🏫 Institution: Department of Computer Science Rice University Houston, TX U.S.

📧 Email: [email protected]

🔗 Website: chuhanlu.github.io

<aside> <img src="/icons/book_gray.svg" alt="/icons/book_gray.svg" width="40px" /> I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at Rice university under the supervision of Prof. Nai-hui Chia. Previously, I received my Ph.D. at Portland State University advised by Prof. Fang Song. My current research focuses on quantum pseudorandomness in cryptography. I am particularly interested in understanding the differences among various quantum pseudorandom primitives and exploring their computational indistinguishability across different security settings from a cryptographic perspective.

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<aside> <img src="/icons/stairs_gray.svg" alt="/icons/stairs_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Before this, I transitioned to computer science in 2017 after earning a Bachelor’s degree in advertising. I completed the Post-Baccalaureate program at Portland State University, continued into its Master’s program, and received my M.S. degree in 2019. During this period, I developed a strong interest in theoretical computer science, especially quantum computing and cryptography, which motivated me to pursue further research in these areas.

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Education in CS


<aside> <img src="/icons/graduate_gray.svg" alt="/icons/graduate_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Ph.D. in Computer Science,

CS Department, Portland State University, GPA 3.94 2020.6—2025.6

CSCE Department, Texas A&M University, GPA 4.00 2019.9—2020.5

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<aside> <img src="/icons/graduate_gray.svg" alt="/icons/graduate_gray.svg" width="40px" /> M.S. in Computer Science,

CS Department, Portland State University, GPA 3.94 2018.3—2019.6

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<aside> <img src="/icons/graduate_gray.svg" alt="/icons/graduate_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Post-Baccalaureate in Computer Science,

CS Department, Portland State University, GPA 4.00 2017.3—2018.3

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Papers


Parallel Kac’s Walk Generates PRU [arXiv] [[poster](<https://robust-tendency-20a.notion.site/qip25-poster-1b1ead8795d0808daacaffbe6da8f80d>)]

Chuhan Lu, Minglong Qin, Fang Song, Penghui Yao and Mingnan Zhao.

Quantum Pseudorandom Scramblers [arXiv]

Chuhan Lu, Minglong Qin, Fang Song, Penghui Yao and Mingnan Zhao.

**QIP2024 TCC2024**

Notions of Quantum Reductions and Impossibility of Statistical-NIZK

Chuhan Lu, Nikhil Pappu

[ePrint]

Posters, Projects


A Quantum Algorithm for the Hidden Subgroup Problem on $\mathbb{Z}^n$

Chuhan Lu

AQIS2021

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