I am an assistant professor (tenure track) at the University of Innsbruck in the department of Computer Science.
Research Interests My research interests lie in the area of cryptography and its applications. I am interested in designing cryptographic primitives, cryptanalysis, and application of cryptography in security and privacy. I am also interested in statistical machine learning and its interplay with cryptography and security.
Prior Positions I was a lecturer (2020 - 09/2023) at the Alpen-Adria Unviersity Klagenfurt in the Cybersecurity Research group led by Prof. Elisabeth Oswald. Prior to that, I was a senior research associate (09/2017 - 2019) at the Unviersity of Bristol, UK in the cryptography research group, and a postdoc researcher (06/2014 - 04/2017) at the Technical University of Denmark in the Cybersecurity group hosted by Prof. Christian Rechberger.
I received PhD in Computer Science from the University of Luxembourg in 2014. My doctoral research topic was security aspects of symmetric-key primitives and my thesis supervisor was Prof. Alex Biryukov.
My academic background is in Mathematics. I received master’s (M.Sc from the Indian Institute of Technology) and bachelor’s (B.Sc with Hons.) degrees in Mathematics. I also hold a master’s (M.Tech from the Indian Statistical Institute) degree in Computer Science.
Professional Activities
Program committees: SCN 2022, CT-RSA (2024, 2022), Indocrypt 2020, PKC 2020, FSE (ToSC) 2019.
Organizer: ALPSY 2024; SILC Workshop (co-located with Eurocrypt 21)
External reviewer: Asiacrypt (2021, 2020, 2018, 2012), FSE (2020, 2016, 2013, 2012), SAC 2020, Eurocrypt (2019, 2015), Crypto (2018, 2011), ACNS (2017, 2014), CT-RSA 2015, CHES 2013.
NEWS
- Paper on efficient modes for algebraic hashing is accepted at IEEE CSF 2024.
- Paper on a new expanding PRF and its application is accepted at ACNS 2024.
- Paper on a new KDF and its application to Signal (like) protocol(s) is accepted at ACM ASIACCS 2024.