Skip to content
227,683 profiles ranked

Adi Shamir

Israeli cryptographer · Israel · On the map · Academics · Born 1952 · age 74

Adi Shamir is an Israeli cryptographer and inventor. He is a co-inventor of the Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) algorithm, a co-inventor of the Feige-Fiat-Shamir identification scheme, one of the inventors of differential cryptanalysis and has made numerous contributions to the fields of cryptography and computer science.

Adi Shamir is read about 183 times a day, in 40 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 105 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare Claim

A life in dates

2024Wolf Prize in MathematicsAward2022Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesAward2018Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAwardNational Inventors Hall of FameAward2017BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge AwardAward2012Grand Prize of the French Academy of ScienceAwardNational Cyber Security Hall of FameAward2008Israel PrizeAwardOkawa PrizeAward2004IACR FellowAward2002Turing AwardAward2000IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications AwardAward1986IEEE W.R.G. Baker AwardAward1983Anna and Lajos Erdős Prize in MathematicsAward1952Born6 July 1952

People around Adi

Close ties

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

Wolf Prize in Mathematics2024
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences2022
ACM Fellow2020
Foreign Member of the Royal Society2018
National Inventors Hall of Fame2018
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award2017
Japan Prize2017
National Cyber Security Hall of Fame2012
Grand Prize of the French Academy of Science2012
Honorary Doctor of the Shandong University2010
Israel Prize2008
Okawa Prize2008
IACR Fellow2004
Honorary Doctorate from ENS2003
Turing Award2002
IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award2000
Paris Kanellakis Award1996
IEEE W.R.G. Baker Award1986
Anna and Lajos Erdős Prize in Mathematics1983
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Waterloo
Rothschild Prize

About this person

In 2002, Ron Rivest, Len Adleman, and he won the ACM Turing Award.

Country
Israel
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1952 · age 74