Borui Gong

Postdoc at PolyU

Welcome! I'm a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Computing at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where I completed my Ph.D. in 2023 under the supervision of Prof. Man Ho Au.

My research focuses on zero-knowledge proofs and blockchain technology. I'm particularly passionate about building cryptographic systems that are both theoretically sound and practically efficient. Before diving into cryptography, I studied Software Engineering and Finance (double degree) at Shandong University.

If you're interested in my research or have ideas you'd like to discuss, feel free to reach out! I'm always happy to chat about anything crypto-related.

Research Interests

Applied Cryptography
Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Blockchain Technology

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science 2018 - 2023

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

B.S. in Software Engineering 2014 - 2018

Shandong University

B.S. in Finance (Double Degree) 2015 - 2018

Shandong University

Research

Publications

Efficient Zero-Knowledge Arguments For Paillier Cryptosystem

Borui Gong, Wang Fat Lau, Man Ho Au, Rupeng Yang, Haiyang Xue, Lichun Li

IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P), 2024

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BFTRAND: Low-latency Random Number Provider for BFT Smart Contracts

Jinghui Liao*, Borui Gong*, Wenhai Sun, Fengwei Zhang, Zhenyu Ning, Man Ho Au, Weisong Shi
* Equal contribution

IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), 2024

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Constructing Strong Designated Verifier Signatures from Key Encapsulation Mechanisms

Borui Gong, Man Ho Au, Haiyang Xue

IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom), 2019

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Blockchain-Based Threshold Electronic Voting System

Borui Gong, Xingye Lu, Wang Fat Lau, Man Ho Au

International Conference on Security and Privacy in Social Networks and Big Data (SocialSec), 2019

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Talks

Efficient Zero-Knowledge Arguments For Paillier Cryptosystem
- IEEE S&P, May 2024, San Francisco, CA
Constructing Strong Designated Verifier Signatures from Key Encapsulation Mechanisms
- IEEE TrustCom, August 2019, Rotorua, New Zealand
- ECNU, October 2019, Shanghai, China

Teaching

Teaching Assistant at Hong Kong Polytechnic University:

COMP 3334: Computer System SecuritySpring 2020, 2021, 2022
ENG 2001/2002: Computer ProgrammingFall 2021, 2022
COMP 1001/1002: Problem Solving Methodology in ITFall 2020
COMP 1011: Programming FundamentalsFall 2019
COMP 3421: Web Application Design and DevelopmentSpring 2019
COMP 5122: E-Commerce Fundamentals and DevelopmentFall 2018

Professional Service

Journal Reviewer

IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS)
IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC)

Conference Reviewer

USENIX Security Symposium: 2025, 2026
ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS): 2024, 2025
ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security (AsiaCCS): 2024, 2025
IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS): 2025
International Conference on Provable and Practical Security (ProvSec): 2025
IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom): 2024
International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology (Inscrypt): 2024
Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ACISP): 2024

Contact

Email: raegongbr@gmail.com

Office: Room VA317, Shaw Amenities Building

Address: Department of Computing
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Kowloon, Hong Kong