Handong Cui (Darren)

Ph.D. (HKU CS) | Researcher

Information security, Cryptography, Web3 Technologies.

About

Handong Cui obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Computer Science (CS) at The University of Hong Kong under the supervision of Prof. John T. H. Yuen and Prof. S. M. Yiu. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering Degree from Sichuan University.

His research interests focus on cryptography, security and privacy issues in blockchain. Specifically, he works on zero-knowledge proofs, threshold ECDSA, secure multi-party computation and Web3 technologies.

Experience

2025.10 – present
Web3 Research Scientist
ClusterTech Limited, Hong Kong SAR
2024.6 – 2025.9
Research Engineer (Cryptography)
China Mobile Internet Co., Ltd, Guangzhou
2022.4 – 2022.8
Student Trainee
APG Investment Asia Ltd, Hong Kong SAR
2019.2 – 2019.5
Research Intern
Department of Computer Science, HKU
2018.7 – 2018.8
Research Intern
Department of Computer Science, HKU

Publications

Journal
Kwan Yin Chan, Handong Cui, Tsz Hon Yuen, Siu Ming Yiu.
IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 2025.
SCI CCF A JCR Q1
Journal
Handong Cui, Kwan Yin Chan, Tsz Hon Yuen, Xin Kang, Cheng-Kang Chu.
The Computer Journal, Oxford University Press, 2023.
SCI CCF B JCR Q2
Conference
Haiyang Xue, Man Ho Au, Xiang Xie, Tsz Hon Yuen, Handong Cui.
28th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, 2021.
EI CCF A CORE A*
Conference
Tsz Hon Yuen, Handong Cui, Xiang Xie.
24th International Conference on Practice and Theory of Public-Key Cryptography, 2021.
EI CCF B CORE B
Conference
Handong Cui, Tsz Hon Yuen.
26th Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy, Springer, 2021.
EI CCF C
Conference
Handong Cui, Xianrui Qin, Cailing Cai, Tsz Hon Yuen.
20th IEEE International Conference On Trust, Security And Privacy In Computing And Communications, IEEE, 2021.
EI CCF C CORE A
Conference
Handong Cui, Tsz Hon Yuen.
19th IEEE International Conference On Trust, Security And Privacy In Computing And Communications, IEEE, 2020.
EI CCF C CORE A
Conference
Kwan Yin Chan, Handong Cui, Tsz Hon Yuen.
18th International Conference on Information Security Practice and Experience, Springer, 2023.
EI CORE B
Conference
Haiyang Xue, Man Ho Au, Mengling Liu, Kwan Yin Chan, Handong Cui, Xiang Xie, Tsz Hon Yuen, Chengru Zhang.
30th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, ACM, 2023.
EI CCF A CORE A*
Conference
Shimin Pan, Kwan Yin Chan, Handong Cui, Tsz Hon Yuen.
27th Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy, Springer, 2022.
EI CCF C
Conference
Cailing Cai, Tsz Hon Yuen, Handong Cui, Mingli Wu, Siu Ming Yiu.
16th Information Security and Cryptology: 16th International Conference, Springer, 2021.
EI CCF C
Journal
Feng Zhang, Yan Zhuang, Le Yu, Shuo Sun, Handong Cui, Yusheng Ma.
Information and Communications Technology and Policy, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, 2025.

Miscellaneous

Patents

  • 零知识证明的方法、系统、装置、终端和存储介质
    Handong Cui, et. al. CN Patent 202210615601.8, Nov 28, 2025.

Projects

  • 密码应用技术创新与测试验证工业和信息化部重点实验室 2024 年创新研究课题
    项目名称: 全同态和后量子算法在人工智能领域中的应用研究
    已结题: 优秀课题

Teaching Assistantship

  • [CSST9080] FinTech: Financial Inclusion, Emerging Markets and Social Value, UG, HKU, Spring 2022/2023.
  • [FITE1010] Introduction to Financial Technology, UG, HKU, Fall 2020.
  • [COMP3320] Electronic Commerce Technology, UG, HKU, Spring 2020.