I received my BSc (Hons) degree from Beijing University of Science and Technology, MSc degree from University of Science and Technology of China, PhLic and PhD degrees from Abo Akademi University, Finland.

Prior to joining in CQU, I held professorial appointments including Professor under the title of “China National Endowed Expert” in Sun Yat-sen University (#89 ARWU21), Professor of Computer Science in University of Adelaide, Australia, Professor and Head of Computer Networks Laboratory in Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Japanese  graduate-program only national university). 

Abo Akademi University, Finland (PhD, PhLic);

University of Science and Technology of China (MSc);

Beijing University of Science and Technology (BSc)

Sun Yat-sen University, China;

University of Adelaide, Australia;

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan.

I received numerous honors and awards including Science and Technology Progress Award
of Ministry of Education of China, Natural Sciences Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences,
and best/outstanding paper awards from several international conferences.

Computer Networks, Operating Systems, Distributed Databases and Data Mining, Parallel and Distributed Computing, Network Science, Data Structures and Algorithms, Advanced Algorithms, Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing.

I served on the executive board of IEEE Technical Committee for Parallel Processing (TCPP) as Australia-Asia Regional Coordinator, chaired numerous
international conferences and delivered 60+ keynote speeches at various conferences.

I was a member of IEEE and ACS.

Representative Research Outputs:

l  2021-23 Journal Publications

1.         (ERA B) Can Wang, Chi-Hung Chi, Lina Yao, Alan Wee-Chung Liew, Hong Shen, “Interdependence Analysis on Heterogenous Data via Behavior Interior Dimensions”, 279(4), Knowledge-Based Systems, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2023.110893

2.         (ERA B) Xin Wang, Hong Shen, Hui Tian, “Efficient and Fair: Information-Agnostic Online Coflow Scheduling by Combining Limited Multiplexing with DRL”, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, May 2023 (early access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10141527）

3.         (ERA A) Xin Wang, Hong Shen, “Online scheduling of coflows by attention-empowered scalable deep reinforcement learning”, Future Generation Computer Systems, Volume 146,  Pages 195-20, September 2023, Pages 195-206 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2023.04.020).

4.          (ERA A*) Yuanhao Yang, Hong Shen, “Deep Reinforcement Learning Enhanced Greedy Algorithm for Online Scheduling of Batched Tasks in Cloud HPC Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Vol. 33, No. 11, pp. 3003-3014, Nov. 2022.

5.         (ERA A) H. Tian, L. Wang, H. Shen, A. Liew, “Improved Ensemble Classification for Evolving Data Streams”, IEEE Intelligent systems, 37(1): 38-50 (2022).

6.         (ERA A) Huaiwen He, Hong Shen, Qing Hao, Hui Tian, “Online delay-guaranteed workload scheduling to minimize power cost in cloud data centers using renewable energy”, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Systems: 159: 51-64 (2022).

7.         (ERA B) Zhansheng Chen, Hui Tian, Hong Shen, “Improve the quality of charging services for rechargeable wireless sensor networks by deploying a mobile vehicle with multiple removable chargers”, Wireless Networks, 28, pages2805–2819 (2022).

8.         (ERA A) Zhugang Lu, Hong Shen, “Differentially Private k-Means Clustering with Convergence Guarantee”, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 18(4): 1541-1552 (2021). [A1] 

9.         (ERA A) Huaiwen He, Hong Shen, "Minimizing the Operation Cost of Distributed Green Data Centers with Energy Storage Under Carbon Capping", Journal of Computer and System Sciences (JCSS), 118:21-52 (2021) [A2] 

10.     (ERA A) Benbo Zha, Hong Shen, “Improved Probabilistic I/O Scheduling for Limited-Size Burst-Buffers Deployed HPC”, Parallel Computing, 101: 102708 (2021)[A3] 

11.     (ERA B) Zexi Deng, Hons Shen, Duoqian Cao, Zihan Yan, Huimin Huang, "Task Scheduling on Heterogeneous Multiprocessor Systems through Coherent Data Allocation", Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 33(10): e6183 (Feb 2021) 

12.     (ERA B) Zexi Deng, Duoqian Cao, Hons Shen*, Zihan Yan, Huimin Huang, “Reliability-aware task scheduling for energy efficiency on heterogeneous multiprocessor systems”, The Journal of Supercomputing, Vol. 77, pages 11643–11681 (2021) 

13.     (ERA B) Hui Tian, Alan Wee-Chung Liew, Hong Shen, “Advances in Parallel and Distributed Computing and Its Applications”, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpe.6667[A4] 

14.     Dieyan Liang, Hong Shen, “Efficient Algorithm for Max-Weighted Point Sweep Coverage on Lines”, Sensors 21(4):1457, February 2021

15.     Songyuan Li, Hui Tian, Hong Shen*, Yingpeng Sang, “Privacy-Preserving Trajectory Data Publishing by Dynamic Anonymization with Bounded Distortion”, International Journal of Geo-Information 10(2):78, 2021.

16.     (ERA B) Huimin Huang , Zaiqiao Meng , Hong Shen: Competitive and complementary influence maximization in social network: A follower's perspective. Knowl. Based Syst. 213: 106600 (2021)

17.     Dieyan Liang, Hong Shen, Lin Chen: Maximum Target Coverage Problem in Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks. Sensors 21(1): 184 (2021)

l  2016-2020 Journal Publications 

15.     (ERA A) Neetesh Saxen, Hong Shen, Nikos Komninos, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, and Narendra S. Chaudhari, “BVPSMS: A Batch Verification Protocol for End-to-End Secure SMS for Mobile Users”,  IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 17(3): 550-565 (2020).

16.     (ERA C) Huimin Huang, Hong Shen, Zaiqiao Meng, “Community-based influence maximization in attributed networks”,  Appl. Intell. 50(2): 354-364 (2020).

17.     (ERA B) Songyuan Li , Hong Shen, Yingpeng Sang, Hui Tian, “An efficient method for privacy-preserving trajectory data publishing based on data partitioning”, J. Supercomput. 76(7): 5276-5300 (2020).

18.     (ERA B) Hui Tian, Wenwen Sheng, Hong Shen, Can Wang, “Truth finding by reliability estimation on inconsistent entities for heterogeneous data sets”, Knowl. Based Syst. 187 (2020).

19.     (ERA B) Wenting Wei, Kun Wang, Kexin Wang, Huaxi Gua, Hong Shen, “Multi-resource balance optimization for virtual machine placement in cloud data centers”, Computers and Electrical Engineering 88:106866 (2020).

20.     Zexi Deng, Zihan Yan, Huimin Huang, Hong Shen: Energy-Aware Task Scheduling on Heterogeneous Computing Systems With Time Constraint. IEEE Access 8: 23936-23950 (2020).

21.     Yuanquan Shi,Hong Shen: Anomaly Detection for Network Flow Using Immune Network and Density Peak. Int. J. Netw. Secur. 22(2): 337-346 (2020).

22.     Shuangjuan Li, Hong Shen, Qiong Huang, Longkun Guo 2019, ‘Optimizing the Sensor Movement for Barrier Coverage in a Sink-Based Deployed Mobile Sensor Network’, IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 156301–156314, doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2949025 

23.     (ERA C) Huimin Huang, Hong Shen, Zaiqiao Meng, Huajian Chang, Huaiwen He 2019, ‘Community-based influence maximization for viral marketing’, Appl. Intell., vol. 49, no. 6, pp. 2137–2150, doi:10.1007/s10489-018-1387-8 

24.     (ERA C) Ba-Dung Le, Hong Shen, Hung X. Nguyen, Nickolas J. G. Falkner 2019, ‘Improved network community detection using meta-heuristic based label propagation’, Appl. Intell., vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 1451–1466, doi:10.1007/s10489-018-1321-0 

25.     (ERA C) Teng Xiao, Hong Shen 2019, Neural variational matrix factorization for collaborative filtering in recommendation systems, Appl. Intell., vol. 49, no. 10, pp. 3558–3569, doi:10.1007/s10489-019-01469-6 

26.     (ERA A) Shuangjuan Li, Hong Shen, Minimizing maximum movement of sensors for line barrier coverage in the plane, Computer Networks, vol. 163, 2019, doi:10.1016/j.comnet.2019.06.019 

27.     (ERA B) Huaiwen He, Hong Shen, Dieyan Liang, Cost-minimizing online algorithm for internet green data centers on multi-source energy, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, vol. 31, no. 21, 2019, doi:10.1002/cpe.5044 

28.     (ERA A) Huimin Huang, Hong Shen, Zaiqiao Meng, Item diversified recommendation based on influence diffusion, Information Processing and Management, vol. 56, no. 3, 2019, pp. 939–954, doi:10.1016/j.ipm.2019.01.006.

29.     (ERA A) Zaiqiao Meng, Hong Shen, Fast top-k similarity search in large dynamic attributed networks, Information Processing and Management, vol. 56, no. 6, 2019, doi:10.1016/j.ipm.2019.102074.

30.     (ERA A)  Zaiqiao Meng, Hong Shen, Huimin Huanga, Wei Liua, Jing Wang, Arun Kumar Sangaiah, “Search Result Diversification on Attributed Networks via Nonnegative Matrix Factorization”, Information Processing and Management, 54(6): 1277-1291 (2018).

31.     (ERA B) Huaiwen He, Hong Shen and Dieyan Liang, “Cost-Minimizing Online Algorithm for Internet Green Data Centers on Multi-source Energy", Concurrency and Comput.: Practice and Experience, Vol. 31, No. 21, 2018.

32.     Zaiqiao Meng, Hong Shen, “Scalable Aspects Learning for Intent-Aware Diversified Search on Social Networks”, IEEE Access, Vol. 6, Issue. 1, pp. 37124-37137, 2018. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8398207.

33.     (ERA B) Zaiqiao Meng , Hong Shen, “Dissimilarity-constrained node attribute coverage diversification for novelty-enhanced top-k search in large attributed networks”,  Knowledge-Based Systems, Volume 150, 15 June 2018, Pages 85-94.  

34.     (ERA B) Hui Tian, Jingtian Liu, Hong Shen, “Diffusion Wavelet-based Privacy Preserving in social networks”, Computers & Electrical Engineering, Vol.  67, pp. 415-424, 2018. 6.   

35.     (ERA B) Ruoxuan Wei, Hui Tian and Hong Shen, Improving k-Anonymity Based Privacy Preservation for Collaborative Filtering, Computers & Electrical Engineering, Vol. 67: 509-519, 2018.

36.     (ERA C) Zhansheng Chen, Hong Shen, “A grid-based reliable multi-hop routing protocol for energy-efficient wireless sensor networks, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks”, Vol. 14(3), 2018.

37.     (ERA A*) Longkun Guo and Hong Shen: Efficient Approximation Algorithms for the Bounded Flexible Scheduling Problem in Clouds. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems. 28(12): 3511-3520 (2017). 

38.     (ERA A*) Longkun Guo, Hong Shen, and Wenxing Zhu: Efficient Approximation Algorithms for Multi-Antennae Largest Weight Data Retrieval. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 16(12): 3320-3333 (2017).

39.     (ERA A) Yan Wang, Hong Shen, Jianxi Fan: Edge-independent spanning trees in augmented cubes. Theor. Comput. Sci. 670: 23-32 (2017)

40.     (ERA A) Shangsong Liang, Emine Yilmaz, Hong Shen, Maarten De Rijke, W. Bruce Croft: Search Result Diversification in Short Text Streams. ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS). 36(1): 8:1-8:35 (2017)

41.     (ERA B) Zhangcheng Qiu, Hong Shen: User clustering in a dynamic social network topic model for short text streams. Inf. Sci.414: 102-116 (2017)

42.     (ERA B) Ping He, Hong Shen, Longkun Guo, Yidong Li: Efficient data retrieval algorithms for multiple requests in MIMO wireless networks. Int. J. Communication Systems 30(1) (2017)

43.     Hui Tian, Jingtian Liu and Meimei Ding, Promising Techniques for Anomaly Detection on Network Traffic, Computer Science and Information System 14 (3)： 597-609, Sep. 2017.

44.     Lu Cao and Hong Shen: Imbalanced Data Classification by Combining Hybrid Re-­sampling with Twin Support Vector Machine. Computer Science and Information Systems. 14(3): 579–595 (2017). 

45.     (ERA A) Yingpeng Sang, Hong Shen, Hui Tian, Zonghua Zhang: Achieving Probabilistic Anonymity in a Linear and Hybrid Randomization Model, IEEE Trans. on Information Forensics and Security. 11(10): 2187-2202 (2016). 

46.     (ERA B) Xiaofan Zhao, Hong Shen: Online algorithms for 2D bin packing with advice. Neurocomputing 189C: 25-32 (2016).

47.     (ERA A*) Wenhao Shu, Hong Shen: Multi-criteria feature selection on cost-sensitive data with missing values. Pattern Recognition 51: 268-280 (2016)

48.     (ERA B) Ke Ji, Hong Shen:
Jointly modeling content, social network and ratings for explainable and cold-start recommendation. Neurocomputing 218: 1-12 (2016)

49.     (ERA B) Yidong Li, Hong Shen, Congyan Lang, Hairong Dong: Practical anonymity models on protecting private weighted graphs. Neurocomputing 218: 359-370 (2016)

50.     Ping He, Hong Shen, Yidong Li: Tree-based data retrieval algorithm for multi-item request with deadline in wireless networks. Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications 9(1): 92-107 (2016)

l  Pre-2016 Representative ERA-A*/A Journal Publications (1992-2015)

51.     Kewen Liao, Hong Shen, Longkun Guo:
Improved approximation algorithms for constrained fault-tolerant resource allocation. Theor. Comput. Sci. 590: 118-128 (2015)

52.     Yanbo Wu, Hong Shen, and Quan Z. Sheng, “A Cloud-Friendly RFID Trajectory Clustering Algorithm in Uncertain Environments”, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed System 26(8): 2075-2088 (2015). 

53.     Wenhao Su and Hong Shen, “Incremental Feature Selection Based on Rough Set in Dynamic Incomplete Data”, Pattern Recognition, 47(12): 3890-3906 (2014).

54.     Kewen Liao and Hong Shen, “LP-Based Approximation Algorithms for Reliable 
Resource Allocation”, The Computer Journal, Oxford Press, 57(1): 154-164 (2014). 

55.     Hong Shen and Longkun Guo, “An 8-Approximation Algorithm for Computing Rooted 3-Vertex Connected Minimum Steiner Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Computers, 62(9): 1684-1693 (2013). 

56.     Yidong Li and Hong Shen. On Identity Disclosure Control for Hypergraph-based Data Publishing, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 8(8): 1384-1396 (2013). 

57.     Longkun Guo and Hong Shen, “On Finding Min-Min Disjoint Paths”, Algorithmica, 66(3): 641-653 (2013). 

58.     Yanbo Wu, Quan Z. Sheng, Hong Shen, and SheraliZeadally, “Modeling Object Flows from Distributed and Federated RFID Data Streams for Efficient Tracking and Tracing”. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 24(10): 2036-2045 (2013).

59.     Hong Shen and LongkunGuo, “Efficient 2-Approximation Algorithms for Computing 2-Connected Steiner Minimal Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Computers, 61(7): 954-968 (2012). 

60.     LongkunGuo and Hong Shen, “On the Complexity of the Edge-Disjoint Min-Min Problem in Planar Digraphs”, Theoretical Computer Science, Vol 432: 58-63 (2012).

61.     Yingpeng Sang, Hong Shen, HuiTian: Effective Reconstruction of Data Perturbed by Random Projections, IEEE Transactions on Computers, 61(1): 101-117 (2012).

62.     Yawen Chen and Hong Shen, “Embedding meshes and tori on double-loop networks of the same size”, IEEE Transactions on Computers, 60(8): 1157-1168, (2011).

63.     Y. Tian, H. Shen, N.W. Ng, “Improving Reliability for Application-layer Multicast Overlays”, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 21(8): 1103-1116 (2010).

64.     Yawen Chen and Hong Shen, “Routing and wavelength assignment for hypercube in array-based WDM optical networks”, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 70(1):59–68, 2010. 

65.     S.Q. Zheng, A. Gumaste, H. Shen, “A Parallel Self-Routing Rearrangeable Nonblocking Multi-log2N Photonic Switching Network”, IEEE/ACM Transaction on Networking, 18(2): 529-539 (2010).

66.     H. Zhang and H. Shen. “Energy-Efficient Beaconless Geographic Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 21(6): 881-896 (2010)

67.     H. Shen and S. Xu, “Coordinated En-Route Web Caching in Multiserver Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Computers, 58(5): 605-619 (2009).

68.     H. Zhang and H. Shen, “Balancing Energy Consumption to Maximize Network Lifetime in Data-gathering Sensor Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 20(10): 1526-1539 (2009).

69.     Yingpeng Sang and Hong Shen, “Efficient and Secure Protocols for Privacy Preserving Set Operations”, ACM Transactions on Information and System Security, 13(1): 9:1-9:35 (2009).

70.     Y. Sang, H. Shen and H. Tian, “Privacy Preserving Tuple Matching in Distributed Databases”, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 21(12): 1767-1782 (2009).

71.     Z. Zhang and H. Shen, “M-AID: An Adaptive Middleware Built Upon Anomaly Detectors for Intrusion Detection and Response”, ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems, 4(4): 24:1-24:25 (2009).

72.     Keqiu Li, Hong Shen, Francis Y. L. Chin, Weishi Zhang, “Multimedia Object Placement for Transparent Data Replication”, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distrib. Systems, Vol.  18, No. 2, 2007, pp. 212-224.

73.     H. Kan, H. Shen, “Lower bounds on the minimal delay of complex orthogonal designs with maximal rates”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol.  54, No. 3, 2006, p. 383-388.

74.     H. Kan, H. Shen, “Lower bounds on the minimal delay of complex orthogonal designs with maximal rates”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol.  54, No. 3, 2006, p. 383-388.

75.     Keqiu Li, H. Shen, F. Chin, and S. Zheng, “Optimal Methods for Coordinated En-Route Web Caching for Tree Networks”, ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT), Vol. 5, No. 3, 2005, p. 480-507.  

76.     Keqiu Li and H. Shen, “Coordinated En-Route Multimedia Object Caching in Transcoding Proxies for Tree Networks”, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications (TOMCAPP), Vol. 1, No. 3, 2005, p. 289-314.

77.     Haibin Kan and Hong Shen, “A relation between the characteristic generators of a linear code and its dual,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 51, No. 3, 2005, p. 1199-1202.

I served on editorial roles for 11 international journals.