About

Shobhit Sinha is an aspiring computer scientist currently pursuing his M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He is a dedicated researcher with a keen interest in Systems Research, Cryptology, and Network Security. Shobhit has already worked on five research projects, showcasing his proficiency in the field. His projects involved conducting a comparative analysis of PRNGs in the literature, simulating a side-channel attack on Grain-128, and performing a differential fault-analysis of RECTANGLE-80, a light-weight cipher. He has also developed AES benchmarks for Fully Homomorphic Encryption schemes over Integers. His most recent project involved developing a static taint analyzer at the Intermediate Representation (IR) level for LLVM compiler, which has extended the taint analysis to languages like Haskell, Ruby, Rust, Swift, etc. Shobhit has a diverse educational background, with a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani, and an ISC degree from Bishop Johnson School and College. He is a proficient researcher and has a relevant experience of 0.86 years as a Research Scientist. He is also proficient in programming languages such as Ruby, Swift, and C. Currently, Shobhit is working as a TA for ESO 207 (Data Structures & Algorithms) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He has also worked as a TA for ESC 101 (Fundamentals of Computing) for Semester 2020-21-I (Course offered by Prof. Biswabandhan Panda) and Semester 2020-21-II (Course offered by Prof. Debadatta Mishra) at the same institute. Apart from his academic achievements, Shobhit is a foodie and loves tomatoes. He is also a fan of the anime series One Punch Man. Shobhit's Erdös Number is 5, which is a testament to his academic prowess and research acumen.