Minki Hhan
Scholar

Minki Hhan

Google Scholar ID: T5xFDAMAAAAJ
UT Austin
CryptographyQuantum Computation
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
343
 
H-index
9
 
i10-index
9
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
29
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Publications:
  • - Computing and Bounding Equilibrium Concentrations in Athermic Chemical Systems (DNA31)
  • - Quantum Lifting for Invertible Permutations and Ideal Ciphers (Crypto 2025)
  • - Pseudorandom Function-like States from Common Haar Unitary (TCC 2025, TQC 2025)
  • - A New Approach to Generic Lower Bounds: Classical/Quantum MDL, Quantum Factoring, and More (Eurocrypt 2025)
  • - Quantum Complexity for Discrete Logarithms and Related Problems (CRYPTO 2024)
  • Awards:
  • - Excellent Student Paper Award at DNA31 (with coauthor Hamidreza)
  • Research Activities:
  • - Invited Talk at QCrypt 2023
  • - International Conference Talks at Eurocrypt 2025, Crypto 2024, TQC 2024, AQIS 2023, etc.
  • - Program Committee Member of Eurocrypt 2026, Asiacrypt 2025, ISC 2025, QCrypt 2024, LATINCRYPT 2023, etc.
Research Experience
  • 2024.10 - now: Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin, USA (Host: David Soloveichik and Scott Aaronson)
  • 2024.3 - 2024.10: QUC Fellow (QUC Assistant Professor), Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS), Republic of Korea
  • 2022.9 - 2024.3: QUC Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS), Republic of Korea
  • 2018.10 - 2019.1: Research intern, NTT Secure Platform Laboratories, Japan (Advisors: Keita Xagawa, Takashi Yamakawa)
Education
  • 2016.3 - 2022.8: PhD in Mathematics, Seoul National University (SNU), Republic of Korea (Advisor: Hun Hee Lee)
  • 2011.3 - 2016.2: BSc in Mathematics, Seoul National University (SNU), Republic of Korea
Background
  • Primary research interests are quantum algorithms and (post-)quantum cryptography, but also interested in broader topics such as theoretical computer science or computational complexity.
Miscellany
  • Personal interests, hobbies, and other information not provided