CURRICULUM VITAE - Carleton University

CURRICULUM VITAE
Sartaj Ul Hasan E-mail: sartajulhasan@gmail.com
School of Mathematics and Statistics Phone: (+1) 613.400.3558
Carleton University www.math.carleton.ca/~sartaj
Ottawa, Ontario
CANADA, K1S 5B6.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Research Visitor and Sessional Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton
University, Ottawa, Canada, November 01, 2012 - till date.
– Teaching: MATH 0005–Precalculus: Functions and Graphs–Fall 2012.
• Postdoctoral Fellow and Sessional Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton
University, Ottawa, Canada, September 01, 2011 - October 31, 2012.
– Teaching: MATH 0005–Precalculus: Functions and Graphs–Winter 2012 and Summer
2012.
• Scientist ‘C’, Scientific Analysis Group, Defence Research and Development Organisation,
Delhi, India, July 01, 2010 - till date.
• Scientist ‘B’, Scientific Analysis Group, Defence Research and Development Organisation,
Delhi, India, February 28, 2007 - June 30, 2010.
• Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
India, July 2003- February 2007.
– The responsibilities involved making assignments, conducting tutorials and discussion
on the course content. Some of the courses I have been associated with as a
teaching assistant are Calculus, Vector Calculus and Linear Algebra.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mathematics
Thesis Title: Primitive Recursive Vector Sequences, Polynomial Systems and Determinantal
Codes over Finite Fields.
Thesis Advisor: Professor Sudhir R. Ghorpade.
Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
Graduation: Date of defense: April 21, 2010; Date of convocation: August 06,
2010.
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• Master of Science (M.Sc.) Mathematics
University: Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
Percentage: 85% (First Class with First Position).
Graduation: June 2001.
• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
University: M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Barielly, India.
Percentage: 75.8% (First Class with First Position in my college).
Graduation: June 1999.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Finite Fields.
• Cryptography.
• Algebraic-Geometric Codes.
• Combinatorics.
PUBLICATIONS
1. (with S. R. Ghorpade and M. Kumari) Primitive Polynomials, Singer Cycles, and
Word-oriented Linear Feedback Shift Registers, Designs, Codes and Cryptography,
Vol. 58, No. 2 (2011), pp. 123-134.
2. (with D. Panario and Q. Wang) Word-oriented transformation shift registers and
their linear complexity, in Proceedings of SEquences and Their Applications - SETA
2012, T. Helleseth and J. Jedwab Eds., Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer,
Berlin, Vol. 7280 (2012), pp. 190-202.
3. (with P. Beelen and S. R. Ghorpade) Codes Associated to Determinantal Varieties
over Finite Fields, to be communicated.
4. (with S. R. Ghorpade and P. P. Kumar) Number of Solutions of Polynomial Systems
over Finite Fields and the Weight Hierarchy of Affine and Projective
Reed-Muller Codes, in preparation.
5. (with D. Panario and Q. Wang), Nonlinear transformation shift registers, in preparation.
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REVIEWER FOR JOURNALS/ CONFERENCES
• IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.
• Designs, Codes and Cryptography.
• Journal of Computer Science and Technology.
• SEquences and Their Applications–SETA.
• IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory–ISIT.
AWARDS/HONOURS
• Lab Scientist of the Year Award, Scientific Analysis Group, Defence Research and Development
Organisation, 2009.
• Life member of Cryptology Research Society of India (CRSI), since 2009.
• Senior Research Fellowship [From Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD),
Govt. of India], for the Graduate Study at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
August 2004-February 2007.
• Junior Research Fellowship [From Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD),
Govt. of India], for the Graduate Study at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, July
2002-July 2004.
• Qualified in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), an All-India Examination
conducted by the Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore, on behalf of the National Coordinating Board - GATE, Department of Education,
Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India,
February 2002.
• Qualified in the National Eligibility Test for Lectureship (NET), an All-India Examination
jointly conducted by Council of Scientific & Industrial Research and University
Grant Commission, India, June 2002.
• University Medal for the best performance in the faculty of science and life science,
Master of Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, 2001.
• Sir Ziauddin Medal for the best performance in Mathematics, Master of Science, Aligarh
Muslim University, Aligarh, India, 2001.
• M.Sc. Scholarship from National Board of Higher Mathematics (NBHM), Department
of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India, 1999-2001.
• Ranked first in G.F College which is affilated to M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly,
India, Bachelor of Science, 1999.
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INVITED TALKS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
• “Word-oriented transformation shift registers and their linear complexity”, SETA–2012,
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, June 06, 2012.
• “Sequences over Finite Fields”, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded,
India, February 22, 2011.
• “Word-oriented LFSRs”, UGC National Seminar on Advances in Computational Mathematics,
Rajarshi Shahu Mahavidyalaya, Latur, India, February 23, 2011.
WORKSHOPS/ CONFERENCES PARTICIPATION
• SEquences and Their Applications - SETA 2012, University of Waterloo, Waterloo,
Canada, June 04 - 08, 2012.
• UGC National Seminar on Advances in Computational Mathematics, Rajarshi Shahu
Mahavidyalaya, Latur, India, February 23 - 24, 2011. [ I was one of the Invited
Resource Persons for this conference.]
• Indo-German Workshop on Computational Commutative Algebra(NBHM Advanced Instructional
School), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune,
India, December 13 - 31, 2010. [I was course associate for the lectures on Gröbner
bases and coding theory during December 27 - 31, 2010 for this workshop.]
• International Congress of Mathematicians, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad,
India, August 19 - 27, 2010.
• Workshop on Solving Non Linear Polynomial Equations, Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore, India, June 07 - 18, 2010.
• Discussion meeting on Finite Fields and Coding Theory, Harish-Chandra Research
Institute, Allahbad, India, November 02 - 14, 2009.
• Instructional Workshop on Applied Algebra (IWAA), Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore, India, December 19, 2007.
• Applied Algebra, Algebraic Algorithms, and Error Correcting Codes (AAECC-17) Symposium
on Coding and Cryptography, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India,
December 16 - 18, 2007 and December 20, 2007.
• National Conference on Mathematical Foundations of Coding, Complexity, Computation
and Cryptography, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, July 20 - 22, 2006.
• Advanced Training in Mathematics (ATM) School for Lecturers in Algebra and Linear
Algebra, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India, June 05 - July
01, 2006.
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• Workshop on Algebra and Coding Theory, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,
India, November 21 - December 08, 2005.
• Winter School on Coding Theory, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata , India,
December 29, 2003 - January 02, 2004.
• Special Session on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, Joint India-American
Mathematical Society (AMS) Meeting, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,
India, December 17 - 20, 2003.
• International Workshop on Computational Algebraic Geometry, Harish-Chandra Research
Institute, Allahabad, India, December 08 - 13, 2003.
• Mini Workshop on Curves Over Finite Fields, University of Bombay, Mumbai, India,
July 21 - 25, 2003.
• Workshop in Commutative Algebra and Combinatorics, University of Pune , Pune,
India, July 07 - 12, 2003.
• Workshop on L ATEX and Free Mathematical Softwares, Bhashkaracharya Pratishthana,
Pune, India, July 09 - 14, 2003.
• Summer School on Theory of Rings and Modules, Aligarh Muslim Universty, Aligarh,
October 2000.
COMPUTER SKILLS
• Programming languages: C.
• Mathematical Softwares: SAGE.
• Text formatting and office computing: L ATEX, Microsoft Word and Power point.
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth 10/07/1981.
Gender Male.
Marital Status Unmarried.
Citizenship Indian.
Languages English, Hindi and Urdu.
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REFERENCES
Professor Sudhir R. Ghorpade Professor Daniel Panario
Department of Mathematics School of Mathematics and Statistics
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
Powai-400076, India Canada, K1S 5B6
E-mail: srg@math.iitb.ac.in E-mail: daniel@math.carleton.ca
Professor Qiang Wang Professor Harish K. Pillai
School of Mathematics and Statistics Department of Electrical Engineering
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Canada, K1S 5B6 Powai-400076, India
E-mail: wang@math.carleton.ca E-mail: hp@ee.iitb.ac.in
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