Newcastle University

2004-2007 PhD at Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK

2001-2002 M.Eng at School of EEE, NTU, Singaproe

1997-2001 B.Eng (1st class) School of EEE, NTU, Singapore

More can be found at http://homepages.cs.ncl.ac.uk/feng.hao/

His research interests include applied cryptography, biometrics and the interface between cryptography and biometrics.

Applied cryptography

• AV-net (anonymous vet)
• J-PAKE (password-based key exchange
• YAK (PKI-based key exchange)
• Open Vote Network (decentralized e-voting)
• DRE-i (centralized e-voting)
  

Biometrics

• Fast search algorithm for a large iris-code database
  
• Handwritten signature verification

 Biometric cryptosystems

• Combining crypto with biometrics effectively through error correction code
• Generating stable bits from handwritten signature through quantization

 More can be found at http://homepages.cs.ncl.ac.uk/feng.hao/

• Clarke D, Hao F. Cryptanalysis of the Dragonfly Key Exchange Protocol. Newcaslte upon Tyne: Newcastle University, 2013. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1370.
• Hao F. On robust key agreement based on public key authentication. Security and Communication Networks 2013, (epub ahead of print).
• Hao F, Clarke D, Shepherd C. Verifiable Classroom Voting: Where Cryptography Meets Pedagogy. Newcastle University, 2013. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1385.
• Hao F, Clarke D. How to Delete a Secret. Newcastle upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2012. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1364.
• Hao F, Clarke D. Security Analysis of a Multi-Factor Authenticated Key Exchange Protocol. Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle University, 2012. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1312.
• Hao F, Randell B, Clarke D. Self-Enforcing Electronic Voting. In: Security Protocols Workshop XX : 20th International Workshop. 2012, Cambridge: Springer Verlag.
• Hao F, Randell B, Clarke D. Self-Enforcing Electronic Voting. Newcastle upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2012. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1311.
• Hao F, Ryan PYA. How to Sync with Alice. In: Security Protocols XIX : 19th International Workshop, Cambridge, UK, March 28-30, 2011, Revised Selected Papers. 2011, Heidelberg, Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag.
• Hao F. How to Sync with Alice (Transcript of Discussion). In: Security Protocols XIX : 19th International Workshop, Cambridge, UK, March 28-30, 2011, Revised Selected Papers. 2011, Heidelberg, Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag.
• Hao F. On Robust Key Agreement Based on Public Key Authentication. Newcastle upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2011. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1266.
• Hao F, Ryan PYA, Zielinski P. Anonymous Voting by 2-Round Public Discussion. IET Information Security 2010, 4(2), 62-67.
• Hao F, Ryan PYA. J-PAKE: Authenticated Key Exchange Without PKI. In: Gavrilova, M.L., Tan, C.J.K., Moreno, E.D, ed. Transactions on Computational Science XI: Special Issue on Security in Computing, Part II. Berlin; New York: Springer, 2010, pp.192-206.
• Hao F. On robust key agreement based on public key authentication (short paper). In: 14th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security. 2010, Tenerife, Spain: Springer.
• Hao F. On Small Subgroup Non-confinement Attack. In: 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology. 2010, Bradford, UK: IEEE.
• Hao F, Zielinski P. A 2-Round Anonymous Veto Protocol. In: Security Protocols: 14th International Workshop. 2009, Cambridge, UK: Springer.
• Hao F. A 2-Round Anonymous Veto Protocol (Transcript of Discussion). In: Security Protocols: 14th International Workshop. 2009, Cambridge, UK: Springer.
• Hao F, Zielinski P. The Power of Anonymous Veto in Public Discussion. In: Moreno, E.D., Gavrilova, M., Tan, C.J.K, ed. Transactions on Computational Science. Berlin; New York: Springer, 2009, pp.41-52.
• Hao F, Daugman J, Zielinski P. A Fast Search Algorithm for a Large Fuzzy Database. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security 2008, 3(2), 203-212.
• Hao F, Ryan PYA. Password Authenticated Key Exchange by Juggling. Newcastle upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2008. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1073.
• Hao F, Anderson R, Daugman J. Combining Crypto with Biometrics Effectively. IEEE Transactions on Computers 2006, 55(9), 1081-1088.
• Hao F. Kish's key exchange scheme is insecure. Information Security 2006, 153(4), 141-142.
• Hao F, Chan CW. Online signature verification using a new extreme points warping technique. Pattern Recognition Letters 2003, 24(16), 2943-2951.
• Hao F, Chan CW. Private Key Generation from On-line Handwritten Signatures. Information Management & Computer Security 2002, 10(4), 159-164.