Nationality Indian Name Souradyuti Paul | Fields Cryptography | |
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Institutions University of Waterloo
NIST
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Alma mater Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Indian Statistical Institute
Jadavpur University Known for Hash Functions
Cryptanalysis
Fast Wide-pipe Hash Mode
Stream Ciphers
NIST SHA-3 Competition Residence Washington, D.C., United States Education Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Indian Statistical Institute | ||
Souradyuti Paul is an Indian cryptologist (b. 1976). Formerly a member of COSIC, he is currently working as an assistant professor at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar and a Guest Researcher for the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the United States. He participated in cryptanalysis of RC4, Helix and Py family of ciphers among others. He has co-designed the following ciphers
He also contributed to the design of a hash function iteration mode of operation Fast-widepipe. While working at NIST Dr. Paul has worked towards the development of US government secure hash standard SHA-3 being selected through a public competition.
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