The project in which Nurdagül Anbar Meidl, a Faculty Member at the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS), was found eligible for support under the TÜBİTAK 1001 Program.
Nurdagül Anbar Meidl's project, which was found eligible for support under the 1001 Scientific and Technological Research Projects Support Program, is titled “Generalizations of bent functions and permutation polynomials”.
The popularization of computer use has brought alıng security problems such as illegal access to information and copying and stealing information. These problems have given rise to the science of encryption used to provide us with data/information security (Cybersecurity). The science of encryption uses functions defined over vector spaces on finite bodies.
In this project, it is planned to build the functions used in this field and characterize these functions using techniques of the fields of mathematics such as the generator theory, coding theory, and finite geometry. In other words, the project, which will be conducted using techniques in many different areas of mathematics, will help develop methods that will create solutions to problems in the field of cybersecurity.
Nurdagül Anbar Meidl noted the following regarding the significance of the project: “In addition to the scientific importance mentioned above, we plan to increase the recognition of Sabancı University on these issues through project works.This, in turn, will increase the opportunity of our mathematics graduates in this field to find work abroad.”
A doctoral researcher and a postdoctoral researcher from Sabancı University will be involved in the three-year project under the leadership of FENS Faculty Member Nurdagül Anbar Meidl. In addition, Oğuz Yayla from Middle East Technical University will provide support to the project as a researcher.