[Work and Study Experience]:

(1) Aug 2014-Present, Associate Professor, School of Computer Science, Zhejiang University of Technology

(2) Feb 2020-Jul 2021, Visiting Scholar, School of Computer Science, University of Bristol, UK

(3) Sept.2019-Sept 2021, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ningbo Bird Co., Ltd.

(4) Sept 2010-June 2014, Doctoral Study (Computer Science), School of Information, Renmin University of China

(5) Aug 2013-Sept 2013, Academic Visitor, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

[Personal Profile]:

Prof. Yinglong Li's current research areas: artificial intelligence, computer vision, privacy and security, intelligent drones, and multimodal-based smart healthcare and agriculture. I have led research on multiple National/Provincial Natural Science Foundation projects, as well as corporate cross-industrial projects. I have published over 20 papers as first or corresponding author in renowned academic journals and conferences, such as IEEE TITS, IEEE TFS, IEEE TII, IEEE TVT, IEEE IWQoS, Chinese Journal of Computers, and Computer Research and Development. He holds seven invention patents (two of which have been commercialized), edited and published two textbooks. He has supervised 19 graduate students and 8 international students for their graduation projects.

[Graduate Student Supervision]:

1) Supervised 19 master's students, including one doctoral candidate. Nine have graduated, and 10 are currently enrolled. (As of Sept. 2025)

2) Guide all graduate students to graduate successfully and find employment on schedule, including positions in the civil service, banks, Hikvision, and Dahua.

3) Guide Liu Fan, a 2019 graduate student, to receive the 2022 Zhejiang University of Technology Outstanding Master's Thesis Award.

4) Guide Chen Bingyuan, a 2023 graduate student, to attend the 28th ISC’25 conference in Seoul, South Korea, where he presented the paper MSPP-Net: Fine-grained Image Privacy Identification via Multi-stage Semantic Perception.

5) Guide Huang Zhiwei, a 2021 graduate student, to attend the IEEE SMC’23 conference in Hawaii, USA, where he presented the paper A Novel Privacy-Aware Edge Vehicular Trajectory Compression Scheme Using Fuzzy Markovian Prediction.

6) Welcome graduate students to apply, as well as outstanding undergraduates to participate in research internships! WeChat: 41956941, Email: liyinglong@zjut.edu.cn

[Looking for Collaboration]:

1) Research and Development in Research Areas (Artificial intelligence, computer vision, privacy and security, intelligent drones, AI-powered healthcare and agriculture based on multimodal data fusion, etc.)

2) Proficient in project management, PMBOK, providing enterprise project management/business management training, and PMP training services.

3) Proficient in English, providing English-language training services in project management and research for multinational companies.

[Awards & Honors]:

1) 2025: Won the Gold Medal at the 50th Geneva International Invention Exhibition (8/10).

2) 2024: Won the Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award from the China Institute of Electronics, for the key technology of intelligent detection of cyberattacks for critical information infrastructure (10/10).

3) 2024: First edited textbook Software Project Management - Micro-course Video Edition won the Tsinghua University Press Most Popular Computer Book Award.

4 ) 2023, Zhejiang University of Technology Most Popular Teacher Award for International Students;

5) 2022, (as first advisor) mentored Liu Fan (2019 Academic Master's Degree Candidate 2006), who won the Outstanding Master's Thesis Award from Zhejiang University of Technology;

6) 2022, the textbook Software Project Management - Micro-Course Video Edition (first editor) won the 2022 Tsinghua University Press Most Popular Science Textbook Award;

7) 2016-2025, Zhejiang University of Technology Excellent Course, Excellent Reward Teaching Award;

8) 2015, Zhejiang University of Technology School of Computer Science Scientific Research Contribution Award;

9) 2017, Zhejiang University of Technology School of Computer Science Teaching Excellence Award;

10) 2016, Zhejiang University of Technology School of Computer Science Outstanding Class Teacher Award.

Research Publications (me as the first author)

[1]  Yinglong Li, Q. Jiang, Z. Hao, W. Liu, T. Chen, J. Li, Challenges and Opportunities of Privacy-Preserving Computation Techniques in IoV Edge Services: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2026, publish online, DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2026.3659435.  

[2]   T. Chen, Q. Jiang, Yinglong Li (Corresponding author), T. Chen, J. Li, Privacy-Aware Edge Intelligent Parking Recommendation Using Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2025, 21(5): 3606-3615.  

[3]   Yinglong Li, W. Liu, Y. Zhu, H. Chen, H. Cheng, T. Chen et al., Privacy-Aware Fuzzy Range Query Processing Over Distributed Edge Devices. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 2022, 30(5): 1421-1435. 

[4] Yinglong Li, FanLiu, Jiaye Zhang, Tieming Chen, Hong Chen, Weiru Liu. Privacy-Aware Fuzzy Skyline Parking Recommendation Using Edge Traffic Facilities.  IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2021, 70(10):9775 - 9786.   

[5] Yinglong Li, T. Chen, J. Li, W. Liu, T. Chen, QoS-aware fuzzy decision-based data forwarding in edge-centric vehicular networks, Applied Soft Computing, 2026, Vol. 188, 114355. DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2025.114355. 

[6]   Yinglong Li, B. Chen, Q. Jiang, T. Chen, MSPP-Net: Fine-grained image privacy identification via multi-stage semantic perception, Proc. of 28th Information Security Conference (ISC),  2025. (CCF C)

[7]  T. Chen, X. Tian, Yinglong Li (通信作者), Q. Jiang, Z. Liu. fuzzyFollow: A Novel Privacy-Aware Intelligent Vehicle-Following Scheme for Safe Driving on Risky Roads Using Fuzzy Sets, 27^th IEEE CSCWD, 2024 

[8]  Yinglong Li, Z. Huang, X. Xu, T. Chen, W. Liu and M. Lv. TCFP: A Novel Privacy-Aware Edge Vehicular Trajectory Compression Scheme Using Fuzzy Markovian Prediction. IEEE SMC, Hawaii, USA, Oct., 2023 

[9]  Yinglong Li, D. Meng, X. Xu, Tieming Chen, Y. Li, T. Wang, fuzzyForward: A Novel Multi-hop Data Forwarding Scheme Using Fuzzy Decision for Edge VANETs. In 24^th IEEE WoWMoM, Boston USA, June, 2023.

[10] Yinglong Li, Jiaye Zhang, Tieming Chen, Weiru Liu. FuzzySkyline: QoS-Aware Fuzzy Skyline Parking Recommendation Using Edge Traffic Facilities, in IEEE/ACM 29^th International Symposium on Quality of Service (IWQoS 2021), 2021 (CCF B)

[11] Yinglong Li, Hong Chen, Mingqi Lv, Yanjun Li. Extracting semantic event information from distributed sensing fuzzy sets, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 2018, 337(1): 74-92. 

Invention patents (me as the first inventor)

[1] A method, system, apparatus, and storage medium for multi-label data clustering and partitioning based on federated learning. No.ZL 2024 1 1029018.4, issued by China State Intellectual Property Administration (CSIPA): 01-Aug-2025.

[2] Fuzzy trust management method and device for blockchain-based traffic information sharing, No: ZL 2023 1 1089057.9, issued by CSIPA: 16-May-2025.

[3] A vehicle trajectory compression method and device based on fuzzy prediction, No. ZL202211706702.2, issued by CSIPA: 14-Nov-2023.

[4] A method and device for transmitting emergency road condition information based on fuzzy decision-making, Patent No.: ZL202210338115.6, issued by CSIPA: 14-Jul-2022.

[5] A privacy-aware fuzzy Skyline real-time parking recommendation method, No. ZL201911172556.8, issued by CSIPA: 06-Apr-2021.

[6]. A privacy-aware range query method for real-time IoT edge services, No. ZL201810424585.8, issued by CSIPA, 01-Jan-2021.

Publishing professional textbooks (me as the first author)

1. Yinglong Li, Herong Zheng. Software Project Management, Tsinghua University Press, Feb. 2021.  (Textbook, in Chinese)

2. Yinglong Li, Jiafa Mao, Herong Zheng. Software Project Management in a Practical Tutorial, People's Posts and Telecommunications Press, Jan. 2016.  (Textbook, in Chinese)

Awards and Honors

1. Awarded the Gold Medal at the 50th Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, 2025

2. The Second Prize for National Scientific and Technological Progress, awarded by the Chinese Institute of Electronics, for key technologies and applications of intelligent detection of cyberattacks targeting critical information infrastructure. 2024

3. "My favorite teacher" among international students awarded by the Zhejiang University of Technology in 2023.

4. The textbook Software Project Management - Micro-lecture Video Edition, for which I served as the lead editor, won the Most Popular Computer Science Book Award from Tsinghua University Press in 2024 and 2025 respectively.

5. Outstanding supervisor award for guiding the academic master's student Liu Fan (student ID 2111912006), who received the Outstanding Master's Thesis Award from Zhejiang University of Technology in 2022.

6. My first editor-in-chief's textbook Software Project Management won the 2022 Tsinghua University Press's Most Popular Textbook Award in the Science and Technology Category.

7. Teaching Award of Excellent Courses and Excellent Remunerationawarded by the Zhejiang University of Technology every year.

8. Scientific Research Contribution Award of the School of Computer Science, awarded by the Zhejiang University of Technology in 2015.

9. Teaching Excellence Award of the School of Computer Science, awarded by the Zhejiang University of Technology in 2017.

10. Excellent Leadership of Class Teacher of the School of Computer Science, awarded by the Zhejiang University of Technology in 2016.