We are glad to inform you that two research papers from our Cryptology research group have been accepted for presentation at IACR CRYPTO 2026, the 46th Annual International Cryptology Conference, one of the most prestigious conferences in cryptography with a CORE ranking of A*.
This achievement highlights the group’s continued contributions to cutting‑edge research in cryptography and security.
Paper #1: Mriganka Dey, Sampa Dey, Sampurna Pal, Subhabrata Samajder, Rana Barua; Beyond Quadratic: Unlocking Pseudorandomness with Quartic Character.
Paper #2: Nilanjan Datta, Hrithik Nandi, Soumit Pal, Yu Sasaki, Pattrick Struck, Maximiliane Weishäupl; Generic Committing Attacks: Zero-Padded Ascon is Less Secure than Expected.
We congratulate all the authors, particularly our research scholars Mriganaka Dey and Hrithik Nandi for this outstanding achievement and thank them for bringing recognition to the institution through their impactful research.