Ning Luo
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering · The Grainger College of Engineering · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Quick answer: Ning Luo is Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Ning Luo shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ I am looking for motivated and energetic Ph.D. students. Candidates are expected to have a solid background in Computer Science. No prior experience in cryptography or formal methods is required. However, candidates must be brave and eager to learn new things. The highest standard is required for research integrity. Please send me an email if you are interested in working with me.
Research interests
Trustworthy Machine Learning, Applied Cryptography, Formal methods and Automated Reasoning, Security and Privacy
Selected publications (since 2023)
Towards Practical Zero‑Knowledge Proof for PSPACE
BlindMarket: Enabling Verifiable, Confidential, and Traceable IP Core Distribution in Zero-Trust Settings
Improved Garbled RAM via Garbled Merge
<a href="https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/657">Ou: Automating the Parallelization of Zero-Knowledge Protocols
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<a href="https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity24/presentation/luick">ZKSMT: A VM for Proving SMT Theorems in Zero Knowledge
</a>
<a href="https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/053">Founding Zero-Knowledge Proofs of Training on Optimum Vicinity
</a>
<a href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-031-70890-9_12">Privacy-Preserving Regular Expression Matching Using TNFA
</a>
Frequently asked questions
Is Ning Luo hiring PhD students at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Ning Luo's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: I am looking for motivated and energetic Ph.D. students. Candidates are expected to have a solid background in Computer Science. No prior experience in cryptography or formal methods is required. Howe.
What does Ning Luo research?
Trustworthy Machine Learning, Applied Cryptography, Formal methods and Automated Reasoning, Security and Privacy
Data last updated: 2026-09-11 · Source: phd-match.com faculty database.
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