Xinxin Fan

Xinxin Fan

Head of Cryptography

IoTeX

Biography

Dr. Xinxin Fan is the Founding Member and Head of Cryptography at IoTeX, a startup empowering the future machine economy with innovative combination of blockchain and IoT. He is responsible for directing the company’s strategy and product roadmap as well as developing the core technologies and IP portfolio. Before joining IoTeX, he was a Senior Research Engineer of the Security and Privacy Group at Bosch Research Technology Center North America. Dr. Xinxin Fan received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo in 2010. He is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) from (ISC)².

Interests
  • Applied Cryptography
  • Blockchain
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Web 3.0
  • Cloud Security
  • IoT Security
  • Confidential Computing
Education

  • PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2010

    University of Waterloo

  • MEng in Information System and Telecommunications Engineering, 2005

    Xidian University

  • BSc in Applied Mathematics, 2002

    Xidian University

Core Skills

Applied Cryptography
Privacy-Enhancing Technologies
Decentralized Identity
Web 3.0
Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
IoT Security
Cloud Security
Confidential Computing

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
IoTeX
Head of Cryptography, Founding Member
IoTeX
Feb 2018 – Present Menlo Park, CA, USA
 
 
 
 
 
Bosch Research and Technology Center North America
Senior Research Engineer
Bosch Research and Technology Center North America
Nov 2014 – Feb 2018 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
 
 
 
 
 
University of Waterloo
Research Associate and Project Manager
University of Waterloo
Sep 2010 – Aug 2014 Waterloo, ON, Canada
 
 
 
 
 
University of Waterloo
Postdoctal Fellow
University of Waterloo
May 2010 – Aug 2010 Waterloo, ON, Canada
 
 
 
 
 
University of Waterloo
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Waterloo
May 2006 – Apr 2010 Waterloo, ON, Canada

Industry Consortium & Standardization

Forbes Business Council
Forbes Business Council is an invitation-only organization for successful small and mid-sized business owners. Members are respected leaders and executives who are selected for the council based on the depth and diversity of experience in leadership, management, customer engagement, technology and growth.
MOBI
MOBI is a nonprofit alliance of many of the world’s largest vehicle manufacturers, along with many startups, NGOs, transit agencies, insurers, toll road providers, smart city leaders, and technology companies working to accelerate adoption and promote standards in blockchain, distributed ledgers, and related technologies.
IEEE SA
The IEEE 2418.1 Standards Working Group provides a common framework for blockchain usage, implementation, and interaction with the Internet of Things (IoT). The framework addresses items such as security and privacy challenges with regards to Blockchain in IoT. Both permissioned IoT blockchain and permissionless IoT blockchain will be included in the framework.
IEEE SA
The IEEE P2958 Standards Working Group defines a decentralized identity and access management (IAM) framework for the Internet of Things (IoT) based on the emerging concepts such as decentralized identifiers (DIDs) and verifiable credentials (VCs). The framework addresses the integration of DIDs and VCs into the lifecycle of IoT devices as well as the decentralized IoT security services such as device authentication, data authorization and access control.
Confidential Computing Consortium
The Confidential Computing Consortium (CCC) brings together hardware vendors, cloud providers, and software developers to accelerate the adoption of Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) technologies and standards.
Industry IoT Consortium
The Industrial Distributed Ledger Task Group at Industry IoT Consortium (IIC) is responsible for the creation, maintenance and adoption of technical documents addressing industrial distributed ledger technologies.

Media Coverage

IoTeX launches confidential computing hardware stack
Manufacturing as a Service - Production without Owning Machines
How Digital Transformation Powers the Machine Economy
IoTeX and Arm to Present Groundbreaking Security Solution For IoT Cameras
ChatGPT says real-time data from web3, dePIN sources would optimize its potential
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Industry Contributions

Machine Economy – The New Frontier of Digital Transformation in IoT
An Industrial IoT Consortium’s (IIC) Journal of Innovation article providing valuable insights into emerging machine economy
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Machine Economy – The New Frontier of Digital Transformation in IoT
Automated Onboarding and Device Provisioning Best Practices
An Industrial IoT Consortium (IIC) best practices whitepaper about automated device onboarding schemes used in IIoT
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Automated Onboarding and Device Provisioning Best Practices
Identification of Information Entities
An Industrial IoT Consortium (IIC) whitepaper about existing and emerging identification schemes used in IIoT
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Identification of Information Entities
Trusted and Transparent Asset Tracking on the Edge
An Industrial IoT Consortium (IIC) tech brief about the use of secure edge devices and consortium blockchain for trusted and transparent asset tracking
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Trusted and Transparent Asset Tracking on the Edge
Impact of Distributed Ledgers on Provider Networks
An Industrial IoT Consortium (IIC) whitepaper about the operational impact of peer-to-peer distributed ledgers on the service provider network
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Impact of Distributed Ledgers on Provider Networks
Digital Transformation in Practice - Learning from IIC Deployments
An Industrial IoT Consortium’s (IIC) Journal of Innovation article providing valuable insights into digtial transformation for IIoT
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Digital Transformation in Practice - Learning from IIC Deployments
MOBI Trusted Trip Credential - Business Requirements & Technical Specifications
A Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI) standard describing the business requirments and technical specifications for building the MOBI Trust Trip
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MOBI Trusted Trip Credential - Business Requirements & Technical Specifications
A Technical Analysis of Confidential Computing V1.1
An Confidential Consortium (CCC) whitepaper providing a technical analysis of confidential computing and related technologies
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A Technical Analysis of Confidential Computing V1.1
Decentralized Identity for Edge Computing
An Industrial IoT Consortium (IIC) tech brief about the use of decentralized identifiers (DIDs) for edge computing
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Decentralized Identity for Edge Computing
Distributed Ledgers in IIoT
An Industrial IoT Consortium (IIC) whitepaper about the use of distributed ledger technologies in IIoT
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Distributed Ledgers in IIoT

Recent Talks

Building an IoT Device SDK - A Web3 Perspective
A talk about the impact of Web3 on building IoT device SDKs
May 17, 2023 11:15 AM Virtual
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Building an IoT Device SDK - A Web3 Perspective
Blockchain Meets IoT - A Research Perspective
A talk about research challenges and tools for building machine economy
May 11, 2023 3:00 PM In-Person/Virtual
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Blockchain Meets IoT - A Research Perspective
When SSI Meets IoT - Challenges and Opportunities
A talk about challenges and opportunities for applying SSI for IoT
May 11, 2023 12:40 PM In-Person/Virtual
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When SSI Meets IoT - Challenges and Opportunities
Unlocking the Trillion-Dollar Machine Economy with W3bstream
A talk about key aspects of W3bstream, a decentralized off-chain infrastructure for connecting smart devices to smart contracts
Nov 30, 2022 9:00 AM Virtual
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Unlocking the Trillion-Dollar Machine Economy with W3bstream
Impact of Distributed Ledgers on Provider Networks
An IIC webinar about impact of distributed ledgers on service provider networks
Feb 2, 2022 11:00 AM Virtual
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Impact of Distributed Ledgers on Provider Networks
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Recent Publications

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Xinxin Fan, Teik Guan Tan, Nicholas Ho, Shi Hong Choy (2024). Enabling a Smooth Migration Towards Post-Quantum Security for Ethereum. 2024 International Conference on Blockchain (ICBC 2024).

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Rabimba Karanjai, Sangwon Shin, Wujie Xiong, Xinxin Fan, Lin Chen, Tianwei Zhang, Taeweon Suh, Weidong Shi, Veronika Kuchta, Francesco Sica, Lei Xu (2024). TPU as Cryptographic Accelerator. The 13th International Workshop on Hardware and Architectural Support for Security and Privacy (HASP 2024).

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Ranjith Chodavarapu, Rabimba Karanjai, Xinxin Fan, Weidong Shi, Lei Xu (2024). Adding All Flavors: A Hybrid Random Number Generator for dApps and Web3. The 26th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2024).

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Jonathan Heiss, Fernando Castillo, Xinxin Fan (2024). Towards Credential-Based Device Registration in DApps for DePINs with ZKPs. 2024 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain 2024).

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Xinxin Fan, Xueping Yang (2024). Enabling Web2-Based User Authentication for Account Abstraction. 2024 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC 2024).

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Popular Topics

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