Publications

2026

1. ICML

   When Agents Go Rogue: Activation-Based Detection of Malicious Behaviors in Multi-Agent Systems

   Xu Haowen, Tan Xue, Ma Lei, and 6 more authors

   2026

   ICML, CCF-A

   Bib

   @article{xu2026icml,
     title = {When Agents Go Rogue: Activation-Based Detection of Malicious Behaviors in Multi-Agent Systems},
     author = {Haowen, Xu and Xue, Tan and Lei, Ma and Zhihao, Zhang and Chao, Wang and Qingze, Wang and Ping, Chen and Jun, Dai and Xiaoyan, Sun},
     year = {2026},
     note = {ICML, CCF-A},
   }

2. ACL

   PRA-RAG:Provably Robust Aggregation in Retrieval-Augmented Generation against Retieval Corruption

   Xue Tan, Yi Zheng, Huo Chang, and 7 more authors

   2026

   ACL, CCF-A

   Bib

   @article{tan2026rag,
     title = {PRA-RAG:Provably Robust Aggregation in Retrieval-Augmented Generation against Retieval Corruption},
     author = {Tan, Xue and Zheng, Yi and Chang, Huo and Zhang, Yunruo and Yu, Liu and Hao, Luan and Zhuyang, Yu and Jun, Dai and Xiaoyan, Sun and Chen, Ping},
     year = {2026},
     note = {ACL, CCF-A},
   }

3. Journal of Computer Research and Development

   RAG Sensitive Information Protection via Anti-Mapping Representation Perturbation

   Xue Tan, Yi Zheng, Yunruo Zhang, and 3 more authors

   2026

   Journal of Computer Research and Development, CCF-A

   Bib

   @article{tan2026rah,
     title = {RAG Sensitive Information Protection via Anti-Mapping Representation Perturbation},
     author = {Tan, Xue and Zheng, Yi and Zhang, Yunruo and Chen, Yiran and Chen, Ping and Xue, Xiangyang},
     year = {2026},
     note = {Journal of Computer Research and Development, CCF-A},
   }

4. ICME

   A Trustworthy Watermarking Framework for LLM-Generated Food Safety Content

   Fang Zhongli, Chen Yiran, Zhang Lingyun, and 4 more authors

   In ICME, CCF-B, 2026

   Bib

   @inproceedings{fang2026icme,
     title = {A Trustworthy Watermarking Framework for LLM-Generated Food Safety Content},
     author = {Zhongli, Fang and Yiran, Chen and Lingyun, Zhang and Yu, Liu and Ping, Chen and Xiaoyan, Sun and Jun, Dai},
     booktitle = {ICME, CCF-B},
     year = {2026},
   }

5. ICME

   SafeCtrl: Region-Aware Satety Control for Text-to-Image Diffusion via Detect-Then-Suppress

   Zhang Lingyun, Liu Yu, Fang Zhongli, and 2 more authors

   In ICME, CCF-B, 2026

   Bib

   @inproceedings{zhang2026icme,
     title = {SafeCtrl: Region-Aware Satety Control for Text-to-Image Diffusion via Detect-Then-Suppress},
     author = {Lingyun, Zhang and Yu, Liu and Zhongli, Fang and Yu, Xie and Ping, Chen},
     booktitle = {ICME, CCF-B},
     year = {2026},
   }

6. OOPSLA

   RandSet:Randomized Corpus Reduction for Fuzzing Seed Scheduling

   Xie Yuchong, Zhang KaiKai, Liu Yu, and 4 more authors

   In OOPSLA, CCF-A, 2026

   Bib

   @inproceedings{xie2026oopsla,
     title = {RandSet:Randomized Corpus Reduction for Fuzzing Seed Scheduling},
     author = {Yuchong, Xie and KaiKai, Zhang and Yu, Liu and Rundong, Yang and Ping, Chen and Shuai, Wang and Dongdong, She},
     booktitle = {OOPSLA, CCF-A},
     year = {2026},
   }

7. CIASSP

   IdentityGuard: Context-Aware Restriction and Provenance for Personalized Synthesis

   Zhang Lingyun, Xie Yu, and Chen Ping

   In CIASSP, CCF-B, 2026

   Bib

   @inproceedings{zhang2026ciassp,
     title = {IdentityGuard: Context-Aware Restriction and Provenance for Personalized Synthesis},
     author = {Lingyun, Zhang and Yu, Xie and Ping, Chen},
     booktitle = {CIASSP, CCF-B},
     year = {2026},
   }

8. CIASSP

   PromptPatch: Towards Precise and Stable Behavioral Patching in Large Language Models via Feedback-driven Prompt Optimization

   Liu Yu and Chen Ping

   In CIASSP, CCF-B, 2026

   Bib

   @inproceedings{liu2026ciassp,
     title = {PromptPatch: Towards Precise and Stable Behavioral Patching in Large Language Models via Feedback-driven Prompt Optimization},
     author = {Yu, Liu and Ping, Chen},
     booktitle = {CIASSP, CCF-B},
     year = {2026},
   }

9. CIASSP

   RSC: Robust Self-correcting Watermark Model Based on Channel Control

   Fang Zhongli, Shao Yu, Shi Wei, and 1 more author

   In CIASSP, CCF-B, 2026

   Bib

   @inproceedings{fang2026ciassp1,
     title = {RSC: Robust Self-correcting Watermark Model Based on Channel Control},
     author = {Zhongli, Fang and Yu, Shao and Wei, Shi and Ping, Chen},
     booktitle = {CIASSP, CCF-B},
     year = {2026},
   }

10. CIASSP

    Watermark Self-Repair Model: Robust Multimodal Watermark Generation via Anomaly-Aware Mask Restoration

    Fang Zhongli, Chen Yiran, Xie Yu, and 1 more author

    In CIASSP, CCF-B, 2026

    Bib

    @inproceedings{fang2026ciassp2,
      title = {Watermark Self-Repair Model: Robust Multimodal Watermark Generation via Anomaly-Aware Mask Restoration},
      author = {Zhongli, Fang and Yiran, Chen and Yu, Xie and Ping, Chen},
      booktitle = {CIASSP, CCF-B},
      year = {2026},
    }

11. NDSS

    Was my data used for training? Membership Inference in Open-source LLMs via Neural Actiivations

    Tan Xue, Luan Hao, Luo Mingyu, and 4 more authors

    In NDSS, CCF-A, 2026

    Bib

    @inproceedings{tan2026ndss,
      title = {Was my data used for training? Membership Inference in Open-source LLMs via Neural Actiivations},
      author = {Xue, Tan and Hao, Luan and Mingyu, Luo and Zhuyang, Yu and Jun, Dai and Xiaoyan, Sun and Ping, Chen},
      booktitle = {NDSS, CCF-A},
      year = {2026},
    }

12. NDSS

    Dataset Reduction and Watermark Removal via Self-supervised Learning for Model Extraction Attack

    Luan Hao, Tan Xue, Li Zhiheng, and 3 more authors

    In NDSS, CCF-A, 2026

    Bib

    @inproceedings{luan2026ndss,
      title = {Dataset Reduction and Watermark Removal via Self-supervised Learning for Model Extraction Attack},
      author = {Hao, Luan and Xue, Tan and Zhiheng, Li and Jun, Dai and Xiaoyan, Sun and Ping, Chen},
      booktitle = {NDSS, CCF-A},
      year = {2026},
    }

2025

1. ISA Trans

   Finite- and fixed-time privacy-preserving formation control for multiple quadrotor systems with input deplay and connectivity maintenance

   Zhou Ding, Chen Ping, Cao Zhigang, and 1 more author

   ISA Transactions, JCR Q1, 2025

   Bib

   @article{zhou2025Finite,
     title = {Finite- and fixed-time privacy-preserving formation control for multiple quadrotor systems with input deplay and connectivity maintenance},
     author = {Ding, Zhou and Ping, Chen and Zhigang, Cao and collaborators},
     journal = {ISA Transactions, JCR Q1},
     year = {2025},
   }

2. EMNLP

   RevPRAG: Revealing Poisoning Attacks in Retrieval-Augmented Generation through LLM Activation Analysis

   Xue Tan, Hao Luan, Mingyu Luo, and 3 more authors

   In Proceedings of the 2025 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, CCF-B, 2025

   Bib

   @inproceedings{tan2025revprag,
     title = {RevPRAG: Revealing Poisoning Attacks in Retrieval-Augmented Generation through {LLM} Activation Analysis},
     author = {Tan, Xue and Luan, Hao and Luo, Mingyu and Sun, Xiaoyan and Chen, Ping and Dai, Jun},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2025 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, CCF-B},
     year = {2025},
   }

3. Sci. China Tech Sci

   Measurement of Intrinsic Safety Resilience in Perceived Decision Systems

   Yu Liu and Ping Chen

   Science China Technological Sciences, CCF-A, 2025

   Bib

   @article{liu2025intrinsic,
     title = {Measurement of Intrinsic Safety Resilience in Perceived Decision Systems},
     author = {Liu, Yu and Chen, Ping},
     journal = {Science China Technological Sciences, CCF-A},
     year = {2025},
   }

4. ACL

   MIRAGE: Exploring How Large Language Models Perform in Complex Social Interactive Environments

   Yin Cai and Ping Chen

   In Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, CCF-A, 2025

   Bib

   @inproceedings{cai2025mirage,
     title = {MIRAGE: Exploring How Large Language Models Perform in Complex Social Interactive Environments},
     author = {Cai, Yin and Chen, Ping},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, CCF-A},
     year = {2025},
   }

5. CVPR

   Concept Replacer: Replacing Sensitive Concepts in Diffusion Models via Precision Localization

   Lingyun Zhang, Yu Xie, Yanwei Fu, and 1 more author

   In Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CCF-A, 2025

   Bib

   @inproceedings{zhang2025concept,
     title = {Concept Replacer: Replacing Sensitive Concepts in Diffusion Models via Precision Localization},
     author = {Zhang, Lingyun and Xie, Yu and Fu, Yanwei and Chen, Ping},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CCF-A},
     year = {2025},
   }

6. JCS

   FedRAB: Robust Federated Learning Against Backdoor Attacks Based on Collaborative Defense with Smoothing

   Xue Tan and Ping Chen

   Journal of Computer Security, CCF-B, 2025

   Bib

   @article{tan2025fedrab,
     title = {FedRAB: Robust Federated Learning Against Backdoor Attacks Based on Collaborative Defense with Smoothing},
     author = {Tan, Xue and Chen, Ping},
     journal = {Journal of Computer Security, CCF-B},
     year = {2025},
   }

7. Computer and Security

   FirmUpdate: Automated multi-phase static analysis for detecting firmware update vulnerabilities in IoT Linux-based firmware

   Jian Zhang and Ping Chen

   Computer and Security, CCF-B, 2025

   Bib

   @article{zhang2025firmupdate,
     title = {FirmUpdate: Automated multi-phase static analysis for detecting firmware update vulnerabilities in IoT Linux-based firmware},
     author = {Zhang, Jian and Chen, Ping},
     journal = {Computer and Security, CCF-B},
     year = {2025},
   }

8. JCS

   HuntFUZZ: Enhancing Error Handling Testing through Clustering Based Fuzzing

   Wei Jin and Ping Chen

   Journal of Computer Security, CCF-B, 2025

   Bib

   @article{jin2025huntfuzz,
     title = {HuntFUZZ: Enhancing Error Handling Testing through Clustering Based Fuzzing},
     author = {Jin, Wei and Chen, Ping},
     journal = {Journal of Computer Security, CCF-B},
     year = {2025},
   }

9. JCS

   SQLaser: Detecting DBMS Logic Bugs with Clause-Guided Fuzzing

   Wei Jin and Ping Chen

   Journal of Computer Security, CCF-B, 2025

   Bib

   @article{jin2025sqlaser,
     title = {SQLaser: Detecting DBMS Logic Bugs with Clause-Guided Fuzzing},
     author = {Jin, Wei and Chen, Ping},
     journal = {Journal of Computer Security, CCF-B},
     year = {2025},
   }

2024

1. JCS

   DSLR–: A Low-Overhead Data Structure Layout Randomization for Defending Data-Oriented Programming

   Wei Jin and Ping Chen

   Journal of Computer Security, CCF-B, 2024

   Bib

   @article{jin2024dslr,
     title = {DSLR--: A Low-Overhead Data Structure Layout Randomization for Defending Data-Oriented Programming},
     author = {Jin, Wei and Chen, Ping},
     journal = {Journal of Computer Security, CCF-B},
     year = {2024},
   }

2022

1. TDSC

   Semantics-Preserving Reinforcement Learning Attack Against Graph Neural Networks for Malware Detection

   Lan Zhang, Peng Liu, Yoon-Ho Choi, and 1 more author

   IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, CCF-A, 2022

   Bib

   @article{zhang2022semantics,
     title = {Semantics-Preserving Reinforcement Learning Attack Against Graph Neural Networks for Malware Detection},
     author = {Zhang, Lan and Liu, Peng and Choi, Yoon-Ho and Chen, Ping},
     journal = {IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, CCF-A},
     year = {2022},
   }

2021

1. TIFS

   A Co-design Adaptive Defense Scheme with Bounded Security Damages Against Heartbleed-like Attacks

   Zhisheng Hu, Ping Chen, Minghui Zhu, and 1 more author

   IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security,CCF-A, 2021

   Bib

   @article{hu2021codesign,
     title = {A Co-design Adaptive Defense Scheme with Bounded Security Damages Against Heartbleed-like Attacks},
     author = {Hu, Zhisheng and Chen, Ping and Zhu, Minghui and Liu, Peng},
     journal = {IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security,CCF-A},
     year = {2021},
   }

2020

1. JCS

   DEEPRETURN: A Deep Neural Network Can Learn How to Detect Previously-Unseen ROP Payloads without Using Any Heuristics

   Xusheng Li, Zhisheng Hu, Haizhou Wang, and 4 more authors

   Journal of Computer Security, CCF-B, 2020

   Bib

   @article{li2020deepreturn,
     title = {DEEPRETURN: A Deep Neural Network Can Learn How to Detect Previously-Unseen ROP Payloads without Using Any Heuristics},
     author = {Li, Xusheng and Hu, Zhisheng and Wang, Haizhou and Fu, Yiwei and Chen, Ping and Zhu, Minghui and Liu, Peng},
     journal = {Journal of Computer Security, CCF-B},
     year = {2020},
   }

2019

1. Book

   MTD Techniques for Memory Protection Against Zero-Day Attacks

   Ping Chen and collaborators

   In Adversarial and Uncertain Reasoning for Adaptive Cyber Defense, 2019

   Bib

   @incollection{chen2019mtd,
     title = {MTD Techniques for Memory Protection Against Zero-Day Attacks},
     author = {Chen, Ping and collaborators},
     booktitle = {Adversarial and Uncertain Reasoning for Adaptive Cyber Defense},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2019},
   }

2. Book

   Reinforcement Learning for Adaptive Cyber Defense Against Zero-Day Attacks

   Ping Chen and collaborators

   In Adversarial and Uncertain Reasoning for Adaptive Cyber Defense, 2019

   Bib

   @incollection{chen2019rl,
     title = {Reinforcement Learning for Adaptive Cyber Defense Against Zero-Day Attacks},
     author = {Chen, Ping and collaborators},
     booktitle = {Adversarial and Uncertain Reasoning for Adaptive Cyber Defense},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2019},
   }

3. Automatica

   On Convergence Rates of Game Theoretic Reinforcement Learning Algorithms

   Zhisheng Hu, Minghui Zhu, Ping Chen, and 1 more author

   Automatica, CCF-A, 2019

   Bib

   @article{hu2019convergence,
     title = {On Convergence Rates of Game Theoretic Reinforcement Learning Algorithms},
     author = {Hu, Zhisheng and Zhu, Minghui and Chen, Ping and Liu, Peng},
     journal = {Automatica, CCF-A},
     year = {2019},
   }

2017

1. USENIX Security

   POMP: Postmortem Program Analysis with Hardware-Enhanced Post-Crash Artifacts

   Jun Xu, Dongliang Mu, Xinyu Xing, and 3 more authors

   In Proceedings of the 26th USENIX Security Symposium, CCF-A, 2017

   Bib

   @inproceedings{xu2017pomp,
     title = {POMP: Postmortem Program Analysis with Hardware-Enhanced Post-Crash Artifacts},
     author = {Xu, Jun and Mu, Dongliang and Xing, Xinyu and Liu, Peng and Chen, Ping and Mao, Bing},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 26th USENIX Security Symposium, CCF-A},
     year = {2017},
   }

2. DSN

   What You See Is Not What You Get! Thwarting Just-in-Time ROP with Chameleon

   Ping Chen, Jun Xu, Zhisheng Hu, and 4 more authors

   In Proceedings of the 47th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks,CCF-B, 2017

   Bib

   @inproceedings{chen2017chameleon,
     title = {What You See Is Not What You Get! Thwarting Just-in-Time ROP with Chameleon},
     author = {Chen, Ping and Xu, Jun and Hu, Zhisheng and Xing, Xinyu and Zhu, Minghui and Mao, Bing and Liu, Peng},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 47th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks,CCF-B},
     year = {2017},
   }

3. VEE

   Dancing with Wolves: Towards Practical Event-driven VMM Monitoring

   Deng Liang, Peng Liu, Jun Xu, and 2 more authors

   In Proceedings of the 13th ACM SIGPLAN/SIGOPS International Conference on Virtual Execution Environments,CCF-B, 2017

   Bib

   @inproceedings{liang2017dancing,
     title = {Dancing with Wolves: Towards Practical Event-driven VMM Monitoring},
     author = {Liang, Deng and Liu, Peng and Xu, Jun and Chen, Ping and Zeng, Qingkai},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 13th ACM SIGPLAN/SIGOPS International Conference on Virtual Execution Environments,CCF-B},
     year = {2017},
   }

2016

1. CCS

   CREDAL: Towards Locating a Memory Corruption Vulnerability with Your Core Dump

   Jun Xu, Dongliang Mu, Ping Chen, and 2 more authors

   In Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security,CCF-A, 2016

   Bib

   @inproceedings{xu2016credal,
     title = {CREDAL: Towards Locating a Memory Corruption Vulnerability with Your Core Dump},
     author = {Xu, Jun and Mu, Dongliang and Chen, Ping and Xing, Xinyu and Liu, Peng},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security,CCF-A},
     year = {2016},
   }

2015

1. ESORICS

   A Practical Approach for Adaptive Data Structure Layout Randomization

   Ping Chen, Jun Xu, Zhiqiang Lin, and 2 more authors

   In Proceedings of the 20th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, CCF-B, 2015

   Bib

   @inproceedings{chen2015adaptive,
     title = {A Practical Approach for Adaptive Data Structure Layout Randomization},
     author = {Chen, Ping and Xu, Jun and Lin, Zhiqiang and Mao, Bing and Liu, Peng},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 20th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, CCF-B},
     year = {2015},
   }

2014

1. Book

   Software Defined Data Center Technology and Application

   Ping Chen and EMC co-authors

   2014

   Bib

   @book{emc2014sddc,
     title = {Software Defined Data Center Technology and Application},
     author = {Chen, Ping and co-authors, EMC},
     publisher = {Electronic Industry Press},
     year = {2014},
   }

2. DSN

   System Call Redirection: A Practical Approach to Meeting Real-world VMI Needs

   Rui Wu, Ping Chen, Peng Liu, and 1 more author

   In Proceedings of the 44th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks,CCF-B, 2014

   Bib

   @inproceedings{wu2014system,
     title = {System Call Redirection: A Practical Approach to Meeting Real-world VMI Needs},
     author = {Wu, Rui and Chen, Ping and Liu, Peng and Mao, Bing},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 44th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks,CCF-B},
     year = {2014},
   }

2013

1. Book

   Big Data Strategy, Technology and Application

   Ping Chen and EMC co-authors

   2013

   Bib

   @book{emc2013bigdata,
     title = {Big Data Strategy, Technology and Application},
     author = {Chen, Ping and co-authors, EMC},
     publisher = {Electronic Industry Press},
     year = {2013},
   }