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# About me

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I am a first-year PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at Stony Brook University, advised by [Prof. Omkant Pandey](https://www3.cs.stonybrook.edu/~omkant/).

My research lies at the intersection of **AI and Cryptography**. Broadly, I am interested in answering the following question: "**How can TCS tools be used to answer questions related to AI Safety/AI Alignment?"**
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> “We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.” Alan Turing.

> "Mathematics is Mathematics. If you can sell it, it's applied, if you can not, it's pure. What is pure today can be applied tomorrow." [mankg](https://www.guptalab.org/mankg/public_html/) on pure vs applied mathematics, 1993

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