PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Debiao He

Cryptography researcher Debiao He contributes to AI through privacy-preserving GPT inference in SecureGPT, a framework he coauthored in 2024. Wuhan University's School of Mathematics and Statistics awarded him a PhD in applied mathematics in 2009; the IEEE Systems Journal and IET Information Security Best Paper Awards recognized his work in 2018 and 2019. Inscrypt named him an organizing chair in 2025, and a smart-city searchable-encryption paper he coauthored appeared in February 2026. At Wuhan University's School of Cyber Science and Engineering, he is a professor as of October 2026, with research interests in cryptography and information security, especially cryptographic protocols.

Works
554

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026. Citations and h-index are hidden because this OpenAlex record may be incomplete or mix in other authors.

Timeline

  1. 2009

    Applied mathematics doctorate

    Wuhan University's School of Mathematics and Statistics awards him a PhD in applied mathematics in 2009.

  2. 2018

    An IEEE Systems Journal award

    The 2018 IEEE Systems Journal Best Paper Award recognizes his paper “Anonymous Authentication for Wireless Body Area Networks With Provable Security.”

  3. 2019

    An IET security award

    The IET Information Security Best Paper Award goes to him in 2019.

  4. 2024

    SecureGPT for private inference

    SecureGPT is a 2024 framework for multi-party privacy-preserving transformer inference in GPT, coauthored by Debiao He. Its design includes softmax and GELU protocols for transformer sublayers.

  5. 2025

    Inscrypt organizing chair

    An organizing chair at Inscrypt in 2025, Debiao He is affiliated with Wuhan University.

  6. February 2026

    Smart-city searchable encryption

    “A certificateless and KGA-secure searchable encryption scheme with constant trapdoors in smart city” appears online in February 2026 with Debiao He as a coauthor. The method combines certificateless encryption and proxy re-encryption in an authenticated searchable-encryption scheme with constant trapdoors.

  7. As of October 2026

    Professor at Wuhan University

    At Wuhan University, he is a professor in the School of Cyber Science and Engineering as of October 2026. Cryptography and information security, especially cryptographic protocols, are among his research interests.

Career

  1. Since 2025Wuhan UniversityProfessor

Education

  1. 2009Wuhan UniversityPhD in applied mathematics

From the biography.

  1. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Debiao He. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  2. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes Wuhan University. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  3. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes Wuhan University. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  4. 5 of the 25 people with the most-cited recent papers also lead on career citationsIncludes Wuhan University. We compare citations to 2023–2025 papers with career citations and h-index, after correcting reviewed publication-date errors: who leads, when they started and where they work.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. iotcit | Keynote Speakers-2025 iotcit.org. Checked 22 October 2026.
  2. IEEE Systems Journal Best Paper Award | IEEE Systems Council ieeesystemscouncil.org. Checked 22 October 2026.
  3. SecureGPT: A Framework for Multi-Party Privacy-Preserving Transformer Inference in GPT - 科研通 ablesci.com. Checked 22 October 2026.
  4. Qingcai Luo csauthors.net. Checked 22 October 2026.
  5. Inscrypt 2025 inscrypt2025.xidian.edu.cn. Checked 22 October 2026.
  6. A certificateless and KGA-secure searchable encryption scheme with constant trapdoors in smart city✩ journal.hep.com.cn. Checked 22 October 2026.