Conducted Theses

  1. M. A. Evci, Design of Rotation-Symmetric S-boxes Resistant to Differential Power Attacks (Master Thesis), 2014.
  2. S. Baloğlu, Design of S-boxes by Concatenation of Rotation-Symmetric S-boxes (Master Thesis, Co-advisor), 2016.

International Journal Articles (indexed by SCI/SCI-E)

  1. S. Kavut, S. Maitra, and M. D. Yücel. “Search for Boolean Functions with Excellent Profiles in the Rotation Symmetric Class”, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Volume: 53, Issue: 5, pages 1743-1751, May 2007.
  2. S. Kavut and M. D. Yücel, “9-variable Boolean Functions with Nonlinearity 242 in the Generalized Rotation Symmetric Class”, Elsevier, Information and Computation, Volume: 208, Issue: 4, pages 341-350, April 2010.
  3. S. Kavut, “Results on Rotation-Symmetric S-boxes”, Elsevier, Information Sciences, Volume: 201, pp. 93-113, October 2012.
  4. S. Kavut, Correction to the paper: Patterson–Wiedemann construction revisited, Elsevier, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Volume: 202, pp. 185-187, 2016.
  5. S. Kavut and S. Maitra, “Patterson–Wiedemann Type Functions on 21 Variables With Nonlinearity Greater Than Bent Concatenation Bound”, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Volume: 62, Issue: 4, pages 2277-2282, April 2016.
  6. S. Kavut, “New Patterson-Wiedemann type functions with 15 variables in the generalized rotation-symmetric class”, Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, Volume: 25, Issue: 6, pages 4901-4906, December 2017.
  7. S. Kavut, S. Maitra, F. Özbudak, “A Super-Set of Patterson–Wiedemann Functions: Upper Bounds and Possible Nonlinearities”, SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, pages 106-122, January 2018.
  8. S. Kavut, S. Baloğlu, “Results on symmetric S-boxes constructed by concatenation of RSSBs”, Cryptography and Communications, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12095-018-0318-1, July 2018.
  9. S. Kavut, S. Maitra, D. Tang, “Construction and search of balanced Boolean functions on even number of variables towards excellent autocorrelation profile”, Designs, Codes and Cryptography, accepted, July 2018.
  10. S. Kavut, S. Tutdere, “The covering radii of a class of binary cyclic codes and some BCH codes”, Designs, Codes and Cryptography, accepted, July 2018.
  11. S. A. Sis., S. Kavut, “A Frequency-Tuned Magnetic Resonance Based Wireless Power Transfer System with Near-Constant Efficiency up to 24cm Distance”, Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, DOI: 10.3906/elk-1803-98, July 2018.
  12. D. Tang, S. Kavut, B. Mandal, S. Maitra. “Modifying Maiorana-McFarland type Bent Functions for good Cryptographic Properties and Efficient Implementation”, SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics, accepted, October 2018.

International Conference Proceedings

  1. S. Kavut and M. D. Yücel. “On Some Cryptographic Properties of Rijndael”, Information Assurance in Computer Networks, Methods, Models and Architectures for Network Security, Editors: V. I. Gorodetski, V. A. Skormin, L. J. Popyack, LNCS Vol. 2052, Springer-Verlag, pages 300-311, St. Petersburg, Russia, May 2001.
  2. S. Kavut and M. D. Yücel. “Slide Attack on Spectr-H64”, Progress in Cryptology – Indocrypt 2002, Editors: A. Menezes and P. Sarkar, LNCS Vol. 2551, Springer-Verlag, pages 34-47, Hyderabad, India, December 2002.
  3. S. Kavut and M. D. Yücel. “Improved Cost Function in the Design of Boolean Functions Satisfying Multiple Criteria”, Progress in Cryptology – Indocrypt 2003, Editors: S. Maitra and T. Johansson, LNCS Vol. 2904, Springer-Verlag, pages 121-134, New Delhi, India, December 2003.
  4. S. Kavut, S. Maitra, S. Sarkar, and M. D. Yücel. “Enumeration of 9-variable Rotation Symmetric Boolean Functions having Nonlinearity > 240”, Progress in Cryptology – Indocrypt 2006, Editors: R. Barua and T. Lange, LNCS Vol. 4329, Springer-Verlag, pages 266-279, Kolkata, India, December 2006.
  5. S. Kavut, S. Maitra, and M. D. Yücel. “Autocorrelation Spectra of Balanced Boolean Functions on An Odd Number of Input Variables with Maximum Absolute Value < 2(n+1)/2”, Boolean Functions: Cryptography and Applications – BFCA 2006, Editors: J-F. Michon, P. Valarcher, J-B. Yunès, pages 73-86, Rouen, France, March 2006.
  6. S. Kavut and M. D. Yücel. “Generalized Rotation Symmetric and Dihedral Symmetric Boolean Functions – 9 variable Boolean Functions with Nonlinearity 242”, 17th International Applied Algebra, Algebraic Algorithms, and Error Correcting Codes (AAECC-17) Symposium, Editors: Serdar Boztaş, Hsiao-Feng (Francis) Lu, LNCS Vol. 4851, pages 321-329, Bangalore, India, December 2007.
  7. S. Kavut and M. D. Yücel, S. Maitra. “Construction of Resilient Functions by the Concatenation of Boolean Functions having Nonintersecting Walsh Spectra”, Boolean Functions: Cryptography and Applications – BFCA 2007, Editors: J-F. Michon, P. Valarcher, J-B. Yunès, Paris, France, May 2007.
  8. S. Kavut and M. D. Yücel, “Random Permutations on Input Vectors of Boolean Functions”, Boolean Functions: Cryptography and Applications – BFCA 2008, Editors: O. Masnyk-Hansen, J-F. Michon, P. Valarcher, J-B. Yunès, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2008.
  9. S. Maitra, S. Kavut, and M. D. Yücel, “Balanced Boolean Function on 13-Variables having Nonlinearity greater than the Bent Concatenation Bound”, Boolean Functions: Cryptography and Applications – BFCA 2008, Editors: O. Masnyk-Hansen, J-F. Michon, P. Valarcher, J-B. Yunès, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2008.
  10. S. Kavut and M. D. Yücel, “9-variable Boolean Functions with Nonlinearity 242 in the Generalized Rotation Symmetric Class (invited talk)”, YACC’08 - Yet Another Conference on Cryptography 2008, Porquerolles, France, 29 Sept - 2 Oct 2008.
  11. F. Dikmen, S. Kavut, A. A. Ergin. “Statistical Distribution of the Radar Cross Section of Various Canonical Targets”, 15th International Radar Symposium (IRS), DOI: 10.1109/IRS.2014.6869288, Gdansk, Poland, June 2014.
  12. M. A. Evci, S. Kavut. “DPA resilience of rotation-symmetric S-boxes”, (IWSEC 2014), Springer International Publishing, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 8639, pages 146-157, Hirosaki, Japan, August 2014.
  13. S. Kavut. “DPA Resistivity of Small Size S boxes”, (ISDFS 2015 - The 3rd International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security), ISDFS 2015 Poceedings, pages 64-69, Ankara, Turkey, May 2015.
  14. S. Kavut, S. Maitra, F. Özbudak. “A super-set of Patterson-Wiedemann functions upper bounds and possible nonlinearities”, (International Workshop on the Arithmetic of Finite Fields - WAIFI 2016), Ghent, Belgium, July 2016.
  15. S. Kavut, S. Baloğlu. “Classification of 6x6 S boxes Obtained by Concatenation of RSSBs”, (Fifth International Workshop on Lightweight Cryptography for Security & Privacy - LightSec 2016), Aksaray, Turkey, September 2016.
  16. S. Kavut, S. Maitra, D. Tang. “Searching balanced Boolean functions on even number of variables with excellent autocorrelation profile”, (The Tenth International Workshop on Coding and Cryptography - WCC 2017), Saint-Petersburg, Russia, September 2017.
  17. S. Kavut, S. Tutdere. “The covering radii of a class of binary cyclic codes and some BCH codes”, (The Tenth International Workshop on Coding and Cryptography - WCC 2017), Saint-Petersburg, Russia, September 2017.

National Journal Articles

  1. S. Kavut. “Düşük Saydamlık Derecesine Sahip Küçük Büyüklükte S-kutuları”, Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, DOI: 10.19113/sdufbed.64033, November 2017.

National Conference Proceedings

  1. S. Kavut ve M. D. Yücel. “Rijndael Algoritmasının Kriptografik Özellikleri”, I. Ulusal İletişim Teknolojileri Sempozyumu ve Fuarı, s. 289-294, ODTÜ Kültür Kongre Merkezi, Ankara, Türkiye, 17-21 Ekim 2001.
  2. S. Kavut ve M. D. Yücel. “Güçlü Kriptografik Özelliklere Sahip Boole İşlevleri Tasarımında Yeni bir Algoritma”, I. Ulusal Kriptoloji Sempozyumu, s. 95-105, Ankara, Türkiye, 18-20 Kasım 2005.
  3. S. Kavut and M. D. Yücel. “Finite Field Power Mappings in Cryptography”, National Cryptology Symposium II, pages 37-49, Ankara, Turkey, December 15-17, 2006.
  4. F. Dikmen, S. Kavut, A. A. Ergin. “Çesitli Kanonik Cisimlerin Radar Kesit Alanlarının Istatistiki Dagılımları”, URSI-TÜRKIYE 2014 VII. Bilimsel Kongresi, Elazığ, Türkiye, 28-30 Ağustos, 2014.