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Assistant Professor
Education : Ph.D. (University of Luxembourg)
Dr. Srinivas Vivek joined the Institute as Assistant Professor in January 2018.
Prior Research/Academic Experience
Previously, he was a (post-doctoral) Research Associate in the Cryptography group of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Bristol between Jun'15-Dec'17. Prof. Nigel Smart was his supervisor.
He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, in 2015. He was affiliated to the Laboratory of Algorithmics, Cryptology and Security (LACS) in the Computer Science and Communications Research Unit. His doctoral thesis was in Cryptography and was supervised by Prof. Jean-Sébastien Coron and Prof. David Galindo.
He did his M. Sc. (Engg.) at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, between 2008-2011. He was affiliated to the Department of Computer Science & Automation. His thesis was supervised by Prof. Veni Madhavan. Prior to this, he obtained B. Tech. in Information Technology from National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India, in 2008.
- Programming 1 (C Programming) (Aug-Dec 2019 + Nov 2020-Mar 2021 edition co-taught with Prof. Yashavant Kanetkar)
- Discrete Mathematics and Computability (Aug-Dec 2018 + 2019 + 2020, all editions co-taught with Prof. Meenakshi D'Souza)
- Cryptographic Engineering (Aug-Dec 2018 + 2019 + 2020)
- Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning (Jan-May 2020, co-taught with Prof. Ashish Choudhury)
- Foundations of Cryptography (Jan-May 2021, co-taught with Prof. Ashish Choudhury)
Research Interests
He is interested in the interplay between the theory and the implementation aspects of cryptographic systems. His main research interests are in the design, analysis and implementation of side-channel countermeasures, and homomorphic encryption schemes. His other research interests include algorithmic number theory.
Publications
His publications are available at DBLP and Google Scholar.
Editorial Board/ Program Committee Memberships
Awards/ Grants
- Inspire Faculty Award. Agency: Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Amount: ₹ 3,500,000. Duration: 5 years (Feb 2018 - Feb 2023).
- Privacy Issues in Sharing Platforms. Company: Sonata Software Ltd., Bengaluru, IN. Role: Principal Investigator. Amount: ₹ 3,000,000. Duration: 3 years (Feb 2018 - Feb 2021).