Authors' Name : Dr. O.S.L. Bhavana ( Assistant Professor )
Department : Computer Science and Engineering
Subject
Reg. invited talk of Dr. Bhavana Kanukurthi and Nishanth Chandran
Message
Time: Monday, September 30, 4:30 PM
Venue: LT21
Title: Research: What and Why
Abstract: In this talk, the speakers, both cryptographers, will give an overview of their research work in the areas of Rational Cryptography as well as Privacy Preserving Machine Learning, respectively. They will then share their perspectives on the pursuit of research and will discuss the benefits of pursuing a PhD.
Bio of Dr. Bhavana: Bhavana Kanukurthi is an Associate Professor at CSA, IISc. She received her PhD from Boston University, from where she received a research excellence award, and conducted her post-doctoral research at UCLA. Bhavana conducts research in Cryptography and publishes at venues such as Crypto, Eurocrypt, CCS, TCC and has an invited paper at Journal of Cryptology. Bhavana is a member of ACM-India Women's Council.
Title: Research: What and Why
Abstract: In this talk, the speakers, both cryptographers, will give an overview of their research work in the areas of Rational Cryptography as well as Privacy Preserving Machine Learning, respectively. They will then share their perspectives on the pursuit of research and will discuss the benefits of pursuing a PhD.
Bio of Dr. Bhavana: Bhavana Kanukurthi is an Associate Professor at CSA, IISc. She received her PhD from Boston University, from where she received a research excellence award, and conducted her post-doctoral research at UCLA. Bhavana conducts research in Cryptography and publishes at venues such as Crypto, Eurocrypt, CCS, TCC and has an invited paper at Journal of Cryptology. Bhavana is a member of ACM-India Women's Council.
Bio of Dr.Nishanth:Nishanth Chandran is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, India working on cryptography and cloud security. Prior to joining MSRI, Nishanth was a Researcher at AT&T Labs, and before that he was a Post-doctoral Researcher at MSR Redmond. Nishanth's research has received coverage in science journals and in the media at venues such as Nature and MIT Technology Review. His work on position-based cryptography was selected as one of the top 3 works and invited to QIP 2011 as a plenary talk. Nishanth received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA where he received the 2010 Chorafas Award for exceptional research. Nishanth is also a top ranking (A grade) All India Radio South Indian Classical (Carnatic) Violinist and has performed at international venues such as the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles (as part of legendary sitarist Late Pandit Ravi Shankar’s ensemble) and the Madras Music Academy, Chennai.
End Date & Time : 30-Oct-2024
Uploaded date : 30-Sep-2024