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SUMMARY:The Landscape of Exact Round Complexity in Secure Multi-Party Compu
 tation
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Arpita Patra (IISC Bangalore)\n\nAbstract: \n\nSecure 
 Multi-Party Computation (MPC) is a central problem in cryptography\, often
  regarded as its holy grail. It enables a group of mutually distrusting da
 ta owners to jointly compute a function over their private inputs\, while 
 revealing nothing beyond what is inherently implied by the output itself.\
 nRound complexity is one of the most fundamental efficiency measures in MP
 C\, capturing the minimal interaction required for secure computation. In 
 this talk\, I will present a high-level overview of the evolution of resea
 rch on round complexity in MPC and place my own contributions within this 
 evolving landscape.\nShort Bio:Arpita Patra is currently a Professor of Co
 mputer Science at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Her research int
 erests lie in cryptography\, with a specific focus on both the theoretical
  foundations and practical applications of secure multiparty computation p
 rotocols. She earned her Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology (II
 T) Madras and subsequently held postdoctoral positions at leading institut
 ions including the University of Bristol (UK)\, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)\,
  and Aarhus University (Denmark).Her contributions have been recognized th
 rough numerous honors\, including: Prof. S. K. Chatterjee Award for Outsta
 nding Woman Researcher/Industry Leader by IISc (2023)\; Google Privacy Res
 earch Faculty Award (2023)\; J.P. Morgan Chase Faculty Award (2022)\; SONY
  Faculty Innovation Award (2021)\; Google Research Award (2020)\; NASI You
 ng Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award (2018)\; SERB Women Excellence Award (
 2016)\; INAE Young Engineer Award (2016).  She is also affiliated with es
 teemed scientific bodies including the Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS)\, 
 the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)\, and The World Academy 
 of Sciences (TWAS). In addition to her research\, she has coauthored two a
 cademic textbooks:Secure Multiparty Computation against Passive Adversarie
 s (Springer\, 2023)Fault Tolerant Distributed Consensus in Synchronous Net
 works (Springer\, 2025)\n
URL:https://www.tcs.tifr.res.in/web/events/1654
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LOCATION:A-201 (STCS Seminar Room)
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