# 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 **cryptography, coding theory, AI safety, and mathematics**, with a particular fondness for **number theory**.

> "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

&#x20;                                     [CV](https://drive.google.com/file/d/14n29RH1zmgIemjbIq-YPSoVWTvn26Ej_/view?usp=sharing) | [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=G-v88voAAAAJ\&hl=en) | [GitHub](https://github.com/paavanmparekh) | [Email](https://paavan-parekh.gitbook.io/paavan-parekh/contact-me)


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