Souradyuti Paul (born 1976) is an Indian cryptologist. Formerly a member of COSIC, he is currently working as an associate professor at Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai[1] 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
- RC4A
- RCR-32, RCR-64.
He also contributed to the design of a hash function iteration mode of operation Fast-widepipe.[2] 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.[3]
References
- ^ "Souradyuti Paul | IIT Gandhinagar". www.iitgn.ac.in. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ Mridul Nandi and Souradyuti Paul. Speeding Up the Widepipe: Secure and Fast Hashing. In Guang Gong and Kishan Gupta, editor, Indocrypt 2010, Springer, 2010.
- ^ "Cryptographic Hash Algorithm Competition". NIST. 13 May 2009.
External links
- Souradyuti Paul's homepage at the Catholic University of Leuven
- Souradyuti Paul's weblog addressing computer security related issues
- Souradyuti Paul's Crypto Lounge Entry