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, M.E.
  • 2016.09 - 2020.06, College of Cyberspace Security (School of Cryptography), Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, B.E.

📝 Publications & Patents

International


AAFL JSAC2022
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  • Jieren Cheng, Ping Luo*, N. Xiong, Jie Wu. AAFL: Asynchronous-Adaptive Federated Learning in Edge-Based Wireless Communication Systems for Countering Communicable Infectious Diseasess. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2022, 40(11): 3172-3190. (JCR: Q1; CCF:A; TOP; IF: 16.4)
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FedVeca TPDS2024
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  • Luo Ping, Cheng Jieren, Xiong N., Liu Zhenhao, Wu Jie. AFedVeca: Federated Vectorized Averaging on Non-IID Data With Adaptive Bi-Directional Global Objective. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems. 2024, 35(11): 2102-2113. (JCR:Q1; CCF:A; TOP; IF:5.6)
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BHerd TC2025
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  • Luo Ping, Deng Xiaoge, Wen Ziqing, Sun Tao, Li Dongsheng. BHerd: Accelerating Federated Learning by Selecting Beneficial Herd of Local Gradients. IEEE Transactions on Computers. 2025. (JCR:Q1; CCF:A; IF:3.8)
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Domestic


This area will be explored in the future.

Patents


  • Jieren Cheng, Xiangyan Tang, Yuming Yuan, Hui Li, Ping Luo. A Privacy-Preserving Distributed Data Protection Method Based on Smart Contracts and SGX. [Link]

🏅 Honors & Awards

  • Nov. 2022, First Prize in China Collegiate Computing Contest - AI Innovation Track [Certificate]

🏛️ Academic Conferences

This area will be explored in the future.

💻 Internships

  • Jun. 2021 - Sep. 2021, Oxford-Hainan Blockchain Research Institute, Chengmai, Hainan