I am a third-year PhD student at the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT), National University of Singapore, where I am fortunate to be advised by Prof. Rahul Jain.
Before starting my PhD, I spent several enjoyable years at Douban Inc. as a development engineer. I received my bachelor’s degree from the Department of Computer Science and Technology at Tsinghua University.
My interests lie broadly in theoretical computer science and quantum computing, with a current focus on quantum cryptography.
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
Teaching
- Spring 2025
Teaching Assistant for CS3268, Introduction to Information Theory - Fall 2025
Teaching Assistant for CS4236, Cryptography Theory and Practice - Spring 2026
Teaching Assistant for CS4230/CS5430, Foundations of Cryptography
Teaching Assistant for QT5104, Topics in Quantum Information
Miscellaneous
- I enjoy giving back to the open-source ecosystem, and I am a contributor to many important 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.