Shota Yamada is a researcher at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan. His main research interests are in cryptography, information security, and generally, theoretical computer science. Previously, he was a postdoctoral scholar at AIST with Dr. Goichiro Hanaoka. Prior to that, Yamada earned his PhD from The University of Tokyo. During his doctorial studies, he was supervised by Professor Noboru Kunihiro in Cryptography.