Anuj K. Yadav
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Short Bio
I am a fourth year PhD student affiliated with the Information Processing Group (IPG) in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. I am fortunate to be advised by Prof. Yanina Shkel and Prof. Michael Gastpar. My research interests broadly lie in the union of information theory, statistics, applied probability, privacy, and cryptography. Beyond my research endeavors, I spend time exploring the flora and fauna around me, learning languages, and reading articles on philosophy and international relations.
In the Fall of 2025, I was a visiting student researcher at the Stanford University hosted by Prof. Ayfer Ozgür. My research visit was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) mobility grant. I spent the summers of 2024 at the Nokia Bell Labs where I worked on developing change-point detection algorithms for continuous health monitoring in access Passive Optical Networks (PONs).
Previously, I completed my bachelors with a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT-P) in India. My bachelors thesis titled 'Secure two-party computation: Information-theoretic Oblivious Transfer’, received the Institute Proficiency award for the best thesis in my cohort.
Education
Ph.D. in Computer and Communication Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. (2022- Present)
Visiting Student, School of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, California, USA (2025 - 2026)
Visiting Student, School of Mathematics, University of Bristol, England, United Kingdom. (2021)
B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, India. (2018 - 2022)
Research Interests
My specific Research Interests include:
Information, Coding, & Learning Theory
Applied Probability & Statistics
Privacy & Cryptography
Communications