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General Information
Who | Varun Maram |
What | Researcher interested in quantum-secure cryptography, and related topics |
Where | London, United Kingdom |
Education
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2019 - 2023 -
2017 - 2019 -
2013 - 2017 Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.)
IIT Roorkee, India - Computer Science and Engineering
- Mathematics (minor)
Work Experience
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2024 - now -
2022 (Jun - Sep) Research Intern
Visa Research, USA - Was part of the Advanced Cryptography team, and worked on constructing quantum secure public-key encryption schemes in the standard model.
- Internship led to
- PKC'24 publication (best paper)
- PQCrypto'23 publication
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2021 (Jun - Sep) Research Intern
Visa Research, USA - Was part of the Advanced Cryptography team, and worked on analysing quantum (in)security of widely-used blockcipher modes of operation.
- Internship led to
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2016 (May - Jul) Research Intern
Adobe BigData Experience Lab, India - Conducted research on augmented reality in the context of digital marketing.
- Internship led to
- ISMAR'17 poster
- 3 patents
Standardization Efforts
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2020 - now Classic McEliece
- Round 4 submission to NIST's post-quantum cryptography standardization project in the public-key encryption and key-establishment category. It is also being considered for ISO standardization.
Selected Honors and Awards
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2024 - Best Paper Award, PKC'24
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2023 - Best Paper Award, PKC'23
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2017 - Master's Scholarship, Dept. of Computer Science, ETH Zürich
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2014 - Aditya Birla Group Scholarship (Engineering Stream)
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2011 -
2011 - Bronze Medal, 16th International Astronomy Olympiad
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2011 - Gold Medal, 13th National Science Olympiad
Patents
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Creating Targeted Content Based on Detected Characteristics of an Augmented Reality Scene
- Patent no. US 10922716 B2
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Identifying Augmented Reality Visuals Influencing User Behavior in Virtual-Commerce Environments
- Patent no. US 10950060 B2
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Method, Medium, and System for Product Recommendations Based on Augmented Reality Viewpoints
- Patent no. US 10475103 B2