Nonlinear Cellular Automata: A Better Cryptographic Primitive

Speaker: Prof. Dipanwita Roy Chowdhury

Brief Bio of the Speaker: Prof. Roy Chowdhury has received her B.Tech and M.Tech degrees in Computer Science from University of Calcutta in 1987 and 1989 respectively, and the PhD degree from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 1994. She is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. Prof. Roy Chowdhury is the recipient of INSA Young Scientist Award and Associate of Indian Academy of Science and is the fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineers (INAE). She is also a member of IEEE and a life member of CRSI (Cryptology Research Society of India). Her current research interests are in the field of Cellular Automata, Cryptography & Security, Error Correcting Code, and VLSI & Embedded Systems. She has published more than 250 technical papers in renowned International Journals and Conferences.

Formal Logic of Cellular Automata

Speaker: Prof. Sukanta Das, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Information Technology, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, India

This talk on "Formal Logic of Cellular Automata", a work by Prof. Sukanta Das and Prof. Mihir K. Chakraborty, was first delivered to AUTOMATA 2020 on 10-AUG-2020. On our request, Prof. Das gave a seminar on the same topic as the first session of our Webinar Series on Cellular Automata.