About me

I am pursuing my Ph.D. at HKBU, supervised by Prof. Jianliang Xu (IEEE Fellow) and Prof. Yupeng Li.

If you are interested in my work or would like to discuss research, please feel free to contact me by email at any time.

Outside the lab, I enjoy badminton and running, and have completed several half marathons. I grew up in Wulian, a mountain county in eastern China. You can find moments from life beyond research on my Sports page .

Research interests

Trustworthy AIOnline learningSocial computing

Education

Shandong University

2021 — 2025

B.Eng., School of Computer Science and Technology

Supervisor: Yifei Zou

Publications

  1. TIFS General Backdoor-Resilient Federated Learning via Multi-Armed Bandit-Based Knowledge Distillation. Senmao Qi, Hao Ma, Yifei Zou, Peng Li, Hanlin Gu, Zhenzhen Xie, Lixin Fan, Xiuzhen Cheng, Dongxiao Yu. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. CCF A

  2. IDS Fed-NAD: Backdoor Resilient Federated Learning via Neural Attention Distillation. Hao Ma, Senmao Qi, Jiayue Yao, Yuan Yuan, Yifei Zou, Dongxiao Yu. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Data and Security.

  3. BDMA Backdoor Attack to Giant Model in Fragment-Sharing Federated Learning. Senmao Qi, Hao Ma, Yifei Zou, Yuan Yuan, Zhenzhen Xie, Peng Li, Xiuzhen Cheng. Big Data Mining and Analytics. JCR Q1

  4. ICDCS Fed-MS: Fault Tolerant Federated Edge Learning with Multiple Byzantine Servers. Senmao Qi, Hao Ma, Yifei Zou, Yuan Yuan, Peng Li, Dongxiao Yu. IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems. CCF B

  5. JSA BR-FEEL: A Backdoor Resilient Approach for Federated Edge Learning with Fragment-Sharing. Senmao Qi, Hao Ma, Yifei Zou, Yuan Yuan, Peng Li, Dongxiao Yu. Journal of Systems Architecture. CCF B

Honors & awards

  • 2024

    National Scholarship, Shandong University

  • 2020

    Second Prize, National High School Mathematics Competition, Shandong Province

Experience

Research Intern

Shenzhen Institute, Hong Kong Baptist University

Feb. 2025 – Aug. 2025

Computer Elite Class

Institute of Intelligent Computing (IIC)

A program designed to develop outstanding computer science students and future leaders in the IT industry. I carried out its research training and practical work at IIC.

2022 – 2025