Hi, I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). I obtained my PhD degree from the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, where I was very grateful to have Giulia Fanti and Elaine Shi as my advisors.

My research interests include cryptography, privacy-preserving computation, security and privacy in machine learning, blockchain technology, etc. I design and implement algorithms.

Hiring

I am currently looking for PhD students and research interns to join my group at HKUST.

I am looking for students who are interested in related topics including cryptography, privacy-preserving computation, security and privacy in machine learning, etc. Please feel free to reach out to me via email.

ICPC Team

I am currently the coach of HKUST's ICPC team. We are looking for students who are interested in ICPC to join our team. Please send me an email if you are interested.

Education

I received my PhD from CMU and my B.S. in Computer Science from Peking University.

Major Awarded Grants

2026. Towards Practical Secure Server-Client Computation: A Private Retrieval-Centered Perspective. Early Career Scheme (ECS), Research Grants Council, Hong Kong. Role: Principal Investigator.

Publications / Preprints

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Students

Current:

  • Yijia Fang (PhD student, since 2026)
  • Yue Zhang (PhD student, since 2026)

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Teaching

Services

  • Program Committee: CCS 2026, Eurocrypt 2027
  • Reviewer: ToN 2025, TIFS 2025, USENIX Security 2025, Journal of Cryptology 2024, Crypto 2024, Eurocrypt 2024, etc.

Others

  • If you have difficulty pronouncing my name, it is similar to "Ming-Shwin Joel" :)