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Non-intrusive and Unconstrained Keystroke Inference in VR Platforms via Infrared Side Channel
Tao Ni, Yuefeng Du, Qingchuan Zhao, Cong Wang
Proceedings of the 32nd Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS)
San Diego, CA, USA, February 2025.
Acceptance Rate: 211/1311 (16.1%)
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When Good Becomes Evil: Exploring Crosstalk Attack Surfaces on Multi-Port USB Chargers
Tao Ni, Zehua Sun, Yongliang Chen, Yihe Zhou, Jiayimei Wang,
Weitao Xu, Qingchuan Zhao, Cong Wang
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2025.
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Characterizing Contactless Side-channel Eavesdropping on Wireless Chargers
Tao Ni, Chaozuo Zuo, Jianfeng Li, Weitao Xu, Xiapu Luo, Qingchuan Zhao
IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), 2025.
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Physical Adversarial Attacks in the Era of AIoT
Tao Ni
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence of Things and Systems (AIoTSys, Rising Star Forum)
Lanzhou, China, August 2025.
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- Best Presentation Award, 2025
SpaceSched: A Constellation-Wide Scheduling System for Resolving Ground Track Congestion in Remote Sensing
Zehua Sun, Tao Ni, Pengfei Hu, Tao Gu, Weitao Xu
Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference On Mobile Computing And Networking (MobiCom)
Hong Kong SAR, China, November 2025.
Acceptance Rate: 77/592 (13.0%)
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RingByte: Enhancing Text-Entry Practicality via A Singular Wearable Rotating Smart Ring
Rucheng Wu, Tao Ni, Zehua Sun, Jiande Sun, Weitao Xu
Proceedings of the 38th ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST)
Busan, South Korea, September 2025.
Acceptance Rate: 210/947 (22.2%)
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A Survey on Backdoor Threats in Large Language Models (LLMs): Attacks, Defenses, and Evaluations
Yihe Zhou, Tao Ni, Wei-Bin Lee, Qingchuan Zhao
Scilight Transactions on Artificial Intelligence (TAI), 2025.
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A Contemporary Survey of Large Language Model Assisted Program Analysis
Jiayimei Wang, Tao Ni, Wei-Bin Lee, Qingchuan Zhao
Scilight Transactions on Artificial Intelligence (TAI), 2025.
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Omni-Angle Assault: An Invisible and Powerful Physical Adversarial Attack on Face Recognition
Shuai Yuan, Hongwei Li, Rui Zhang, Hangcheng Cao, Wenbo Jiang, Tao Ni, Wenshu Fan,
Qingchuan Zhao, Guowen Xu
Proceedings of 42nd International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)
Vancouver, Canada, July 2025.
Acceptance Rate: 3260/12107 (26.9%)
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The Fluorescent Veil: A Stealthy and Effective Physical Adversarial Patch Against Traffic Sign Recognition
Shuai Yuan, Guowen Xu, Hongwei Li, Xingshuo Han, Wenbo Jiang, Tao Ni, Qingchuan Zhao, Yuguang Fang
Proceedings of 39th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)
San Diego, CA, USA, December 2025.
Acceptance Rate: 5290/21575 (24.5%)
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No Trespassing: Ground-view Adversarial Patches for Privacy-aware Management in COTS Robot Vacuum Cleaner
Shuai Yuan, Guowen Xu, Hongwei Li, Rui Zhang, Hangcheng Cao, Xinyuan Qian,
Tao Ni, Qingchuan Zhao, Yuguang Fang
IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), 2025.
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REHSense: Towards Battery-Free Wireless Sensing via Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting
Tao Ni, Zehua Sun, Mingda Han, Yaxiong Xie, Guohao Lan, Zhenjiang Li, Tao Gu, Weitao Xu
Proceedings of the 25th International Symposium on Theory, Algorithmic Foundations, and Protocol Design for Mobile Networks and Mobile Computing (MobiHoc)
Athens, Greece, October 2024.
Acceptance Rate: 38/155 (24.5%)
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Sensor Security in Virtual Reality: Exploration and Mitigation
Tao Ni
Proceedings of the 22nd ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys, Rising Star Forum)
Tokyo, Japan, June 2024.
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RF-Egg: An RF Solution for Fine-Grained Multi-Target and Multi-Task Egg Incubation Sensing
Zehua Sun, Tao Ni, Yongliang Chen, Di Duan, Kai Liu, Weitao Xu
Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom)
Washington, DC, USA, October 2024.
Acceptance Rate: 48/207 (23.2%)
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F2Key: Dynamically Converting Your Face into a Private Key Based on COTS Headphones for Reliable Voice Interaction
Di Duan, Zehua Sun, Tao Ni, Shuaicheng Li, Xiaohua Jia, Weitao Xu, Tianxing Li
Proceedings of the 22nd ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys)
Tokyo, Japan, June 2024.
Acceptance Rate: 43/263 (16.3%)
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FLoRa+: Energy-Efficient, Reliable, Beamforming-Assisted, and Secure Over-The-Air Firmware Update in LoRa Networks
Zehua Sun, Tao Ni, Huanqi Yang, Kai Liu, Yu Zhang, Tao Gu, Weitao Xu
ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), 2024.
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mmSign: mmWave-based Few-Shot Online Handwritten Signature Verification
Mingda Han, Huanqi Yang, Tao Ni, Di Duan, Mengzhe Ruan, Yongliang Chen, Jia Zhang, Weitao Xu
ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), 2024.
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Recovering Fingerprints from In-Display Fingerprint Sensors via Electromagnetic Side Channel
Tao Ni, Xiaokuan Zhang, Qingchuan Zhao
Proceedings of the 30th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS)
Copenhagen, Denmark, November 2023.
Acceptance Rate: 235/1222 (19.2%)
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- Springer Cybersecurity Best Practical Paper Award, 2024
- People's Choice ASSET Poster Award, 2024
Uncovering User Interactions on Smartphones via Contactless Wireless Charging Side Channels
Tao Ni, Xiaokuan Zhang, Chaoshun Zuo, Jianfeng Li, Zhenyu Yan, Wubing Wang, Weitao Xu,
Xiapu Luo, Qingchuan Zhao
Proceedings of the 44th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE S&P)
San Francisco, CA, May 2023.
Acceptance Rate: 195/1147 (17.0%)
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Eavesdropping Mobile App Activity via Radio-Frequency Energy Harvesting
Tao Ni, Guohao Lan, Jia Wang, Qingchuan Zhao, Weitao Xu
Proceedings of the 32nd USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security)
Anaheim, CA, USA, Auguest 2023.
Acceptance Rate: 422/1444 (29.2%)
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Exploiting Contactless Side Channels in Wireless Charging Power Banks for User Privacy Inference via Few-shot Learning
Tao Ni, Jianfeng Li, Xiaokuan Zhang, Chaoshun Zuo, Wubing Wang,
Weitao Xu, Xiapu Luo, Qingchuan Zhao
Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom)
Madrid, Spain, October 2023.
Acceptance Rate: 92/377 (24.4%)
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XPorter: A Study of the Multi-Port Charger Security on Privacy Leakage and Voice Injection
Tao Ni, Yongliang Chen, Weitao Xu, Lei Xue, Qingchuan Zhao
Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom)
Madrid, Spain, October 2023.
Acceptance Rate: 92/377 (24.4%)
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FLoRa: Energy-Efficient, Reliable, and Beamforming-Assisted Over-The-Air Firmware Update in LoRa Networks
Zehua Sun, Tao Ni, Huanqi Yang, Kai Liu, Yu Zhang, Tao Gu, Weitao Xu
Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (IPSN)
San Antonio, TX, USA, May 2023.
Acceptance Rate: 22/83 (26.2%)
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Emma: An Accurate, Efficient, and Multi-modality Strategy for Autonomous Vehicle Angle Prediction
Keqi Song, Tao Ni, Linqi Song, Weitao Xu
Intelligent and Converged Networks (ICN), 2023.
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SwipePass: Acoustic-based Second-factor User Authentication for Smartphones
Yongliang Chen, Tao Ni, Weitao Xu, Tao Gu
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (UbiComp/IMWUT), 2022.
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MobileKey: A Fast and Robust Key Generation System for Mobile Devices
Keqi Song, Zimeng Zhu, Huanqi Yang, Tao Ni, Weitao Xu
Proceedings of the 2022 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the 2022 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (UbiComp/ISWC, CPD Workshop)
Atlanta, USA and Cambridge, UK, September 2022.
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A Simple and Fast Human Activity Recognition System Using Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting
Tao Ni, Yongliang Chen, Keqi Song, Weitao Xu
Proceedings of Tthe 2021 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (UbiComp/ISWC, CPD Workshop)
Virtual, September 2021.
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- Best Paper Award