Kai Li

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
180 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Kai Li is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Li has authored 180 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 85 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 55 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kai Li's work include UAV Applications and Optimization (35 papers), Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (22 papers) and Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (17 papers). Kai Li is often cited by papers focused on UAV Applications and Optimization (35 papers), Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (22 papers) and Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (17 papers). Kai Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Kai Li's co-authors include Wei Ni, Eduardo Tovar, Wei Ni, Yuanyuan Zhou, James Philbin, Salil S. Kanhere, Falko Dressler, Mohsen Guizani, Sanjay Jha and Xin Yuan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory and IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.

In The Last Decade

Kai Li

157 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

When Internet of Things Meets Metaverse: Convergence of Physical and Cyber Worlds

2022 147 citations Kai Li, Weicai Li et al. IEEE Internet of Things Journal profile →
Machine Learning-Aided Operations and Communications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Contemporary Survey

2023 99 citations Harrison Kurunathan, Hailong Huang et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Li based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kai Li. Kai Li is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Practice of an improved many-objective route optimization algorithm in a multimodal transportation case under uncertain demand 2025 ·Complex & Intelligent Systems ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rijia Ding, Jinze Li, Kai Li	2
2	Zero-Trust Foundation Models: A New Paradigm for Secure and Collaborative Artificial Intelligence for Internet of Things 2025 ·IEEE Internet of Things Journal ·Kai Li, Conggai Li, Xin Yuan, Shenghong Li, (unknown), (unknown), Wei Ni, Dusit Niyato, Abbas Jamalipour, Falko Dressler, Özgür B. Akan	6
3	Resilience and Failure Analysis in Next-Generation Communication Networks: A Contemporary Survey 2025 ·IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering ·(unknown), Xin Yuan, Shuyan Hu, Kai Li, Wei Ni, Ekram Hossain, Xin Wang	0
4	Identification and validation of biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease based on machine learning algorithms and single-cell sequencing analysis 2025 ·Computational Biology and Chemistry ·(unknown), Xiaolong Wang, Yun Ling, Qiuyi Wang, Xiang Zhou, Kai Li, C. Zhou	0
5	Exploring LSTM-assisted A2C For Physical Layer Security in Vehicular Cyber-Physical Systems 2024 ·Harrison Kurunathan, Kai Li, Wei Ni, Na Li, Eduardo Tovar, Mohsen Guizani	3
6	Data-Agnostic Model Poisoning Against Federated Learning: A Graph Autoencoder Approach 2024 ·IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security ·Kai Li, (unknown), Xin Yuan, Wei Ni, Özgür B. Akan, H. Vincent Poor	15
7	Biasing Federated Learning With a New Adversarial Graph Attention Network 2024 ·IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing ·Kai Li, (unknown), Wei Ni, Hailong Huang, Píetro Lió, Falko Dressler, Özgür B. Akan	4
8	DRL-KeyAgree: An Intelligent Combinatorial Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Vehicular Platooning Secret Key Generation 2024 ·IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems ·Harrison Kurunathan, Kai Li, Eduardo Tovar, Alípio Jorge, Wei Ni, Abbas Jamalipour	5
9	A task allocation schema based on response time optimization in cloud computing 2023 ·Cluster Computing ·Zhengtao Jiang, Kai Li, Wang Yong, Meilin Liu, Huiqiang Li	4
10	Toward Ubiquitous Semantic Metaverse: Challenges, Approaches, and Opportunities 2023 ·IEEE Internet of Things Journal ·Kai Li, Billy Pik Lik Lau, Xin Yuan, Wei Ni, Mohsen Guizani, Chau Yuen	46
11	Detection and Mitigation of Position Spoofing Attacks on Cooperative UAV Swarm Formations 2023 ·IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security ·(unknown), Kai Li, Shuyan Hu, Wei Ni, Cong Wang, Xin Wang	13
12	Deep-Graph-Based Reinforcement Learning for Joint Cruise Control and Task Offloading for Aerial Edge Internet of Things (EdgeIoT) 2022 ·IEEE Internet of Things Journal ·Kai Li, Wei Ni, Xin Yuan, Alam Noor, Abbas Jamalipour	51
13	When Internet of Things Meets Metaverse: Convergence of Physical and Cyber Worlds breakdown → 2022 ·IEEE Internet of Things Journal ·Kai Li, (unknown), Weicai Li, Tiejun Lv, Xin Yuan, Shenghong Li, Wei Ni, Meryem Simsek, Falko Dressler	147
14	Block adjustment of satellite imagery with line-of-sight vector rectification 2021 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Yang Wu, Yongsheng Zhang, Kai Li, (unknown), (unknown)	1
15	Online Velocity Control and Data Capture of Drones for the Internet of Things: An Onboard Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach 2020 ·IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine ·Kai Li, Wei Ni, Eduardo Tovar, Abbas Jamalipour	22
16	Onboard Double Q-Learning for Airborne Data Capture in Wireless Powered IoT Networks 2020 ·IEEE Networking Letters ·Kai Li, Wei Ni, Bo Wei, Eduardo Tovar	15
17	A Multi-tier Cost Model for Effective User Scheduling in Fog Computing Networks 2019 ·Zening Liu, Yang Yang, Yu Chen, Kai Li, Ziqin Li, Xiliang Luo	16
18	Secret Key Agreement for Data Dissemination in Vehicular Platoons 2019 ·IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology ·Kai Li, (unknown), Wei Ni, Eduardo Tovar, Mohsen Guizani	22
19	Optimal Rate-Adaptive Data Dissemination in Vehicular Platoons 2019 ·IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems ·Kai Li, Wei Ni, Eduardo Tovar, Mohsen Guizani	27
20	Wireless Power Transfer and Data Collection in Wireless Sensor Networks 2017 ·IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology ·Kai Li, Wei Ni, Lingjie Duan, Mehran Abolhasan, Jianwei Niu	66

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