I am a second-year PhD student at Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT), National University of Singapore. I am fortunate to be advised by Prof. Rahul Jain.
Previously, I received my bachelor’s degree from the Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University. Before starting my PhD, I spent several enjoyable years at Douban Inc. as a development engineer.
My interests lie broadly in theoretical computer science and quantum computing, while I currently work mainly on quantum cryptography.
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Preprints & Publications
Scalable, quantum-accessible, and adaptive pseudorandom quantum state and pseudorandom function-like quantum state generators, CRYPTO 2026
Rishabh Batra, Zhili Chen, Rahul Jain, and YaoNan Zhang
Talks
Teaching
- Teaching Assistant for CS3268, Introduction to Information Theory, Spring 2025
- Teaching Assistant for CS4236, Cryptography Theory and Practice, Fall 2025
- Teaching Assistant for CS4230/CS5430, Foundations of Cryptography, Spring 2026
- Teaching Assistant for QT5104, Topics in Quantum Information, Spring 2026
Miscellaneous
- I enjoy giving back to the open-source ecosystem, and I am a contributor to many projects, including Apache Thrift, Mastodon, Matrix Synapse, Python typeshed, and redis-rs.
- Outside of research, my hobbies include hiking and cycling. I used to hike a lot before moving to Singapore.