Dipak K. Bhunia

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Department of Mathematics

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

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I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (May 1, 2026 – Present) in the GAPCOMB research group, Departament de Matemàtiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain, funded by the Spanish National Postdoctoral Fellowship “Juan de la Cierva 2024” (Agencia Estatal de Investigación), under the supervision of Prof. Simeon Ball. Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (November 3, 2025 – April 30, 2026) at the Instituto Universitario de Matemáticas y Aplicaciones, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), Spain, funded by the Talentum Programme jointly promoted by the Universidad de La Laguna and the Cabildo de Tenerife, under the supervision of Prof. Irene Márquez Corbella and Prof. Ignacio García Marco. Before that, I was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (March 20, 2024–May 31, 2025) in the Combinatorics, Coding, and Security Group (CCSG) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain, funded by an institute fellowship and the Spanish national project PID2022-137924NB-I00 (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación). My research focuses on the mathematical foundations of communication theory, particularly Algebraic Coding Theory, Quantum Error-Correcting Codes, and Code-Based Cryptography.

News

Selected for the 2-year Spanish National Postdoctoral Fellowship “Juan de la Cierva 2024” in mathematics, Spain (Link).
Awarded the NBHM (National Board for Higher Mathematics) Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025 in Mathematics, India (Link).
Selected for a 3-year Postdoctoral Position in Coding Theory and Algebraic Techniques for Cryptography in the Departamento de Matemáticas, Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain.

Positions Held

Postdoctoral Research Fellow ( May 1, 2026 – Present)

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (November 3, 2025 – April 30, 2026 )

Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), Spain.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (March 20, 2024 – May 31, 2025)

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain.

PhD Student and Teaching Assistant (December 2, 2020 – March 20, 2024)

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain, (Teaching Certificate).

Guest Lecturer (October 14, 2015 – January 5, 2017)

Sagar Mahavidyalaya, India, (Certificate).

Education

- PhD in Computer Science (December 2, 2020 – March 20, 2024)

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Thesis title: Classification of Generalized Hadamard Codes Obtained From Additive Codes Over Zp^s and Some Mixed Alphabets (Thesis Link);

Supervised by Prof. Cristina Fernández-Córdoba and Prof. Mercè Villanueva;

Received an “International PhD degree” with the grade “Cum Laude”.

Former PhD student in Mathematics (January 2, 2020 – December 18, 2020)

Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT Patna), India

Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Mathematics and Computing (August 2017– August 6, 2019)

Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT Patna), India

Thesis title: Cyclic Codes Over The Matrix Rings;

Supervised by Prof. Om Prakash;

8.23 CPI in 10 scale;

Received the “Best M.Tech. Project Award” in Mathematics and Computing from IIT Patna, India.

Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Pure Mathematics (July 2013 – July 16, 2015)

University of Calcutta, India

5.012 CGPA on a 6 scale;

Placed in the first class, attaining a grade “O” (Outstanding) in Mathematics.

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Mathematics (July 2010 – July 5, 2013)

University of Calcutta, India

562 out of 800 (70.25%);

Placed in the first class in Mathematics.

Academic Visits

- Research Stay (August 24, 2023 – November 23, 2023)

School of Mathematics and Statistics, University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland, with Prof. Eimear Byrne and Prof. Marcus Greferath, (Certificate).

Reviewer for Journals & Conferences

Reviewer for the following scientific journals:

“Finite Fields and their Applications” (Certificate),
“Cryptography and Communications” (Certificate),
“Applicable Algebra in Engineering, Communication and Computing” (Certificate),
“Advances in Mathematics of Communications”.

Reviewer for the following conferences:

“2022 IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW 2022)”,
“The 11th International Workshop on Signal Design and its Applications in Communications (IWSDA25)”.