Russell W. F. Lai
My main research area is public-key cryptography, with focus on its algebraic aspects.
Full researcher profile
https://research.aalto.fi/...
Email
russell.lai@aalto.fi
Phone number
+358414849094
Areas of expertise
Cryptography, Security, Privacy
Honors and awards
The Andreas Pfitzmann - PETS Best Student Paper Award Runner Up 2022
On Defeating Graph Analysis of Anonymous Transactions
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Professorship Lai Russell
Jan 2022
Research groups
- Computer Science Professors, Assistant Professor
- Computer Science RA - Algorithms and Theory, Assistant Professor
- Computer Science Cross-cutting theme - Security, Assistant Professor
- Professorship Lai Russell, Assistant Professor
- Helsinki-Aalto Institute for Cybersecurity (HAIC), Assistant Professor
Publications
A Gaussian Leftover Hash Lemma for Modules over Number Fields
Martin R. Albrecht, Joël Felderhoff, Russell W. F. Lai, Oleksandra Lapiha, Ivy K. Y. Woo
2026
Advances in Cryptology – EUROCRYPT 2026 : 45th Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, Rome, Italy, May 10–14, 2026, Proceedings, Part IV
Hardness of Hinted ISIS from the Space-Time Hardness of Lattice Problems
Martin R. Albrecht, Russell W.F. Lai, Eamonn W. Postlethwaite
2026
Advances in Cryptology – CRYPTO 2026 - 46th Annual International Cryptology Conference, 2026, Proceedings
Partial Lattice Trapdoors: How to Split Lattice Trapdoors, Literally
Martin R. Albrecht, Russell W. F. Lai, Oleksandra Lapiha, Ivy K. Y. Woo
2026
Advances in Cryptology - ASIACRYPT 2025 - 31st International Conference on the Theory and Application of Cryptology and Information Security, Proceedings
Circuit-Succinct Algebraic Batch Arguments from Projective Functional Commitments
David Balbás, Dario Fiore, Russell W.F. Lai
2026
Security and Cryptography for Networks - 15th International Conference, SCN 2026, Proceedings
Pairing-Based Functional Commitments for Circuits with Shorter Parameters
David Balbás, Dario Fiore, Russell W.F. Lai
2026
Public-Key Cryptography – PKC 2026 - 29th IACR International Conference on Practice and Theory of Public-Key Cryptography, Proceedings
Pilvi : Lattice Threshold PKE with Small Decryption Shares and Improved Security
Valerio Cini, Russell W.F. Lai, Ivy K.Y. Woo
2026
Advances in Cryptology - ASIACRYPT 2025 - 31st International Conference on the Theory and Application of Cryptology and Information Security, Proceedings
Blind Signatures from Arguments of Inequality
Michael Klooß, Russell W.F. Lai, Michael Reichle
2026
Advances in Cryptology – CRYPTO 2026 - 46th Annual International Cryptology Conference, Proceedings
RoK and Roll – Verifier-Efficient Random Projection for O~(λ)-Size Lattice Arguments
Michael Klooß, Russell W.F. Lai, Ngoc Khanh Nguyen, Michał Osadnik
2026
Advances in Cryptology - ASIACRYPT 2025 - 31st International Conference on the Theory and Application of Cryptology and Information Security, Proceedings
Scalable Registration-Based Encryption from Lattices
Michael Klooß, Russell W.F. Lai, Jan Niklas Siemer, Monisha Swarnakar
2026
Proceedings - 47th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, SP 2026
Look Ahead! Practical CCA-Secure Steganography : Cover-Source Switching Meets Lattice Gaussian Sampling
Russell W. F. Lai, Ivy K. Y. Woo, Hoover H. F. Yin
2026
Advances in Cryptology – EUROCRYPT 2026 : 45th Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, Rome, Italy, May 10–14, 2026, Proceedings, Part V