Shan Chen

Shan Chen is an Assistant Professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China, with research expertise in Cryptography and Information Security, particularly focused on real-world applications and secure protocols.

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology (2020)
• MEng in Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University (2014)
• BSc in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Beijing Normal University (2011)

His research addresses practical challenges in cryptographic protocol design, including security analysis of TLS 1.3 and QUIC, causality preservation in secure messaging, and committing authenticated encryption. Key trends include improving protocol efficiency while maintaining provable security against real-world adversaries.

He leads the Applied Cryptography Group and teaches courses like Algorithm Design and Analysis and Discrete Mathematics. Contact: chens3@sustech.edu.cn