Our Digital Life Podcast: A series by IEEE-SPS
Our Digital Life Podcast: A series by IEEE-SPS
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As the world's largest professional organization, IEEE plays a significant role in enhancing the quality of our lives. Specifically, the IEEE signal processing society or SPS focuses on research and development of audio and speech processing, biomedical analysis, and wireless communication technologies, all of which are key enablers to today's modern society. In this series, we explore more about the works of signal processing and engage with various global speakers.
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The podcast centers around themes of audio and speech processing, biomedical analysis, and advancements in wireless communication technologies. Specific episodes delve into topics like AI-driven methods in medical imaging, with featured discussions on how innovations improve diagnostic accuracy and therapeutic approaches, as well as challenges in data constraints and solutions like FDA-approved imaging algorithms.

As the world’s largest professional organization, IEEE plays a significant role in enhancing the quality of our lives. Specifically, the IEEE signal processing society or SPS focuses on research and development of audio and speech processing, biomedical analysis, and wireless communication technologies, all of which are key enablers to today’s modern society. In this series, we explore more about the works of signal processing and engage with various global speakers.
In this episode of the IEEE Signal Processing Society podcast, Dr. Yan Qiao, an Associate Professor at the School of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, interviews Professor Meng Li from Hefei University of Technology, whose research focuses on applied cryptography, secure and trustworthy data sharing, blockchain, privacy preservation, and Trusted Execution Environments (TEE).
Professor Meng Li
Professor Meng Li is a Professor at the School of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Hefei University of Technology (HFUT), China. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Technology from the Beijing Institute of Technology and has held several international research appointments, including postdoctoral positions in Italy supported by the ERCIM ”Alain Bensoussan” Fellowship Programme and research collaborations at the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, and the University of Padua. His research focuses on secure and trustworthy data sharing, privacy preservation in the Internet of Vehicles (IoV), applied cryptography, blockchain, and Trusted Execution Environments (TEE). He is a Senior Member of IEEE, CCF, CACR, CIE, and CIC, and has been recognized with the 2024 IEEE HITC Award for Excellence (Early Career Researcher), the 2025 IEEE TCSVC Rising Star Award, and selection among the IEEE Computer Society Computing's Top 30 Early Career Professionals for 2025.
In this episode, Professor Li explains why secure and trustworthy data sharing has become a cornerstone of today's digital world. He discusses how technologies such as cryptography, blockchain, and privacy-preserving techniques help enable secure data sharing while protecting user privacy and explores the role of emerging technologies in addressing modern data-sharing challenges and advancing humanitarian and societal applications.

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