Speaker

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Professor Asha Rao

Subject Area

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Mathematics

Venue

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Lecture Hall - I, Dept of Mathematics

Time

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4.00 pm

Date  

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September 28,2007 (Friday)

Title

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Quantum Cryptography, Mutually Unbiased Basis and what is wrong with Classical Cryptography

Starting with a brief description of classical cryptography and the need for quantum cryptography, I will elaborate on some of the mathematical questions within quantum cryptography, ending with the details on a a particular problem - the construction of mutually unbiased basis.

The talk may be of interest to algebraists, cryptographers and design theorists as well as functional analysts as there are open problems in each of these.