
Dr. Protik Kumar Paul
Postdoctoral Researcher
Contact
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Work
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Darmstadt
I am a post-doctoral researcher at the Cryptography and Privacy Engineering Group (ENCRYPTO) in the Department of Computer Science at Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany.
Before joining ENCRYPTO, I completed my Ph.D. under Dr. Arpita Patra at the CSA Dept, IISC. My Ph.D. thesis, titled “Ankora: Notions of Multi-party Computation and Zero-knowledge Beyond Conventional Models,” studies various unconventional adversarial notions for multi-party computation (MPC) and zero-knowledge. My primary research interest is developing theoretical and practical aspects of both MPC and ZK.
Before my Ph.D., I completed my M.Sc. in Mathematics from IIT Bombay, and I served as an assistant professor at ITER College, SoA University, at the Department of Centre of Applied Mathematics and Computation. There, I was assigned to teach the Design and Analysis of Algorithms, which motivated me to learn more about theoretical computer science. My research is mostly related to Zero Knowledge proofs and Multi-Party Computation. I am very fond of outdoor activities. I enjoy playing football, badminton and traveling.