I am a student at IIIT Hyderabad.
I am in 5th year of my Dual-Degree (B.Tech.(Hons) + M.S. by Research) Program.
Currently I am working in Center for Security, Theory & Algorithmic Research (CSTAR) under the guidance of Dr. K. Srinathan.
I am interested in Complexity theory, Cryptography and Fault-tolerant Distributed Computing. I am also keen to explore other areas in Theoretical Computer Science.
Secure Message Transmission in Directed Networks with Computational Routers (PDF will be up soon)
Publication: Minimal Connectivity for Unconditionally Secure Message Transmission in Synchronous Directed Networks. Manan Nayak, Shashank Agrawal, Kannan Srinathan. In the 5th International Conference on Information Theoretic Security (ICITS 2011). [Full Version on ePrint.]
I have also been studying topics in Complexity Theory under the guidance of Dr. Suresh Purini.
Recently attended The 2011 School in Approximability at IISc Bangalore.
Secured 5th position in the ACM ICPC Amritapuri Regionals, 2011. Teamname: AntiThesis.
TopCoder Handle: lucyfer
I like reading, watching movies, listening to music and playing guitar in my free time.