I am a fourth-year PhD student at Boston University, where I am fortunate to be advised by Prof. Ran Canetti. Before joining BU, I was an undergraduate student in Yao Class, Tsinghua University. My research interests lie primarily in theoretical cryptography.

Publications

How to Encrypt with Random Reversible Circuits: Functional, Homomorphic and CCA-Secure
Ran Canetti, Ji Luo, Yiding Zhang
Crypto 2026 | ePrint (part 1) | slides

Relative-Error Unateness Testing
Xi Chen, Diptaksho Palit, Kabir Peshawaria, William Pires, Rocco A. Servedio, Yiding Zhang
ICALP 2026 | arxiv

Fiat-Shamir for Bounded-Depth Adversaries
Liyan Chen, Yilei Chen, Zikuan Huang, Nuozhou Sun, Tianqi Yang, Yiding Zhang
ITC 2026 | ePrint

Teaching

CAS CS 548: Advanced Cryptography (Foundations of Cryptographic Protocols), Fall 2024
Teaching Fellow

CAS CS 630: Graduate Algorithms, Fall 2025
Teaching Fellow