In an era where external data and computational capabilities far exceed statistical agencies'
own resources and capabilities, they face the renewed challenge of protecting the …

The blooming trend of smart grid deployment is engaged by the evolution of the network
technology, as the connected environment offers various alternatives for electrical data …

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, both voluntary changes in behavior and
administrative restrictions on human interactions have occurred. These actions are intended …

Vehicular infotainment systems have attracted great interests from both academia and
industry. A vehicular infotainment system includes two parts: 1) the information part and 2) …

Amidst rapid urban development, sustainable transportation solutions are required to meet
the increasing demands for mobility whilst mitigating the potentially negative social …

Location-Based Service (LBS) has become a vital part of our daily life. While enjoying the
convenience provided by LBS, users may lose privacy since the untrusted LBS server has …

It is a well-known fact that the progress of personal communication devices leads to serious
concerns about privacy in general, and location privacy in particular. As a response to these …

Camouflaging user's actual location with fakes is a prevalent obfuscation technique for
protecting location privacy. We show that the protection mechanisms based on the existing …

We examine a very large-scale data set of more than 30 billion call records made by 25
million cell phone users across all 50 states of the US and attempt to determine to what …

Privacy protection is critical for Location-Based Services (LBSs). In most previous solutions,
users query service data from the untrusted LBS server when needed, and discard the data …