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Leonard Adleman

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American computer scientist

United StatesDevelopersBorn 1945 · age 80
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Leonard Max Adleman is an American computer scientist. He is one of the creators of the RSA encryption algorithm, for which he received the 2002 Turing Award. He is also known for the creation of the field of DNA computing and coining the term computer virus.

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2021ACM Fellow
2018National Inventors Hall of Fame
2012National Cyber Security Hall of Fame
2002Turing Award
2000IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award
1996Paris Kanellakis Award
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Born 1945 · age 80
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