Sequoia Lab

Secure Quantum-era Integrated Architecture Lab

University of California, Merced

Publications

Our research has been published in leading conferences and journals on hardware security, post-quantum cryptography, and computer architecture.

(* Equal contribution)

2026

Clawdrain: Exploiting Tool-Calling Chains for Stealthy Token Exhaustion in Openclaw Agents

B Dong, H Feng, Q Wang

arXiv 2026

Secure and Efficient CAD-LLM Inference via GPU-Accelerated TEEs

H Feng, B Dong, Q Wang

MDTS 2026

CELLM: Confidential and Efficient Lightweight LLM Inference in TEEs

H Feng, B Dong, Q Wang

ISQED 2026

CipherShield: Safeguarding DNN Inputs from Ciphertext Side-Channels in TEE

H Feng, Y Liu, Q Wang

DAC 2026

OptHQC: Optimize HQC for High-Performance Post-Quantum Cryptography

B Dong, Q Wang

ISCAS 2026

2025

QTIME: A Machine Learning Framework for Timing Side-Channel Analysis in Quantum Circuit Simulators

B Dong, H Feng, Q Wang

ICCD 2025 View Publication

Optimizing Post-Quantum Crypto Algorithms in Embedded IoT Systems

B Dong, Q Wang

ISQED 2025 View Publication

Epquic: Efficient Post-Quantum Cryptography for QUIC-Enabled Secure Communication

B Dong, Q Wang

GLSVLSI 2025 View Publication

Tetrislock: Quantum Circuit Split Compilation with Interlocking Patterns

Q Wang, J John, B Dong, Y Liu

arXiv 2025 View Publication

Evaluating the Performance of the DeepSeek Model in Confidential Computing Environment

B Dong, Q Wang

arXiv 2025 View Publication

2024

Evaluating Post-Quantum Cryptography on Embedded Systems: A Performance Analysis

B Dong, Q Wang

arXiv 2024 View Publication