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Final-year Ph.D. candidate with 7 years of experience in cryptography, specializing in post-quantum cryptography, provable security, and blockchain. Contributed to NIST’s standardization process as a member of the SPHINCS+ team and published in top-tier venues like IEEE S&P and AsiaCrypt. Led research teams at the Russian Quantum Center, focusing on quantum-resistant cryptographic schemes and their applications in blockchain and secure communication.

Work experience

• Aug 2025 ‑ Present: Cryptography Consultant
  • Blockstream
  • Post-quantum cryptography for Bitcoin.
• Jul 2021 ‑ Oct 2025: Researcher. PhD Candidate.
  • Eindhoven University of Technology
  • Conducted research in post‑quantum cryptography, hash‑based signatures, and key encapsulation mechanisms.
  • Published 6+ papers, including publications in top‑tier conferences like IEEE S&P and AsiaCrypt, and collaborated with the Ethereum Foundation on hash‑based signatures
  • Supervisor: Dr. Andreas Hülsing.
• Oct 2020 ‑ March 2022: Lead Researcher
  • Russian Quantum Center
  • Led a 3‑person research team, resulting in 4+ publications, a patent, and multiple keynote presentations at international conferences.
  • Developed proof‑of‑concept implementations of cryptographic schemes and consulted on blockchain integration.
• Oct 2018 ‑ Sep 2020: Junior Researcher
  • Russian Quantum Center
  • Conducted research on post‑quantum cryptography, provable security, broadcast encryption schemes, and blockchain technologies.

Education

• Ph.D in Cryptography and Provable Security, Eindhoven University of Technology, 2025 (expected)
• Specialist (B.S. + M.S.) in Computer Security, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, 2021

Skills

• Languages:
  • Russian - Native
  • English - Fluent
  • Dutch - Beginner
• Programming:
  • Rust
  • Python
  • Sage-Math
  • C++
• Soft Skills:
  • Project management
  • Teamwork
  • Presentation

Publications

Hybrid-query bounds with partial input control - framework and application to tight M-eTCR.

Treating dishonest ciphertexts in post-quantum KEMs – explicit vs. implicit rejection in the FO transform.

Hövelmanns, K., Kudinov, M. (2025). Treating Dishonest Ciphertexts in Post-quantum KEMs – Explicit vs. Implicit Rejection in the FO Transform. In: Niederhagen, R., Saarinen, MJ.O. (eds) Post-Quantum Cryptography. PQCrypto 2025. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 15578. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-86602-9_12

Hash-Based Multi-Signatures for Post-Quantum Ethereum.

Justin Drake, Dmitry Khovratovich, Mikhail Kudinov, and Benedikt Wagner, Hash-Based Multi-Signatures for Post-Quantum Ethereum. IACR Communications in Cryptology, vol. 2, no. 1, Apr 08, 2025, doi: 10.62056/aey7qjp10.

CAKE requires programming - On the provable post-quantum security of (O)CAKE.

Report on evaluation of KpqC Round-2 candidates.

Method for data access differentiation by attributes‑based encryption.

SPHINCS+C: Compressing SPHINCS+ With (Almost) No Cost

A. Hulsing, M. Kudinov, E. Ronen and E. Yogev, "SPHINCS+C: Compressing SPHINCS+ With (Almost) No Cost," in 2023 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP), San Francisco, CA, USA, 2023, pp. 1435-1453, doi: 10.1109/SP46215.2023.10179381.

Recovering the tight security proof of SPHINCS+.

Hülsing, A., Kudinov, M. (2022). Recovering the Tight Security Proof of SPHINCS+. In: Agrawal, S., Lin, D. (eds) Advances in Cryptology – ASIACRYPT 2022. ASIACRYPT 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13794. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22972-5_1

Proof-of-forgery for hash-based signatures.

Kiktenko, E., Kudinov, M., Bulychev, A. and Fedorov, A. (2021). Proof-of-Forgery for Hash-based Signatures. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Security and Cryptography - SECRYPT; ISBN 978-989-758-524-1; ISSN 2184-7711, SciTePress, pages 333-342. DOI: 10.5220/0010579603330342

Advanced attribute-based protocol based on the modified secret sharing scheme.

Kudinov, M.A., Chilikov, A.A., Kiktenko, E.O. et al. Advanced attribute-based encryption protocol based on the modified secret sharing scheme. J Comput Virol Hack Tech 16, 333–341 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11416-020-00366-8

Security analysis of the W-OTS+ signature scheme: Updating security bounds.

M. A. Kudinov, E. O. Kiktenko, A. K. Fedorov, “Security analysis of the W-OTS+ signature scheme: Updating security bounds”, Mat. Vopr. Kryptogr., 12:2 (2021), 129–145

Towards security recommendations for public-key infrastructures for production environments in the post-quantum era.

Yunakovsky, S.E., Kot, M., Pozhar, N., Nabokov, D., Kudinov, M., Guglya, A., Kiktenko, O., Kolycheva, E., Borisov, A., Fedorov, A. Towards security recommendations for public-key infrastructures for production environments in the post-quantum era. EPJ Quantum Technol. 8, 14 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjqt/s40507-021-00104-z

Detecting brute-force attacks on cryptocurrency wallets.

Kiktenko, E.O., Kudinov, M.A., Fedorov, A.K. (2019). Detecting Brute-Force Attacks on Cryptocurrency Wallets. In: Abramowicz, W., Corchuelo, R. (eds) Business Information Systems Workshops. BIS 2019. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 373. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36691-9_20

Talks

Target Collision Resistance: Security Requirements in the Context of Hash-based Signatures

March 16, 2025

Workshop at Workshop on Poseidon: Cryptanalysis of Algebraic Hash Functions, Italy, Rome

NIST Workshop on Guidance for KEMs

February 26, 2025

Workshop at NIST Workshop on Guidance for KEMs, Online

Cryptanalysis of hash functions in the random oracle model.

January 01, 2022

Workshop at Workshop in Quantum Cryptanalysis , University of Bristol

Community Service

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