Professor Ding Jintai has authored a standard textbook in the field of multivariate public-key cryptography and published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in international journals and conferences.
Dr. Zeng Neng has published papers in Theoretical Computer Science, PKC, IEEE Transactions on Computers, ASIACRYPT, CANS, etc.
Dr. Stanislav Kruglik has published 43 papers (41 indexed in Scopus), including publications in top journals such as IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.
Projects
Professor Ding Jintai has undertaken or participated in multiple major projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, China Construction Bank, the US National Science Foundation (NSF), the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the US Air Force.
Dr. Zeng Neng leads an internal research project at XJTLU titled “Code-Based Privacy-Preserving Cryptographic Constructions with New and Enhanced Functionalities”.
Dr. Stanislav Kruglik has served as Principal Investigator for projects funded by the Digital Futures Research Centre and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, and participated in collaborative projects with Huawei.
Patents
Professor Ding Jintai holds multiple US patents (e.g., US9246675, US7961876, US10594472, US7158636), as well as PQC-related patents in China, Europe, and Japan.
Awards
Professor Ding Jintai has received numerous prestigious awards nationally and internationally, including the Zhong Jiaqing Mathematics Award, the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, the NIST PQC Standardization Process Outstanding Contribution Award, and the Yangtze River Scholar title.
Dr. Stanislav Kruglik has received scholarships such as the Digital Futures Scholarship, the Russian Presidential Scholarship, and the Simons Foundation Scholarship.
Mr. Liu Rui has received honors such as “Top 10 Xidian Entrepreneurial Heroes” and “Top 10 Economic Trend Figures of China 2017” by Sina Weibo, and serves as an entrepreneurial mentor and expert judge for several institutions.
Other key facts
Professor Ding Jintai is one of the core designers of Kyber, the NIST post-quantum key encapsulation standard algorithm.
Signature algorithms designed under Professor Ding Jintai’s leadership, such as Rainbow, UOV, SNOVA, and TUOV, were selected as candidates or additional algorithms in various rounds of the NIST PQC standardization process.
Professor Ding Jintai’s team has broken several NIST PQC candidate algorithms, including GeMSS, LUOV, and VOX.
In March 2025, Professor Ding Jintai’s team successfully broke the 200-dimension problem in the internationally renowned Darmstadt SVP Challenge, setting a new world record.
The Langkong Quantum team led by Mr. Liu Rui has built the “Langkong Quantum Shield,” a hybrid encryption architecture combining post-quantum cryptography and Chinese domestic cryptographic algorithms, and has launched multiple PQC products.
Publications
Professor Ding Jintai has authored a standard textbook in the field of multivariate public-key cryptography and published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in international journals and conferences.
Dr. Zeng Neng has published papers in Theoretical Computer Science, PKC, IEEE Transactions on Computers, ASIACRYPT, CANS, etc.
Dr. Stanislav Kruglik has published 43 papers (41 indexed in Scopus), including publications in top journals such as IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.
Projects
Professor Ding Jintai has undertaken or participated in multiple major projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, China Construction Bank, the US National Science Foundation (NSF), the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the US Air Force.
Dr. Zeng Neng leads an internal research project at XJTLU titled “Code-Based Privacy-Preserving Cryptographic Constructions with New and Enhanced Functionalities”.
Dr. Stanislav Kruglik has served as Principal Investigator for projects funded by the Digital Futures Research Centre and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, and participated in collaborative projects with Huawei.
Patents
Professor Ding Jintai holds multiple US patents (e.g., US9246675, US7961876, US10594472, US7158636), as well as PQC-related patents in China, Europe, and Japan.
Awards
Professor Ding Jintai has received numerous prestigious awards nationally and internationally, including the Zhong Jiaqing Mathematics Award, the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, the NIST PQC Standardization Process Outstanding Contribution Award, and the Yangtze River Scholar title.
Dr. Stanislav Kruglik has received scholarships such as the Digital Futures Scholarship, the Russian Presidential Scholarship, and the Simons Foundation Scholarship.
Mr. Liu Rui has received honors such as “Top 10 Xidian Entrepreneurial Heroes” and “Top 10 Economic Trend Figures of China 2017” by Sina Weibo, and serves as an entrepreneurial mentor and expert judge for several institutions.
Other key facts
Professor Ding Jintai is one of the core designers of Kyber, the NIST post-quantum key encapsulation standard algorithm.
Signature algorithms designed under Professor Ding Jintai’s leadership, such as Rainbow, UOV, SNOVA, and TUOV, were selected as candidates or additional algorithms in various rounds of the NIST PQC standardization process.
Professor Ding Jintai’s team has broken several NIST PQC candidate algorithms, including GeMSS, LUOV, and VOX.
In March 2025, Professor Ding Jintai’s team successfully broke the 200-dimension problem in the internationally renowned Darmstadt SVP Challenge, setting a new world record.
The Langkong Quantum team led by Mr. Liu Rui has built the “Langkong Quantum Shield,” a hybrid encryption architecture combining post-quantum cryptography and Chinese domestic cryptographic algorithms, and has launched multiple PQC products.