I am Liu Zhang, a Research Fellow at the SYmmetric cryptography and machine Learning Lab (SyLLab), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, where I have been working since February 2025 (supervised by Prof. Thomas Peyrin). I received my Ph.D. degree in December 2024 from the School of Cyber Engineering, Xidian University (supervised by Prof. Zilong Wang). From October 2022 to September 2024, I was a visiting Ph.D. student at NTU’s School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (supervised by Prof. Jian Guo), supported by the China Scholarship Council.

My research interests include differential-neural cryptanalysis, neural-inspired approaches to integral cryptanalysis, and deep-learning-based leakage modeling for side-channel analysis. Overall, I aim to develop practical, data-driven tools that translate learning-based techniques into effective cryptanalytic methodologies.

🔥 News

• 2026.01: The paper “Neural-inspired Advances in Integral Cryptanalysis” is accpted by Eurocrypt 2026.
• 2023.08: The paper “More insight on deep learning-aided cryptanalysis” is accpted by Asiacrypt 2023.

💻 Work Experiences

• 2025.02 - present, Research Fellow in Nanyang Technological University, Supervised by Thomas Peyrin.

📖 Educations

• 2022.10 - 2024.09, Visiting PhD Student, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Supervised by Jian Guo.
• 2021.09 - 2024.12, PhD Student, School of Cyber Engineering, Xidian University, Supervised by Zilong Wang.
• 2017.09 - 2020.06, Master, Colloge of Engineering, Shantou University, Supervised by Yindong Chen.
• 2013.09 - 2017.06, Undergraduate, School of Computer and Inforamtion Technology, Xinyang Normal University.

🎖 Honors and Awards

• 2019.10 National Scholarship (Master).
• 2018.10 National Scholarship (Master).
• 2015.10 National Inspirational Scholarship (Undergraduate).