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Xuanji Meng

Xuanji Meng

Researcher
Beijing

Summary

Highly experienced in high-level cryptography research and currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the prestigious Tsinghua Institute for Advanced Study. Research interests encompass blockchain, MPC, randomness beacon, and applied cryptography. Possesses excellent communication and coordination skills, contributing as a valuable team player.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages

Work History

Engineer & Researcher

ORA
08.2023 - Current
  • Developed smart contracts and backend for a randomness generator service.

Researcher

Dorahacks
01.2023 - Current
  • I conducted a series of cryptography courses on DoraHacks, a knowledge-sharing platform
  • Https://space.bilibili.com/445312136/channel/collectiondetail?sid=988395

Researcher

ZKAVE
10.2021 - Current
  • Served as the main host of the ZKAVE podcast, producing over 10 episodes focused on cryptography and Web3 technologies, with an audience of 2,000 followers
  • https://zkave.typlog.io/

Researcher

Shandong Institute of Blockchain
02.2021 - 05.2021
  • As a researcher/member of Shandong institute of blockchain(SIBC), my work was to research cryptographic techniques on privacy protection on blockchains and to deploy a series of blockchain systems

Education

PHD - cryptography

Tsinghua University
09.2021 - 12.2026

bachelor - InFormation security

Shandong University
09.2017 - 06.2021

Skills

ZKP protocols

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Publications

  • Rondo: Scalable and Reconfiguration-Friendly Randomness Beacon, Xuanji Meng, Xiao Sui, Zhaoxin Yang, Kang Rong, Wenbo Xu, Shenglong Chen, Ying Yan, Sisi Duan, Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS 2025, to appear)
  • Practical asynchronous distributed key generation: Improved efficiency, weaker assumption, and standard model, Zhang, H., Duan, S., Liu, C., Zhao, B., Meng, X., Liu, S., ..., Zhu, L., 2023 53rd Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), 06/23, 568-581, IEEE

Awards

  • The Grand Prize in the National Financial Cryptography Cup Competition organized by the People's Bank of China, ranking in the top 3 out of 460 teams.
  • Shandong University President's Scholarship (the highest honor for undergraduates)
  • National scholarship
  • Outstanding Student in Shandong Province

Timeline

Engineer & Researcher

ORA
08.2023 - Current

Researcher

Dorahacks
01.2023 - Current

Researcher

ZKAVE
10.2021 - Current

PHD - cryptography

Tsinghua University
09.2021 - 12.2026

Researcher

Shandong Institute of Blockchain
02.2021 - 05.2021

bachelor - InFormation security

Shandong University
09.2017 - 06.2021
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