Hongjun Wu

Hongjun Wu is an Associate Professor at the Division of Mathematical Sciences, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research focuses on Cryptography and Computer Security, with contributions to authenticated encryption, stream ciphers, hash functions, and cryptographic vulnerabilities.

• Doctor of Engineering (2005-2008), Electrical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
• Master of Engineering (1998-2000) & Bachelor of Engineering (1994-1998), Electrical Engineering, National University of Singapore

Research spans Lightweight Cryptography (TinyJAMBU finalist 2021), Authenticated Encryption (CAESAR winners ACORN/AEGIS), Hash Function Design (JH finalist in SHA-3), and Stream Cipher Development (HC-128 in eSTREAM). He has advised PhD students Huang Tao, Ivan Tjuawinata, Yu Haiwan, and Master students Peng Lunan. Former team members include Tao Biaoshuai, Wei Lei, and Yosua Michael Maranatha.

Key publications include work on AES biclique attacks (2015), ICEPOLE differential-linear analysis (2015), Microsoft Office encryption flaws (2005), and CAESAR/AEGIS (2013-2015). Awards:

• Finalist, NIST Lightweight Competition (2021)
• CAESAR Competition Winner (2019)
• SHA-3 Finalist (2011)
• eSTREAM Selection (2008)

He leads the JH Hash Function and TinyJAMBU projects, with hardware/software implementations and active participation in cryptographic standards development. His work involves security analysis of Microsoft Office encryption (2005) and advisories on Adobe Reader vulnerabilities (CVE-2014-0522 to CVE-2014-9165).