Bio

Nice to e-meet you! I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology, where I am fortunate to be advised by Prof. Vladimir Kolesnikov. My research focuses on cryptography (or, I am a cryptographer) with a special insterest in:

  • Applied Cryptography
  • Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP)
  • Secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC)
My career goal is to study and develop real-world cryptographic primitives and systems — cryptography should be easily, efficiently, and securely accessible for everyone, including those with "zero knowledge" in the field.

Before joining Georgia Tech, I earned my B.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology from Tsinghua University in 2019.

I am on the academic job market in the 2024-25 cycle and open to opportunities!

yyang811 at gatech dot edu

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 Publications

*: Both authors contributed equally to this work.
†: The author order in the papers is alphabetic .
  1. †LogRobin++: Optimizing Proofs of Disjunctive Statements in VOLE-Based ZK
    Carmit Hazay, David Heath, Vladimir Kolesnikov, Muthuramakrishnan Venkitasubramaniam and Yibin Yang
    In Annual International Conference on the Theory and Application of Cryptology and Information Security (ASIACRYPT), 2024
    [ePrint]
  2. Tight ZK CPU: Batched ZK Branching with Cost Proportional to Evaluated Instruction
    Yibin Yang, David Heath, Carmit Hazay, Vladimir Kolesnikov and Muthuramakrishnan Venkitasubramaniam
    In ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2024
    [ePrint] [GitHub]
  3. Two Shuffles Make a RAM: Improved Constant Overhead Zero Knowledge RAM
    Yibin Yang and David Heath
    In USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security), 2024
    [ePrint] [GitHub]
  4. †Toward Malicious Constant-Rate 2PC via Arithmetic Garbling
    Carmit Hazay and Yibin Yang
    In Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques (EUROCRYPT), 2024
    [ePrint]
  5. †Programmable Payment Channels
    Ranjit Kumaresan, Duc V. Le, Mohsen Minaei, Srinivasan Raghuraman, Yibin Yang and Mahdi Zamani
    In International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security (ACNS), 2024
    [ePrint]
  6. †Just How Fair is an Unreactive World?
    Srinivasan Raghuraman and Yibin Yang
    In Annual International Conference on the Theory and Application of Cryptology and Information Security (ASIACRYPT), 2023
    [ePrint]
  7. Batchman and Robin: Batched and Non-batched Branching for Interactive ZK
    Yibin Yang, David Heath, Carmit Hazay, Vladimir Kolesnikov and Muthuramakrishnan Venkitasubramaniam
    In ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2023
    [ePrint] [GitHub]
    CCS Distinguished Paper Award
  8. Towards Generic MPC Compilers via Variable Instruction Set Architectures (VISAs)
    Yibin Yang, Stanislav Peceny, David Heath and Vladimir Kolesnikov
    In ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2023
    [ePrint] [GitHub]
  9. EZEE: Epoch Parallel Zero Knowledge for ANSI C
    Yibin Yang, David Heath, Vladimir Kolesnikov and David Devecsery
    In IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy (EuroS&P), 2022
    [ePrint]
  10. Zero Knowledge for Everything and Everyone: Fast ZK Processor with Cached ORAM for ANSI C Programs
    *David Heath, *Yibin Yang, David Devecsery and Vladimir Kolesnikov
    In IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P), 2021
    [ePrint]
  11. LUTOSAP: Lookup Table Based Online Sample Preparation in Microfluidic Biochips
    *Lingxuan Shao, *Yibin Yang, Hailong Yao, Tsung-Yi Ho and Yici Cai
    In ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI), 2017

 Manuscripts

  • Gold OPRFs: Post-Quantum Oblivious Power Residue PRF
    Yibin Yang, Fabrice Benhamouda, Shai Halevi, Hugo Krawczyk and Tal Rabin
  • Scalable Off-Chain Auctions
    Mohsen Minaei, Duc V. Le, Ranjit Kumaresan, Andrew Beams, Pedro Moreno-Sanchez, Yibin Yang, Srinivasan Raghuraman and Mahdi Zamani
    [ePrint]

 Service

  • Program Committee: CCS 2025/2024, EuroS&P 2025, WWW 2025, CANS 2023
  • External Reviewer: EUROCRYPT 2025/2024, CRYPTO 2024/2023, ASIACRYPT 2024, TCC 2024, PKC 2023, EuroS&P 2022
  • Volunteer: K-12 Math Kangaroo Competition 2025/2024 (Manager of Georgia Tech's Center), CRYPTO 2024/2023 (Student Volunteer)

    • I am always eager to volunteer for or host events, especially those related to math education. Feel free to reach out to me!

     Awards

    2023 - CCS Distinguished Paper Award, ACM CCS 2023

    2022 - RSAC Security Scholar, RSA Conference

    2016 - Gold Medal, ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (Beijing)

    2016 - Gold Medal, China Collegiate Programming Contest (Changchun)

    2015 - Gold Medal, China Collegiate Programming Contest (Nanyang)

    2014 - Silver Medal, National Olympiad in Informatics

     Experience

    Summer 2024 - Amazon Web Services (working with Dr. Fabrice Benhamouda, Dr. Shai Halevi, Dr. Hugo Krawczyk and Prof. Tal Rabin)

    Summer 2023 - Bar-Ilan University (working with Prof. Carmit Hazay)

    Summer 2022 - Visa Research (working with Dr. Srinivasan Raghuraman)

    Summer 2021 - Visa Research (working with Dr. Ranjit Kumaresan and Dr. Mohsen Minaei)

    Summer 2018 - Carnegie Mellon University (working with Prof. Guy Blelloch)

     Hobbies

    Workout, CS:GO, etc.

    Playing with my lovely cats: Hongcha ("black tea" in English) and Natie ("latte" in English).