Archive · 19 Jun 2025
Indian-Origin Professor Wins Prestigious Gödel Prize
Imagine trying to make something random, like flipping a coin, but your coin is a bit wonky.
Eshan Chattopadhyay and David Zuckerman figured out how to make sure you still get a fair, random result even with a bad coin.
They won a big award, the Gödel Prize, for their work.
Their research helps keep things safe online, like when you're sending secret messages or making sure computers do things fairly.
They studied how to make reliable information from untrustworthy stuff, kind of like turning bad ingredients into a delicious meal.
Eshan Chattopadhyay, an Indian-origin computer scientist, received the 2025 Gödel Prize.
He shares the award with David Zuckerman for their work on randomness extraction.
Their research focuses on generating reliable randomness from unreliable inputs.
The award-winning paper, "Explicit Two-Source Extractors and Resilient Functions," was originally presented in 2016.
The Gödel Prize honors lasting contributions to theoretical computer science.
- Who
- Eshan Chattopadhyay and David Zuckerman.
- What
- Award of the Gödel Prize for work in randomness extraction.
- When
- The 2025 Gödel Prize was awarded.
- Where
- Cornell University.
- Why
- For groundbreaking work in generating reliable randomness from unreliable inputs, important for cybersecurity and algorithm design.
- Award
- Gödel Prize
- Recipient
- Eshan Chattopadhyay & David Zuckerman
- Field
- Theoretical Computer Science
- Prize Year
- 2025
- Research Area
- Randomness Extraction
- Institution
- Cornell University (Chattopadhyay)