Areas of Specialization

Information Security • Access Control • Data Security and Privacy Preserving

Education

2015-Present

Ph.D. Student in Information Security, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, U.S.

2011-2014

M.S. in Computer Science, Beihang University, Beijing, China

2007-2011

B.E. in Software Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China.

^{Beihang University, previously known as Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics ↩}

Publications

Conference Articles

2017

Runhua Xu, James B.D. Joshi, Prashant Krishnamurthy and David Tipper. “Insider Threat Mitigation in Attribute based Encryption.” In 9th Annual National Cyber Security Summit (Research Track), Von Braun Center, Huntsville, AL, USA. 2017.

2016

Runhua Xu and James B.D. Joshi. “Enabling Attribute Based Encryption as an Internet Service.” In 2016 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Collaboration and Internet Computing, Pittsburgh, USA. pp. 417-426.IEEE, 2016.

2016

Runhua Xu and James B.D. Joshi. “An Integrated Privacy Preserving Attribute Based Access Control Framework.” In 2016 IEEE 9th International Conference on Cloud Computing (Research Track), San Francisco, USA. pp. 68-76. IEEE, 2016

2013

Runhua Xu, Yang Wang, and Bo Lang. “A Tree-Based CP-ABE Scheme with Hidden Policy Supporting Secure Data Sharing in Cloud Computing.” In Advanced Cloud and Big Data (CBD), 2013 International Conference on, Nanjing, China. pp. 51-57. IEEE, 2013.

2013

Bo Lang, Runhua Xu, and Yawei Duan. “Extending the ciphertext-policy attribute based encryption scheme for supporting flexible access control.” In Security and Cryptography (SECRYPT), 2013 International Conference on, Reykjavik, Iceland. pp. 1-11. IEEE, 2013.

2012

Runhua Xu and Bo Lang. “Survey on security model of authenticated key exchange protocols.” The 9th Graduate Students Academic Forum of Beihang University. pp. 434-442. 2012. (in Chinese)

Journal Articles

2015

Runhua Xu, and Bo Lang. “A CP-ABE scheme with hidden policy and its application in cloud computing.” International Journal of Cloud Computing, Advanced Cloud and Big Data. vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 279-298. 2015.

2014

Bo Lang, Runhua Xu, and Yawei Duan. “Self-contained Data Protection Scheme Based on CP-ABE.” EBusiness and Telecommunications, Communications in Computer and Information Science. pp. 306-321. 2014

Service & Activities

Journal Review

IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security(TIFS);
IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC);

Conference Review/External Review

IEEE Big Data 2016;
IEEE CIC 2016;
IEEE SCC 2017;
ACM CODASPY 2016, 2017;
ACM SIGSAC SACMAT 2017;

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