PRAVEEN GAURAVARAM

    BP

    I am a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Mathematics (MAT) at Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark. Here are my contact details.

    Research

    I have completed my PhD in the area of hash functions in the Information Security Institute (ISI) at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia in June 2007.
    The title of my PhD thesis is "Cryptographic Hash Functions: Cryptanalysis, Design and Applications". Some of the many facets of Information Security that I am interested in are:
  • Applications of Cryptology
  • Analysis and Design of Block and Stream Ciphers
  • Formal Analysis and Design of Cryptographic Protocols
  • Side-Channel Cryptanalysis
  • Public Key Cryptography
  • Mobile Systems Security
  • Legal Issues in Information Security

    • Publications

    My recent publications are available here. My previous publications.
    are available here.

    Research Grants

    So far, I have secured the following grants.
  • Formal analysis of cryptographic hash functions from The Danish Research Council of Technology and Production Sciences and the Research Council of Nature Sciences for an amount of DKK 1.6 Million for the period August, 2009 - July, 2011 (A website will appear here soon.)
  • SHA-3 hash function from The Danish Research Council of Technology and Production Sciences for an amount of DKK 770,000.00 for the period August, 2008 - July, 2009.

    Professional activities

    • Program Committee member of ECRYPT Workshop on Cryptographic Hash Functions (2007)
    • Program Committee member of The First International EDM Workshop (2006)
    • External Reviewer for Asiacrypt 2009, Eurocrypt 2008, Crypto 2008, Design, Codes and Cryptography Journal.

    Some useful links in Cryptology: particularly in hash functions and MACs

  • Bart Preneel's PhD Thesis: Analysis and Design of Hash Functions
  • Joan Daemen's PhD Thesis: Cipher and Hash Function Design, Strategies based on linear and differential cryptanalysis
    • Helger Lipmaa's Cryptology pointers
    • Hash function Lounge

    Useful links for researchers in any discipline

    • A good reference on the PhD Journey is given by Prof. Mihir Bellare. It is a good source of valuable information for both students and supervisors.
    • My thoughts on the qualities of a good researcher .
    • Some advantages and disadvantages of being employed as a Postdoctoral researcher .

    Miscellaneous

    • Some roles in the works in Information Security.
    Security Architect,  Security Analyst,  Security Engineer,  Security Administrator
    • One of the inspiring articles; the life of Louis Braille .