I am currently an Associate Professor at Zhejiang Wanli University (ZWU) and work as the head of the Cyber Security major. Before joining ZWU, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher at School of Information Science and Technology of University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) from 2018.12 to 2020.12 under collaboration with Prof. Nenghai Yu (俞能海) and Prof. Honggang Hu (胡红钢). From 2009.09 to 2018.11, I studied at USTC, where I received my bachelor’s degree in 2013 and the doctoral degree in 2018, advised by Prof. Honggang Hu. I conducted academic visits at The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) from 2016.10 to 2017.09 under collaboration with Prof. Noboru Kunihiro.
My main research interests include cryptographic algorithms and their applications, including public-key cryptanalysis, side-channel analysis, quantum cryptographic protocols, etc.
I have presided over one National Natural Science Foundation project, and participated in multiple other scientific research projects.
I have published more than 30 papers 
🔥 News
- 2024.04: One paper entitled “Improved Lattice-Based Attack on Mersenne Low Hamming Ratio Search Problem” was accepted by ACISP 2024.
- 2024.01: One paper entitled “Revisiting Small Private Key Attacks on Common Prime RSA” was accepted by IEEE Access.
- 2023.10: One paper entitled “Partial Key Exposure Attack on Common Prime RSA” was accepted by Inscrypt 2023.
- 2023.08: I was selected as one of 2023 CSC Local Cooperation Program Visiting Scholar.
- 2023.07: One paper entitled “Generalized Implicit-Key Attacks on RSA” was accepted by Journal of Information Security and Applications.
- 2023.06: I was selected as one of 2022 Ningbo Youth Science and Technology Innovation Leading Talents.
🧰 Projects
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Lattice-Based Cryptanalysis
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Post-Quantum Cryptography
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Quantum Network Protocols
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Side-Channel Analysis
📝 Publications
Journal Articles
- Mengce Zheng. Revisiting Small Private Key Attacks on Common Prime RSA. IEEE Access 12: 5203–5211 (2024). | [HTML PDF]
- Mengce Zheng. Generalized implicit-key attacks on RSA. Journal of Information Security and Applications 77: 103562 (2023). | [HTML PDF]
- Mengce Zheng, Zhigang Chen, Yaohui Wu. Solving Generalized Bivariate Integer Equations and Its Application to Factoring With Known Bits. IEEE Access 11: 34674–34684 (2023). | [HTML PDF]
- Mengce Zheng. Revisiting the Polynomial-Time Equivalence of Computing the CRT-RSA Secret Key and Factoring. Mathematics 10(13): 2238 (2022). | [HTML PDF]
- Mengce Zheng, Noboru Kunihiro, Yuanzhi Yao. Cryptanalysis of the RSA variant based on cubic Pell equation. Theoretical Computer Science 889: 135–144 (2021). | [HTML PDF]
- Mengce Zheng, Kaiping Xue, Shangbin Li, Nenghai Yu. A practical quantum designated verifier signature scheme for E-voting applications. Quantum Information Processing 20(7): 1–22 (2021). | [HTML PDF]
- Zhigang Chen, Gang Hu, Mengce Zheng, Xinxia Song, Liqun Chen. Bibliometrics of Machine Learning Research Using Homomorphic Encryption. Mathematics 9(21): 2792 (2021). | [HTML PDF]
- Qidong Jia, Kaiping Xue, Zhonghui Li, Mengce Zheng, David S. L. Wei, Nenghai Yu. An improved QKD protocol without public announcement basis using periodically derived basis. Quantum Information Processing 20(2): 69 (2021). | [HTML PDF]
- Mengce Zheng, Noboru Kunihiro, Honggang Hu. Lattice-based cryptanalysis of RSA with implicitly related keys. IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences 103(8): 959–968 (2020). | [HTML PDF]
- Jiajia Zhang, Mengce Zheng, Jiehui Nan, Honggang Hu, Nenghai Yu. A Novel Evaluation Metric for Deep Learning-Based Side Channel Analysis and Its Extended Application to Imbalanced Data. IACR Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems 2020(3): 73–96 (2020). | [HTML PDF]
- Mengce Zheng, Honggang Hu, Zilong Wang. Generalized cryptanalysis of RSA with small public exponent. SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences 59(3): 32108:1–32108:10 (2016). | [HTML PDF]
- Mengce Zheng, Honggang Hu. Cryptanalysis of Prime Power RSA with two private exponents. SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences 58(11): 1–8 (2015). | [HTML PDF]
Conference Proceedings
- Mengce Zheng. Partial Key Exposure Attack on Common Prime RSA. In: Inscrypt 2023. | [ePrint]
- Shukun An, Jianzhao Liu, Xiaolin Duan, Mengce Zheng, Honggang Hu. Strengthening Profiled Side Channel Attacks on AES via Multi-view Information Aggregation. CIS 2021.
- Yukun Cheng, Mengce Zheng, Fan Huang, Jiajia Zhang, Honggang Hu, Nenghai Yu. A Fast-Detection and Fault-Correction Algorithm against Persistent Fault Attack. TrustCom 2021. | [arXiv]
- Zhimin Luo, Mengce Zheng, Ping Wang, Minhui Jin, Jiajia Zhang, Honggang Hu. Towards Strengthening Deep Learning-based Side Channel Attacks with Mixup. TrustCom 2021. | [arXiv ePrint]
- Wenlong Cao, Fan Huang, Mengce Zheng, Honggang Hu. Attacking FPGA-based Dual Complementary AES Implementation Using HD and SD Models. In: CIS 2020.
- Minhui Jin, Mengce Zheng, Honggang Hu, Nenghai Yu. An Enhanced Convolutional Neural Network in Side-Channel Attacks and Visualization. In: WCSE 2020. | [arXiv]
- Mengce Zheng, Honggang Hu. Implicit Related-Key Factorization Problem on the RSA Cryptosystem. In: CANS 2019.
- Mengce Zheng, Honggang Hu. Implicit-Key Attack on the RSA Cryptosystem. In: SciSec 2019.
- Jiehui Nan, Mengce Zheng, Honggang Hu. Post-Quantum Pseudorandom Functions from Mersenne Primes. In: FCS 2019.
- Zilong Wang, Honggang Hu, Mengce Zheng, Jiehui Nan. Symmetric Lattice-Based PAKE from Approximate Smooth Projective Hash Function and Reconciliation Mechanism. In: FCS 2019.
- Mengce Zheng, Noboru Kunihiro, Honggang Hu. Cryptanalysis of RSA Variants with Modified Euler Quotient. In: AFRICACRYPT 2018.
- Mengce Zheng, Noboru Kunihiro, Honggang Hu. Improved Factoring Attacks on Multi-prime RSA with Small Prime Difference. In: ACISP 2017. | [ePrint]
💬 Presentations
- Lattice-Based Cryptanalysis of RSA with Implicitly Related Keys (Chinese Version), Academic Seminar at Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Online, China, 2020. | [Slides]
- Implicit Related-Key Factorization Problem on the RSA Cryptosystem, The 18th International Conference on Cryptology and Network Security, Fuzhou, China, 2019. | [Slides]
- Implicit-Key Attack on the RSA Cryptosystem, The 2nd International Conference on Science of Cyber Security, Nanjing, China, 2019. | [Slides]
- Cryptanalysis of RSA Variants with Modified Euler Quotient, The 10th International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Security and Cryptography, Marrakesh, Morocco, 2018. | [Slides]
- Improved Factoring Attacks on Multi-prime RSA with Small Prime Difference, The 22nd Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy, Auckland, New Zealand, 2017. | [Slides]
🏆 Honors and Awards
- 2023: CSC Local Cooperation Program for Visiting Scholar
- 2023: Ningbo Youth Science and Technology Innovation Leading Talent Program
- 2022: Zhejiang Province University Leading Talent Training Program – Young Talents
- 2021: Ningbo Leading Talent Training Project – The Third Level
- 2016: CSC Scholarship for Joint Doctoral Students
- 2015: National Scholarship for Graduate Students
📖 Educations
- 2013 – 2018: PH.D. & M.S., University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- 2016 – 2017: Visiting PH.D., The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- 2009 – 2013: B.E., University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
👨🏫 Teaching
- 2024 Spring: Cryptography Theory and Technology & Advanced Cryptography
- 2023 Fall: Blockchain Theory and Technology & Integrated Information Security Design and Practice
- 2023 Spring: Advanced Cryptography & Blockchain Development and Application
- 2022 Fall: Data Structures and Algorithms
- 2022 Spring: Cybersecurity Theory and Technology
- 2021 Fall: Data Structures and Algorithms
- 2021 Spring: Cybersecurity Technology