Our congratulations go to Professor Kumar Murty, Chair of the Mathematics Department, for being honoured by the Innovations and Partnerships Office and receiving the inaugural “Inventor of the Year” award in Engineering and Physical Sciences.
This award is given to ”recognize University of Toronto inventors or teams of inventors who have made a significant contribution to the University of Toronto’s innovation agenda”. Further information on the award can be found on the Innovations and Partnership Office website.
From the Bulletin: “Murty and research associate Nikolai Volkovs have created a data integrity algorithm that represents a breakthrough in terms of its speed and its large internal state space. It is able to authenticate data at wire speeds and can be customized for each individual user. Moreover, its stream-based architecture opens up new possibilities for authenticating data on the fly as well as building higher integrity systems for greater security and reliability. The invention has been patented and a spin-off company, Prata Technologies, was founded in 2007. Murty is also working with General Electric to apply this novel authentication technology in the smart grid.”
Further information on the award and other recipients can be found at: http://www.news.utoronto.ca/campus-news/inventor-of-the-year-winners-list-2011.html