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General Information

Full Name Tianyi
Languages English, Chinese

Education

  • 2023
    PhD
    UIUC
    • Advised by Yupeng Zhang.
  • 2021
    PhD
    Texas A&M University
    • Advised by Yupeng Zhang and Juan Garay.
  • 2016
    Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Computer Science
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    • Graduated from ACM Honor Class, an elite CS program for top 5% of students

Research Experience

  • 2021 - now
    PhD Student
    Crypto Group
    • Advised by Yupeng Zhang on Cryptography.
    • Mainly worked on interactive zero knowledge proof and its applications.
  • 2019
    Visiting Student
    Crypto Group, University of California, Berkeley
    • Advised by Sanjam Garg on Cryptography.
    • Mainly worked on identity-based lossy trapdoor function and n-KDM security.
  • 2018 - 2019
    Undergraduated student
    LATTICE Lab, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    • Advised by Yu Yu on Cryptography.
    • Mainly worked on lattice-based homomorphic encryption, proof of sequential work, and PSI.

Work Experience

  • 2023
    Research Intern
    Microsoft Research
    • Supervised by Greg Zaverucha and Srinath Setty
    • Worked on developing new applications with some succinct argument schemes.
  • 2022
    Software Engineering Intern
    Google LLC.
    • Supervised by Zhao Tian.
    • Worked on supporting certificate-based authentication of IKEv2 in a distributed system, using Go as the programming language.
  • 2020 - 2021
    Algorithm Intern
    Matrixelements
    • Supervised by Xiang Xie.
    • Worked on the first track of iDASH Privacy & Security Workshop 2020, reached 91% accuracy in the final test and generate inferences for the testing dataset within only 1min.
    • Published two CCS papers advised by Prof. Yupeng Zhang and Dr. Xiang Xie which are mainly related to zero knowledge proof.

Academic Interests

  • Zero-knowledge Proof
    • SNARK from polynomial IOP, such as Plonk, STARK, Spartan, Libra, ...
    • Applications in blockchain and machine learning.