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Yalun (Aaron) Wu

I am a Ph.D. student in the School of Cyberspace Science and Technology at Beijing Jiaotong University, advised by Prof. Zhen Han. Additionally, I am a joint Ph.D. student (funded by China Scholarship Council) at the TULIP Laboratory, Deakin University, where I am fortunate to work with Prof. Gang Li. My research focuses on the security of safety-critical Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), including the security of Autonomous Driving (AD) and robotic systems. My goal is to reveal the vulnerabilities of these systems, raise awareness, and thereby advocate for increased research dedicated to AI security. I’m open to any kind of collaboration. If you are interested to chat with me, please feel free to contact me through email.

  wuyalun1 [at] bjtu.edu.cn             Google Scholar             Github

Publications

All publications can be found on my Google Scholar page.

  • [AAAI'26] Yalun Wu, Liu Liu, Endong Tong, Yingxiao Xiang, Xiaoting Lyu, Zhen Han, Jiqiang Liu. FRBAT: Conditionally-Visible Physical Backdoor Attack via Fluorescence. In AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2026, 40(13): 10808-10816. [CCF-A Oral]
  • [IOTJ'26] Yalun Wu, Xiaoshu Cui, Yingxiao Xiang, Yingying Yao, Yuanwan Chen, Zhen Han, Jiqiang Liu, Wenjia Niu. FlipBAT: Toward Stealthy Endogenous Backdoor Attacks on Traffic Sign Recognition via Self-Flipping. In IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IOTJ), 2026, 13(2): 3094-3105. [An1, CCF-C, IF:8.9]
  • [IEEE Network'24] Yalun Wu, Yingxiao Xiang, Endong Tong, Yuqi Ye, Zhibo Cui, Yunzhe Tian, Lejun Zhang, Jiqiang Liu, Zhen Han. Wenjia Niu. Improving the Robustness of Pedestrian Detection in Autonomous Driving with Generative Data Augmentation. In IEEE Network, 2024, 38(3): 63-69. [An1, IF: 10.2]
  • [IJIS'24] Yalun Wu, Yingxiao Xiang, Thar Baker, Endong Tong, Ye Zhu, Xiaoshu Cui, Zhenguo Zhang, Zhen Han, Jiqiang Liu, Wenjia Niu. Collaborative Attack Sequence Generation Model Based on Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Intelligent Traffic Signal System. In International Journal of Intelligent Systems (IJIS), 2024, 2024(1): 4734030. [An2, CCF-C, IF:7.0]
  • [ADMA'24] Yalun Wu, Qiong Li, YingXiao Xiang, Jinkai Zheng, Xingyu Wu, Zhen Han, Jiqiang Liu, Wenjia Niu. Nightfall Deception: A Novel Backdoor Attack on Traffic Sign Recognition Models via Low-Light Data Manipulation. In International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications (ADMA), 2024: 433-445. [CCF-C]
  • [ICICS'21] Yalun Wu, Minglu Song, Yike Li, Yunzhe Tian, Endong Tong, Wenjia Niu, Bowei Jia, Haixiang Huang, Qiong Li, Jiqiang Liu. Improving Convolutional Neural Network-Based Webshell Detection Through Reinforcement Learning. In International Conference on Information and Communications Security (ICICS), 2021: 368-383. [CCF-C]
  • [TNSE'26] Jinkai Zheng, Tom H Luan, Guanjie Li, Yuan Chang, Yalun Wu, Yuan Wu, Haixia Peng. Edge-Aided Collaborative Inference for Visual Language Navigation-Based Intelligent Vehicles. In IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 2026, 13: 8445-8461. [An2, IF:7.9]
  • [AMC'26] Yinxin Chang, Xiaojuan Cheng, Yalun Wu, Peng Wu, Gang Li. Coevolution Modeling for Network Public Opinion with Bidirectional Feedback Mechanism. In Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2026, 522: 130008. [An2]
  • [PPNA'25] Guanjie Li, Tom H Luan, Jinkai Zheng, Dihao Hu, Jie Cao, Yalun Wu. A Secure and Lightweight Data Sharing Scheme in Vehicular Digital Twin Network. In Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications, 2025, 18(1): 37. [An4, CCF-C]
  • [KSEM'24] Xiaoshu Cui, Yalun Wu, Yanfeng Gu, Qiong Li, Endong Tong, Jiqiang Liu, and Wenjia Niu. Lurking in the shadows: Imperceptible shadow black-box attacks against lane detection models. In International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management (KSEM), 2024: 220-232. [CCF-C]
  • [TGCN'22] Yike Li, Wenjia Niu, Yunzhe Tian, Tong Chen, Zhiqiang Xie, Yalun Wu, Yingxiao Xiang, Endong Tong, Thar Baker, Jiqiang Liu. Multiagent reinforcement learning-based signal planning for resisting congestion attack in green transportation. In IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, 2022, 6(3): 1448–1458. [An2, IF:6.7]
  • [TST'22] Yike Li, Yunzhe Tian, Endong Tong, Wenjia Niu, Yingxiao Xiang, Tong Chen, Yalun Wu, Jiqiang Liu. Curricular robust reinforcement learning via GAN-based perturbation through continuously scheduled task sequence. In Tsinghua Science and Technology, 2022, 28(1): 27-38. [An2]
  • [HPCC'21] Shuang Zhao, Yalun Wu, Rui Sun, Xiaoai Qian, Dong Zi, Zhiqiang Xie, Endong Tong, Wenjia Niu, Jiqiang Liu, Zhen Han. Blockchain-based decentralized federated learning: A secure and privacy-preserving system. In IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC), 2022. [CCF-C]

Selected Awards

  • 2025, ZhiJin Scholarship (智瑾奖, 学院唯一获奖者), Beijing Jiaotong University Education Foundation.
  • 2025, First-Class Academic Scholarship (一等学业奖学金), Beijing Jiaotong University.
  • 2025, Excellent Graduate Student Cadre (优秀研究生干部), Beijing Jiaotong University.
  • 2025, Excellent Scholarship in Social Work (社会工作优秀奖学金), Beijing Jiaotong University.
  • 2025, Excellent Part-time Counselor (优秀兼职辅导员), Beijing Jiaotong University.
  • 2024, Advanced Class of Graduate Students Award (研究生先进班集体, 团体奖), Beijing Jiaotong University.
  • 2024, ZhiJin Scholarship (智瑾奖, 学院唯一获奖者), Beijing Jiaotong University Education Foundation.
  • 2024, First-Class Academic Scholarship (一等学业奖学金), Beijing Jiaotong University.
  • 2024, Excellent Graduate Student Cadre (优秀研究生干部), Beijing Jiaotong University.
  • 2024, Excellent Scholarship in Social Work (社会工作优秀奖学金), Beijing Jiaotong University.
  • 2024, Excellent Part-time Counselor (优秀兼职辅导员), Beijing Jiaotong University.
  • 2024, Best Student Paper Award of the Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (智能汽车研讨会最佳学生论文奖), China Computer Federation (CCF).
  • 2023, Advanced Class Award (北京市先进班集体, 团体奖, 全校3个获奖研究生班级之一), Beijing Municipal Commission of Education.
  • 2023, Advanced Class of Graduate Students Award (研究生先进班集体, 团体奖), Beijing Jiaotong University.
  • 2023, Second-Class Academic Scholarship (二等学业奖学金), Beijing Jiaotong University.
  • 2023, Excellent Graduate Student Cadre (优秀研究生干部), Beijing Jiaotong University.
  • 2023, Excellent Scholarship in Social Work (社会工作优秀奖学金), Beijing Jiaotong University.
  • 2022, Admission Academic Scholarship (入学学业奖学金), Beijing Jiaotong University.
  • 2022, Excellent Part-time Counselor (优秀兼职辅导员), Beijing Jiaotong University.
  • 2022, Global Runner-up in the DEF CON'30 Autonomous Driving CTF Challenge, Baidu Security & UCI. [新闻:祝贺计算机学院信息安全系THETA团队在DEFCON30 AutoDriving赛事获得优异成绩]
  • 2022, First Price of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Vulnerability Mining Competition, Peng Cheng Laboratory. [新闻:计算机学院信安团队参与冬奥卫士演练活动荣获一等奖]
  • 2022, A letter of appreciation from the National Major Network Security Test and Assessment Activity, Peng Cheng Laboratory. [新闻:计算机学院信安团队参与国家重大网络安全试验测试活动获感谢信]
  • 2021, Global Runner-up in the DEF CON'29 Autonomous Driving CTF Challenge, Baidu Security & UCI. [新闻: DEF CON 29 Contest自动驾驶CTF赛亚军]

Professional Service

  • Journal Reviewer: IEEE TIFS, IEEE TDSC, IEEE Network, Pattern Recognition
  • Conference Committee (PC Member): NeurIPS, IJCAI, ACM MM, AAAI, IJCNN, ADMA