publications

2024

1. LeOPaRd: Towards Practical Post-Quantum Oblivious PRFs via Interactive Lattice Problems

   Muhammed F. Esgin, Ron Steinfeld, Erkan Tairi, and Jie Xu

   2024

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2. CORE Rank: A*

   LUNA: Quasi-Optimally Succinct Designated-Verifier Zero-Knowledge Arguments from Lattices

   Ron Steinfeld, Amin Sakzad, Muhammed F. Esgin, Veronika Kuchta, Mert Yassi, and Raymond K. Zhao

   In ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2024

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   @inproceedings{SSE+24,
     author = {Steinfeld, Ron and Sakzad, Amin and Esgin, Muhammed F. and Kuchta, Veronika and Yassi, Mert and Zhao, Raymond K.},
     title = {{LUNA}: Quasi-Optimally Succinct Designated-Verifier Zero-Knowledge Arguments from Lattices},
     booktitle = {{ACM} {SIGSAC} Conference on Computer and Communications Security {(CCS)}},
     series = {},
     volume = {},
     pages = {},
     publisher = {{ACM}},
     year = {2024},
     note = {\url{https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/1690}},
     url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/1690}
   }

3. CORE Rank: A*

   Loquat: A SNARK-Friendly Post-Quantum Signature based on the Legendre PRF with Applications in Ring and Aggregate Signatures

   Xinyu Zhang, Ron Steinfeld, Muhammed F. Esgin, Joseph K. Liu, Dongxi Liu, and Sushmita Ruj

   In CRYPTO, 2024

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   @inproceedings{ZSE+24,
     author = {Zhang, Xinyu and Steinfeld, Ron and Esgin, Muhammed F. and Liu, Joseph K. and Liu, Dongxi and Ruj, Sushmita},
     title = {Loquat: A {SNARK}-Friendly Post-Quantum Signature based on the {Legendre} {PRF} with Applications in Ring and Aggregate Signatures},
     booktitle = {{CRYPTO}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {},
     pages = {},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2024},
     note = {\url{https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/868}},
     url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/868}
   }

4. CORE Rank: B

   DualRing-PRF: Post-Quantum (Linkable) Ring Signatures from Legendre and Power Residue PRFs

   Xinyu Zhang, Ron Steinfeld, Joseph K. Liu, Muhammed F. Esgin, Dongxi Liu, and Sushmita Ruj

   In Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ACISP), 2024

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   @inproceedings{ZSL+24:DualRing-PRF,
     author = {Zhang, Xinyu and Steinfeld, Ron and Liu, Joseph K. and Esgin, Muhammed F. and Liu, Dongxi and Ruj, Sushmita},
     title = {{DualRing}-{PRF}: Post-Quantum (Linkable) Ring Signatures from Legendre and Power Residue {PRFs}},
     booktitle = {Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy {(ACISP)}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {},
     pages = {},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2024},
     note = {(Full version at \url{ia.cr/2024/985})}
   }

5. CORE Rank: A*

   Plover: Masking-Friendly Hash-and-Sign Lattice Signatures

   Muhammed F. Esgin, Thomas Espitau, Guilhem Niot, Thomas Prest, Amin Sakzad, and Ron Steinfeld

   In EUROCRYPT, 2024

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   @inproceedings{EEN+24:Plover,
     author = {Esgin, Muhammed F. and Espitau, Thomas and Niot, Guilhem and Prest, Thomas and Sakzad, Amin and Steinfeld, Ron},
     title = {{Plover}: Masking-Friendly Hash-and-Sign Lattice Signatures},
     booktitle = {EUROCRYPT},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {},
     pages = {},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2024},
     note = {(Full version at \url{ia.cr/2024/401}}
   }

2023

1. CORE Rank: A*

   BlindHub: Bitcoin-Compatible Privacy-Preserving Payment Channel Hubs Supporting Variable Amounts

   Xianrui Qin, Shimin Pan, Arash Mirzaei, Zhimei Sui, Oğuzhan Ersoy, Amin Sakzad, Muhammed F. Esgin, Joseph K. Liu, Jiangshan Yu, and Tsz Hon Yuen

   In IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P), 2023

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   @inproceedings{QPM+23:BlindHub,
     author = {Qin, Xianrui and Pan, Shimin and Mirzaei, Arash and Sui, Zhimei and Ersoy, O\u{g}uzhan and Sakzad, Amin and Esgin, Muhammed F. and Liu, Joseph K. and Yu, Jiangshan and Yuen, Tsz Hon},
     title = {{BlindHub}: {Bitcoin}-Compatible Privacy-Preserving Payment Channel Hubs Supporting Variable Amounts},
     booktitle = {{IEEE} Symposium on Security and Privacy (S\&P)},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {},
     pages = {2462--2480},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2023},
     note = {(Full version at \url{ia.cr/2022/1735})}
   }

2. CORE Rank: A*

   Efficient Hybrid Exact/Relaxed Lattice Proofs and Applications to Rounding and VRFs

   Muhammed F. Esgin, Ron Steinfeld, Dongxi Liu, and Sushmita Ruj

   In CRYPTO, 2023

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   @inproceedings{ESLR23,
     author = {Esgin, Muhammed F. and Steinfeld, Ron and Liu, Dongxi and Ruj, Sushmita},
     title = {Efficient Hybrid Exact/Relaxed Lattice Proofs and Applications to Rounding and {VRFs}},
     booktitle = {{CRYPTO}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {},
     pages = {},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2023},
     note = {(Full version at \url{ia.cr/2022/141})}
   }

3. CORE Rank: A

   A New Look at Blockchain Leader Election: Simple, Efficient, Sustainable and Post-Quantum

   Muhammed F. Esgin, Oguzhan Ersoy, Veronika Kuchta, Julian Loss, Amin Sakzad, Ron Steinfeld, Wayne Yang, and Raymond K. Zhao

   In ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security (ACM AsiaCCS), 2023

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   @inproceedings{EEK+23,
     author = {Esgin, Muhammed F. and Ersoy, Oguzhan and Kuchta, Veronika and Loss, Julian and Sakzad, Amin and Steinfeld, Ron and Yang, Wayne and Zhao, Raymond K.},
     title = {A New Look at Blockchain Leader Election: Simple, Efficient, Sustainable and Post-Quantum},
     booktitle = {ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security (ACM AsiaCCS)},
     series = {},
     volume = {},
     pages = {},
     publisher = {ACM},
     year = {2023}
   }

2022

1. CORE Rank: A*

   A Survey on Exotic Signatures for Post-Quantum Blockchain: Challenges & Research Directions

   Maxime Buser, Rafael Dowsley, Muhammed F. Esgin, Clémentine Gritti, Shabnam Kasra Kermanshahi, Veronika Kuchta, Jason T. LeGrow, Joseph K. Liu, Raphael C.-W. Phan, Amin Sakzad, Ron Steinfeld, and Jiangshan Yu

   ACM Computing Surveys, 2022

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   @article{BDE+22:Survey,
     author = {Buser, Maxime and Dowsley, Rafael and Esgin, Muhammed F. and Gritti, Clémentine and Kermanshahi, Shabnam Kasra and Kuchta, Veronika and LeGrow, Jason T. and Liu, Joseph K. and Phan, Raphael C.-W. and Sakzad, Amin and Steinfeld, Ron and Yu, Jiangshan},
     title = {A Survey on Exotic Signatures for Post-Quantum Blockchain: Challenges \& Research Directions},
     journal = {ACM Computing Surveys},
     year = {2022},
     note = {\url{https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/1151}},
     url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/1151}
   }

2. CORE Rank: B

   An Injectivity Analysis of Crystals-Kyber and Implications on Quantum Security

   Xiaohui Ding, Muhammed F. Esgin, Amin Sakzad, and Ron Steinfeld

   In Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ACISP), 2022

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   @inproceedings{DESS22,
     author = {Ding, Xiaohui and Esgin, Muhammed F. and Sakzad, Amin and Steinfeld, Ron},
     title = {An Injectivity Analysis of Crystals-Kyber and Implications on Quantum
                    Security},
     booktitle = {Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy {(ACISP)}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {13494},
     pages = {332--351},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2022},
     note = {(Full version at \url{ia.cr/2022/1757})}
   }

3. CORE Rank: A*

   MatRiCT\(^+\): More Efficient Post-Quantum Private Blockchain Payments

   Muhammed F. Esgin, Ron Steinfeld, and Raymond K. Zhao

   In IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P), 2022

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   @inproceedings{ESZ22a,
     author = {Esgin, Muhammed F. and Steinfeld, Ron and Zhao, Raymond K.},
     title = {{MatRiCT}\(^+\): More Efficient Post-Quantum Private Blockchain
                    Payments},
     booktitle = {{IEEE} Symposium on Security and Privacy (S\&P)},
     pages = {1281--1298},
     publisher = {{IEEE}},
     year = {2022},
     note = {(Full version at \url{ia.cr/2021/545})}
   }

4. CORE Rank: B

   Efficient Verifiable Partially-Decryptable Commitments from Lattices and Applications

   Muhammed F. Esgin, Ron Steinfeld, and Raymond K. Zhao

   In Public Key Cryptography (PKC) (1), 2022

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   @inproceedings{ESZ22b,
     author = {Esgin, Muhammed F. and Steinfeld, Ron and Zhao, Raymond K.},
     title = {Efficient Verifiable Partially-Decryptable Commitments from Lattices
                    and Applications},
     booktitle = {Public Key Cryptography (PKC) {(1)}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {13177},
     pages = {317--348},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2022},
     note = {(Full version at \url{ia.cr/2022/142})}
   }

5. CORE Rank: A

   Post-Quantum Verifiable Random Function from Symmetric Primitives in PoS Blockchain

   Maxime Buser, Rafael Dowsley, Muhammed F. Esgin, Shabnam Kasra Kermanshahi, Veronika Kuchta, Joseph K. Liu, Raphael Phan, and Zhenfei Zhang

   In ESORICS, 2022

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   @inproceedings{BDE+22,
     author = {Buser, Maxime and Dowsley, Rafael and Esgin, Muhammed F. and Kermanshahi, Shabnam Kasra and Kuchta, Veronika and Liu, Joseph K. and Phan, Raphael and Zhang, Zhenfei},
     title = {Post-Quantum Verifiable Random Function from Symmetric Primitives in {PoS} Blockchain},
     booktitle = {ESORICS},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {},
     pages = {},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2022},
     note = {(Full version at \url{ia.cr/2021/302})}
   }

2021

1. CORE Rank: A

   Practical Post-quantum Few-Time Verifiable Random Function with Applications to Algorand

   Muhammed F. Esgin, Veronika Kuchta, Amin Sakzad, Ron Steinfeld, Zhenfei Zhang, Shifeng Sun, and Shumo Chu

   In Financial Cryptography (FC) (2), 2021

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   @inproceedings{EKSSZSC21,
     author = {Esgin, Muhammed F. and Kuchta, Veronika and Sakzad, Amin and Steinfeld, Ron and Zhang, Zhenfei and Sun, Shifeng and Chu, Shumo},
     title = {Practical Post-quantum Few-Time Verifiable Random Function with Applications
                    to Algorand},
     booktitle = {Financial Cryptography (FC) {(2)}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {12675},
     pages = {560--578},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2021},
     note = {(Full version at \url{ia.cr/2020/1222})}
   }

2. CORE Rank: A*

   DualRing: Generic Construction of Ring Signatures with Efficient Instantiations

   Tsz Hon Yuen, Muhammed F. Esgin, Joseph K. Liu, Man Ho Au, and Zhimin Ding

   In CRYPTO (1), 2021

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   @inproceedings{YELAD21,
     author = {Yuen, Tsz Hon and Esgin, Muhammed F. and Liu, Joseph K. and Au, Man Ho and Ding, Zhimin},
     title = {{DualRing}: Generic Construction of Ring Signatures with Efficient Instantiations},
     booktitle = {{CRYPTO} {(1)}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {12825},
     pages = {251--281},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2021},
     note = {(Full version at \url{ia.cr/2021/1213})}
   }

2020

1. CORE Rank: A

   RingCT 3.0 for Blockchain Confidential Transaction: Shorter Size and Stronger Security

   Tsz Hon Yuen, Shi-Feng Sun, Joseph K. Liu, Man Ho Au, Muhammed F. Esgin, Qingzhao Zhang, and Dawu Gu

   In Financial Cryptography (FC), 2020

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   @inproceedings{YSLAEZG20,
     author = {Yuen, Tsz Hon and Sun, Shi{-}Feng and Liu, Joseph K. and Au, Man Ho and Esgin, Muhammed F. and Zhang, Qingzhao and Gu, Dawu},
     title = {{RingCT} 3.0 for Blockchain Confidential Transaction: Shorter Size and
                    Stronger Security},
     booktitle = {Financial Cryptography (FC)},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {12059},
     pages = {464--483},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2020},
     note = {(Full version at \url{ia.cr/2019/508})}
   }

2. CORE Rank: A

   Post-Quantum Adaptor Signatures and Payment Channel Networks

   Muhammed F. Esgin, Oğuzhan Ersoy, and Zekeriya Erkin

   In ESORICS (2), 2020

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   @inproceedings{EEE20,
     author = {Esgin, Muhammed F. and Ersoy, O\u{g}uzhan and Erkin, Zekeriya},
     title = {Post-Quantum Adaptor Signatures and Payment Channel Networks},
     booktitle = {{ESORICS} {(2)}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {12309},
     pages = {378--397},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2020},
     note = {(Full version at \url{ia.cr/2020/845})}
   }

3. CORE Rank: A

   Practical Exact Proofs from Lattices: New Techniques to Exploit Fully-Splitting Rings

   Muhammed F. Esgin, Ngoc Khanh Nguyen, and Gregor Seiler

   In ASIACRYPT (2), 2020

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   @inproceedings{ENS20,
     author = {Esgin, Muhammed F. and Nguyen, Ngoc Khanh and Seiler, Gregor},
     title = {Practical Exact Proofs from Lattices: New Techniques to Exploit Fully-Splitting
                    Rings},
     booktitle = {{ASIACRYPT} {(2)}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {12492},
     pages = {259--288},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2020},
     note = {(Full version at \url{ia.cr/2020/518})}
   }

2019

1. CORE Rank: A*

   Lattice-Based Zero-Knowledge Proofs: New Techniques for Shorter and Faster Constructions and Applications

   Muhammed F. Esgin, Ron Steinfeld, Joseph K. Liu, and Dongxi Liu

   In CRYPTO (1), 2019

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   @inproceedings{ESLL19,
     author = {Esgin, Muhammed F. and Steinfeld, Ron and Liu, Joseph K. and Liu, Dongxi},
     title = {Lattice-Based Zero-Knowledge Proofs: New Techniques for Shorter and
                    Faster Constructions and Applications},
     booktitle = {{CRYPTO} {(1)}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {11692},
     pages = {115--146},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2019},
     note = {(Full version at \url{ia.cr/2019/445})}
   }

2. CORE Rank: A*

   MatRiCT: Efficient, Scalable and Post-Quantum Blockchain Confidential Transactions Protocol

   Muhammed F. Esgin, Raymond K. Zhao, Ron Steinfeld, Joseph K. Liu, and Dongxi Liu

   In ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2019

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   @inproceedings{EZSLL19,
     author = {Esgin, Muhammed F. and Zhao, Raymond K. and Steinfeld, Ron and Liu, Joseph K. and Liu, Dongxi},
     title = {{MatRiCT}: Efficient, Scalable and Post-Quantum Blockchain Confidential
                    Transactions Protocol},
     booktitle = {{ACM} {SIGSAC} Conference on Computer and
                    Communications Security {(CCS)}},
     pages = {567--584},
     publisher = {{ACM}},
     year = {2019},
     note = {(Full version at \url{ia.cr/2019/1287})}
   }

3. CORE Rank: B

   Short Lattice-Based One-out-of-Many Proofs and Applications to Ring Signatures

   Muhammed F. Esgin, Ron Steinfeld, Amin Sakzad, Joseph K. Liu, and Dongxi Liu

   In Applied Cryptography and Network Security (ACNS), 2019

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   @inproceedings{ESSLL19,
     author = {Esgin, Muhammed F. and Steinfeld, Ron and Sakzad, Amin and Liu, Joseph K. and Liu, Dongxi},
     title = {Short Lattice-Based One-out-of-Many Proofs and Applications to Ring
                    Signatures},
     booktitle = {Applied Cryptography and Network Security {(ACNS)}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {11464},
     pages = {67--88},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2019},
     note = {(Full version at \url{ia.cr/2018/773})}
   }

4. CORE Rank: A*

   On Analysis of Lightweight Stream Ciphers with Keyed Update

   Orhun Kara, and Muhammed F. Esgin

   IEEE Trans. Computers, 2019

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   @article{KE19,
     author = {Kara, Orhun and Esgin, Muhammed F.},
     title = {On Analysis of Lightweight Stream Ciphers with Keyed Update},
     journal = {{IEEE} Trans. Computers},
     volume = {68},
     number = {1},
     pages = {99--110},
     year = {2019}
   }

2015

1. CORE Rank: B

   Practical Cryptanalysis of Full Sprout with TMD Tradeoff Attacks

   Muhammed F. Esgin, and Orhun Kara

   In Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC), 2015

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   @inproceedings{EK15,
     author = {Esgin, Muhammed F. and Kara, Orhun},
     title = {Practical Cryptanalysis of Full {Sprout} with {TMD} Tradeoff Attacks},
     booktitle = {Selected Areas in Cryptography {(SAC)}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {9566},
     pages = {67--85},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2015}
   }

2. A New Partial Key Exposure Attack on Multi-power RSA

   Muhammed F. Esgin, Mehmet Sabir Kiraz, and Osmanbey Uzunkol

   In Conference on Algebraic Informatics (CAI), 2015

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   @inproceedings{EKU15,
     author = {Esgin, Muhammed F. and Kiraz, Mehmet Sabir and Uzunkol, Osmanbey},
     title = {A New Partial Key Exposure Attack on Multi-power {RSA}},
     booktitle = {Conference on Algebraic Informatics {(CAI)}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {9270},
     pages = {103--114},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2015}
   }