Zhipeng Cai
About
Dr. Zhipeng Cai is a Fellow of the IEEE, an ACM Distinguished Member, and the recipient of an NSF CAREER Award. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Georgia State University, an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems at the Robinson College of Business, and the Director of the INSPIRE Center. Dr. Cai also leads the Innovative Computing and Networking (ICN) group. Dr. Cai’s research expertise lies in Machine Learning, Privacy and Security, Large Language Models, and Big Data. His research has received funding from multiple academic and industrial sponsors, including the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of State, and has resulted in over 100 publications in top journals and conferences, with more than 18,000 citations, including over 100 IEEE/ACM Transactions papers. He is listed as one of The World’s Top 2% Scientists (2020–2024), published by Stanford University. Additionally, ScholarGPS ranks him in the top 0.05% of all scholars globally, acknowledging his significant scholarly contributions. Dr. Cai holds the esteemed position of Editor-in-Chief for Elsevier High-Confidence Computing Journal. He also serves as an editor for several prestigious journals, including IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE), IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), and IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems (TCSS). Moreover, Dr. Cai serves as a Steering Committee Co-Chair for WASA and is a Steering Committee member for COCOON (CCF B), IPCCC (CCF C), and ISBRA (CCF C). He has also chaired numerous international conferences, including ICDCS, SocialCom, and ISBRA. Dr. Cai has supervised over 24 Ph.D. students, 15 of whom are now tenure-track faculty members in U.S. institutions. Dr. Cai is deeply committed to computer security education and is a core member of Eureka Labs, a platform offering inquiry-based, hands-on lab activities that explore key cybersecurity concepts. This platform provides free, high-quality security education materials to both learners and educators. Since 2020, the 32 labs available on the platform received over 75,200 views and downloads from 112 countries, averaging 2,350 views or downloads per lab.
Research Performance Summary
First Recorded Paper
Multi-weighted tree based query optimization method for parallel relational database systems
Year: 2001
Citations: 3
Venue: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Cooperative Database
Latest Recorded Paper
MTD-integrated ABAC: integrating moving target defence into attribute-based access control for insider threat mitigation
Year: 2026
Citations: 0
Venue: International Journal of Information and Computer Security
Last 10 Years Publication Activity
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