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Paul S. Lou

Postdoctoral Researcher · paul [DOT] lou [AT] unibocconi [DOT] it

About

Hi! I'm Paul. I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at Bocconi University working with Alon Rosen. I'm interested broadly in cryptography. My primary research goal is understanding and using new sources of hardness to construct fundamental cryptographic primitives such as public-key encryption. I also actively work on zero-knowledge proof systems, information-theoretic cryptography, and quantum algorithms.

I completed my Ph.D. at UCLA under the kind and sage guidance of Amit Sahai. Prior to that, I finished my undergraduate degrees majoring in computer science, mathematics, and statistics at the University of Pennsylvania where I was fortunate to work with Nadia Heninger.

Here's a link to my Ph.D. dissertation (with slides).

Publications

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Preprints

Service

Program committee member for CCS 2026 and Oakland 2023 Posters Program.

Reviewer for Journal of Cryptology and for Designs, Codes and Cryptography.

External reviewer for Crypto (2022, 2025, 2026), Eurocrypt (2024, 2025, 2026), STOC (2024, 2025, 2026), TCC (2023, 2024, 2025), IEEE S&P (2024), Asiacrypt (2024).

Teaching