Md Shawmoon Azad

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Computer Science

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH, USA

I am a Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Computer Science at Cleveland State University, where my research focuses on quantum information security, post-quantum cryptography, and hybrid quantum-classical systems.

My current work investigates quantum-safe communication protocols, particularly the integration of classical and post-quantum cryptographic mechanisms for secure and efficient communication. I am also exploring reinforcement learning for security-aware protocol optimization and quantum circuit design, with an interest in improving the efficiency and practical applicability of quantum technologies.

Previously, I served as a Quantum Research Assistant at the Optics-Quantum & AI Lab and the NSU Center of Quantum Computing (NCQC) at North South University. My research involved the development of quantum key distribution and hybrid cryptographic frameworks for secure image transmission, audio communication, and cloud security. I have also worked on machine learning, explainable AI, and data-driven applications across interdisciplinary domains.

My research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and conferences, including the Journal of Information Security and Applications, IET Quantum Communication, Alexandria Engineering Journal, Engineering Science and Technology, Array, PLOS ONE and IEEE GLOBCOM.

In addition to my research, I contribute to the academic community as a peer reviewer for Advanced Quantum Technologies and Quantum Engineering.

Research Interests

I am interested in building secure and intelligent systems for the quantum era by focusing on quantum-safe communication, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence.

Quantum Security

Quantum key distribution, post-quantum cryptography, hybrid security systems, and secure communication.

Quantum Computing

Quantum algorithms, quantum machine learning, variational quantum circuits, and efficient quantum computing.

AI for Quantum Systems

Reinforcement learning for quantum circuit design, cryptographic policy selection, and system optimization.

news

May 10, 2026	Reached 100+ Google Scholar citations across my quantum security, applied AI, and machine learning research.
Jan 15, 2026	QuCloud was published in Journal of Information Security and Applications, combining QKD, post-quantum cryptography, and custom proxy re-encryption for cloud storage security.
Sep 09, 2025	Our chaos-assisted QKD image transmission paper was published in IET Quantum Communication.
Aug 22, 2025	Our quantum-assisted secure audio communication paper was published in Engineering Science and Technology.
Aug 14, 2025	Started my Graduate degree in Computer Science at Cleveland State University.

selected publications

JISA

QuCloud: Enhancing cloud storage security by combining quantum key distribution, post-quantum cryptography, and custom proxy re-encryption

A. T. Zarin, others, Md Shawmoon Azad, and 1 more author

Journal of Information Security and Applications, 2026

Abs DOI Bib

@article{zarin2026qucloud,
  title = {QuCloud: Enhancing cloud storage security by combining quantum key distribution, post-quantum cryptography, and custom proxy re-encryption},
  author = {Zarin, A. T. and others and Azad, Md Shawmoon and others},
  journal = {Journal of Information Security and Applications},
  volume = {99},
  pages = {104449},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jisa.2026.104449},
}

IET QTC
Quantum Secure Image Transmission: A Chaos-Assisted QKD Approach Using Entanglement

R. Rahman, Md Shawmoon Azad, and others

IET Quantum Communication, 2025

Abs DOI Bib Code

An entanglement-based E91 QKD and chaos-assisted encryption framework for secure image transmission with eavesdropping detection.
@article{rahman2025chaosqkd, title = {Quantum Secure Image Transmission: A Chaos-Assisted QKD Approach Using Entanglement}, author = {Rahman, R. and Azad, Md Shawmoon and others}, journal = {IET Quantum Communication}, year = {2025}, doi = {10.1049/qtc2.70016}, }

AEJ

Multi-layered Security: Integrating QKD with Classical Cryptography to Enhance Steganographic Security

A. Sykot, Md Shawmoon Azad, and others

Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2025

Abs DOI Bib

@article{sykot2025multilayered,
  title = {Multi-layered Security: Integrating QKD with Classical Cryptography to Enhance Steganographic Security},
  author = {Sykot, A. and Azad, Md Shawmoon and others},
  journal = {Alexandria Engineering Journal},
  volume = {121},
  pages = {167--182},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1016/j.aej.2025.02.056},
}

JEST

QSAC: Quantum-assisted Secure Audio Communication using Entanglement, Audio Steganography, and Classical Encryption

M. R. I. Rifat, others, Md Shawmoon Azad, and 1 more author

Engineering Science and Technology, 2025

Abs DOI Bib

@article{rifat2025qsac,
  title = {QSAC: Quantum-assisted Secure Audio Communication using Entanglement, Audio Steganography, and Classical Encryption},
  author = {Rifat, M. R. I. and others and Azad, Md Shawmoon and others},
  journal = {Engineering Science and Technology},
  volume = {70},
  pages = {102167},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jestch.2025.102167},
}