CV
Contact Information
Full Name
Mahesh Sreekumar Rajasree
Professional Title
Postdoctoral Researcher
Email
mahesh.sreekumar-rajasree@cispa.de
Location
Sankt Ingbert, Germany
Professional Summary
Postdoctoral researcher at CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security working on public-key cryptography, quantum cryptography, incompressible cryptography, and related areas of theoretical cryptography.
Experience
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2025Postdoctoral ResearcherCISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security
- Host: Prof. Nico Döttling
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2023Postdoctoral FellowIndian Institute of Technology Delhi
- Supervisor: Prof. Venkata Koppula
Education
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2016PhD & MTechIndian Institute of Technology Kanpur
- Advisor: Prof. Manindra Agrawal
- PhD Thesis: Analysis of Symmetric-Key Cryptosystems and the Subset-Sum Problem
- MTech Thesis: New Results and Proofs in Lattice Theory
- CPI: 10/10
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2012BTechNational Institute of Technology Calicut
- Advisor: Dr. Sumesh T.A.
- BTech Thesis: Firewall for Preventing Anonymous Proxy Usage
- CPI: 8.89/10
Awards
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2025
- Outstanding Paper Award at TCC 2025
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2023
- Best Student Presentation Award at CALDAM 2023
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2022
- Best Student Presentation Award at CALDAM 2022
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2018
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2017
- Awarded Academic Excellence at IIT Kanpur
Professional Activities
- Reviewed papers for INDOCRYPT 2021, MFCS 2023, FSTTCS 2023, Journal of Cryptology, EUROCRYPT 2023, ASIACRYPT 2024, ITCS 2025, EUROCRYPT 2025, PKC 2025, ICALP 2025, CRYPTO 2025, STOC 2026, ICALP 2026.
- Part of the Indian team for the Australian-India Cyber and Critical Technology Partnership (AICCTP). The partnership supports Australia-India research collaborations on ethical frameworks for emerging and critical technologies, along with best practices and standards that advance the interests of Australia and India.
Volunteer Work
- Delivered a lecture in the Continuing Education Programme for employees at the Centre for Railway Information Systems, IIT Delhi, 2024.
- Delivered a lecture in the STEM Mentorship Program for High School Girl Students, IIT Delhi, 2023.
- Volunteer at Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, FSTTCS 2017.
- Volunteer at Cybersecurity Awareness Week CSAW 2017.
- Head Coordinator of Special Interest Group on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science SIGTACS at IIT Kanpur.
Languages
- English
- Malayalam
- Hindi
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Interests
- Playing piano
- Wall climbing
- Photography