Scholar
Palash Sarkar
Google Scholar ID: VnxJWVEAAAAJ
Professor, Indian Statistical Institute
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,618
H-index
19
i10-index
48
Publications
20
Co-authors
39
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prize for Mathematical Sciences for the year 2011; B.M. Birla science prize for Mathematics for the year 2005; Honorary Professor, School of Computing, University of Kent, UK, 02/11/2020 to 31/10/2023; A paper at Asiacrypt 2017 co-authored with Sabyasachi Karati was recommended by the program chairs for invitation to the Journal of Cryptology; Best paper award Mycrypt 2016 for a paper co-authored with Sanjit Chatterjee, Neal Koblitz and Alfred Menezes; Scientific committee member for the workshop on Elliptic Curve Cryptography in 2012 and 2013; Program co-chair for Asiacrypt 2013 and Asiacrypt 2014; Program co-chair for Indocrypt 2002; PC member of over 80 international cryptology conferences including 14 IACR conferences and workshops.
Research Experience
- July 2011 onwards: Professor (HAG) at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata; June 2005 – June 2011: Professor at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata; October 2001 – May 2005: Associate professor at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata; September 2000 – September 2001: Postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research (CACR), University of Waterloo; May 1994 – August 2000: Computer programmer at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata; August 1993 – April 1994: Associate Information Technology Engineer at CMC Ltd. (a software company), Kolkata.
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy from the Indian Statistical Institute in 1999; Master of Technology in Computer Science from the Indian Statistical Institute in 1993; Bachelor of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Jadavpur University, 1991.
Background
- Main expertise is in cryptology. One of the early researchers in India to have started active research in cryptology within the country. At the national level, he has pioneered research in several important areas of cryptology. He also works on a variety of other topics including mathematical aspects of economics, Boolean functions, and discrete mathematics.
Miscellany
- Invited speaker at various international conferences including Asian Symmetric Key Symposium (Kolkata, India, 2024); International Conference on Cryptology in India (Indocrypt, 2015); International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Computing Science and Automatic Control (CINVESTAV, Mexico City, Mexico, 2015); 18th Workshop on Elliptic Curve Cryptography (Chennai, 2014); Workshop on Directions in Authenticated Ciphers (Stockholm, 2012); Asian Symmetric Key Symposium (Singapore, 2011); International Conference on Security Aspects in Information Technology, High-Performance Computing and Networking (Haldia, India, 2011).
