Publications

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2026
Journal
On the Direct Construction of MDS and Near-MDS Matrices
K. C. Gupta, S. K. Pandey, S. Samanta
Advances in Mathematics of Communications, 2026
↗ DOI: 10.3934/amc.2026030
Journal
On the Study of Semi-Involutory and Semi-Orthogonal Matrices
Y. Kumar, S. Samanta, P. Mishra, A. Gaur
Finite Fields and Their Applications, Vol. 110, 102730, 2026
↗ DOI: 10.1016/j.ffa.2025.102730
Journal
On the Counting of Involutory MDS Matrices
S. Samanta
Cryptography and Communications, Vol. 18(1), pp. 5–25, 2026
↗ DOI: 10.1007/s12095-024-00756-5
2025
Conference
Accelerating Post-quantum Secure zkSNARKs by Optimizing Additive FFT
M. Badakhshan, S. Samanta, G. Gong
Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC) 2025, pp. 339–368
↗ DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-10536-3_13
Workshop
Lumora: A Family of Permutation Based Wide-Block Ciphers for PQC zkSNARK Applications
S. Samanta, G. Gong
Permutation-based Crypto 2025 Workshop
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Journal
Construction of All MDS and Involutory MDS Matrices
Y. Kumar, P. Mishra, S. Samanta, K. C. Gupta, A. Gaur
Advances in Mathematics of Communications, Vol. 19(3), pp. 922–941, 2025
↗ DOI: 10.3934/amc.2024033
Preprint
Quasi-recursive MDS Matrices over Galois Rings
S. Ali, A. A. Khan, A. Kesarwani, S. Samanta
arXiv:2512.17256, 2025
↗ arXiv:2512.17256
Preprint
New Insights into Involutory and Orthogonal MDS Matrices
Y. Kumar, S. Samanta, A. Gaur
arXiv:2510.05766, 2025
↗ arXiv:2510.05766
2024
Conference
New Algorithm for Computing Branch Number of Non-Singular Matrices Over Finite Fields
P. Mishra, Y. Kumar, S. Samanta, A. Gaur
Security and Cryptography for Networks (SCN) 2024, pp. 187–205
↗ DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-71073-5_9
Journal
A Systematic Construction Approach for All 4×4 Involutory MDS Matrices
Y. Kumar, P. Mishra, S. Samanta, A. Gaur
Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing, Vol. 70(5), pp. 4677–4697, 2024
↗ DOI: 10.1007/s12190-024-02142-z
Journal
On the Construction of Near-MDS Matrices
K. C. Gupta, S. K. Pandey, S. Samanta
Cryptography and Communications, Vol. 16(2), pp. 249–283, 2024
↗ DOI: 10.1007/s12095-023-00667-x
2022
Conference
Construction of Recursive MDS Matrices Using DLS Matrices
K. C. Gupta, S. K. Pandey, S. Samanta
AFRICACRYPT 2022, pp. 3–27
↗ DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-17433-9_1
Conference
FUTURE: A Lightweight Block Cipher Using an Optimal Diffusion Matrix
K. C. Gupta, S. K. Pandey, S. Samanta
AFRICACRYPT 2022, pp. 28–52
↗ DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-17433-9_2
2019
Conference
Few Negative Results on Constructions of MDS Matrices Using Low XOR Matrices
K. C. Gupta, S. K. Pandey, S. Samanta
SPACE 2019, pp. 195–213
↗ DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-35869-3_14
Journal
Cryptographically Significant MDS Matrices over Finite Fields: A Brief Survey and Some Generalized Results
K. C. Gupta, S. K. Pandey, I. G. Ray, S. Samanta
Advances in Mathematics of Communications, Vol. 13(4), pp. 779–843, 2019
↗ DOI: 10.3934/amc.2019045