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Dr Sumanta Sarkar

Lecturer
School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Dr Sumanta Sarkar
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  • Location

    2NW.5B.544, Colchester Campus

  • Academic support hours

    My academic support hours are 16:00 to 17:00 on Wednesday and 16:00 to 17:00 on Fridays, held in person or via Zoom. Please email me in advance to schedule an appointment.

Profile

Biography

I am a Lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, with extensive experience in both academic research and industry. My work spans a broad range of security-related topics, and my current research interests include lightweight cryptography, privacy-preserving machine learning, and post-quantum cryptography. I am particularly passionate about addressing real-world problems and developing practical, impactful solutions. I welcome opportunities to collaborate with motivated students interested in pursuing PhD or Master's research. More details about my work and publications can be found on my website: https://sumantasarkar.github.io.

Research and professional activities

Research interests

Cryptography, Privacy Preserving Machine Learning, Post-quantum Cryptography, IoT Security, System Security

Teaching and supervision

Current teaching responsibilities

  • Team Project Challenge (CE101)

  • Computer Forensics (CE718)

Publications

Conferences (2)

Aghabagherloo, A., Abadi, A., Sarkar, S., Dasu, VA. and Preneel, B., (2025). Impact of Data Duplication on Deep Neural Network-Based Image Classifiers: Robust vs. Standard Models

Wang, Y., Kumara, B., Kasyap, H., Chen, L., Sarkar, S., Newton, CJP., Maple, C. and Atmaca, UI., (2025). An Improved Vector Commitment Construction with Applications to Signatures

Contact

sumanta.sarkar@essex.ac.uk

Location:

2NW.5B.544, Colchester Campus

Academic support hours:

My academic support hours are 16:00 to 17:00 on Wednesday and 16:00 to 17:00 on Fridays, held in person or via Zoom. Please email me in advance to schedule an appointment.