Shengjie Xu

Shengjie Xu is an assistant professor in the College of Information Science (iSchool) at the University of Arizona. He is the director of the Secure and Intelligent Networking Systems research group, and a Co-PI for the Google-funded Arizona Cybersecurity Clinic. He received a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, an M.S. degree in Telecommunications from the University of Pittsburgh, and a B.E. degree in Computer Science.

His research interests span cybersecurity, AI and machine learning for cybersecurity, secure edge AI and edge computing. His research and educational projects have received support from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), Google, and other funding agencies in the U.S. He is the lead author of the book Cybersecurity in Intelligent Networking Systems (John Wiley/IEEE Press, 2023) and has published more than 40 peer-reviewed articles.

He currently serves as a Technical Editor for IEEE Wireless Communications and an Associate Editor for IEEE Access. He will serve as a Symposia Co-Chair for the Communication and Information System Security Symposium at IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) 2026. His previous roles include Editor for the International Journal of Sensor Networks and Technical Program Committee (TPC) Vice Chair for the International Symposium on Intelligent Computing and Networking (ISICN) 2025. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and holds multiple professional certifications in cybersecurity and computer networking.