Yu Ou received a B.E. degree from the Hengyang Normal University, Hengyang, China, in 2018, and a M.S. degree from Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China, in 2021. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree with the Guilin University of Electronic Technology. His current research interests include the side channel analysis and deep learning.

Prof. Yongzhuang Wei received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in cryptology from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 2004 and 2009, respectively. Since July 2011, he has been doing research with the State Key Laboratory of Information Security, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Since September 2014, he has been with the Guangxi Key Laboratory of Cryptography and Information Security, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, where he is currently a Full Professor. He is also a member of the Chinese Association for Cryptologic Research (CACR). His current research interests include Boolean functions, stream ciphers, block ciphers, and hash functions.

René Rodrı́guez-Aldama received a B.S. degree in physics and mathematics from the Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo (UMSNH), Morelia, Mexico, in 2016, a joint M.S. degree in pure mathematics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and UMSNH, and a Ph.D. degree in mathematics from the University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia, in 2022. Since 2022, he has been a Researcher with the Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies (Famnit), University of Primorska, and the Andrej Marusic Institute (IAM). His current research interests include algebra, coding theory, combinatorics, and cryptology.

Fengrong Zhang received a B.S. degree in mathematics from the Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, China, in 2006, and a M.S. degree in mathematics and a Ph.D. degree in cryptography from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 2009 and 2012, respectively. He is currently a Professor with the School of Cyber Engineeing, Xidian University. His current research interests include Boolean functions and symmetric cryptography.