About Me
Hi, I'm Yuexin, currently pursuing PhD in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University, under the Department of Software Systems and Cybersecurity. I previously obtained my Bachelor's and Master's degrees from China University of Geosciences. My research focuses on Decentralization, with key areas in blockchain, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. If you have academic inquiries, feel free to contact me at Yuexin.Xiang@monash.edu.
News
- [Apr'25] Our team won the Third Prize in PKUBA Global Research Arena.
- [Mar'25] I'm pleased to be officially confirmed as PhD Candidate at Monash University.
- [Jan'25] I'm honored to be accepted into OpenAI Researcher Access Program.
- [Dec'24] I'm pleased to serve as PC member for CVCBT'25.
- [Sep'24] I’m thrilled to start as Visiting PhD Scholar at USYD invited by A/Prof. Jiangshan Yu.
- [Apr'24] I'm pleased to serve as PC member for ACM CCS'24 Artifact Evaluation.
- [Jan'24] Our paper "BABD: A Bitcoin Address Behavior Dataset for Pattern Analysis" has been published in IEEE TIFS.
- [Dec'23] Our paper "AdvEWM: Generating Image Adversarial Examples by Embedding Digital Watermarks" has been published in JISA.
- [Nov'23] Our paper "A Lightweight Privacy-Preserving Scheme Using Pixel Block Mixing for Facial Image Classification in Deep Learning" has been published in EAAI.
- [Oct'23] I'm honored to be the recipient of Monash Central Scholarship.
Education
PhD, Monash University
Jan 2024 - Now
MEng, China University of Geosciences
Sep 2020 - Jul 2023
Computer Science and Technology
BEng, China University of Geosciences
Sep 2016 - Jul 2020
Information Security
Selected Publication
Large Language Models for Cryptocurrency Transaction Analysis: A Bitcoin Case Study
Y. Lei*, Y. Xiang*†, Q. Wang, R. Dowsley, T. H. Yuen, and J. Yu
arXiv preprint, 2025.
Y. Lei*, Y. Xiang*†, Q. Wang, R. Dowsley, T. H. Yuen, and J. Yu
arXiv preprint, 2025.
BABD: A Bitcoin Address Behavior Dataset for Pattern Analysis
Y. Xiang, Y. Lei, D. Bao, T. Li, Q. Yang, W. Liu, W. Ren, and K.-K. R. Choo
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 2024.
Y. Xiang, Y. Lei, D. Bao, T. Li, Q. Yang, W. Liu, W. Ren, and K.-K. R. Choo
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 2024.
Leveraging Subgraph Structure for Exploration and Analysis of Bitcoin Address
Y. Xiang, T. Li, and Y. Li
IEEE International Conference on Big Data, 2022.
Y. Xiang, T. Li, and Y. Li
IEEE International Conference on Big Data, 2022.
A Multi-type and Decentralized Data Transaction Scheme Based on Smart Contracts and Digital Watermarks
Y. Xiang, W. Ren, T. Li, X. Zheng, T. Zhu, and K. K. R. Choo
Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 2021.
Y. Xiang, W. Ren, T. Li, X. Zheng, T. Zhu, and K. K. R. Choo
Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 2021.