Md Monjurul Karim

News and Alerts

• Our manuscript titled Fast and Accurate Distributed Top-k Aggregation has been accepted for publication in Springer Nature Computing. Congratulations to Van Dong (Final-year PhD Student).

Recruitment & Collaboration

PhD Student(s) Recruitment for 2027-2028 Session

SIAT and UCAS are jointly recruiting motivated PhD students in artificial intelligence and LLM-based intelligent systems, decentralized and trustworthy AI agents, AI security, blockchain and Web3, financial AI, and computational biology including DNA data storage. Applicants should be born on or after 1 January 1992. Candidates with a first-author publication in a JCR Q1/Q2 journal or a CCF-indexed conference are especially encouraged to apply.

Applicants should send their CV only to karim@siat.ac.cn.

First- and second-year master's students with strong research motivation are encouraged to contact us early to explore possible research collaboration. Students from reputable universities with a strong CGPA and a demonstrable project or research portfolio can use early research participation to strengthen their research profile and prepare for a future PhD and scholarship application. Admission and scholarship decisions remain subject to the formal selection process and available funding.

Bio

My work focuses on agentic and decentralized AI, blockchain and Web3, Internet of Things, distributed systems, and cloud-edge computing. I am currently with SIAT, CAS, working on decentralized AI, autonomous AI agents, AI governance, blockchain systems, edge computing, and trustworthy distributed intelligence.

Research

My research agenda centers on the design, implementation, and evaluation of trustworthy intelligent systems across decentralized and resource-constrained environments.

• Decentralized and agentic AI: coordination, governance, and secure collaboration among autonomous AI agents.
• Blockchain and Web3 systems: scalable, secure, and intelligent decentralized infrastructures.
• IoT, edge, and distributed computing: computation, communication, and resource management for networked systems.
• Trustworthy distributed intelligence: verifiable execution, privacy, security, and system-level evaluation.

Experience

• Assistant Professor, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China, Jun. 2026–present.
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China, Nov. 2023–May. 2026.
• Research and Teaching Assistant, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China, Jul. 2021–Sep. 2023.
• Network Engineer Intern, Ericsson Information Communication Ltd., Xi'an, China, Feb. 2015–Mar. 2015.

Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Sep. 2016–Jun. 2023. Thesis: Research on QoS-aware Software-Defined Information-Centric Networking Solutions.
• M.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Sep. 2012–Mar. 2015. Thesis: Source Code-based Buffer Overflow Detection.
• B.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Sep. 2008–Jul. 2012.

Selected Publication

Full publication list: Google Scholar.

1. M.M. Karim, Q. Qu, K. Sharif, M. Muzammal, and S. Biswas. MTC-SBC: Reputation-based Service Provision for Multi-Tier Computing-Enabled Sharded Blockchain. Future Generation Computer Systems, 182:108499, 2026. DOI
2. M.M. Karim, S. Khan, Q. Qu, M. Muzammal, K. Sharif, and S. Biswas. From Trust to Augmentation: A Comprehensive Survey on Synergistic Integration of Decentralized and Generative Intelligence. Computer Science Review, 61:100936, 2026. DOI [Page]
3. M.M. Karim, D.H. Van, and Q. Qu. Securing Decentralized Finance: A Comprehensive Survey of Maximal Extractable Value and Its Countermeasures. Blockchain: Research and Applications, 100455, 2026. DOI
4. S. Khan, M.M. Karim, Q. Qu, and M. Muzammal. Dynamic Client Selector: A Double Deep Q-Learning Framework for Efficient Federated Learning. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom), Pisa, Italy, 2026, pp. 1–10. DOI
5. D.H. Van, M.M. Karim, and Q. Qu. Just-in-Time Historical State Reconstruction for Low-Latency Financial Trading with Large Language Models. AI, 7(4):117, 2026. DOI
6. D.H. Van, M.M. Karim, and Q. Qu. Probabilistic Optimization of Top-k Aggregation in Distributed Environments. In Web and Big Data, pages 566–580. Springer Nature, Singapore, 2026. DOI
7. M.M. Karim, D.H. Van, S. Khan, Q. Qu, and Y. Kholodov. AI Agents Meet Blockchain: A Survey on Secure and Scalable Collaboration for Multi-Agents. Future Internet, 17(2):57, 2025. DOI [Page]
8. A. Bilal, K. Sharif, L. Zhu, F. Li, C. Xu, and M.M. Karim. Evaluation to Integration: Hybrid Feature Selection Framework With Ensemble Machine Learning for Intrusion Detection. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 23(3):6362–6377, 2026. DOI
9. A. Bilal, K. Sharif, L. Zhu, F. Li, C. Xu, and M.M. Karim. HySLA: Hybrid DPoS-DAG Model for Secure, Scalable, Low Latency Access Control in Internet of Vehicles. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 13(9):18930–18944, 2026. DOI
10. M.M. Karim, Q. Qu, Y. Cai, T. Liu, and X. Meng. Bitcoin Reimagined: A Comprehensive Study of Ordinals and Inscriptions Protocols for Web3 Asset Innovation. Blockchain: Research and Applications, 100379, 2025. DOI
11. M.M. Karim, K. Sharif, S. Biswas, Z. Latif, Q. Qu, and F. Li. CIC-SIoT: Clean-Slate Information-Centric Software-Defined Content Discovery and Distribution for Internet of Things. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 11(22):37140–37153, 2024. DOI
12. L. Zhu, M.M. Karim, K. Sharif, C. Xu, and F. Li. Traffic Flow Optimization for UAVs in Multi-Layer Information-Centric Software-Defined FANET. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 72(2):2453–2467, 2023. DOI
13. L. Zhu, M.M. Karim, K. Sharif, C. Xu, F. Li, X. Du, and M. Guizani. SDN controllers: A comprehensive analysis and performance evaluation study. ACM Computing Surveys, 53(6):133:1–133:40, 2020. DOI
14. I. Alam, K. Sharif, F. Li, Z. Latif, M.M. Karim, S. Biswas, B. Nour, and Y. Wang. A survey of network virtualization techniques for Internet of Things using SDN and NFV. ACM Computing Surveys, 53(2):35:1–35:40, 2020. DOI

Projects

• Co-PI — AI-Enhanced Explainable Risk Intelligence Platform for Stablecoin Compliance, Hangzhou StablePay Technology Co., Ltd., RMB 120,000.

Academic Service

• Award Chair, IEEE International Conference on Big Data Science and Engineering.
• Technical Program Committee Member, International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks.
• Peer reviewer for leading journals and conferences of IEEE, ACM, Elsevier, and Springer.

Contact

Email: karim@siat.ac.cn
Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China.