Publications

Decoding Air Friction Rhythms: Enabling User Identification With Out-Ear Microphones in COTS Earphones

Daibo Liu, Hang Lu, Xiaomeng Qi, Huigui Rong, Haowen Chen, Hongbo Jiang

Accepted / published online in 2025; included in IEEE TMC 25(4), 2026.

AdventureAgent: Proactive Cognitively-Enhanced LLM Agent for Trekking Safety

Shengxu Huo, Huigui Rong, Daibo Liu, Shijiang Yi, Min Wang, Zhipan Li

Presented at CWSN 2025; the Springer proceedings were published on July 2, 2026.

Cross-App Keystroke Inference through Malicious In-App Training on Keystroke-Induced Vibrations

Ruyi Wei, Junhua Wu, Huigui Rong, Daibo Liu

Published online May 19, 2026; listed as Just Accepted, with no volume, issue, or pages assigned.

Amulet: Integrating Sensitive Information Access with Identity Authentication on Mobile Devices

Daibo Liu, Yunpeng Feng, Baixing Liu, Taiyuan Zhang, Haowen Chen, Minjie Cai

KeyPrint: Practical Black-box Keystroke Inference Attacks to Mobile Devices

Yunpeng Feng, Daibo Liu, Wenqiang Jin, Liangyi Gong

Crash Scene to Resolution: LLM-based Agents Driven for Efficient Traffic Accident Handling

Shengxu Huo, Huigui Rong, Yuxuan Zhou, Hongjia Zuo, Daibo Liu, Zhipan Li, Min Wang, Hongbo Jiang

An ACM TIOT journal article selected for presentation at MobiCom 2025.

Echoes of Fingertip: Unveiling POS Terminal Passwords Through Wi-Fi Beamforming Feedback

Siyu Chen, Hongbo Jiang, Jingyang Hu, Tianyue Zheng, Mengyuan Wang, Zhu Xiao, Daibo Liu, Jun Luo

Egocentric Speaker Diarization with Vision-Guided Clustering and Adaptive Speech Re-detection

He Huang, Haoyuan Yu, Daibo Liu, Haowen Chen, Minjie Cai

Eavesdropping on Black-box Mobile Devices via Audio Amplifier's EMR

Huiling Chen, Wenqiang Jin, Yupeng Hu, Zhenyu Ning, Kenli Li, Zheng Qin, Mingxing Duan, Yong Xie, Daibo Liu, Ming Li

Eye of Sauron: Long-Range Hidden Spy Camera Detection and Positioning with Inbuilt Memory EM Radiation

Qibo Zhang, Daibo Liu, Xinyu Zhang, Zhichao Cao, Fanzi Zeng, Hongbo Jiang, Wenqiang Jin

GPSBuster: Busting out Hidden GPS Trackers via MSoC Electromagnetic Radiations

Yue Li, Zhenxiong Yan, Wenqiang Jin, Zhenyu Ning, Daibo Liu, Zheng Qin, Yu Liu, Huadi Zhu, Ming Li

A Measurement Study of DNS Query Protocols in Mobile Networks: Efficiency, Reliability and Choice

Liangyi Gong, Sai Wang, Lanqi Yang, Chun Long, Xiaochen Fan, Daibo Liu, Changhua Pei

A Wireless Self-Service System for Library Using Commodity RFID Devices

Jingyang Hu, Hongbo Jiang, Daibo Liu, Zhu Xiao, Schahram Dustdar, Jiangchuan Liu

Combining IMU With Acoustics for Head Motion Tracking Leveraging Wireless Earphone

Jingyang Hu, Hongbo Jiang, Daibo Liu, Zhu Xiao, Qibo Zhang, Jiangchuan Liu, Schahram Dustdar

DEyeAuth: A Secure Smartphone User Authentication System Integrating Eyelid Patterns With Eye Gestures

Ling Kuang, Fanzi Zeng, Hongbo Jiang, Daibo Liu, Jie Li, Hui Zheng, Qibo Zhang, Geyong Min

E-Argus: Drones Detection by Side-Channel Signatures via Electromagnetic Radiation

Qibo Zhang, Fanzi Zeng, Jingyang Hu, Daibo Liu, Ling Kuang, Zhu Xiao, Hongbo Jiang

EM-Rhythm: An Authentication Method for Heterogeneous IoT Devices

Zejun Xu, Wenqiang Jin, Changwei Yao, Xinyi Liu, Shuang Ma, Yu Liu, Zheng Qin, Iman Vakilinia, Daibo Liu

Energy and QoE Optimization for Mobile Video Streaming with Adaptive Brightness Scaling

Daibo Liu, Chao Qian, Huigui Rong, Siwang Zhou, Chaocan Xiang, Hongbo Jiang

HandKey: Knocking-Triggered Robust Vibration Signature for Keyless Unlocking

Hangcheng Cao, Daibo Liu, Hongbo Jiang, Chao Cai, Tianyue Zheng, John C. S. Lui, Jun Luo

LipAuth: Securing Smartphone User Authentication With Lip Motion Patterns

Ling Kuang, Fanzi Zeng, Daibo Liu, Hangcheng Cao, Hongbo Jiang, Jiangchuan Liu

LSTAloc: A Driver-Oriented Incentive Mechanism for Mobility-on-Demand Vehicular Crowdsensing Market

Chaocan Xiang, Wenhui Cheng, Chi Lin, Xinglin Zhang, Daibo Liu, Xiao Zheng, Zhenhua Li

MagSign: Harnessing Dynamic Magnetism for User Authentication on IoT Devices

Hangcheng Cao, Daibo Liu, Hongbo Jiang, Jun Luo

Real-Time Contactless Eye Blink Detection Using UWB Radar

Jingyang Hu, Hongbo Jiang, Daibo Liu, Zhu Xiao, Qibo Zhang, Geyong Min, Jiangchuan Liu

Silent Thief: Password Eavesdropping Leveraging Wi-Fi Beamforming Feedback from POS Terminal

Siyu Chen, Hongbo Jiang, Jingyang Hu, Zhu Xiao, Daibo Liu

TSBG: A Two-Stage Stackelberg Game Algorithm for QoE-Awareness Video Streaming Transmission

Shuzhen Xiang, Huigui Rong, Jianguo Chen, Daibo Liu, Hongbo Jiang

Two-Factor Authentication for Keyless Entry System via Finger-Induced Vibrations

Hongbo Jiang, Panyi Ji, Taiyuan Zhang, Hangcheng Cao, Daibo Liu

Who Should We Blame for Android App Crashes? An In-Depth Study at Scale and Practical Resolutions

Liangyi Gong, Hao Lin, Daibo Liu, Lanqi Yang, Hongyi Wang, Jiaxing Qiu, Zhenhua Li, Feng Qian

WiShield: Privacy Against Wi-Fi Human Tracking

Jingyang Hu, Hongbo Jiang, Siyu Chen, Qibo Zhang, Zhu Xiao, Daibo Liu, Jiangchuan Liu, Bo Li

Concurrent Low-power Listening: A New Design Paradigm for Duty-cycling Communication

Daibo Liu, Zhichao Cao, Hongbo Jiang, Siwang Zhou, Zhu Xiao, Fanzi Zeng

EarSonar: An Acoustic Signal-Based Middle-Ear Effusion Detection Using Earphones

Jingyang Hu, Hongbo Jiang, Daibo Liu, Zhu Xiao, Hangcheng Cao, Yue Qi, Schahram Dustdar, Jiangchuan Liu

LIPAuth: Hand-dependent Light Intensity Patterns for Resilient User Authentication

Hangcheng Cao, Daibo Liu, Hongbo Jiang, Ruize Wang, Zhe Chen, Jie Xiong

LiveProbe: Exploring Continuous Voice Liveness Detection via Phonemic Energy Response Patterns

Hangcheng Cao, Hongbo Jiang, Daibo Liu, Ruize Wang, Geyong Min, Jiangchuan Liu, Schahram Dustdar, John C. S. Lui

PupilHeart: Heart Rate Variability Monitoring via Pupillary Fluctuations on Mobile Devices

Xiangyu Shen, Hongbo Jiang, Daibo Liu, Kehua Yang, Feiyang Deng, Taiyuan Zhang, Zhu Xiao, John C. S. Lui, Jiangchuan Liu, Schahram Dustdar, Jun Luo

BlinkRadar: Non-Intrusive Driver Eye-Blink Detection with UWB Radar

Jingyang Hu, Hongbo Jiang, Daibo Liu, Zhu Xiao, Schahram Dustdar, Jiangchuan Liu, Geyong Min

Compressive Sensing Based Distributed Data Storage for Mobile Crowdsensing

Siwang Zhou, Yi Lian, Daibo Liu, Hongbo Jiang, Yonghe Liu, Keqin Li

Harmonizing Energy Efficiency and QoE for Brightness Scaling-based Mobile Video Streaming

Chao Qian, Daibo Liu, Hongbo Jiang

PupilRec: Leveraging Pupil Morphology for Recommending on Smartphones

Xiangyu Shen, Hongbo Jiang, Daibo Liu, Kehua Yang, Feiyang Deng, John C. S. Lui, Jiangchuan Liu, Schahram Dustdar, Jun Luo

Chase++: Fountain-Enabled Fast Flooding in Asynchronous Duty Cycle Networks

Zhichao Cao, Jiliang Wang, Daibo Liu, Qiang Ma, Xin Miao, Xufei Mao

Early Access in 2020; listed under the final issue, 29(1): 410–422 (2021).

CTrack: Acoustic Device-Free and Collaborative Hands Motion Tracking on Smartphones

Hongbo Jiang, Minglin Wang, Daibo Liu, Siwang Zhou

DriverSonar: Fine-Grained Dangerous Driving Detection Using Active Sonar

Hongbo Jiang, Jingyang Hu, Daibo Liu, Jie Xiong, Mingjie Cai

Evidence in Hand: Passive Vibration Response-based Continuous User Authentication

Hangcheng Cao, Hongbo Jiang, Daibo Liu, Jie Xiong

Fly-Navi: A Novel Indoor Navigation System With On-the-Fly Map Generation

Hongbo Jiang, Wenping Liu, Guoyin Jiang, Yufu Jia, Xingjun Liu, Zhicheng Lui, Xiaofei Liao, Jing Xing, Daibo Liu

Garbage In, Garbage Out: Poisoning Attacks Disguised With Plausible Mobility in Data Aggregation

Ping Zhao, Hongbo Jiang, Jie Li, Zhu Xiao, Daibo Liu, Ju Ren, Deke Guo

PupilMeter: Modeling User Preference with Time-Series Features of Pupillary Response

Hongbo Jiang, Xiangyu Shen, Daibo Liu

Towards Device Independent Eavesdropping on Telephone Conversations with Built-in Accelerometer

Weigao Su, Daibo Liu, Taiyuan Zhang, Hongbo Jiang

Published in IMWUT 5(4), 2021; presented at UbiComp 2022.

Good or Mediocre? A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Taxi Revenue Efficiency Optimization

Haotian Wang, Huigui Rong, Qun Zhang, Daibo Liu, Chunhua Hu, Yupeng Hu

Pushing the Limits of Transmission Concurrency for Low Power Wireless Networks

Daibo Liu, Zhichao Cao, Mengshu Hou, Huigui Rong, Hongbo Jiang

Resource Allocation and Trajectory Optimization for QoE Provisioning in Energy-Efficient UAV-Enabled Wireless Networks

Fanzi Zeng, Zhenzhen Hu, Zhu Xiao, Hongbo Jiang, Siwang Zhou, Wenping Liu, Daibo Liu

SmileAuth: Using Dental Edge Biometrics for User Authentication on Smartphones

Hongbo Jiang, Hangcheng Cao, Daibo Liu, Jie Xiong, Zhichao Cao

ALIGNER: Make the Utmost of Transmission Concurrency for Low Power Wireless Networks

Daibo Liu, Zhichao Cao, Mengshu Hou

Contention-Detectable Mechanism for Receiver-Initiated MAC

Daibo Liu, Zhichao Cao, Mingyan Liu, Mengshu Hou, Hongbo Jinag

The author spelling Hongbo Jinag is retained as it appears in the publication.

Exploiting Concurrency for Opportunistic Forwarding in Duty-Cycled IoT Networks

Daibo Liu, Zhichao Cao, Yuan He, Xiaoyu Ji, Mengshu Hou, Hongbo Jiang

Generate Desired Images from Trained Generative Adversarial Networks

Ming Li, Rui Xi, Beier Chen, Mengshu Hou, Daibo Liu, Lei Guo

Toward Accurate Vehicle State Estimation Under Non-Gaussian Noises

Zhu Xiao, Dapeng Xiao, Vincent Havyarimana, Hongbo Jiang, Daibo Liu, Dong Wang, Fanzi Zeng

Adaptive Retransmission Layer for Duty Cycle Wireless Networks

Daibo Liu, Mengshu Hou, Zhichao Cao, Jiliang Wang

Chase++: Fountain-Enabled Fast Flooding in Asynchronous Duty Cycle Networks

Zhichao Cao, Jiliang Wang, Daibo Liu, Xin Miao, Qiang Ma, Xufei Mao

Deep Dilated Convolution on Multimodality Time Series for Human Activity Recognition

Rui Xi, Mengshu Hou, Mingsheng Fu, Hong Qu, Daibo Liu

Deep Dilation on Multimodality Time Series for Human Activity Recognition

Rui Xi, Ming Li, Mengshu Hou, Mingsheng Fu, Hong Qu, Daibo Liu, Charles R. Haruna

Using Acoustic Signal and Image to Achieve Accurate Indoor Localization

Rui Xi, Daibo Liu, Mengshu Hou, Yujun Li, Jun Li

Achieving Accurate and Real-Time Link Estimation for Low Power Wireless Sensor Networks

Daibo Liu, Zhichao Cao, Yi Zhang, Mengshu Hou

Chase: Taming Concurrent Broadcast for Flooding in Asynchronous Duty Cycle Networks

Zhichao Cao, Daibo Liu, Jiliang Wang, Xiaolong Zheng

On Improving Wireless Channel Utilization: A Collision Tolerance-Based Approach

Xiaoyu Ji, Yuan He, Jiliang Wang, Kaishun Wu, Daibo Liu, Ke Yi, Yunhao Liu

Share Brings Benefits: Towards Maximizing Revenue for Crowdsourced Mobile Network Access

Yi Zhang, Yuan He, Jiliang Wang, Yanrong Kang, Daibo Liu, Bo Li, Yunhao Liu

Bat with Good Eyesight: Using Acoustic Signal and Image to Achieve Accurate Indoor Localization

Rui Xi, Yujun Li, Daibo Liu, Siwei Luo, Mengshu Hou

Chase: Taming concurrent broadcast for flooding in asynchronous duty cycle networks

Zhichao Cao, Jiliang Wang, Daibo Liu, Xiaolong Zheng

Duplicate Detectable Opportunistic Forwarding in Duty-Cycled Wireless Sensor Networks

Daibo Liu, Mengshu Hou, Zhichao Cao, Jiliang Wang, Yuan He, Yunhao Liu

Frame Counter: Achieving Accurate and Real-Time Link Estimation in Low Power Wireless Sensor Networks

Daibo Liu, Zhichao Cao, Mengshu Hou, Yi Zhang

Furion: Towards Energy-Efficient WiFi Offloading under Link Dynamics

Yi Zhang, Jiliang Wang, Yuan He, Xiaoyu Ji, Yanrong Kang, Daibo Liu, Bo Li

CD-MAC: A contention detectable MAC for low duty-cycled wireless sensor networks

Daibo Liu, Xiaopei Wu, Zhichao Cao, Mingyan Liu, Yujun Li, Mengshu Hou

COF: Exploiting Concurrency for Low Power Opportunistic Forwarding

Daibo Liu, Mengshu Hou, Zhichao Cao, Yuan He, Xiaoyu Ji, Xiaolong Zheng

Connecting the Dots: Reconstructing Network Behavior with Individual and Lossy Logs

Jiliang Wang, Xiaolong Zheng, Xufei Mao, Zhichao Cao, Daibo Liu, Yunhao Liu

Tele Adjusting: Using Path Coding and Opportunistic Forwarding for Remote Control in WSNs

Daibo Liu, Zhichao Cao, Xiaopei Wu, Yuan He, Xiaoyu Ji, Mengshu Hou

RxLayer: adaptive retransmission layer for low power wireless

Daibo Liu, Zhichao Cao, Jiliang Wang, Mengshu Hou, Yujun Li

A novel method for multiple depot and open paths, Multiple Traveling Salesmen Problem

Xiaobin Wang, Daibo Liu, Mengshu Hou

A simple model for the multiple traveling salesmen problem with single depot and multiple sink

Daibo Liu, Mengshu Hou, Hong Qu

DOF: Duplicate Detectable Opportunistic Forwarding in duty-cycled wireless sensor networks

Daibo Liu, Zhichao Cao, Jiliang Wang, Yuan He, Mengshu Hou, Yunhao Liu

A novel method for solving the multiple traveling salesmen problem with multiple depots

Mengshu Hou, Daibo Liu

Published in Chinese Science Bulletin 57(15), 2012.