Jian Guo
Scholar

Jian Guo

Google Scholar ID: CsY9J0cAAAAJ
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
CryptographyCryptanalysisCyber Security
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Citations
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Publications
20
 
Co-authors
72
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Best Paper Awards at FSE 2018 and ACISP 2022
  • NTU/SPMS Collaborative Research Award 2022 (Co-PI)
  • NTU/SPMS Young Researcher Award 2021
  • NTU Accelerating Creativity and Excellence Award 2020 (Co-PI)
  • Best Publication Awards by Temasek Labs@NTU in 2015, 2016, and 2017
  • Multiple-time winner of The Keccak Crunchy Crypto Collision and Pre-image Contest (2012–2019)
  • Program Committee member for CRYPTO, EUROCRYPT, ASIACRYPT, FSE (since 2017), and ACM CCS (since 2024)
  • Program Co-Chair of ASIACRYPT 2023; General (Co-)Chair of ASIACRYPT 2021 and FSE 2013
  • Member of the ASIACRYPT Steering Committee since 2017
  • Member of the IACR Board of Directors since 2020
  • Invited speaker at CryptoIC 2024, Huawei STW 2023, ChinaCrypt 2023, ASIACRYPT 2022, and others
Research Experience
  • Head of Cryptanalysis Taskforce at NTU since 2014
  • Co-Founder and Program Director of the Master of Science in Cyber Security since 2022
  • Adjunct Outstanding Young Scholar at Shandong University since 2024
  • Consultant for JD.COM since 2025
  • Consultant for Huawei since 2023
  • Consultant for LatticeX Foundation since 2022
  • Principal Investigator for collaborative R&D project with PayPal Inc (2021–2023)
  • Principal Investigator for collaborative R&D project with LatticeX Foundation (2022–2025)
  • Leading joint postdoc programs in symmetric-key cryptography with Tsinghua University (PI: Xiaoyang Dong) and Wuhan University (PI: Jie Chen)
Background
  • Currently an Associate Professor (with tenure) at the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, with a courtesy appointment at the College of Computing and Data Science
  • Research interests focus on cryptography, especially cryptanalysis, design, and implementation of (lightweight) hash functions, block ciphers, authenticated encryption schemes, and their applications such as message authentication codes
  • Heads the Cryptanalysis Taskforce at NTU
  • Actively serves the cryptographic community through conference organization and program committee roles
  • Continuously seeking PhD candidates and Postdoc Research Fellows in symmetric-key cryptography and privacy-preserving technologies