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