Rongmao Chen

Rongmao Chen is a Professor at the College of Computer Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, China. He earned his Ph.D. from University of Wollongong, Australia (2016), following B.Eng and M.Eng at NUDT (2011, 2013). As a visiting researcher at COSIC, KU Leuven (2019-2020), he collaborated with Prof. Bart Preneel.

• Research Focus: Public-key cryptography, network security, and privacy-preserving protocols
• Key Contributions: Subversion-resilient encryption, reverse firewalls, and leakage-resilient key exchange
• Editorial Roles: IEEE TDSC (2024-), IACR Communications in Cryptology (2025), JCST Young Editorial Board (2023-)

His recent works explore quantum-resistant cryptography (CRYPTO 2025, ASIACRYPT 2024), privacy-preserving machine learning (S&P 2025), and blockchain security (IEEE TIFS 2025). He serves on program committees of ACM CCS, PKC, and CT-RSA conferences.

Awards & Recognitions:

• NSFC Excellent Young Scholar (2021)
• ACM SIGSAC China Rising Star (2020)
• Best Student Paper Award, ACISP 2018
• Outstanding Advisor (National College Student Information Security Contest, 2017 & 2023)
• Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship, CAST (2018)