# Niels Ferguson

> Niels T. Ferguson is a Dutch cryptographer and consultant. He has worked with others, including Bruce Schneier, designing cryptographic algorithms, testing algorithms and protocols, and writing papers and books. Among the designs Ferguson has contributed to is the AES finalist block cipher algorithm Twofish as well as the stream cipher Helix and the Skein hash function.

*Dutch cryptographer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 1965-12-10
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [Нільс Фергюсон](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8E%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD)
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- [Niels Ferguson](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Ferguson)
- [Niels Ferguson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Ferguson)
- [Niels Ferguson](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Ferguson)
- [Niels Ferguson](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Ferguson)
- [Фергюсон, Нильс](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8E%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466478)

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