Tsz Hon Yuen John

Dr Tsz Hon Yuen is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Hong Kong. Before joining the University of Hong Kong, he was a senior researcher of Shield Lab at Huawei Singapore Research Centre. He was a member of the Cryptography Expert Group in Huawei. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Wollongong in 2010 and worked as a post-doctoral fellow in the University of Hong Kong before joining Huawei.

His current research interests include cryptography (such as public key encryption, digital signatures, identity-based encryption), privacy-preserving protocols (such as anonymous credential, zero-knowledge proof system) and blockchain (such as consensus, payment channel, confidential transactions).

He has published more than 50 technical papers, including top journals and conferences such as IEEE TC and Eurocrypt. He received the Best Paper Award in ESORICS 2014. He is also active in industrial fields with more than 10 patents. He has served as the PC members and reviewers for many security and cryptography conferences, workshops and journals.

Companies

• Assistant Professor The University of Hong Kong (2018)
• Senior Researcher Huawei International Co. Ltd. (2013 — 2018)
• Post-Doctoral Fellow The University of Hong Kong (2010 — 2013)
• Senior Research Associate City University of Hong Kong (2010 — 2010)

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) University of Wollongong (2007 — 2010)
• Master of Philosophy (MPhil) The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2004 — 2006)