Varun Maram

A photo of myself at Point Reyes, California.

Assistant Professor

Office: CS2.24, Computer Science Building

Email:

Website: https://varun-maram.github.io/

(Note: I'm currently part-time at Warwick, and my normal working days are Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.)

Biography

I'm an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at University of Warwick. My research focus is on the implications of quantum computation/information for cryptographic theory and applications.

I obtained my PhD at ETH Zürich where I was part of the Applied Cryptography Group and supervised by Prof. Kenny Paterson. I also received a Master’s degree at ETH Zürich, and a Bachelor’s degree at IIT Roorkee.

Before joining Warwick, I held research positions in the industry – specifically, at SandboxAQ (as a postdoctoral fellow) and Visa Research (as a PhD intern). I'm also currently consulting for Input Output.

My work was recognized with Best Paper Awards at the PKC 2023 and PKC 2024 conferences. I’m also a member of the team behind Classic McEliece, a cryptosystem which has been standardized by ISO as part of ISO/IEC 18033-2 for post-quantum encryption (and was in the fourth round of NIST’s post-quantum cryptography standardization project).

Research Interests

Post-quantum cryptography
Applied cryptography
Provable security
Quantum algorithms
Theoretical computer science.

You can also see my webpage for more information about my research interests and publications.