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Gustavus Simmons

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American cryptographer

United StatesAcademicsBorn 1930 · age 95
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Gustavus J. Simmons is an American retired cryptographer and former manager of the applied mathematics Department and Senior Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories.

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Awards 4

2005IACR Fellow
1996fellow
1991honorary doctorate of Lund University
1986Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award

Connected to Gustavus 6

Marcia McNuttAlso won fellowKnud Ejler LøgstrupAlso won honorary doctorate of Lund UniversityJames R. ArnoldAlso won Ernest Orlando Lawrence AwardJacques SternAlso won IACR FellowReinhard ZimmermannAlso won honorary doctorate of Lund UniversityMichael E. PhelpsAlso won Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award

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Gustavus J. Simmons is an American retired cryptographer and former manager of the applied mathematics Department and Senior Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories. He worked primarily with authentication theory, developing cryptographic techniques for solving problems of mutual distrust and in devising protocols whose function could be trusted, even though some of the inputs or participants cannot be.

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Born 1930 · age 95
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