Kuai Xu, Ph.D, CISSP Professor School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences New College of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences Arizona State University Office: CLCC 282 Phone: (602)543-8189 Email: firstname.lastname (at) asu.edu

I am a Full Professor of Applied Computing program at the School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, Arizona State University. I received Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota in September 2006, and B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Peking University, China, in 1998 and 2001. My Ph.D. thesis advisor is Professor Zhi-Li Zhang. My research interests include network security, Internet measurement, big data, data mining, machine learning. My research projects are sponsored by National Science Foundation, ASU New College SRCA Grants, and ASU NCUIRE Grants. I am directing Network Security and Forensics Laboratory (NFL) at ASU.

Books

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Teaching

• ACO 101: Introduction to Computer Science
  
  
• ACO 102: Principles of Computer Science
  
  
• ACO 330: Introduction to Computer Networks
  
  
• ACO 331: Network Forensics Analysis
  
  
• ACO 361: Secure Coding Concepts
  
  
• ACO 421: Data Mining and Data Warehouse
  
  
• ACO 423: Data Science
  
  
• ACO 431: Network Security
  
  
• ACO 494: Applied Projects
  

Research Projects

• Towards Secure Home Networks National Science Foundation Award #1816995
  
  
• Dynamic Mathematical Modeling Towards Understanding Information Diffusion in Online Social Networks, sponsored by National Science Foundation Award #1218212
  
  
• An Integrated Framework of Network Theory, Data Mining and Partial Differential Equation for Early Detection of Epidemic Outbreaks, sponsored by National Science Foundation Award #1737861
  

Patents

• Identifying significant behaviors within network traffic, US Patent 8,204,974, June 19, 2012.
  
  
• Scalable firewall policy management platform, US Patent 8,146,134, March 27, 2012.
  
  
• Profile-aware filtering of network traffic, US Patent 8,028,337, September 27, 2011.
  

Selected Publications (Google Scholar)

• Haiyan Wang, Feng Wang, and Kuai Xu, "Modeling Information Diffusion in Online Social Networks with Partial Differential Equations". Springer, ISBN 978-3-030-38850-8, April 2020.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, Feng Wang, Haiyan Wang, Yufang Wang and Ying Zhang, "Mitigating the Impact of Data Sampling on Social Media Analysis and Mining". IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, Vol. 7, No. 2, April 2020.
  
  
• Yinxin Wan, Kuai Xu, Feng Wang, and Guoliang Xue, "Characterizing and Mining Traffic Patterns of IoT Devices in Edge Networks". In Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM, April 2020.
  
  
• Kai Lei, Qiuai Fu, Jiake Ni, Feiyang Wang, Min Yang, and Kuai Xu, "Detecting Malicious Domains with Behavioral Modeling and Graph Embedding". In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), July 2019.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, Yinxin Wan, and Guoliang Xue, "Powering Smart Homes with Information-Centric Networking". IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 57, No. 6, June 2019.
  
  
• Kai Lei, Qichao Zhang, Junjun Lou, Bo Bai, and Kuai Xu, "Securing ICN-Based UAV Ad Hoc Networks with Blockchain". IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 57, No. 6, June 2019.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, Yinxin Wan, Guoliang Xue, and Feng Wang, "Multidimensional Behavioral Profiling of Internet-of-Things in Edge Networks". In Proceedings of IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Quality of Service (IWQoS), June 2019.
  
  
• Kai Lei, Shangru Zhong, Fangxing Zhu, Kuai Xu, and Haijun Zhang, "A NDN IoT Content Distribution Model with Network Coding Enhanced Forwarding Strategy for 5G". IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Vol. 14, No. 6, June 2018.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, Feng Wang, and Xiaohua Jia, "Secure the Internet, One Home at a Time". Security and Communication Networks, Vol. 9, No. 16, pp. 3821-3832, November 2016.
  
  
• Feng Wang, Haiyan Wang, Kuai Xu, Ross Raymond, Jaime Chon, Shaun Fuller, and Anton Debruyn, "Regional Level Influenza Study with Geo-Tagged Twitter Data". Journal of Medical Systems, Vol. 40, No. 8, August 2016.
  
  
• Weitao Weng, Kai Lei, Kuai Xu, Xiaoyou Liu, and Tao Sun, "Internet Traffic Analysis in a Large University Town: A Graphical and Clustering Approach". In Proceedings of International Conference on Web-Age Information Management (WAIM), June 2016.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, Feng Wang, Xiaohua Jia, and Haiyan Wang, "The Impact of Sampling on Big Data Analysis of Social Media: A Case Study on Flu and Ebola". In Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM, December 2015.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, Feng Wang, and Xiaohua Jia, "Secure the Internet, One Home at a Time". In Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM, December 2015.
  
  
• Kai Lei, Fangxing Zhu, Cheng Peng, and Kuai Xu, "Network Coding for Effective NDN Content Delivery: Models, Experiments, and Applications". In Proceedings of International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), September 2015.
  
  
• Huiyu Wang, Kai Lei, and Kuai Xu, "Profiling the Followers of the Most Influential and Verified Users on Sina Weibo". In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications, June 2015.
  
  
• Kai Lei, Weiyang Zhang, Kai Zhang, and Kuai Xu, "Extracting Unknown Words from Sina Weibo via Data Clustering". In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications, June 2015.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, Feng Wang, and Lin Gu, "Behavior Analysis of Internet Traffic Via Bipartite Graphs and One-Mode Projections". IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 22, No. 3, June 2014.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, Feng Wang, Richard Egli, Aaron Fives, Russell Howell, and Odayne Mcintyre, "Object-Oriented Big Data Security Analytics: A Case Study on Home Network Traffic". In Proceedings of International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications (WASA), June 2014. (Best Paper Award)
  
  
• Kai Zhang, Qian Yu, Kai Lei, and Kuai Xu, "Characterizing Tweeting Behaviors of Sina Weibo Users via Public Data Streaming". In Proceedings of International Conference on Web-Age Information Management (WAIM), Macau, China, June 2014.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, Feng Wang, Lin Gu, Jianhua Gao, and Yaohui Jin, "Characterizing Home Network Traffic: An Inside View". Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Vol. 18, No. 4, April 2014.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, Lin Gu, and Feng Wang, "Monitoring Home Network Traffic via Programmable Routers". In Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM, Atlanta, GA, December 2013.
  
  
• Kai Lei, Kai Zhang, and Kuai Xu, "Understanding Sina Weibo Online Social Network: A Community Approach". In Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM, Atlanta, GA, December 2013.
  
  
• Feng Wang, Haiyan Wang, Kuai Xu, Jianhong Wu, and Xiaohua Jia, "Characterizing Information Diffusion in Online Social Networks with Linear Diffusive Model". In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS) , Philadelphia, PA, July 2013.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, Feng Wang, and Lin Gu, "Profiling-as-a-Service in Multi-Tenant Cloud Computing Environments". In Proceedings of International Workshop on Security and Privacy in Cloud Computing, Macau, China, June 2012.
  
  
• Feng Wang, Haiyan Wang, and Kuai Xu, "Diffusive Logistic Model Towards Predicting Information Diffusion in Online Social Networks". In Proceedings of IEEE ICDCS Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Computing and Online Social Networking (HOTPOST), Macau, China, June 2012. (Best Paper Runner-Up)
  
  
• Feng Wang, Kuai Xu, and Haiyan Wang, "Discovering Shared Interests in Online Social Networks". In Proceedings of IEEE ICDCS Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Computing and Online Social Networking (HOTPOST), Macau, China, June 2012.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, Feng Wang, and Haiyan Wang, "Lightweight and Informative Traffic Metrics for Data Center Monitoring". Journal of Network and Systems Management, Vol 20, No. 2, pp. 226-243, June 2012.
  
  
• Wei Zhang, Weili Wu, Feng Wang, and Kuai Xu, "Positive Influence Dominating Sets in Power-Law Graphs". Social Network Analysis and Mining, Vol 2, No. 1, pp. 31-37, March 2012.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, and Feng Wang, "Behavioral Graph Analysis of Internet Applications". In Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM, Houston, TX, December 2011.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, Feng Wang, and Lin Gu, "Network-Aware Behavior Clustering of Internet End Hosts". In Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM, April 2011.
  
  
• Yingying Chen, Sourabh Jain, Vijay Adhikari, Zhi-Li Zhang, and Kuai Xu, "A First Look at Inter-Data Center Traffic Characteristics via Yahoo! Datasets". In Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM, April 2011.
  
  
• Feng Wang, Hongwei Du, Erika Camacho, Kuai Xu, Wonjun Lee, Yan Shi, and Shan Shan, "On Positive Influence Dominating Set in Social Networks". Theoretical Computer Science, Vol 412, No. 3, pp. 265-269, January 2011.
  
  
• Ang Li, Lin Gu, and Kuai Xu, "Fast Anomaly Detection for Large Data Centers". In Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM, Miami, FL, December 2010.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, Feng Wang, Supratik Bhattacharyya, and Zhi-Li Zhang, "Real-time Behavior Profiling for Network Monitoring". International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology, Vol. 5, No. 1/2, pp.65.80, April 2010.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, Jaideep Chandrashekar, and Zhi-Li Zhang, "Principal component analysis of BGP update streams". Journal of Communications and Networks, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp.191.197, April 2010.
  
  
• Feng Wang, Erika Camacho, and Kuai Xu, "Positive Influence Dominating Set in Online Social Networks". In Proceedings of International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Application, Yellow Mountains, China, June, 2009.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, Zhi-Li Zhang and Supratik Bhattacharyya, "Internet Traffic Behavior Profiling for Network Security Monitoring". IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 16, No. 6, December 2008.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, and Feng Wang, "Cooperative Monitoring for Internet Data Centers". In Proceedings of IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference, Austin, TX, December, 2008.
  
  
• Zhenhai Duan, Jaideep Chandrashekar, Jeffrey Krasky, Kuai Xu and Zhi-Li Zhang, "Damping BGP Route Flaps". Journal of Communications and Networks, Vol. 9, No. 4, December 2007.
  
  
• Feng Wang, Kuai Xu, My T.Thai and Ding-Zhu Du, "Fault Tolerant Topology Control for One-to-All Communication in Symmetric Wireless Networks". International Journal on Sensor Networks, Special Issue on Theoretical and Algorithic Aspects on Sensor Networks, 2007.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, Feng Wang, Supratik Bhattacharyya and Zhi-Li Zhang, "A Real-time Network Traffic Profiling System". In Proceedings of International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, June 2007.
  
  
• Yu Jin, Zhi-Li Zhang, Kuai Xu, Feng Cao and Sambit Sahu, "Identifying and Tracking Suspicious Activities through IP Gray Space Analysis". In Proceedings of the Workshop on Mining Network Data Workshop (MineNet) (in conjuction with ACM SIGMETRICS), San Diego, CA, June 2007.
  
  
• Yu Jin, Gyorgy Simon, Kuai Xu, Zhi-Li Zhang and Vipin Kumar, "Gray's Anatomy: Dissecting Scanning Activities Using IP Gray Space Analysis". In Proceedings of the Workshop on Tackling Computer Systems Problems with Machine Learning Techniques (SysML) (in conjunction with USENIX NSDI), Boston, MA, April, 2007.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, Zhi-Li Zhang and Supratik Bhattacharyya, "Profiling Internet Backbone Traffic: Behavior Models and Applications". In Proceedings of ACM SIGCOMM, Philadelphia, PA, August 2005.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, Jaideep Chandrashekar, and Zhi-Li Zhang, "A First Step Towards Understanding Inter-domain Routing". In Proceedings of ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Mining Network Data, Philadelphia, PA, August 2005.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, Zhi-Li Zhang and Supratik Bhattacharyya, "Reducing Unwanted Traffic in a Backbone Network". In Proceedings of USENIX SRUTI Workshop, Cambridge, MA, July 2005.
  
  
• Shu Tao, Kuai Xu, Antonio Estepa, Teng Fei, Lixin Gao, Roch Guerin, Jim Kurose, Don Towsley and Zhi-Li Zhang, "Improving VoIP Quality Through Path Switching". In Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM, Miami, FL, March 2005.
  
  
• Shu Tao, Kuai Xu, Ying Xu, Teng Fei, Lixin Gao, Roch Guerin, Jim Kurose, Don Towsley and Zhi-Li Zhang, "Exploring the Performance Benefits of End-to-End Path Switching". In Proceedings of IEEE ICNP, Berlin, Germany, October 2004.
  
  
• Kuai Xu, Zhenhai Duan, Zhi-Li Zhang and Jaideep Chandrashekar, "On Properties of Internet Exchange Points and Their Impact on AS Topology and Relationship". In Proceedings of IFIP Networking, Athens, Greece, May 2004.
  
  
• Zhenhai Duan, Jaideep Chandrashekar, Jeffrey Krasky, Kuai Xu, and Zhi-Li Zhang, "Damping BGP Route Flaps". In Proceedings of IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference, Phoenix, AZ, April 2004.

Last updated on February 18, 2020 by Kuai Xu.