Guiwen-Luo

I recently defended my PhD thesis and started a short term post-doc at University of Waterloo.

Before that, I was a PhD student in the ComSec lab at University of Waterloo under the supervision of Prof. Guang Gong. I got my MASc in Institute of Information Engineering from Chinese Academy of Sciences. I received my BS in Faculty of Mathematics from Fudan University.

I am now working on pairing-based cryptography, zkSNARKs & privacy-preserving blockchains, Fully homomorphic encryptions, and post-quantum cryptography.

- Updates

Fall 2023, Starting from Sep 1, I commenced a short term post-doc in ECE, University of Waterloo. This position will end on March 31, 2024. I am open to have a new position.

Summer 2023, I defended my PhD thesis [Link to my thesis]

Fall 2021, passed the comprehensive exam II: Comprehensive PhD Proposal Examination

Fall 2020, passed the comprehensive exam I: Comprehensive Background Examination

Fall 2019, started my PhD program at University of Waterloo

Summer 2019, completed my MASc at Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Summer 2016, completed my BS at Fudan University, China

- Email

guiwen.luo@uwaterloo.ca

- Publications

  1. Luo, G., & Gong, G. (2023, May). Fast computation of multi-scalar multiplication for pairing-based zkSNARK applications. In 2023 International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC), (pp. 1-5), IEEE.

  2. Luo, G., Fu, S., & Gong, G. (2022, December). Speeding Up Multi-Scalar Multiplication over Fixed Points Towards Efficient zkSNARKs. In IACR Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems (TCHES2023_2).

  3. Luo, G., & Gong, G. (2022, December). On the Optimization of Pippenger’s Bucket Method with Precomputation (preprint). (Accepted paper) in Stinson66 - New Advances in Designs, Codes and Cryptography.

  4. Luo, G., Fu, S., & Gong, G. (2021, December). Updatable Linear Map Commitments and Their Applications in Elementary Databases. In 2021 18th International Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

  5. Fu, S., Luo, G., & Gong, G. (2021, May). Batching anonymous and non-anonymous membership proofs for blockchain applications. In 2021 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT) (pp. 0342-0348). IEEE.

  6. Yi, H., Luo, G., & Lin, D. (2019, April). Faster Scalar Multiplication on the x-Line: Three-Dimensional GLV Method with Three-Dimensional Differential Addition Chains. In International Conference on Codes, Cryptology, and Information Security (pp. 236-253). Springer, Cham.

  7. Luo, G., & Chen, X. (2018, December). Searching BN Curves for SM9. In International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology (pp. 554-567). Springer, Cham.

You may also like to check Guiwen Luo’s Google Scholar.

- Teaching

Winter 2023, teaching assistant in ECE 409 - Cryptography and System Security

Fall 2022, teaching assistant in ECE 307 - Probability Theory and Statistics 2

Spring 2022, teaching assistant in ECE 458 - Computer Security

Winter 2022, teaching assistant in ECE 409 - Cryptography and System Security

Spring 2020, teaching assistant in ECE 458 - Computer Security

Winter 2020, volunteer in ECE Volunteer Mentorship Program

- Hobbies

I love leisure cycling, long-distance running, rock climbing and swimming.

[Updated on Sep 18, 2023]