Research Interests

• Blockchain and cryptocurrencies
• Multiparty computation
• Cryptographic modes and protocols
• Computer networks and security

  Academic Background

• PhD (2006): KU Leuven
• MTech (2001): Indian Statistical Institute
• BE (1998): Jadavpur University

  recent Courses

• [2018-19W] CS554 Blockchain Technologies
• [2018-19W] CS254 Database Management Systems
• [2018-19M] CS202 Algorithms I
• [2018-19M] IC100 Intro. to Programming (Tutorial)
• Full list of courses
  

  Administrative Responsibilities

• July 2018 - till date: Convener, DPGC (EECS)
• Oct, 2017 - June, 2018: Convener, DPGC (CSE)
• Oct, 2017 - June, 2018: Convener, DUGC (CSE)
• Oct, 2017 - Jan, 2019: Faculty-in-charge, IIT Bhilai Website
• Oct, 2017 - Jan, 2019: Faculty-in-charge, Newsletter and Annual Report

  Professional Experience

• Oct, 2017-till date: Associate Professor, EECS, IIT Bhilai
• July, 2014- Oct, 2017: Assistant Professor, CSE at IIT Gandhinagar
• July, 2012 - June, 2014: Postdoc., CrySP, Univ. of Waterloo, Canada
• Jan, 2008 - June, 2012: Guest Researcher, Computer Security Division, NIST, USA
• Dec, 2006 - Jan, 2008: Postdoc., COSIC, KU Leuven, Belgium

  Awards and Recognition

• Excellence in Research Fellowship at IIT Gandhinagar, 2014
• Evaluation Committee Member for the US Govt. Hash Standard SHA-3 (Keccak), 2008 - 2012
• 99.9th percentile in WB JEE 1994 (Rank 111 out of 100,000+ candidates)
• Indian National Mathematical Olympiad (INMO) Award 1992 (All India Rank 26)
• Regional Mathematical Olympiad (RMO) Award 1991 (Eastern India Rank 16)

recent Publications

• [2018] Suyash Kandele and Souradyuti Paul, Key Assignment Scheme with Authenticated Encryption, IACR Transactions on Symmetric Cryptology, vol. 2018, no. 4, pp. 150-196. doi: 10.13154/tosc.v2018.i4.150-196
• [2018] Souradyuti Paul and Ananya Shrivastava, Robust Multiparty Computation with Faster Verification Time, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 10946, pp. 114-131.  Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-93638-3_8
• [2018] Suyash Kandele and Souradyuti Paul, Message-locked Encryption with File Update, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 10892, pp. 678 - 695. Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-93387-0_35
• [2017] Indra Deep Mastan and Souradyuti Paul, A New Approach to Deanonymization of Unreachable Bitcoin Nodes, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 11261, pp. 277 - 298. Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-02641-7_13
• [2017] Sudhakar Kumawat and Souradyuti Paul, A New Constant-Size Accountable Ring Signature Scheme Without Random Oracles, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 10726, pp. 157-179. Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-75160-3_11
• Full list of publications