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to the existing ones. Our research can be beneficial for the scientific community working on lightweight devices like RFID tags, wireless sensors and smart cards, which handle sensitive data requiring smart security and fast implementation.
Saurabh exclaimed, “Where did you get motivation for all this?” “My interest in cryptography was kindled by the enthralling movies, ‘The Da Vinci Code’, ‘A Beautiful Mind’
and ‘The Imitation Game’. As a mathematician, I have started enjoying the difficult problems but believe me, exploring new MDS matrices need a lot of experiments, which can take even 4-5 years. Now, please don’t ask me how many years of my Ph.D.were guzzled by these monstrous matrices,” I finally finished. He smiled and patted sympathetically on my shoulder and walked away.