QSI PhD Student Chuanqi Zhang receives Best Student Paper award at ACNS 2026

The winning paper "(Partially) Blind Signatures from Cryptographic Group Actions” addresses the topic of post-quantum cryptography, and is a joint publication between student Chuanqi Zhang, his Ph.D. supervisor Prof. Youming Qiao, external supervisor Dr. Dung Hoang Duong, and collaborators Dr. Xuan Thanh Khuc and Dist. Prof. Willy Susilo from the University of Wollongong. 

According to the ACNS awards records, this is the first time a student from an Australian institution has received this award. This achievement reflects QSI's strong support for student research development and marks a meaningful achievement for Chuanqi to mark the end of his tenure as a UTS PhD student.