National Workshop On Cryptology 2023

In Association With Cryptology Research Society Of India (CRSI) and IEEE Communications Society - Delhi Chapter

1-5 August 2023, The LNMIIT Jaipur, India


Introduction

The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur, in association with Cryptology Research Society of India (CRSI) shall be hosting National Workshop on Cryptology (NWC) 2023 in Campus from 1st to 5th August 2023. The event shall have invited talks by eminent researchers and practitioners working in the area of Cryptology in various organizations and academic institutes across the country. Subject areas of the invited talks shall include Post-Quantum Cryptography, Light-Weight Cryptography, Homomorphic Encryption and other advanced areas in Applied Cryptology. Workshop participants’ profile is expected to be a mix of students working in the area of cryptology; Data Security, cryptography products’ users from various defense and security agencies and cryptology product developers from organizations and companies across the country.

The event is expected to increase collaboration amongst cryptology researchers within the National Community. It shall also help expose students and other workshop participants, to the cutting-edge frontiers of research and development in Cryptology and Data Security. The event shall help the LNMIIT to create more collaboration opportunities with academia as well as industry partners for carrying out National Projects in the areas of Cryptology and Data Security.

As a part of this workshop, an exhibit of posters in cryptology; allied areas is also planned. Those interested may refer to 'Invite for Posters' tab.

For Workshop Registration, please refer to 'Registration' tab.

For Any general queries related to NWC 2023, Emails can be sent to nwc2023@lnmiit.ac.in

Invite for Posters

We invite posters from cryptology groups from academic institutes and organizations across India to be exhibited during National Workshop on Cryptology 2023. The poster should be related to the current and futuristic applied cryptology research advancements possibly also highlighting the contributions of the exhibiting cryptology group. The poster will have to be brought by its authors to the LNMIIT Jaipur Campus on or before Day 1 of the National Workshop on Cryptology 2023.

The authors shall be responsible for producing, printing, and bringing the poster to the LNMIIT Jaipur. The poster format is A0 (841mm × 1189mm - 33.1 in × 46.8 in) Details Here



The author has to email the title and brief description of the poster to nwc2023@lnmiit.ac.in with the email subject “Poster for NWC2023” by 23rd of July, 2023 and confirmation will be sent to the author via email by 26th of July 2023. One of the authors need to be present to showcase the poster during the event breaks (Morning and afternoon tea breaks, lunch) in NWC 2023 from 1st to 5th August 2023. Wall-space shall be provided near the workshop hall to paste the posters with double-sided tape.



Areas of interest include applied cryptology such as (but are not limited to) the following topics

  • Introduction to Cryptography
  • Symmetric Key Cryptography
  • Cryptanalysis
  • Public Key Cryptography 
  • Hash function
  • Secret Sharing
  • Multi Party Computation
  • Internet of Things



Schedule

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5

Day 1

09:00 - 10:00
Inauguration
10:30-12:30
Some recent advances in Cryptology by Dr. Bimal Roy
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00-15:30
Attacks on Symmetric Key Designs by Dr. Mridul Nandi

Day 2

10:00-11:00
An Introduction to Secret Sharing Schemes for Secure Data Sharing - Part I by Dr. Avishek Adhikari
11:30-12:30
An Introduction to Secret Sharing Schemes for Secure Data Sharing - Part II by Dr. Avishek Adhikari
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
15:00-16:30
Mathematcal Hard Problems- Assumption and Cryptnalysis, Cryptographic Primitives by Dr. Jayprakash Kar

Day 3

10:00-11:30
Few Open Issues Related to Secret Sharing by Dr. Avishek Adhikari
12:00-13:30
Selected Topics in Quantum Cryptography by Dr. Arpita Maitra
13:30 - 15:00
Lunch break
15:00-16:30
Cybersecurity Threat Modeling using Meta Attack Language by Dr. Ashish Kumar Dwivedi

Day 4

10:00-11:30
DeFI Security by Dr. Mohit Gupta
12:00-13:30
Pairing based Cryptography by Dr. Somitra Sanadhya
13:30 - 15:00
Lunch break
15:00-16:30
Hands-on: Cybersecurity Threat Modeling using Meta Attack Language by Dr. Ashish Kumar Dwivedi

Day 5

10:00-11:30
Selected Poster Presentaion
12:00-13:30
Trust in Sensory Data: Case studuies for IoT and CP by Dr. Suchetana Chakraborty
13:30 - 15:00
Lunch break
15:00-16:30
Blockchain trilemmas - past, present and future by Dr. Pandurangan Chandrasekaran

Venue

Conference venue: Lecture hall 17, RIEP building, the LNMIIT Jaipur

The conference will be held at the LNMIIT Jaipur. The institute is located in the outskirts of Jaipur city.
From New-Delhi: Well connected by road, rail and air.
From Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata: Well connected by rail and air.
Approximate distance to LNMIIT from: Railway Station is 17.5 km, Airport is 23.2 km & Bus Stand is 16.4 km.

We'll provide tranport option from Hotel Ramada, Raja Park Jaipur, which is around 13 km from the institute.
We suggest you to book hotels around the Raja Park area if you want to avail the pickup services from the institute.

Registration

There is no cost for attending the workshop for students, professionals from industry and government organizations and faculty members doing thesis/ research/ projects in cryptology & allied areas. However, prior registration is mandatory. Request for registration can be given below

Note for students interested in attending the workshop: A limited Number of Student Travel Grants are sponsored by CRSI and IEEE Communications Society-Delhi Chapter for PhD/ PG/ Final year UG students working in the area of cryptology and other allied areas in network security. As part of the student travel grants, round-trip AC 3 Tier fares of Indian Railways from student's place of study to Jaipur can be reimbursed subject to presenting the proof of travel and full attendance in NWC on all the 5 days. Interested students may give request for registration ASAP

Registration details
(i) CRSI student member : full weiver
(ii) CRSI life member not student : INR 1200
(iii) Other : INR 2000

To pay the registration amount, please tranfer the amount to the following account and then share the transaction details on the registration link.

Payment Through wire transfer:
Account Name: The LNM Institute of Information Technology (Write as much as you can in the name section)
Account Number: 51089005531
Branch: SBI, Secretariat, Jaipur, Rajasthan
SWIFT Code: SBININBB154
BRANCH CODE: 31031
IFSC Code: SBIN0031031
MICR: 302002103

There are limited workshop seats which may get filled any time on First-come basis so Hurry and submit your Request for Registration ASAP!

Expert Speakers

Bimal Roy

ISI Kolkata

Mridul Nandi

ISI Kolkata

Somitra Kumar Sanadhya

IIT Jodhpur

Avishek Adhikari

Presidency University Kolkata

Arpita Maitra

TCG Crest

Suchetna Chakraborty

IIT Jodhpur

C Pandu Rangan

IIT Madaras

Jayaprakash Kar

The LNMIIT Jaipur

Organizing Team

Programme Committee




Organizing Committee


Chief Patron

Prof. Rahul Banerjee, Director, LNMIIT Jaipur,India

General Chair



Members

  • Shweta Bhandari, LNMIIT Jaipur,India
  • Pawan Kumar LNMIIT Jaipur,India
  • Ashish Kumar Dwivedi LNMIIT Jaipur,India
  • Sakthi Balan, LNMIIT Jaipur,India
  • Subrat Dash, LNMIIT Jaipur,India
  • Sandeep Saini, LNMIIT Jaipur,India