Publications

Chuanqi Xu, Jakub Szefer (2025). Security Attacks Abusing Pulse-level Quantum Circuits. To appear at IEEE S&P 2025.

Chuanqi Xu, Ferhat Erata, Jakub Szefer (2024). Quantum Computer Fault Injection Attacks. 2024 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE).

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Theodoros Trochatos, Chuanqi Xu, Sanjay Deshpande, Yao Lu, Yongshan Ding, Jakub Szefer (2024). Protecting Quantum Computers with a Trusted Controller. 2024 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE).

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Jerry Tan, Chuanqi Xu, Theodoros Trochatos, Jakub Szefer (2024). Extending and Defending Attacks on Reset Operations in Quantum Computers. 2024 International Symposium on Secure and Private Execution Environment Design (SEED). Best Paper.

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Theodoros Trochatos, Sanjay Deshpande, Chuanqi Xu, Yao Lu, Yongshan Ding, Jakub Szefer (2024). Dynamic Pulse Switching for Protection of Quantum Computation on Untrusted Clouds. 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST).

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Chuanqi Xu, Jamie Sikora, Jakub Szefer (2024). A Thorough Study of State Leakage Mitigation in Quantum Computing with One-Time Pad. IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST).

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Chuanqi Xu, Jessie Chen, Allen Mi, Jakub Szefer (2023). Securing NISQ Quantum Computer Reset Operations Against Higher Energy State Attacks. ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS).

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Chuanqi Xu, Ferhat Erata, Jakub Szefer (2023). Exploration of Power Side-Channel Vulnerabilities in Quantum Computer Controllers. ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS). Top Picks in Hardware and Embedded Security in 2024.

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Theodoros Trochatos, Chuanqi Xu, Sanjay Deshpande, Yao Lu, Yongshan Ding, Jakub Szefer (2023). A Quantum Computer Trusted Execution Environment. IEEE Computer Architecture Letters (CAL). Best Paper Runner-Up.

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Chuanqi Xu, Jakub Szefer (2023). Long-Term Analysis of the Dependability of Cloud-based NISQ Quantum Computers. International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES).

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Sanjay Deshpande, Chuanqi Xu, Mamuri Nawan, Kashif Nawaz, Jakub Szefer (2023). Fast and Efficient Hardware Implementation of HQC. Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC).

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Jalil Morris, Anisul Abedin, Chuanqi Xu, Jakub Szefer (2023). Fingerprinting Quantum Computer Equipment. Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI).

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Sanjay Deshpande, Chuanqi Xu, Theodoros Trochatos, Hanrui Wang, Ferhat Erata, Song Han, Yongshan Ding, Jakub Szefer (2023). Design of Quantum Computer Antivirus. IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST).

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Guohua Cao, Chuanqi Xu, Ping Cui, Zhenyu Zhang (2023). Universal Scaling between On-Site Coulomb Repulsion and Numbers of Core and Valence Electrons in Transition Metal Trichalcogenides. Computer Physics Communications.

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Sanjay Deshpande, Chuanqi Xu, Theodoros Trochatos, Yongshan Ding, Jakub Szefer (2022). Towards an Antivirus for Quantum Computers. IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST).

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