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Nitin Saxena
Born (1981-05-03) 3 May 1981 (age 43)
NationalityIndian
Alma materIndian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Awards2006 Gödel Prize
2006 Fulkerson Prize
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Theoretical computer science
InstitutionsCWI Amsterdam

University of Bonn

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Doctoral advisorManindra Agrawal

Nitin Saxena (Hindi: नितिन सक्सेना) (born 3 May 1981[1]) is an Indian scientist, active in the fields of mathematics and theoretical computer science. His research focuses on topics in computational complexity, especially algebraic approaches.

He, along with Manindra Agrawal and Neeraj Kayal proposed the AKS Primality Test in 2002, for which the trio won the 2006 Fulkerson Prize, and the 2006 Gödel Prize. The test is the first unconditional deterministic algorithm to test an n-digit number for primality in a time that has been proven to be polynomial in n.[2] This research work came out as a part of his undergraduate study.

He is an alumnus of Boys' High School And College, Allahabad.He graduated with his B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 2002. In 2006 he received his PhD from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the same institute with the Dissertation titled "Morphisms of Rings and Applications to Complexity".[3]

In 2003, he was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur for his work in computational complexity theory. He was appointed at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) starting as a postdoc researcher from 1 September 2006.[4] He was a Bonn Junior Fellow at the University of Bonn from Summer 2008 onwards.[1] He joined the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Kanpur as faculty in April 2013.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Saxena's CV at University of Bonn
  2. ^ Agrawal, Manindra; Kayal, Neeraj; Saxena, Nitin. "Primes is in P" (PDF). Annals of Mathematics. doi:10.4007/annals.2004.160.781.
  3. ^ Saxena's PhD thesis
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ "Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur". Retrieved 6 April 2013.