Centre for Security, Theory and Algorithms

Security, Theory, and Algorithms deals with the funadmental discpline in Computer Sciene dealing with how to devise efficient algorithms for various problems, modeling and abstractization of various concepts, and security guarantees of the computation when operating in an adverse environment. Recent trends include algorithms for distributed systems, security of systems and networks and the like.

The center is working on several cutting edge problems in several of the above areas.Several secure solutions for problems arising in the field of system security and network security such as security of routing protocols, efficient authentication protocols, are proposed. The center aslo works on conceptualizing and abstracting the fundamental computation in several inter-disciplinary areas such as secure algorithms for computer vision, security of robotic systems, and the like. The center also works on efficient implementations of parallel algorithms on present generation architectures such as the GPU, the IBM Cell, and multicore architectures.

The center envisions itself to play a nodal role in the country for all aspects of theory of computing, information security and algorithms, and hence is actively pursuing research in several important aspects of the above areas.

The center also runs a post-graduate program, M. Tech., in Computer Science and Information Security under the aegis of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT), Goverment of India. The center teaches several advanced courses in the above areas such as System and Network Security, Research in Information Security, Parallel Algorithms and Programming, apart from supporting the core courses for the undergraduate programmes of the institute.

Subareas

1. Fault Tolerance Distributed Computing
2. Key Management
3. Secure Multiparty Computation
4. Secure Routing Protocols
5. High Performance Computing
6. Theory of Computing
7. Algorithms
8. System Security and Network Security

Teaching Programmes (associated with Security, Theory and Algorithms)

Post-graduate Programmes

1. M.Tech in Computer Science and Information Security

Major Funded Projects

1. Information Security Education and Awareness (2006-2011) (Ministry of Communication and Information, Government of India, New Delhi)
2. Acyclic Edge Colouring of (Complete) Graphs (2008-2011) (Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi)
3. IBM Hybrid Multicore Center of Excellence
4. Microsoft OpenSource Technology Project (2008-2009) (Microsoft)
5. Learning-by-Doing (LBD) - Based Course Content Development (2010-2011) (Ministry of Human Resource Development, Dept. of Higher Education, Distance Learning Division, Govt. of India)
6. V Labs - Principles of Information Security (2010-2012) (MHRD)
7. V Labs - Data Structures (2010-2012) (MHRD)

Achievements

Others

1. K. Srinathan was awarded the IBM Outstanding Ph. D. Thesis Award in 2006.
2. K. Srinathan was awarded the Microsoft Young Faculty Fellowship in the year 2008.

Conferences Organized

1. International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN), January 2009.
2. Workshop on Multicore Techologies, July 2009.
3. Workshop on Hybrid Multi-core Computing Held in conjunction with HiPC 2010 Goa, December 19, 2010

Faculty

1. Bezawada Bruhadeshwar
2. Ashok Kumar Das
3. Kishore Kothapalli (Head)
4. Shatrunjay Rawat
5. Kannan Srinathan

Lecturers/Research Lecturers

1. Anandaswarup Das

Students

1. Shivam Agrawal
2. Ashish Asawa
3. Shardool Vinod Desai
4. Saurabh Avinash Deshpande
5. K V M Bhavani Kumar
6. Brijesh Pandey
7. Ashish Kumar Shah
8. Sashidhar Thallam
9. Malavya Sundeep Boyella
10. Syamala Chandrasekhar
11. Shaikh Falahedin
12. S K Manoj
13. A Srinivas Reddy
14. Pranay Sharma
15. pradeep gangishetty
16. shashank.agrawal@research.iiit.ac.in
17. Mahaveer Deora
18. Sankalp Khare
19. Sandeep Chundru
20. Dip Shankar Banerjee
21. Anil Kishore
22. Nisarg Raval
23. P Madhuchand Rushi
24. Kiran Kumar Matham
25. Romanch Agrawal
26. Vinayak Ch
27. Sarath Chandra
28. Nagaraga Kaushik Gampa
29. Prasanth Gopal
30. Abhinav Mehta
31. M Poornima
32. Jyothish Soman
33. Niraj kumar
34. Shashank Lagishetti
35. Rishabh Mukherjee
36. Kiran Kumar Neelisetty
37. Satish Varagani
38. Piyush Bansal
39. Anandaswarup Das