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As part of the 'Infosys Science Foundation Lectures' in a series, Prof Silvio Micali of Ford Professor of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will speak on 'Proof, Secrets and Computation: How the Theory of Computation has revolutionised the millenary notion of a proof, revealing its unexpected applications to the new digital world?'
The lecture is developed especially for students, and Prof Micali will focus on how interaction can make proofs much easier to verify, dramatically limit the amount of knowledge released, and yield the most secure identification schemes to date.
Prof Micali will first speak at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on January 6 (Tuesday) and then at JN Tata Auditorium, Infosys Campus, Hosur Road on January 7 (Wednesday).
He is the recipient of the Turing Award (in Computer Science), the Goedel Prize (in theoretical Computer Science) and the RSA prize (in Cryptography). He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the American Academy of Arts andScience.
Prof Silvio's research interests are Cryptography, Zero Knowledge, Pseudo-random Generation, Secure Protocols, and Mechanism Design.
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