Research Interests

Number Theory and Cryptography, Computer and Informaion Security, Algorithm Design and Analysis, Computational Complexity

Education

Ph.D. Candidate, School of Mathematics, Mathematics, University of Minnesota (UMN), Twin Cities

Advisor: Prof. Andrew Odlyzko

Minor: Computer Science

M.S. - Computer Science (GPA: 3.84/4.00), Department of Computer Science, UMN, Twin Cities, May 2007

M.S. - Mathematics (GPA: 3.91/4.00), School of Mathematics, UMN, Twin Cities, May 2007

Computer Skills

Languages: C/C++, Java, Fortran, Lisp

Applications/Packages: MATLAB, Mathematica, MS Office Suite, LaTeX

Operating Systems: UNIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Projects and Publications

Public-Key Encryption with Searchable Keywords based on Jacobi Symbols with Dr. Giovanni Di Crescenzo, Telcordia Technologies, Piscataway-NJ, Jul 2006 - Present

Applied Remote Cache-timing Attacks Against AES with Daniel Feldman and Denis Foo Kune, Institute of Technology, UMN, Twin Cities, May 2007

A Note on Cryptographic Multilinear Maps, Institute of Technology, UMN, Twin Cities, May 2005

Basic Lie Theory, School of Mathematics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bombay, July 2003

Experience

Research Assistant, Intelligent Storage Consortium, Digital Technology Center, UMN, Jun 2007 - Present

Teaching Assistant, Institute of Technology, UMN, Twin Cities, Aug 2003 - May 2007

Lectured, graded, and held recitations for various advanced graduate and undergraduate math courses including Cryptology and Number Theory, Coding Theory, Mathematical Logic, Complex Analysis, and General Algebra

Visitor, Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, Piscataway-NJ, Jul 2006 - Aug 2006

Research Fellow, Minnesota Center for Industrial Mathematics, UMN, Twin Cities, Jun 2006 - Aug 2006

Research Scholar, School of Mathematics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, Aug 2000 - July 2003

Awards

Full-tuition Scholarship and Assistantship, Graduate School, UMN, Twin Cities, 2003 - Present

TIFR Alumni Association Scholarship for Career Development, TIFR, Bombay, 2002 - 2003

Special Grant for Graduate Studies in USA, B. D. Bangur Endowment, Calcutta, July 2003

Scholarship for Graduate Studies in USA, Manoj Mody Foundation, Calcutta, July 2003

Membership

Nominee Member, American Mathematical Society