Regular biography
Prashant Nalini VASUDEVAN is a NUS Presidential Young Professor at the National University of Singapore, Department of Computer Science. His research areas include Algorithms & Theory and Security, with specific interests in Cryptography and Complexity Theory. His research projects focus on Computational Hardness Assumptions and the Foundations of Cryptography, aiming to broaden and diversify cryptography by identifying new computational hardness assumptions. He teaches courses such as CS3230 Design and Analysis of Algorithms and CS4236 Cryptography Theory and Practice.
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Prashant Nalini Vasudevan is a researcher at the National University of Singapore, specializing in Cryptography and Complexity Theory. His work explores foundational problems in cryptography, including secure computation, zero-knowledge proofs, and the design of cryptographic primitives such as verifiable delay functions and multi-collision-resistant hash functions. He investigates the theoretical underpinnings of cryptographic protocols, focusing on their security, efficiency, and applicability to real-world scenarios. His research also addresses privacy-preserving mechanisms, such as data deletion and the right to be forgotten, and contributes to the understanding of fine-grained hardness in computational complexity.