00:03 20/06/2025
Eshan Chattopadhyay, an Indian-origin professor at Cornell, will receive the 2025 Godel Prize. He solved a decades-old problem related to generating random numbers from weak sources. This breakthrough has implications for data security and cryptography. His work builds upon the mentorship of David Zuckerman. Chattopadhyay's achievement highlights India's growing contribution to theoretical computer science.