Yunbo Yang 杨赟博

Postdoctoral Researcher at Zhejiang University (2025.1-2026.12)

Ph.D. Degree from East China Normal University (2024.12)

Visiting Student at Singapore Management University (2023.10-2024.9)

Zero-knowledge Proof, Multiparty Computation, Cryptography. 

Email: yyb9882@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2381-9257

I am now working as a postdoctoral researcher at Zhejiang University, which is advised by Prof. Kui Ren. I obtained my Ph.D. from East China Normal University (ECNU) in December 2024, which was advised by Prof. Xiaolei Dong and Prof. Zhenfu Cao. In addition, I was a visiting Ph.D student at Singapore Management University (SMU) from October 2023 to September 2024, which was advised by Prof. Guomin Yang and Prof. Robert Deng. I was also a researcher at Kunyao Academy from April 2022 to September 2023, which was advised by Dr. Tong Cao.

Publications

• Yunbo Yang, Yuejia Cheng, Kailun Wang, Xiaoguo Li,  Jianfei Sun, Jiachen Shen, Xiaolei Dong, Zhenfu Cao, Guomin Yang, Robert H. Deng. Siniel: Distributed Privacy-Preserving zkSNARK [C]. Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS) 2025. (CCF A, Big 4)

• Junkai Liang, Daqi Hu, Pengfei Wu, Yunbo Yang, Qingni Shen, Zhonghai Wu. SoK: Understanding zk-SNARKs: The Gap Between Research and Practice [C]. USENIX Security 2025. (CCF A, Big 4)

• Yunbo Yang, Xiang Chen, Yuhao Pan, Jiachen Shen, Zhenfu Cao, Xiaolei Dong, Xiaoguo Li, Jianfei Sun, Guomin Yang, Robert Deng. OpenVFL: A Vertical Federated Learning Framework with Stronger Privacy-Preserving [J]. IEEE TIFS. (CCF A)

• Yunbo Yang, Yiwei Hu, Ruofan Li, Xiaolei Dong, Zhenfu Cao, Jiachen Shen, Shangmin Dou. LSE: Efficient Symmetric Searchable Encryption based on Labeled PSI[J]. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 2024. (CCF A)

• Yihao Yang, Yunbo Yang* (Contribute Equally), Xiang Chen, Xiaolei Dong, Zhenfu Cao, Jiachen Shen. DMPSI: Efficient Scalable Delegated Multiparty PSI and PSI-CA with Oblivious PRF[J]. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 2024. (CCF A)

• Yunbo Yang, Xiaolei Dong, Zhenfu Cao, Jiachen Shen, Ruofan Li, Yihao Yang, Shangmin Dou. EMPSI: Efficient multiparty private set intersection (with cardinality)[J]. Frontiers of Computer Science, 2024, 18(1): 181804. (CCF B)

• Yunbo Yang, Xiaolei Dong, Zhenfu Cao, Jiachen Shen, Shangmin Dou. IXT: Improved searchable encryption for multi-word queries based on PSI[J]. Frontiers of Computer Science, 2023, 17(5): 175811. (CCF B)

• Yunbo Yang, Yiwei Hu, Xiaolei Dong, Jiachen Shen, Zhenfu Cao, Guomin Yang, Robert H Deng. OpenSE: Efficient Verifiable Searchable Encryption With Access and Search Pattern Hidden for Cloud-IoT[J]. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2023. (SCI Q1)

Professional Activities

Journal Reviewer for: 

IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (CCF A), 

Theoretical Computer Science (CCF B),

External Reviewer for:

IEEE Blockchain.