# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-massey
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:39:34.359Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-massey"
name: "James Massey"
slug: "james-massey"
description: "James Lee Massey was an American information theorist and\ncryptographer, Professor Emeritus of Digital Technology at ETH Zurich. His notable work includes the application of the Berlekamp–Massey algorithm to linear codes, the design of the block ciphers IDEA and SAFER, and the Massey-Omura cryptosystem."
tagline: "American information theorist and cryptologist (1934-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ETH-BIB-Massey%2C_James_L._(1934-2013)-Portr_16742.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1934-02-11"
deathDate: "2013-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44
  momentum:             2.862385321100917
  historical:           8.746905333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Джеймс Мессі"
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    title: "جيمس ماسى"
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    title: "জেমস লী ম্যাসি"
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    title: "James Massey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Massey"
    title: "James Massey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Massey"
    title: "James Massey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Massey"
    title: "James Massey"
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  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Massey"
    title: "James Massey"
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    title: "Мэсси, Джеймс"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump