Security and Information Lab (SIL)

Department of Mathematics

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Research Areas at SIL

Core Cryptography Topics

  1. Functional encryption and attribute-based cryptosystems
  2. Elliptic curves and pairing-based cryptography
  3. Oblivious transfer and private set intersection protocols
  4. Lattice-based cryptography
  5. Coding theory and combinatorial applications in WSN
  6. Multilinear maps and their applications
  7. Obfuscation: constructions and applications
  8. Code-based cryptography
  9. Multivariate public key crypto-system
  10. Isogeny-based cryptography
  11. Financial crypto for sharing economy

Applied and Emerging Areas

  1. Algebraic cryptanalysis on symmetric cipher
  2. Cloud computing
  3. Digital rights management
  4. Key pre-distribution for wireless sensor networks
  5. Time/Memory trade-off cryptanalysis
  6. Functional encryption
  7. Quantum cryptography
  8. Blockchain, Bitcoin, and cryptocurrency