His current research interests include Security in Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Internet of Things Security, Security and Privacy in Social Networks, and Cyberbullying Defense. He published over 70 journal articles and referred conference papers. He is the recipient of the Best Paper Award from ACM CODASPY 2014, and the Best Paper Award Honorable Mentions from ACM SACMAT 2016, IEEE ICNP 2015, and ACM SACMAT 2011. One of his papers has been featured by the IEEE Special Technical Community on Social Networking in 2013. His research has also received wide press coverage including ACM TechNews, InformationWeek, and NetworkWorld. For more information, please refer to: http://www.cs.clemson.edu/~hongxih/.