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Bofan Li

PhD Candidate
Department of Computer Science
Florida State University
1017 Academic Way, Tallahassee, FL 32303

bl21n@fsu.edu

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I am a PhD Candidate in the Department of Computer Science at the Florida State University. I am currently pursuing my Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Xin Liu. My research focuses on wireless sensing and security, with an emphasis on contact-free and privacy-preserving human monitoring and authentication using Wi-Fi devices. By integrating signal processing and machine learning, I enable ubiquitous Wi-Fi systems to sense human motion without cameras or wearables, and extend wireless sensing from single-user to multi-user scenarios through spatial signal modeling.

Research Interests:
  • Wireless Sensing
  • Mobile Security and Privacy
  • AI/LLM-powered Mobile Systems
  • Integrated Sensing and Communication
News:
  • [Jan 2026] Our paper “MURAL-Fi: Multi-User Respiration Authentication Leveraging WiFi” has been accepted by IMWUT/UbiComp 2026.
  • [Sep 2025] Our paper “2FiA: Towards WiFi Sensing-Based Authentication with Unique Biometrics” has been accepted by IEEE S&P 2026.
  • [Aug 2025] I received the Dean's Award for Doctoral Excellence (DADE) from the Florida State University College of Arts and Sciences.
  • [Jul 2024] Our paper “Spacebeat: Identity-aware multi-person vital signs monitoring using commodity wifi” has been accepted by IMWUT/UbiComp 2024.
Publications:
Bofan Li, Xin Liu, Yichao Wang, Yili Ren, Weikuan Yu
IMWUT/UbiComp, March 2026

Bofan Li, Zhankai Ye, Weikuan Yu, Yongning Tang, Xin Liu
IEEE S&P, CA, USA, May 2026
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Bofan Li, Yili Ren, Yichao Wang, Jie Yang
IMWUT/UbiComp, Melbourne, Australia, Oct 2024

Teaching Assistant:
  • Introduction to Programming in C++, 2025 Fall
  • Computer and Network System Administration, 2025 Summer
  • CNT4406 Network Security, 2025 Spring
  • Advanced Operating Systems, 2024 Fall
  • Data Structures, 2024 Spring
  • Computer Security Fundamentals, 2023 Fall
  • Computer Security Fundamentals, 2023 Fall
Education:
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, Florida State University, Jan 2022 -- Present
  • M.S. in Information Systems, llinois State University, Aug 2019 -- Dec 2021
  • B.S. in Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Aug 2013 -- Jul 2017